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Checked 19 September 2026
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A mock test is useful only when it resembles the examination you intend to write and when its analysis changes what you do next. A large test count without pattern matching or error review produces activity, not improvement.
Match the recruiting body, post, stage, subjects, duration and negative marking before treating a score as evidence of readiness.
State exams · checked 19 September 2026
State exams this month, from the official portals
Notifications, application windows, exam dates, answer keys and results as the conducting bodies published them, each with its source and a link to the exam guide.
Before attempting
What a credible mock must match
| Feature | Why it matters | What to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Coverage | A generic test may omit state and post-specific areas. | Every syllabus section appears at roughly the right depth. |
| Structure | Question count and timing shape selection strategy. | Papers, sections, duration and sectional locks match the notice. |
| Scoring | Wrong deductions change whether a narrowed guess is rational. | Marks, penalties and qualifying rules are correctly configured. |
| Difficulty | An easy score can create false confidence. | Questions resemble recent papers in both concept and wording. |
| Explanations | A score identifies a symptom, not its cause. | Solutions explain the method and why alternatives fail. |
After submitting
Turn the result into the next two weeks
- Separate knowledge errors from execution errors. Unknown concepts need study; misreads, poor selection and calculation slips need different drills.
- Review correct guesses as errors. A lucky mark does not represent repeatable knowledge.
- Measure time by section and question type. Find where time was spent, not simply where the test ended.
- Choose three correction targets. A short, specific list is more usable than trying to repair the entire score report.
- Retest after correction time. Use a fresh paper after one or two weeks to see whether the same error class declined.
Start practising
Available free mock tests Topic-wise questions State exam patterns
A routine that fits
Test the shared spine and the state layer separately
A general state-exam mock spreads the state-specific questions thinly across a full paper, which hides how you are performing on exactly the material that differentiates candidates. Splitting the testing routine in two fixes that in an hour a fortnight.
| Test | How often | What it is for |
|---|---|---|
| Full general paper | Weekly, once the syllabus is broadly covered. | Pacing, stamina, section balance and the shared national spine that every commission examines. |
| State-content test | Fortnightly, from the first month. | Your own state’s history, geography, economy, schemes and administration. Finite material, and the fastest score on this list to move. |
| Reasoning and data drill | Twice a week, fifteen to twenty minutes. | A mechanical skill that decays quickly without use and appears in almost every state paper. |
| Full-length rehearsal at notified timing | Once a notification fixes the structure. | Rehearsing the actual paper count, marks and clock, which differ between commissions and between posts. |
Sit tests at the hour the paper is held
Attention, reading speed and arithmetic accuracy are all worse at hours you have never practised in. A candidate who has only taken mocks late at night has no measurement of how they perform in a morning paper, which is when most examinations are conducted.
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