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A test paper with four green ticks and one red cross, a stopwatch a third of the way round, and a certificate with an orange seal.

How to hold a mock test: a step-by-step guide for teachers

Get your questions ready, build a paper marked like the real exam, choose how it starts, run it, read the report and give certificates. Then take the same paper to students beyond your class with an open exam. A walk through a demo class test.

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StemPy Lab · 22 October 2026 · 8 min read

A question palette of coloured squares and circles, green, red, purple and grey, beside a large stopwatch more than half way round.

How to take a mock test: a step-by-step guide for students

Find the right paper, read the instructions, use the exam screen like the real JEE or NEET, understand the marking, and turn every wrong answer into marks. Then sit open exams and the Live Series with students everywhere.