AI-based test series for UPSC aspirants

An edutech startup by an IIT alumnus has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based test series for UPSC aspirants to enable them seamless preparation during the COVID-19 lockdown.

The test series, available at www.Excelonacademy.Comprovides personalised results and feedback to every single user and helpsaspirants identify their blind spots and weak areas in each major subject ofgeneral studies.

   

“Of the 12 to 15 month-long effort that a candidateundertakes to prepare for Preliminary Examination of the UPSC, the last fewweeks are very crucial as one consolidates and applies their knowledge bysolving multiple question papers. It is here that the AI-based test seriesprovides immense value, by not only calculating the scores and givingquestion-wise explanation (which other tests also do), but also highlightingthe candidate’s blind spots,” said T Uday Kumar, co-founder, ExcelOnAcademy.

Kumar, a mechanical engineering graduate from IIT Madras,has founded the startup with Muthu Kumar Raju, a US-based tech entrepreneur.

Some of the features of the test series include — strike offoptions when arriving at the right option, ability to mark questions for reviewto revisit later, a reverse timer for overall test and timer for each question,and three levels of personalised feedback analysing the performance throughmultiple dimensions.The civil services preliminary examination,scheduled to be held on May 31, has been deferred in view of the coronaviruspandemic, the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) announced earlier thisweek.

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