GATE-CS-quiz-generator

Multi-section quiz generator based on GO's 3 volumes of PYQs

1. Takes in volume no., section no.(s) & no. of questions. to generate the question paper
2. The generated paper📄, simulates GATE q distribution [Uses distribution of questions per section and sub-section].
3. Reduces cognitive load on reaching the goal 🚩 of finishing all PYQs, gamifies 🎮 your attempts.
4. It is currently a CLI quiz generator, so it displays the question to attempt, and also tracks attempt time⌛.
5. Keeps track of the questions attempted ✅, and never repeats a previously attempted question (customisable, explained below).
6. You can add/remove the questions from the 'lot' of unattempted questions using the updateLots utility.
7. Implements binary search on pdf to find and display question's page no. [saves seen pages' question nos too 🕔]
8. Generates reports in log files 📝, having the questions attempted and attempt times, along with other statistics 📈
9. Code is flexible and can be changed to suit one's needs. For ex. different pdfs, different exam; just need to change some csv files having meta information

NOTE : The pdf search can also be used to find the question. Beware, as it may lead you straight to the "answer key" page/ "pyq answer"

Usage

Install the pypdf2 package, if using the search utility [Optional]

$ pip install PyPDF2

Simply run the pyqTest in terminal

$ python pyqTest.py

NOTE : The search utility is by default off. Turn it on by changing line 16 in pyqTest to this:

show_pg_no = True

• Only press Enter to goto the next question, and log the time taken
• The log files can be found at ./vol{x}/log/{DATE}_{TIME}.log

This can be further used to write notes related to specific questions, and performing analysis

File Structure

.
├── vol1                    # Folder with saved data, logs and the vol1 pdf
|    ├── data               # Folder with .dir files (saved page_no searches), and .lot files (the lot of remaining q's to pick from)
|    ├── log                # Folder with saved logs having question number attempted, and timing
|    ├── csv                # Contains all meta information about sections and sub-sections
|    └──Volume-1.pdf        # GO PYQ Volume1 pdf 
├── vol2                    # Folder with saved data, logs and the vol2 pdf
|    ...                    # Same as for vol1
|    └──Volume-2.pdf        
├── vol3                    # Folder with saved data, logs and the vol3 pdf
|    ...                    # Same as for vol1/2
|    └──Volume-3.pdf        
├── __init__.py             # For using read_pdf module 
├── extract_meta.py         # Used to extract index page text (meta_index.txt) and open with word processor (preferably vscode)
├── pyqTest.py              # The main test setter, uses the meta.csv and sectionx.csv for q distribution
├── read_pdf.py             # Contains search utility to search for a question's page no. from pdf/ saved dictionary
├── regex_test.py           # Test file to test out the regex [for question(s) extraction from pdf text]
├── updateLots.py           # For adding/removing questions that you've attempted and don't want in the paper/ want to add to unattempted questions
└── README.md