Coronavirus Lockdown: IIT Madras Alumnus launches online test series for civil service aspirants

Coronavirus Lockdown: IIT Madras Alumnus launches online test series for civil service aspirants

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New Delhi, Updated on May 8, 2020 09:26 IST

IIT Madras Alumnus has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based test series for students appearing for UPSC Preliminary Exam 2020 to practice during the lockdown period. 

The current coronavirus outbreak has taken a toll on the future of many students, including those who were appearing for the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). To help these students and keep them focused during the lockdown period, IIT Madras Alumnus has launched an Artificial Intelligence (AI) based test series for students appearing for UPSC Preliminary Exam 2020. 

Earlier this month, the UPSC IAS 2020 Prelims was postponed pan India due to the current coronavirus crisis. The new UPSC IAS 2020 Exam Dates will be released on May 20 after analyzing the whole situation.

ExcelOn Academy has been started by T. Uday Kumar, an IIT Madras Alumnus (M.Tech., Electrical Engineering, 2001 Batch) with several years of experience in coaching civil service aspirants, and Muthu Kumar Raju, a U.S.-based tech entrepreneur specializing in building the cutting-edge technology platform for startups and aspiring businesses.

The test series, available at www.excelonacademy.com provides personalized results and feedback to each and every single user and helps aspirants identify their blind spots and weak areas in each major subject of general studies. It incorporates the best features of both paper-based and online tests such as

  • The feature to strike-off options when arriving at the right option
  • The ability to mark questions for review to revisit later
  • A reverse timer for overall test and timer for each question, and
  • It also has three levels of personalized feedback, analyzing the performance through multiple dimensions.

"Out of the 12 to 15 month-long effort that a candidate undertakes to prepare for Preliminary Examination of the UPSC, the last few weeks are very crucial as one consolidates and applies their knowledge by solving multiple question papers. Due to coronavirus lockdown, the examination has been postponed, to keep them focus these test series have been launched," Kumar added.

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