How VarX MockTests works
VarX MockTests recreates the computer-based test (CBT) environment used by most Indian competitive exams, then tells you exactly where your marks went. Here is the whole flow, start to finish.
1. Create an account
You sign in with Google or an email address and password. An account is required because every attempt, answer and score has to be tied to a single user so your history and rankings stay accurate. You do not need to fill in a long profile — a display name is enough.
2. Pick a test, or build your own
The home page lists every published mock test grouped by category, with the question count, total marks and duration shown on each card. If you would rather practise your own material, upload a question paper as a PDF and the platform builds a timed test from it.
3. Read the instructions page
Before an attempt starts you see the test's instruction screen: duration, total marks, negative marking (if any) and how the palette colours work. Nothing is timed until you press Start.
4. Take the test in the CBT interface
One question is shown at a time with a live countdown in the corner. You can Save & Next, Clear Response, Mark for Review, jump to any question through the colour-coded palette, and open the on-screen calculator. Every answer is saved as you go, so a refresh or a dropped connection does not lose your work.
5. Submit — or run past the clock
You can submit whenever you are ready. If the countdown reaches zero the test is not force-closed: you keep answering, and the actual submission time is recorded so you can see how far past the limit you went. That is deliberate — knowing you were eleven minutes over is more useful feedback than a blank screen.
6. Review the result in detail
Immediately after submission you get your score, accuracy, attempted vs skipped counts and total time, followed by a question-by-question review showing your answer, the correct answer and the written explanation or hint. Published tests also show a public leaderboard with names, marks, time taken and missed questions.
7. Track progress over time
Every attempt is stored under My attempts, so you can reopen an old result, compare scores across attempts of the same test and see whether your accuracy or timing is actually improving.
What the palette colours mean
- Green — answered and saved.
- Red / grey — visited but not answered, or not visited yet.
- Purple — marked for review; you intend to come back to it.
How scoring works
Each question carries its own mark value, set by whoever created the test. Your score is the sum of the marks for correct answers, minus the negative marking configured for that test (many tests are set to zero negative marking). Unattempted questions never lose you marks. The result page shows the raw score, the percentage and the correct / incorrect / missed split so you can tell a knowledge gap from a time-management gap.