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Shishya Pulse — week 41 of 2026 (5–11 Oct 2026)

What students on Shishya practised, counted from Shishya's database. Every number counts at least 20 mocks, answers, questions or sign-ups; smaller groups are merged or left out. It describes Shishya's own students, not all students in India.

The week in numbers

Mocks taken: mocks students finished in the week (submitted, or submitted automatically when time ran out). Questions to the AI tutor: messages students sent to the tutor — signed-in students, and guests with a Shishya cookie. Sign-ups: accounts created in the week. The same rules as the live counters on the home page, sliced by week. A count under 20 is shown as "fewer than 20".

MeasureThis weekThe week before
Mocks takenMocks taken, week by week: 17–23 Aug 2026 589; 24–30 Aug 2026 426; 31 Aug–6 Sep 2026 660; 7–13 Sep 2026 644; 14–20 Sep 2026 485; 21–27 Sep 2026 710; 28 Sep–4 Oct 2026 553; 5–11 Oct 2026 542542553
Questions to the AI tutorQuestions to the AI tutor, week by week: 17–23 Aug 2026 538; 24–30 Aug 2026 384; 31 Aug–6 Sep 2026 497; 7–13 Sep 2026 416; 14–20 Sep 2026 267; 21–27 Sep 2026 433; 28 Sep–4 Oct 2026 308; 5–11 Oct 2026 321321308
Sign-upsSign-ups, week by week: 17–23 Aug 2026 212; 24–30 Aug 2026 157; 31 Aug–6 Sep 2026 211; 7–13 Sep 2026 162; 14–20 Sep 2026 143; 21–27 Sep 2026 162; 28 Sep–4 Oct 2026 187; 5–11 Oct 2026 160160187

The small lines show the 8 weeks 17 Aug–11 Oct 2026; each line's values are in its description for screen readers. No line is drawn when a week had fewer than 20.

Most-taken mocks this week

Mocks finished in the week, by exam. An exam is listed only when at least 20 mocks were taken by at least 10 different students, so the rows do not add up to the week's total. The week before is shown only when that week also met the same rule.

ExamMocks this weekThe week before
TS Police PC143184
IBPS Clerk5764
UPSSSC PET56—
TNPSC Group IV3324

— : that exam did not reach 20 mocks from 10 different students the week before.

By kind of exam

The same week's mocks grouped by the kind of exam. A group with fewer than 20 mocks or 10 students is merged with the next smallest.

Kind of examMocks
Government recruitment exams489
Olympiads and entrance exams(merged)53

Most-practised topics, 14 Sep–11 Oct 2026

Answers students gave in finished mocks over the 4 weeks shown, by topic. A topic is listed only when at least 20 different students answered it. Ranked by answers.

TopicExamAnswers
AnalogiesTS Police PC790
Arithmetic and Non-Verbal SeriesTS Police PC462
Telangana AdministrationTS Police PC411
PercentageTS Police PC396
Coding and DecodingTS Police PC334
Kakatiyas of WarangalTS Police PC261
Indian Polity and ConstitutionTS Police PC255
History of TelanganaTS Police PC235
Spatial OrientationTS Police PC234
PhysicsTS Police PC217
Indian EconomyTS Police PC197
Order and RankingTS Police PC192

Hardest topics, 14 Sep–11 Oct 2026

Topics with at least 200 answers from at least 20 different students over the same 4 weeks, the lowest share of correct answers first. The table is printed only when at least 3 topics qualify. This is the share of answers that were correct, not a difficulty rating: adaptive mocks give stronger students harder questions.

TopicExamAnswersShare correct
Telangana AdministrationTS Police PC41143.1%
Spatial OrientationTS Police PC23443.2%
PercentageTS Police PC39648.2%
History of TelanganaTS Police PC23550.6%
PhysicsTS Police PC21754.8%
Indian Polity and ConstitutionTS Police PC25554.9%
AnalogiesTS Police PC79061.1%
Arithmetic and Non-Verbal SeriesTS Police PC46264.9%

Official exam dates this week

Dates from Shishya's exam trackers that fall in this week and were announced and cited on the conducting body's own website (the tracker's official tier). A row whose own label says expected is left out. Reported and expected dates are on each exam's tracker and in the exam calendar.

DayExam and whatSources
Mon 5 OctCS Foundation (CSEET)CSEET October 2026 exam — Day 3 (Economics and Business Environment)Official notice
Tracker
Mon 5 OctGATE CEGATE 2027 regular registration closes (without late fee)Official notice
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Mon 5 OctGATE CSEGATE 2027 regular registration closes (without late fee)Official notice
Tracker
Mon 5 OctGATE DAGATE 2027 regular registration closes (without late fee)Official notice
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Mon 5 OctGATE ECEGATE 2027 regular registration closes (without late fee)Official notice
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Mon 5 OctGATE EEGATE 2027 regular registration closes (without late fee)Official notice
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Mon 5 OctGATE MEGATE 2027 regular registration closes (without late fee)Official notice
Tracker
Mon 5 OctGPSC Class 1-2Mains ExaminationOfficial notice
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Mon 5 OctMPESB GroupGroup 2 Sub Group 4 exam — endsOfficial notice
Tracker
Tue 6 OctCS Foundation (CSEET)CSEET October 2026 exam — Day 4 (Business Laws and Management)Official notice
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Tue 6 OctMP Police PCOnline application closesOfficial notice
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Tue 6 OctMPESB GroupGroup 2 Sub Group 4 answer keyOfficial notice
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Tue 6 OctMPESB GroupMP Police Constable application periodOfficial notice
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Tue 6 OctSOF IGKOLevel 1 Exam - Date 2Official notice
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Tue 6 OctTNPSC Group IVGroup IV notification (No. 11/2026)Official notice
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Tue 6 OctTNPSC Group IVOnline application opensOfficial notice
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Wed 7 OctSSC CHSLApplication endOfficial notice
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Thu 8 OctSSC CHSLFee payment last dateOfficial notice
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Thu 8 OctSSC CPOSSC CPO 2026 application correction window (8–10 Oct 2026, until 23:00)Official notice
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Thu 8 OctSZF IOMLevel 1 Exam - Option AOfficial notice
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Thu 8 OctUP Police ConstablePhysical Efficiency TestOfficial notice
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Fri 9 OctAPSC CCECCE (Main) 2025 — Day 1Official notice
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Fri 9 OctNDAResult — NDA 2 2026 examOfficial notice
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Sat 10 OctAPSC CCECCE (Main) 2025 — Day 2Official notice
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Sun 11 OctAPSC CCECCE (Main) 2025 — Day 3Official notice
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Sun 11 OctMP Police PCLast date to correct the applicationOfficial notice
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Sun 11 OctMPESB GroupPolice Constable (GD) — Correction window endOfficial notice
Tracker

Reported and expected dates are on each exam's tracker and in the exam calendar.

What students asked the AI tutor about, 14 Sep–11 Oct 2026

Questions sent to the AI tutor over the 4 weeks shown, grouped by the exam the tutor was set to. An exam is listed only with at least 20 questions from at least 10 different people. The text of questions is never read for this page.

Exam the tutor was set toQuestions
TS Police PC189
IBPS Clerk178
APPSC Group II58
UPSSSC PET58
TNPSC Group I54
SBI Clerk47
No exam chosen (general questions)38
MPESB Group34
UKSSSC33
TNPSC Group IV32
TNPSC Group II28

Sign-ups by section of their first page

Accounts created in the week, grouped by the section of the first page their browser opened on Shishya. Groups under 20 are merged.

Section of the first pageSign-ups
Government exam pages107
Home, sign-in, AI tutor and other pages29
Entrance exam and olympiad pages; exam lists, calendar and mock-test pages; school pages(merged)24

Method and how to cite

Weeks run from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59 India time (IST). Numbers are counted from Shishya's database when the page is built and refreshed hourly. Team accounts are left out. Every printed number counts at least 20; smaller groups are merged or left out. Only dates are printed, never times. Computed on 12 Oct 2026 (IST). Definitions of Shishya's other public numbers are on Shishya in numbers; how questions and dates are checked is in the editorial policy.

Cite as:

Shishya Pulse, week 41 of 2026 (5–11 Oct 2026), computed 12 Oct 2026: https://shishya.in/pulse/2026-w41