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Shishya Pulse — week 42 of 2026 (12–18 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".
| Measure | This week | The week before |
|---|---|---|
| Mocks taken | 376 | 542 |
| Questions to the AI tutor | 330 | 321 |
| Sign-ups | 166 | 160 |
The small lines show the 8 weeks 24 Aug–18 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.
| Exam | Mocks this week | The week before |
|---|---|---|
| UPSSSC PET | 74 | 56 |
| TNPSC Group IV | 51 | 33 |
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 exam | Mocks |
|---|---|
| Government recruitment exams | 350 |
| Olympiads and entrance exams(merged) | 26 |
Most-practised topics, 21 Sep–18 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.
| Topic | Exam | Answers |
|---|---|---|
| Analogies | TS Police PC | 711 |
| Arithmetic and Non-Verbal Series | TS Police PC | 363 |
| Percentage | TS Police PC | 357 |
| Telangana Administration | TS Police PC | 348 |
| Coding and Decoding | TS Police PC | 290 |
| Kakatiyas of Warangal | TS Police PC | 287 |
| Indian Polity and Constitution | TS Police PC | 245 |
| History of Telangana | TS Police PC | 234 |
| Tamil Grammar (Ilakkanam) | TNPSC Group IV | 229 |
| Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary | TNPSC Group IV | 219 |
| Spatial Orientation | TS Police PC | 209 |
| Physics | TS Police PC | 194 |
Hardest topics, 21 Sep–18 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.
| Topic | Exam | Answers | Share correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spatial Orientation | TS Police PC | 209 | 42.1% |
| Telangana Administration | TS Police PC | 348 | 43.4% |
| Percentage | TS Police PC | 357 | 49.3% |
| History of Telangana | TS Police PC | 234 | 53.8% |
| Indian Polity and Constitution | TS Police PC | 245 | 57.6% |
| Analogies | TS Police PC | 711 | 61.6% |
| Arithmetic and Non-Verbal Series | TS Police PC | 363 | 65.8% |
| Coding and Decoding | TS Police PC | 290 | 72.4% |
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.
| Day | Exam and what | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Mon 12 Oct | GATE CEGATE 2027 extended registration closes (with late fee) | Official notice Tracker |
| Mon 12 Oct | GATE CSEGATE 2027 extended registration closes (with late fee) | Official notice Tracker |
| Mon 12 Oct | GATE DAGATE 2027 extended registration closes (with late fee) | Official notice Tracker |
| Mon 12 Oct | GATE ECEGATE 2027 extended registration closes (with late fee) | Official notice Tracker |
| Mon 12 Oct | GATE EEGATE 2027 extended registration closes (with late fee) | Official notice Tracker |
| Mon 12 Oct | GATE MEGATE 2027 extended registration closes (with late fee) | Official notice Tracker |
| Wed 14 Oct | GATE CEGATE 2027 application rectification window (14–21 Oct) | Official notice Tracker |
| Wed 14 Oct | GATE CSEGATE 2027 application rectification opens | Official notice Tracker |
| Wed 14 Oct | GATE DAGATE 2027 application rectification window (14–21 Oct) | Official notice Tracker |
| Wed 14 Oct | GATE ECEGATE 2027 application rectification window (14–21 Oct) | Official notice Tracker |
| Wed 14 Oct | GATE EEGATE 2027 application rectification window (14–21 Oct) | Official notice Tracker |
| Wed 14 Oct | GATE MEGATE 2027 application rectification window (14–21 Oct) | Official notice Tracker |
| Wed 14 Oct | SSC CHSLApplication correction window | Official notice Tracker |
Reported and expected dates are on each exam's tracker and in the exam calendar.
What students asked the AI tutor about, 21 Sep–18 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 to | Questions |
|---|---|
| TS Police PC | 177 |
| IBPS Clerk | 159 |
| UPSSSC PET | 92 |
| No exam chosen (general questions) | 87 |
| TNPSC Group II | 62 |
| TNPSC Group IV | 56 |
| APPSC Group II | 53 |
| MP Police PC | 46 |
| SBI Clerk | 45 |
| UKSSSC | 35 |
| KPSC KAS | 27 |
| MPESB Group | 27 |
| MPSC Group C | 27 |
| HSSC CET | 20 |
| SSC CGL | 20 |
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 page | Sign-ups |
|---|---|
| Government exam pages | 95 |
| Home, sign-in, AI tutor and other pages; exam lists, calendar and mock-test pages; entrance exam and olympiad pages; careers and jobs(merged) | 71 |
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 19 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 42 of 2026 (12–18 Oct 2026), computed 19 Oct 2026: https://shishya.in/pulse/2026-w42