# Shishya Pulse — week 38 of 2026 (14–20 Sep 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.

- Week: 14–20 Sep 2026 (Monday to Sunday, India time)
- Topic and tutor tables: the 4 weeks 24 Aug–20 Sep 2026
- Computed: 27 Sep 2026 (IST), from Shishya's database
- Web page: https://shishya.in/pulse/2026-w38

## 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".

|  | This week | The week before |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mocks taken | 485 | 644 |
| Questions to the AI tutor | 267 | 416 |
| Sign-ups | 143 | 162 |

## Most-taken mocks

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 | Mocks the week before |
| --- | --- | --- |
| TS Police PC (https://shishya.in/exams/TS_POLICE_PC) | 116 | 111 |
| IBPS Clerk (https://shishya.in/exams/IBPS_CLERK) | 31 | — |
| APPSC Group II (https://shishya.in/exams/AP_APPSC_GROUP2) | 24 | 108 |

## Mocks 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 | 426 |
| Olympiads and entrance exams | 59 |

## Most-practised topics, 24 Aug–20 Sep 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.

| Exam | Topic | Answers |
| --- | --- | --- |
| UKSSSC | Geography of India (https://shishya.in/exams/UK_UKSSSC/topics/gs.geography_india) | 225 |
| APPSC Group II | Ancient India - Indus Valley to Gupta Period (https://shishya.in/exams/AP_APPSC_GROUP2/topics/gs.indian_history.ancient) | 175 |
| APPSC Group II | Modern India and Freedom Movement (https://shishya.in/exams/AP_APPSC_GROUP2/topics/gs.indian_history.modern) | 170 |
| UKSSSC | Rivers of Uttarakhand (https://shishya.in/exams/UK_UKSSSC/topics/uk.rivers) | 157 |
| UKSSSC | Sandhi (सन्धि) (https://shishya.in/exams/UK_UKSSSC/topics/hin.sandhi) | 132 |
| UKSSSC | Glaciers of Uttarakhand (https://shishya.in/exams/UK_UKSSSC/topics/uk.glaciers) | 118 |
| IBPS Clerk | Simplification and Approximation (https://shishya.in/exams/IBPS_CLERK/topics/quant.simplification) | 109 |
| UKSSSC | Formation of Uttarakhand State (https://shishya.in/exams/UK_UKSSSC/topics/uk.formation) | 104 |
| APPSC Group II | History of India and Indian National Movement (https://shishya.in/exams/AP_APPSC_GROUP2/topics/gs.indian_history) | 95 |
| APPSC Group II | Mental Ability and Logical Reasoning (https://shishya.in/exams/AP_APPSC_GROUP2/topics/gs.mental_ability) | 84 |
| APPSC Group II | Social Issues and Welfare in AP (https://shishya.in/exams/AP_APPSC_GROUP2/topics/ap_history.social_issues) | 81 |
| MPSC Group C | Number and Letter Series (https://shishya.in/exams/MH_MPSC_GROUP_C/topics/reasoning.series) | 75 |

## Hardest topics, 24 Aug–20 Sep 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.

Fewer than 3 topics reached 200 answers from 20 different students in these weeks, so no topic is called the hardest.

## 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 | What | Official notice |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 14 Sep 2026 | MPESB Group | Group 2 Sub Group 1 (AEO) — Answer key objection | https://esb.mp.gov.in/home_n.html |
| 14 Sep 2026 | NSEA | Student enrolment closes | https://olympiads.hbcse.tifr.res.in/science-olympiad-2026-2027/ |
| 14 Sep 2026 | NSEJS | Student enrolment end | https://iapt.org.in/?id=2423 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | CAT | Registration closes | https://iimcat.ac.in |
| 15 Sep 2026 | MPESB Group | Group 2 Sub Group 4 Patwari admit card | https://esb.mp.gov.in/tacs/tac_2026/Group2_SG4_TAC26/default_tac.htm |
| 16 Sep 2026 | CDS | CDS 2 2026 provisional answer key | https://upsc.gov.in/whats-new/Combined%20Defence%20Services%20Examination%20(II),%202026/Provisional%20Answer%20Key |
| 16 Sep 2026 | NDA | NDA 2 2026 provisional answer key — GAT | https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/ProvAnsKey-GAT-NDANA-II-26-160926.pdf |
| 16 Sep 2026 | NDA | NDA 2 2026 provisional answer key — Mathematics | https://www.upsc.gov.in/sites/default/files/ProvAnsKey-Math-NDANA-II-26-160926.pdf |
| 16 Sep 2026 | SBI Clerk | Backlog vacancies Prelims exam | https://www.sbi.co.in/careers/ongoing-recruitment.html |
| 16 Sep 2026 | TS Police PC | Last date to apply online (extended; closed 5 pm) | https://www.tgprb.in/SI_PC_2026/Press%20Note%20dated%2008-09-2026.pdf |
| 17 Sep 2026 | MP RAEO | Online exam begins — shifts 09:00–12:00 and 14:30–17:30 (end date not announced) | https://esb.mp.gov.in/rulebooks/RB_2026/Group2_SG1_2026_ExamDateExtended_Rulebookpage_1_28__31072026.pdf |
| 17 Sep 2026 | TNPSC Group I | Prelims hall ticket released (download from the TNPSC exam dashboard) | https://www.tnpsc.gov.in/ |
| 18 Sep 2026 | CDS | CDS II 2026 provisional answer key | https://upsc.gov.in/whats-new/Combined%20Defence%20Services%20Examination%20(II),%202026/Provisional%20Answer%20Key |
| 18 Sep 2026 | MPESB Group | Group 2 Sub Group 4 admit card released | https://esb.mp.gov.in/tacs/tac_2026/Group2_SG4_TAC26/default_tac.htm |
| 20 Sep 2026 | KSRP Constable | Written test — Kalyana Karnataka (KSRP, KSISF, IRB; 859 posts), 15:00–16:30 | https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/kiskk2026/KSRP_KK_3-5_SCHDkannada.pdf |
| 20 Sep 2026 | KSRP Constable | Written test — outside Kalyana Karnataka (1,455 posts), 10:30–12:00 | https://cetonline.karnataka.gov.in/keawebentry456/kisrpc2026/ksrpnkkkannada.pdf |
| 20 Sep 2026 | SBI Clerk | Admit card — Prelims (Regular vacancies) | https://www.sbi.co.in/careers/Current-openings |

## What students asked the AI tutor about, 24 Aug–20 Sep 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 | 147 |
| APPSC Group II | 111 |
| UKSSSC | 111 |
| MPSC Group C | 106 |
| IOQM | 80 |
| TNPSC Group I | 67 |
| NDA | 63 |
| IBPS Clerk | 62 |
| MPESB Group | 58 |
| KPSC KAS | 57 |
| SBI Clerk | 53 |
| MP TET | 37 |
| SSC GD | 32 |
| CTET | 29 |
| TNPSC Group IV | 27 |

## 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 | 70 |
| Home, sign-in, AI tutor and other pages | 50 |
| Exam lists, calendar and mock-test pages; entrance exam and olympiad pages | 23 |

## Method

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.

## How to cite

Shishya Pulse, week 38 of 2026 (14–20 Sep 2026), https://shishya.in/pulse/2026-w38, computed 27 Sep 2026.

## Every week

- Shishya Pulse, week 38 of 2026 (14–20 Sep 2026): https://shishya.in/pulse/2026-w38

Definitions of Shishya's other public numbers: https://shishya.in/shishya-in-numbers