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Open-source projects by and for aspirants

Other people have built useful free tools and datasets for Indian exams. This page links to them instead of copying them, so their authors keep the credit and every project stays under its own license.

Community projects, not official sources. They are listed from their own descriptions (found on 2026-09-27) and have not been reviewed by the hive yet. Check each project's license before reusing its content. Never treat a community answer as more reliable than the official answer key. Projects that host coaching institutes' paid material are not listed.

Previous-year questions and solutions

Project License What it is
GATE Overflow CC-BY-SA Community questions and answers for every GATE CSE paper since 1987, with discussion. Free PDFs are released on GitHub
JEE Main PYQ database MIT A tool to browse, filter and cluster 14,000+ JEE Main previous-year questions
Online exam questions MIT An open JSON question bank with a schema, Markdown and LaTeX, for practice apps

Datasets (mainly for building AI tutors and research)

Project License What it is
JEEBench MIT JEE Advanced 2016–2023 physics, chemistry and maths questions, from IIT Delhi researchers (EMNLP 2023)
MedMCQA MIT 194,000 multiple-choice questions from medical entrance exams

Counselling and college choice

Project License What it is
JEE dashboard GPL-3.0 Past opening and closing ranks for IITs and NITs, to plan choice filling. Check the numbers against the official JoSAA archive

Study planners and trackers

Project License What it is
Competitive Exam Tracker MIT Exam countdowns, syllabus checklists, Pomodoro timer and mock-test analytics
Pariksha Sathi MIT A syllabus-aware study planner with streaks

Notes vaults and preparation plans

Project License What it is
UPSC vault (vijaycham) MIT An Obsidian vault linking subject notes to 31 years of UPSC previous-year questions
UPSC CSE vault (GauravSharmaCode) MIT An interlinked Obsidian + Markdown + Git vault for long-term revision
UPSC prep hub MIT Pattern, syllabus, book list, NCERT road map and a 12-month plan
GATE 2026 resources (CS and DA) MIT Free GATE CS and DA resources with checked links

Tip: this list itself works as an Obsidian vault too. Download the repository and open the awesome-indian-exams folder in Obsidian: every link between exams, modules and resources keeps working.

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