Scrutinising the question paper
Scrutinise the question paper before the printer does
Attach the draft paper and the syllabus. Ask what is out of syllabus, which chapters are over-weighted, where the wording is ambiguous and whether the key is complete.
Get a corrected key and a clean printable version, and keep the setter's judgement on every change.
How it works
Attach the draft and the syllabus
Upload the setter's paper as a PDF or photos, plus the syllabus or blueprint. Previous years' papers help it spot repeats.
Ask what is wrong with it
Ask for chapter-wise weightage, out-of-syllabus questions, difficulty spread, ambiguous wording and missing marks. Each finding points to the question it is about.
Fix it and print
Accept or reject each suggestion. Get a corrected key, a student version and a marking scheme in the format your board expects.
What it checks
- Marks per chapter against the blueprint
- Questions outside the syllabus or from a later chapter
- Difficulty spread: easy, moderate and hard
- Ambiguous wording and questions with two defensible answers
- Missing marks, mismatched totals and numbering slips
- Repeats from previous years' papers
- A complete key with step marks, drafted for the setter to approve
Who uses it
What a scrutiny report looks like
The report is a short table and a list. The table shows marks per chapter against the blueprint, so a chapter at 18 marks where the blueprint says 10 is obvious. The list names each question with a concern: out of syllabus, ambiguous, repeated from a past paper, or carrying marks that do not match its length. Each item is a suggestion. The setter accepts or declines it and the paper updates.
Videos
Questions
Does it need the syllabus in a particular format?
No. A PDF of the board syllabus, a photo of the blueprint table, or a typed chapter list all work.
Can it write the key for the paper?
Yes. It drafts a key with step marks for the setter to approve. Any line can be edited.
Will it catch a repeated question from last year?
If last year's paper is in the knowledge base, yes. It reports close matches, not just exact ones.
Does scrutiny use up gradings?
No. Checking a paper is part of building tests and is free on every plan.