If anyone has given this exam, what's the difficult, how to study and what's the pattern like

Do the nptel team send the actual scores of the nptel exam or just the final scores( assignment + exam)

Can these pyqs be found anywhere? If anyone has attempted this earlier , how tough was the paper compared to the assignments?

someone pleaseee tell me

HELP ME GUYSSSSSSS

This one course is fuckin nightmare please don’t ever take this course 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I have exam on 25th oct and the problem is all of the assignments had like 95% fill in the blank questions and very weird marking scheme. For eg. if got one right answer you get 0.25/0.25 marks 🤡. Whoever is handling this course for the students i hope you fuckin rot in hell.

I got no hopes tbh. I think im gonna fail this course because there is no way I can type exact answers in decimal places and btw if its not exact, they are marked wrong even if you are off by 0.005 range.

Although they have said that they will put some mcqs and match the following questions. Bro…. Wtf is match the following doing in this exam….
Like they only had to give us 50 mcq questions, it was that simple.

Please help if anyone have any tips. And don’t tell me to choose that option which is longer in terms of words because this exam will only have numerical values. 😭🙏

Anyone who has enrolled or completed this course last year, can you please guide me how to study, my exam is on 24th

Hi All. I just read this year's assignment and could answer more than 90% of the QS in the exam. I've never read the slides or never the videos. I'm not a IoT guy either. That's my experience this year. That does not mean that you have to follow the same procedure, exam patterns etc may change over time.

I took the NPTEL Understanding Incubation and Entrepreneurship exam on October 18, 2026, as an open elective in my 7th semester. The exam was conducted in two shifts, 9 AM to 12 PM and 2 PM to 5 PM. I appeared for the morning shift, but I also have a few friends who took the afternoon shift, so I can share their experience as well.

Honestly, the exam was very very easy. There were 50 MCQs divided into 3 sections containing 10, 15, and 25 questions, respectively. Almost all the questions came directly from the 12 assignments. Only 1–2 questions were a little difficult to recall otherwise, the paper was pretty straightforward. Everyone I spoke to from both shifts finished answering the questions within around 20 minutes after starting the exam.

The total exam duration was 3 hours, but the submit button was enabled only after the first 90 minutes. So, even if you finish the exam in 20 minutes, you have to sit and wait for the submission button to get enabled.

If you're planning to take this course, just go through all 12 assignments properly. Based on my experience, that should be enough to handle most of the questions. Overall, the exam was very easy, so there's no need to stress too much about it.

Hey everyone!

I'm enrolled in the NPTEL Computer Networks course by Prof. Neminath Hubballi (IIT Indore), and my exam is on 25 October 2026.

Unfortunately, I couldn't watch most of the lectures because I was busy with my college mid-semester exams, quizzes, and other academic work(currently in 3rd year). Now that the exam is very close, I'm trying to prepare as effectively as possible with the limited time I have left.

I'd really appreciate help from anyone who has taken this course's exam previously or is preparing for the upcoming exam.

I have a few questions:

1. Exam pattern: How many questions are there, and what is the marks distribution? Is the exam entirely MCQ-based, or are there MSQs and NAT-type questions too?
2. Difficulty level: Is the exam easy, moderate, or difficult compared with the weekly assignments? Are the questions mostly conceptual or numerical?
3. Assignment questions: Are questions repeated or adapted from the weekly assignments, or does the exam contain completely new questions?
4. Important topics: Which topics should I prioritize if I have only a few days left? Are there any topics that are especially important from the exam perspective?
5. Lecture preparation: Is it realistic to prepare without watching all the lectures? Would solving assignments and revising notes or short revision videos be sufficient?
6. Previous-year questions: Where can I find previous exam questions, memory-based questions, or mock tests for this specific course?
7. Last-minute strategy: If you had only 4–5 days to prepare for this exam from scratch, how would you divide your time to maximize your score?
8. Exam experience: For those who have already taken this course, what was the actual difficulty level, and what would you recommend focusing on the most?

I'm not aiming for perfection at this point; I just want to prepare smartly and score as well as possible.

Any genuine advice, resources, or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

If we finish exam after 90 min can we go or shall we have to wait

how to prepare for it???only mcqs or assignments also???

The paper was divided into three sections
15 X 2 (MCQs)
10 x 2 (True or False)
10 x 5 (subjective questions with 250 word limit)

The subjective questions were very analytical, and cross-cutting. You had to have knowledge of all texts to be able to answer them properly.

It would have been great to prepare if we knew beforehand that this will be the format. It is terrible that they keep this information from us (makes no sense, just tell us what the format is, we can prepare well then!)

Only a few questions were from the assignments and nothing super factual about the authors, just textual reading was tested.

I had scored 25/25 in assignments but don’t think that will keep up with this heavily subjective format of the rest of it.

Need some urgent advice from anyone who has done an NPTEL/Swayam internship before!
Context: I’ve been selected for the 12-week NPTEL Winter Internship at IIT Roorkee. The registration Google Form has a strict deadline of tomorrow (Oct 20). The email clearly states: "In case of non-submission by 20th Oct, the offer will stand withdrawn and extended to waitlisted candidates without further communication."
The Problem:
The Google form has a mandatory file upload for the No Objection Certificate (NOC) signed by my college HOD.
My college is officially closed today and tomorrow for Dussehra holidays. It reopens on Oct 21.
My HOD has agreed on WhatsApp to sign the NOC, but he can only physically give it to me on Wednesday (Oct 21).
What I have done so far:
I got official email approval from my IIT Roorkee professor allowing me to take short leaves for my college end-semester exams.
I emailed the NPTEL support team asking for a 24-hour extension to submit the NOC, but haven't received a reply yet.
My Question:
Since I physically cannot get the NOC by tomorrow's deadline, my plan is to create a "Placeholder PDF" containing screenshots of the IIT Professor's approval email and my HOD's WhatsApp message confirming he will issue it on the 21st. I plan to upload this to the Google form to beat the Oct 20 deadline, and then email NPTEL the real NOC on Wednesday.
Has anyone done this before? Will the automated system or admin team instantly reject my application if the uploaded file isn't the official stamped NOC? What is the best way to save my seat?
Any help is really appreciated! 🙏

What are the easiest course on Nptel? (Specially direct questions from assignment). I have to follow one for credit transfer

I have a really vague idea bout this nptel course. Can smn clearly explain it and what is the best time to apply for it? btw I'm a 1st yr student

So a few days ago I asked in this sub how to prep for this exam and for any pointers and as usual got no valuable replies so I thought maybe my experience would help someone in the future, so here u go..

So first off I was confused as which ai related course I should choose so I picked 2, first this one and the other ai: foundations and algorithms. I registered for both but after looking at first 2-3 weeks assignments of both this course seemed easier as the foundations one had msq and fill in type questions. So I registered for this one's exam only (ai related)

Moving on....(It's a 12 week course btw)

I had the exam today. 2nd shift.

I didn't study much only the weekly quizzes.I thought those should be enough as only 50 questions r asked.

(And the weekly quizzes questions were pretty straight forward less calculations and only mcq type.)

BUT🙂

The 1st sec had 15 q (2 marks each) all were msq types. I DID NOT EXPECT THAT...☠️

2nd sec had 25 questions (2 marks each) 1st 15 q were mcq which went goodish and the rest 10 were calculation based in which u had to type the answer.

I DID NOT EXPECT THAT EITHER..☠️⚰️

so yeah I guessed and used common sense and that part went umm nvm🙂

3rd sec had 10 q (2 marks each) and it had only mcq ...pretty easy and assignment quizzes based.

So yeah overall I won't be scoring high🤧. I'll pass by a margin I think🤔.

If those mf msq and calc based questions were not there I would've done better. But I wouldn't have guessed as the weekly quizzes didn't have them.

If u take this course prep well is all I would say.

Sayonara🫡

First of all dont take this course if you want marks this gonna fuck ur cgpa please take some another course

Next from learning pov its okaish like tbh i feel he just randing so many quotes / terms/ frameworks which is useless and on top of that expect to remeber 300+ quotes who told that quote in which book and ask in exam like wtf

along with that public speaking course have theory + mcq asked in exam

in theory it was

1. write a speech on some topic given
2. write points for debate based on given scenario
3. next was regarding some sceanario based questions

this time there were 7000+ students registered who r appearing for exam for this course per student fee was rs 1000 dang bro that means 70L rs for course like this tf (probably time to change my career) i was shocked seeing that ik some gonna to to center / gov idk how much in his pocket ngl i am jelous

course was so shit ngl tbh course like public speaking needs on inperson learning how to actually speak not random shit theories from late 19s 18s century and random quotes

tbh please it was my mistake to take this course please dont take it if you want marks i regret my decision

along with that comedy part was questions asked in exam where wrong i was so shocked

there was 1 questions where he has asked how much % of time people communicate in some form

according to his notes correct answer is 75%

and only options were 80% and 50% dang bro ever after earning 70L rs how can u be wrong in asking questiosn i have pointed 1 problem there were many i feel

hi , for Maths for Eco NPTEL(IIT Guwahati) , have anyone here given the exam before ? Do they repeat from assignemnts and is it all numericals or theoritical ques is there as well. If anyone has the pyqs/ previosu year assignments do share

Which shift is on difficult side Morning Or Afternoon

I have been learning deep learning the nptel exam for morning and evening was different while my friend got a easier one I got tough so how is it fair as it is based on luck

I have enrolled for the courses Business Intelligence with Power BI, Fintech: Foundation and Applications, and Customer Relationship Management, for credit transfer. All these are provided by IIMB and are of 6 weeks. Any idea about what to study, rather than watching the videos, it's a bit time consuming. I also had the B2B one today, assignment questions were less🥲🥲. Any help would be great.

Hey guyss , can anyone who is enrolled in this course help me with your preparation strategy ... ? Like are you just doing assignment or anything else cuz there's no other material... How are you guys finishing the portions

My exam was in shift 1. There were 100 questions in which around only 10-15 questions were from assignment. Remaining all were different. In shift 2 there were 20-25 assignment based questions. Remaining questions were easy to moderate. Just some questions were from the pdf like they were mug up things. We can pass this exam but scoring 80 was quite difficult task.

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