Frequently asked questions
Common questions
Before you reach out, here are the questions we hear most often.
What is Pinaka?
Pinaka is assessment infrastructure for coaching centres. It handles MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) mock exam delivery, instant scoring, and diagnostic analytics: error classification, behavioral profiling, topic mastery maps. White-labelled as your institute's platform. Built to run at scale on any device, any connection.
Who is Pinaka built for?
Coaching centres and institutions preparing students for competitive exams. JEE, NEET, UPSC, banking, SSC, state-level entrances. If your institute runs mock tests and needs diagnostic depth beyond just marks, Pinaka is built for you.
What competitive exams does Pinaka support?
Pinaka supports any MCQ (Multiple Choice Question) or objective-type exam format. Coaching centres use it for JEE (Main and Advanced), NEET, UPSC Prelims, banking (IBPS, SBI PO), SSC CGL, and state-level entrance exams. You upload your own question papers and answer keys. The platform handles the rest.
How is Pinaka different from just giving mock tests?
Most platforms stop at delivery and scoring. Pinaka goes further. Every wrong answer is classified by error type: conceptual gap, careless mistake, time pressure, guessing. Students get behavioral profiles: time allocation patterns, question-switching habits, stamina curves. Coaching centres get topic mastery maps that track progress across multiple exams. Not just scores. Diagnosis.
What kind of reports do students and parents get?
Students see their error classification breakdown, topic-wise mastery, behavioral patterns, and cross-exam trends. Parents see a clear summary: where their child is strong, where they are struggling, and what specific type of errors they are making. These reports are generated automatically after every exam. No manual analysis needed from your team.
Does Pinaka work on slow internet connections?
Yes. The core exam flow is designed for 3G connections. No CDN dependency on critical paths. We built for India's connectivity reality first, then optimised for everything else. A student in a tier 3 city on a budget phone gets the same exam experience as one in a metro on fiber.
Can I brand Pinaka as my own institute's platform?
Yes. Pinaka is fully white-labelled. Students see your institute's name, your branding, your identity. The infrastructure is ours. The experience is yours.
How many students can take a test at the same time?
Pinaka has been tested at 250,000 concurrent users. The architecture uses 9 independently deployable infrastructure stacks. Exam delivery and scoring are separated by design, so a scoring spike cannot affect a live exam. Whether you have 100 students or 100,000, the platform scales elastically.
How does pricing work?
Per-exam pricing. You pay for each exam conducted. No platform fee, no setup fee, no per-student subscription. Infrastructure scales with your usage and shrinks when you are done. You pay for what you use, not what you might need.
Is student data secure?
Every answer is checksummed. Every submission is timestamped. Every result is auditable. Pinaka includes exam integrity features: tab-switch detection, response-time anomaly flagging, and device fingerprinting. Student data is encrypted in transit and at rest. We are compliant with India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023.
How do I get started?
Reach out to us with your institute's requirements. We will walk you through the setup, configure white-labelling, and have you running your first exam within days. No long onboarding process. Upload your paper, invite your students, get diagnostics.
Still have questions?
Tell us about your coaching centre. We will walk you through how Pinaka fits.