Question Bank & Paper Generator

Teachers keep their questions in one Question Bank, sorted by class, subject and chapter. The Paper Generator turns them into a printed test paper — with sections, marks, "attempt any" choices, a separate answer key and, if you like, a shuffled second set (Set B) so that students sitting side by side get different papers.

Where to find it

• General → Question Bank & Papers → Question Bank — add and look after questions.
• General → Question Bank & Papers → Paper Generator — build, save, finalise and print papers.
• General → Question Bank & Papers → Question Bank Reports — how many questions you have per chapter, and which ones get used.

Each of the three screens is a separate permission, so a principal can be given the reports without being able to change the bank. Your school administrator grants them in Admin → Users & Privileges.

1. Build your question bank

1. Open Question Bank, pick the class and subject, and click Chapters to add the chapters of the textbook in order (Chapter 1, Chapter 2 …). You can also add a chapter while typing a question.
2. Click Add question. Choose the campus — or All campuses (shared) — the class, subject and chapter, then the type:
   • MCQ — 2 to 6 options; tick the correct one.
   • True / False — pick the right answer.
   • Fill in the blank — write the sentence with a blank (______) and type the answer.
   • Short answer and Long answer — the model answer is optional and prints only in the answer key.
   • Match the columns — type each pair on one row; the printed paper shuffles the right-hand column for you.
3. Set the difficulty (Easy, Medium, Hard) and the default marks. Add tags if they help you search (for example "past paper", "diagram").
4. The question box works like a small word processor: bold, tables, symbols and pictures. For Urdu or Arabic questions switch on Urdu / right-to-left so the question prints from the right.
5. Save & add another keeps the class, subject, chapter and type, so you can type a whole exercise quickly.

A question that has been used on any paper cannot be deleted — archive it instead. Archived questions are hidden from new papers but stay on the papers that already use them.

2. Build a paper

1. Open Paper Generator and click New paper. Choose the campus, class, subject and test type, then give the paper a title, date, time allowed and the total marks it must add up to.
2. Add sections — for example Q.1 Choose the correct answer, Q.2 Short questions, Q.3 Long questions. Each section can have its own instructions, "marks each", and "attempt any N" (for example attempt any 5 of 8).
3. Fill each section either by hand — Add from bank lets you search and tick questions — or with Auto-pick: choose chapters, the question type and how many Easy, Medium and Hard questions you want. Auto-pick prefers questions that have been used least and spreads them across the chapters you chose.
4. Watch the tally on the right: the running total against your target, the marks of each section, the Easy/Medium/Hard mix and which chapters are covered. Move questions and sections up or down, change a question's marks for this paper only, or remove it.
5. Save keeps the paper as a draft you can come back to.

3. Finalise, print and share

• Finalise locks the paper and counts it in each question's usage. It will not finalise while the paper's marks do not add up to its total — fix the marks or the total first. Reopen turns a final paper back into a draft; Duplicate copies any paper into a new draft (handy for the next term).
• Print the paper and the answer key separately. The header carries your campus logo, name and address, and boxes for the student's name, roll number and section.
• Choose Sets: A and B to get a second version: questions are shuffled inside each section and MCQ options are re-ordered, with its own answer key. Reprinting always gives the same Set B.
• PDF: click Print and choose "Save as PDF". Word: the Word button downloads the paper as a document you can edit (pictures inside questions may not appear in the Word file — print or PDF shows them).

Things to watch out for

• A final paper never changes when you later edit a question in the bank — it keeps the version it was built with. A draft picks up your edits the next time you save it.
• Questions marked All campuses (shared) can be used on every campus's papers. Staff who are limited to particular campuses can use shared questions but cannot change them.
• A picture makes a question larger; keep each question (pictures included) under about 1.5 MB.
• The subjects offered for a class are the ones linked to that class in the exam settings. If a subject is missing, link it to the class there; a class with no subjects linked at all shows every subject.

Finding enabled modules

Enabled modules are in the General menu, each under its own heading. A module appears there only when it is enabled for your institute. Your user privileges still control which screens you can open. Ask EDUBase support about enabling a module.