Looking for a SelfStudys alternative?
SelfStudys does one thing very well: it hands you a PDF. If that is all you need, it is hard to beat. AcadXL is built around the opposite habit — attempting questions under a timer and finding out where you actually stand before exam day.
Every paper is a real CBT. All of them. Free.
Every paper — and any chapter mix you build — runs as a real timed CBT with the actual marking scheme, free. Not a sample set, and nothing held back for a paid tier.
That matters because a PDF cannot time you, cannot apply the marking scheme and cannot tell you that you scored 48 with nine minutes left. SelfStudys is a PDF library: the papers are downloads to print and solve on paper, not something you can sit under a live timer that marks you.
What each one is
A free previous-year-question platform for JEE Main, JEE Advanced, NSEP, NSEC and IOQM. Runs in a browser, marks your attempt, and lets you download the papers.
A large free education portal offering chapter-wise JEE previous-year question papers as downloadable PDFs, with coverage going back decades.
What SelfStudys does well
Written honestly — if SelfStudys is the better fit for you, we would rather you knew it here.
- Extremely deep archive — their chapter-wise JEE collection advertises papers from 1983 onwards.
- Everything is a straightforward PDF download, which is easy to print and to keep offline.
- Coverage well beyond JEE, across boards and other exams.
Use SelfStudys instead if: You specifically want printable PDFs going back to the 1980s, or you need material for exams beyond JEE. Their archive reaches back further than ours does.
Where AcadXL is different
Attempt, don't just download
AcadXL's questions are attemptable in a timed CBT player that marks your answers and scores you. A PDF cannot tell you that you got 12 of 30 right in 41 minutes.
Answer keys checked against their own solutions
Keys are audited against the worked solution for the same question rather than transcribed once and left alone.
Olympiad papers included
NSEP, NSEC and IOQM sit in the same library as the JEE banks.
Chapter weightage from the actual papers
Per-chapter question counts are computed from the papers in the bank, so you can see what actually gets asked.
What you get on AcadXL, free
Every paper, timed
Full papers in a real NTA-style CBT interface with instant scoring
JEE and Olympiad
Papers for JEE Main, JEE Advanced, NSEP, NSEC and IOQM.
PDFs, no account
No account needed to download a paper PDF.
Common questions
Is AcadXL free?
Yes — all 22,000+ previous-year questions, answer keys and solutions are free, and paper PDFs download without an account.
Can I still download PDFs on AcadXL?
Yes. Full JEE Main and JEE Advanced paper PDFs download without signing in, alongside the attemptable online versions.
How far back does AcadXL go?
AcadXL covers 2006 to 2026 for JEE, updated through JEE Main 2026 Session 2, plus NSEP, NSEC and IOQM papers.
Try it before you decide
22,000+ official previous-year questions, chapter-wise and full papers, with answer keys and solutions. Free.
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