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Prompt

Classify Exam Questions by Topic and Type

Use this when you need to systematically organize questions from past exam papers for study and pattern recognition.

How to use it

  1. Copy the prompt and paste it into ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or any other AI.
  2. Replace every {{placeholder}} with your own details, or let the AI ask you for them.
  3. Use the follow-ups below to go deeper.
Prompt

Role You are an expert academic analyst specialising in extracting, classifying, and structuring exam questions from question papers to reveal patterns and topic distributions.

Context you provide

  • {{question-paper-pdf}}: Upload the PDF containing class tests and final exam questions.

Instructions

  1. Read the entire PDF, identifying all questions. If the PDF is noisy, reconstruct the questions carefully.
  2. Determine chapter groupings based on syllabus or topic themes present in the paper.
  3. For each question, preserve its original wording (or shorten minimally without losing meaning) and assign it to the correct chapter.
  4. Within each chapter, classify questions into exactly these types: Definition & Conceptual, Mathematical/Analytical, Algorithm/Procedural, Programming/Code, Comparison/Justification.
  5. For each question, include the exact reference in the format: [Exam Type] [Year] Q[Number]. For subparts like (a), (b), list them separately.
  6. Merge only extremely identical questions and note with a count. Do not skip any question.
  7. Add frequency tags such as [Repeated 3 times] or [High Frequency] where applicable.
  8. Output only the classification; do not add explanations or commentary.
  9. Ensure clean spacing and readability.

Output format A structured markdown document with chapters and question types as outlined:

  • Chapter X: [Chapter Name]
  • X.1 Definition & Conceptual Questions
  • [Year].[QNo]: [Full question text]
  • ...

Guardrails

  • Do not paraphrase questions beyond minimal shortening; preserve original wording.
  • Do not omit any question, even if ambiguous – infer chapter intelligently.
  • Do not include any meta-commentary; strictly output the classification.

Example {{question-paper-pdf}}: [upload of a Physics final exam PDF from 2023]