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A practice question generator for every note
Find out what you know before the exam does. PrimeNote writes multiple-choice practice questions from your note and explains each answer, right or wrong.
Practice questions are one of the most reliable ways to prepare for an exam. They make you retrieve information, they show you where your understanding is shaky, and they get you used to choosing between plausible answers. The difficulty is supply: past papers run out, and textbook questions don't match what your lecturer actually covered.
PrimeNote's question generator builds a quiz from each note. The multiple-choice questions cover the note's main ideas rather than trivia from the margins, so you practise choosing between options on the material your course actually taught. After each answer you see whether you were right, along with an explanation of why.
That explanation is where much of the learning happens. When you get a question wrong, read why the right answer is right and why yours wasn't. If it still doesn't make sense, ask AI chat on the same note to go through it with you. Then look at that section of the note again.
Timing matters. A quiz straight after a lecture mostly measures short-term memory. Take it the next day, or a few days later, for a more honest picture. Before an exam, take the quizzes from every lecture in a course notebook and list the topics where you struggled; those are where your remaining revision time should go.
A quiz from notes also works as a pre-test. Before a lecture on a topic you've read about, take the quiz on the reading. You'll arrive with a sense of which questions the lecture needs to answer for you, which makes listening more active.
How it works
Start from a note
Any source works: a lecture recording, a PDF, a YouTube lesson, a photo or pasted text.
Open the quiz
The multiple-choice questions are built from that note.
Commit to an answer
Choose before you think too long; exam conditions don't allow endless deliberation.
Read every explanation
Including on questions you got right; a lucky guess is worth catching.
Follow up on misses
Ask AI chat about the questions you missed and reread that part of the note.
A physics lecture on circular motion
PDF · 28 lecture slides · Physics 110, Week 7 (fictional example)
- Question
- A car takes a bend at constant speed. Which statement is true? Options: no acceleration; acceleration towards the centre; acceleration outwards; acceleration along the road.
- Explanation
- Its velocity changes direction, so it accelerates, and that centripetal acceleration points towards the centre of the curve.
- Question
- If speed doubles on the same bend, by what factor does the required centripetal force change? Options: 1, 2, 4, 8.
- Explanation
- Centripetal force is proportional to v², so doubling the speed needs four times the force.
What it looks like
From the sample note on a cellular respiration lecture.
Which stage produces most of the ATP?
The electron transport chain — It uses the energy carried by NADH and FADH₂ to drive ATP synthase.
Which stage does not require oxygen?
Glycolysis — Glycolysis runs in the cytoplasm with or without oxygen.
What you get
Multiple-choice questions
Each with several options, built from the note's main ideas.
Right or wrong, at once
You see the result immediately after answering.
An explanation per question
Why the correct answer is correct, so a miss becomes a lesson.
One quiz per note
Focused on a single lecture, chapter or video.
When it helps
By hand vs. with PrimeNote
| What you're doing | By hand | With PrimeNote |
|---|---|---|
| Finding practice questions | Hunt for past papers | A quiz on every note |
| Matching your course | Generic textbook questions | Questions from your own lectures |
| Learning from mistakes | Check an answer key, if there is one | An explanation after every answer |
| Next step after a miss | Search your notes | Ask AI chat why your answer was wrong |
Good to know
- Questions are multiple choice. Essay and long-answer practice still needs past papers or your own questions.
- Quizzes cover what's in the note. Material not in your source won't be tested.
- Practise in exam format too: if your exam is written, write out some answers in full.
Questions
How do I make a quiz from my notes?
Add your notes or source material to PrimeNote. A multiple-choice quiz is built from each note automatically.
What kind of questions does the question generator write?
Multiple-choice questions on the note's main ideas, each followed by an explanation.
Do I see why an answer is wrong?
Yes. Each question comes with an explanation.
Can I make practice questions from a PDF?
Yes. Import the PDF and the quiz is built from the note PrimeNote writes from it.
Can I answer multiple choice questions online?
Quizzes are in the PrimeNote app for iPhone and Android, not a website.
Are the questions like real exam questions?
They test the same ideas your course covers, but your exam format may differ. Use past papers too where you have them.
When should I take the quiz?
A day or more after studying gives a more honest result than straight after.
Keep exploring
Try it on your next lecture
PrimeNote is free to start on iPhone and Android.