Free tools for counting your syllabus.
Calculators that show every sum, and syllabus trackers, revision trackers and plan sheets with the units the exam body prints. They are free, need no sign-up, and every file carries the AspirantGoal mark.
Calculators
They run in your browser, save nothing and use only the numbers you type.
Syllabus hours calculator
Pick your exam, type the minutes a unit takes you and your weekly hours, and see the hours and the weeks, with every sum shown.
Capacity calculator
Enter the hours you can study and the hours you assigned. It shows what is left over, and the arithmetic line by line.
Syllabus trackers
One row for each unit the exam body prints. Minutes studied and finish dates sit in separate columns. Excel, CSV and PDF.
Printable syllabus tracker
A one-page sheet with a column for minutes studied and a separate column for each pass you have finished.
UPSC CSE syllabus tracker
82 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
JEE Main syllabus tracker
81 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
JEE Advanced syllabus tracker
58 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
NEET UG syllabus tracker
50 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
UGC NET Paper I syllabus tracker
10 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
RRB NTPC syllabus tracker
52 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
SSC CGL syllabus tracker
162 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
SSC CHSL syllabus tracker
111 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
UPSC ESE Paper I syllabus tracker
10 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
GATE syllabus tracker
43 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
IIT JAM syllabus tracker
46 rows in Excel, CSV and PDF, taken from the exam body's own documents.
Revision trackers
The same units, with a column for each of six revision rounds: write the date you went through a unit again. Excel, CSV and PDF.
UPSC CSE revision tracker
82 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
JEE Main revision tracker
81 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
JEE Advanced revision tracker
58 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
NEET UG revision tracker
50 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
UGC NET Paper I revision tracker
10 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
RRB NTPC revision tracker
52 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
SSC CGL revision tracker
162 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
SSC CHSL revision tracker
111 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
UPSC ESE Paper I revision tracker
10 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
GATE revision tracker
43 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
IIT JAM revision tracker
46 rows with six round columns in Excel, CSV and PDF, one date for each round.
Study plan sheets
The marks and the printed units of each exam are already in, with formulas that turn your own pace into hours and weeks.
UPSC CSE study plan: hours by stage and paper from the notice
For the final ranking the notice counts 2,025 marks: the 1,750 of the Main written test and the 275 of the Interview, while the Prelims is a screening test and General Studies Paper-II is qualifying at 33%. This page sets the marks of each paper beside the units the notice prints and shows how to turn your own pace into weekly hours.
JEE Main study plan: equal marks, unequal syllabi, and what that does to your hours
JEE Main Paper 1 carries 100 marks in each of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, while the syllabus prints 14, 20 and 20 units for them. This page sets the marks beside the units and shows how to turn your own pace into weekly hours.
NEET UG study plan: split your hours by marks and by syllabus size
NEET UG carries 720 marks, with Biology at 360 and Physics and Chemistry at 180 each, while the syllabus prints 10 Biology units against 20 for each of the other two. This page puts those numbers side by side and shows how to turn your own pace into weekly hours.
RRB NTPC study plan: two computer based tests, three subjects, one split
Both RRB NTPC computer based tests ask General Awareness, Mathematics and General Intelligence and Reasoning at 1 mark a question, and the shares of marks and of printed units line up closely: General Awareness is 40.0% of the first test's marks and 38.5% of the units. This page shows the split and how to turn your own pace into weekly hours.
SSC CGL study plan: hours by subject from the notice's marks and units
The notice puts the SSC CGL merit list on Tier-II marks, and for most posts 390 of them sit in four Paper-I subjects, with English the largest at 135. This page sets those marks beside the units each syllabus prints and shows how to turn your own pace into weekly hours.
GATE study plan: where the 100 marks sit in CS, DA, ME, CE and EE
Every GATE paper has 65 questions and 100 marks, with General Aptitude at 15, and in 17 papers 13 more marks are Engineering Mathematics. This page shows how the marks sit in five papers, beside the section titles each syllabus prints, and how to turn your own pace into weekly hours.
How to use them
Short guides on the sums behind the calculators and the sheets.
How many hours does a syllabus take? Count units, minutes and rounds
No exam body publishes how many hours its exam needs, and a figure that does not come from your own pace is a guess. Count the units your syllabus prints, time yourself on three of them, and multiply by the rounds you plan.
How to split study hours across subjects: marks, units and your own pace
A subject's marks, its unit count and your own minutes per unit are the three numbers a split needs, and they do not always point the same way. This guide shows when they agree, when they differ and how to turn them into weekly hours.
A syllabus tracker that keeps minutes and finished passes apart
A good syllabus tracker records two things for each topic and stage: the minutes you studied, and the date you finished the first pass. Keep them in separate columns and a long session cannot pass for a finished topic.
Let the app keep the count.
AspirantGoal records your minutes and keeps every pass separate. Install it and try one topic.