Google adds JEE practice tests to Gemini in India

Google is expanding its educational features in India by integrating full-length practice tests for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE)—India’s nationwide engineering entrance exam—directly into Gemini, Google’s AI chatbot. To power these mock exams, the company is utilizing vetted content from Indian education firms Physics Wallah and Careers360. The integration allows students to take complete practice tests within the chatbot interface, which then provides immediate feedback, highlights areas of strength, and explains correct answers.

According to Google, Indian students are already using Gemini to study subjects ranging from advanced physics to broader STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) topics. Beyond the chatbot, Google is rolling out these JEE preparation tools to AI Mode in Google Search. This includes the Canvas tool, a tool for building study guides and quizzes using class notes. Additionally, students are using NotebookLM, Google’s AI-powered research tool, to convert study materials into quizzes, flashcards, and summaries. The launch represents a shift in how the company positions its AI tools, framing them as structured study aids that can generate customized study plans based on student performance, rather than simple shortcuts for finding answers.

Separately from the Gemini product updates, Google is expanding its broader AI education initiatives in India through public and private partnerships. The company is partnering with the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Chaudhary Charan Singh University on a pilot program to build an AI-enabled state university, which aims to establish a national framework for AI in vocational and higher education.

To support these efforts, Google.org, the charitable arm of Google, is providing an ₹850 million (about $10 million) grant to Wadhwani AI, a nonprofit organization. The grant is intended to help integrate AI into government-run education platforms, including national online learning portals and state education platforms, to reduce administrative burdens for educators. Google claims its educational AI tools have already reached around 10 million learners and educators in India. By the end of 2027, the company aims to scale its AI education program to reach 75 million students, 1.8 million educators, and a million early-career professionals.

Why it matters

The launch of practice tests in Gemini signals a broader push to position the chatbot as a tool for structured exam preparation rather than a shortcut to answers.