Method and system for securely conducting a digital examination

A system, comprising:

• a memory storing instructions;
• one or more communication interfaces;
• and
• one or more hardware processors coupled to the memory via the one or more communication interfaces (106), wherein the one or more hardware processors are configured by the instructions to:
• provide, one or more question papers, an optical mark reader (OMR) bubble sheet and question paper's color information, specific to a digital examination;
• encrypt, the one or more question papers with a first password;
• zip, the one or more encrypted question papers, the OMR bubble sheet and the question paper's color information into a zipped bundle;
• encrypt, the zipped bundle using a user provided key;
• download, the encrypted zipped bundle on one of an electronic device by an invigilator or on a candidate device by a candidate at an examination center, wherein the electronic device is being used by the invigilator and the candidate device is used by the candidate;
• decrypt and unzip, the encrypted zipped bundle using the user provided key;
• add, details specific to the invigilator and the examination center on the electronic device by the invigilator, if the encrypted zipped bundle is downloaded on the electronic device;
• zip and encrypt, the question paper, the OMR bubble sheet along with the invigilator details to regenerate the bundle for distribution to one or more candidate devices using a second password, if the encrypted zipped bundle is downloaded on the electronic device;
• receive, the regenerated encrypted bundle by the one or more candidate devices;
• unzip, the regenerated encrypted bundle by one or more candidates on their respective candidate devices;
• decrypt, the one or more question papers using the second password by the one or more candidates;
• select, a question paper set by the candidate based on the configuration of the candidate device;
• provide, answers in response to the selected question paper set by the candidate, wherein an option is provided to the candidate to mark an answer for review;
• upload, the answers selected by the one or more candidates to the server for further processing and analytics;
• determine an activity log, wherein the activity log comprising one or more activities exhibited by the one or more candidates, the activity log is validated to determine at least one of:
• (i) co-relation between the one or more candidates answer logging time;
• and
• (ii) the one or more candidates consistently answering the question in similar way;
• and
• evaluate and declare, result of the examination locally if the candidate device is configured with a master answer key, provided the master answer key is bundled with the one or more question papers.

One or more non-transitory machine readable information storage mediums comprising one or more instructions which when executed by one or more hardware processors cause:

• providing, one or more question papers, an optical mark reader (OMR) bubble sheet and question paper's color information, specific to the digital examination;
• encrypting, via the one or more hardware processor, the one or more question papers with a first password;
• zipping, the one or more encrypted question papers, the OMR bubble sheet and the question paper's color information into a zipped bundle;
• encrypting, the zipped bundle using a user provided key;
• downloading, the encrypted zipped bundle on one of an electronic device by an invigilator or on a candidate device by a candidate at an examination center, wherein the electronic device is being used by the invigilator and the candidate device is used by the candidate;
• decrypting and unzipping, the encrypted zipped bundle using the user provided key;
• adding, details specific to the invigilator and the examination center on the electronic device by the invigilator, if the encrypted zipped bundle is downloaded on the electronic device;
• zipping and encrypting, the question paper, the OMR bubble sheet along with the invigilator details to regenerate the bundle for distribution to one or more candidate devices using a second password, if the encrypted zipped bundle is downloaded on the electronic device;
• receiving, the regenerated encrypted bundle by the one or more candidate devices;
• unzipping, the regenerated encrypted bundle by one or more candidates on their respective candidate devices;
• decrypting, the one or more question papers using the second password by the one or more candidates;
• selecting, a question paper set by the candidate based on the configuration of the candidate device;
• providing, answers in response to the selected question paper set by the candidate, wherein an option is provided to the candidate to mark an answer for review;
• uploading, the answers selected by the one or more candidates to the server for further processing and analytics;
• determining, via the one or more hardware processor, an activity log, wherein the activity log comprising one or more activities exhibited by the one or more candidates, the activity log is validated to determine at least one of:
• (i) co-relation between the one or more candidates answer logging time;
• and
• (ii) the one or more candidates consistently answering the question in similar way;
• and
• evaluating and declaring, via the one or more hardware processor, result of the examination locally if the candidate device is configured with a master answer key, provided the master answer key is bundled with the one or more question papers.