Dakhilaa"How many mocks should I take?" is the wrong question. A student who takes 40 mocks and reviews none will lose to one who takes 15 and dissects each. Volume is not the lever — analysis is.
Mocks help, but with diminishing returns
Mocks help — but after ~15–20, volume alone stops moving your score.
The first several mocks fix your biggest leaks — timing, stamina, exam temperament. After that, the curve flattens. Beyond roughly 15–20 full mocks, extra tests help far less than deeper analysis of the ones you've already taken.
A rough target by time left
A rough mock target depending on how much time you have left.
- 3+ months left: ~20 full mocks, spaced out.
- 1 month left: ~12, with heavy analysis.
- 2 weeks left: ~6, under real timing.
The 1:2 rule
Spend about twice as long analysing a mock as taking it.
A mock you don't analyse is just three hours of confirming what you already do. The learning is in the review.
For every 3-hour mock, budget roughly 2 hours going through every wrong and skipped question. Dakhilaa makes that review concrete — after each mock it shows your estimated percentile and a topic-wise breakdown, so you know exactly what to fix before the next one.