AI Quiz Maker – Panda Hacks 2025 Submission

Inspiration

During my medical studies, I constantly struggled to retain dense material. I had pages of notes, but testing myself was slow and tedious. The traditional way of creating quizzes took too much time.

With generative AI on the rise, I realized I could instantly transform my notes into interactive quizzes. This would turn passive reading into active recall, a scientifically proven method to boost long-term memory retention.

How I Built It

• Framework: Streamlit for an intuitive, web-based interface.
  
• AI Engine: Powered by OpenAI’s GPT models for question generation.
  
• PDF Export: Using FPDF so users can download and print their quizzes.
  
• UI Features:
  
  • Minimalist design with navigation (Home, Quiz Generator, About)
    
  • Motivational quotes to keep learners engaged
    
  • One-click quiz generation and export
    

Basic Workflow:

1. User pastes their topic or notes.
   
2. AI generates 5 multiple-choice questions with 4 options each.
   
3. Answers are stored and the quiz can be exported as PDF.
   

What I Learned

• Prompt Engineering: Getting consistent, high-quality output from LLMs.
  
• User-Centered Design: Creating tools for people who aren’t technical.
  
• API Integration: Connecting Streamlit with AI

Challenges Faced

1. Quota Limits: Navigating free-tier restrictions without breaking the user flow.
   
2. Response Consistency: Ensuring AI output stayed in clean multiple-choice format.
   
3. Error Handling: Dealing with API failures gracefully.
   
4. UI Flow: Making navigation simple yet functional in a short timeframe.
   

🚀 Future Plans

• Free, Local AI Models: Remove API cost barriers by integrating open-source LLMs.
  
• Adaptive Quizzes: Difficulty adjusts based on the user’s answers.
  
• Topic Recommendations: Suggests new quizzes based on knowledge gaps.
  

Built With

• fpdf
• github
• io
• openai
• pycharm
• python
• streamlit