[Tex/LaTex] Multiple choice questions type setting

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See the fourth question: the choices are showing twice one is along horizontal and another is along vertical, but I need only one like the above three. The commands I have used is given below.

\documentclass{exam}
\usepackage{ifthen}
\usepackage{calc}
\renewcommand{\baselinestretch}{1.2}
\oddsidemargin 0in \evensidemargin 0in \topmargin 0in \textheight
9.2in \textwidth 6.5in
%\hoffset -1in
%\voffset -1in
%\evensidemargin 14pt
\usepackage{amsmath,amsthm,amsfonts,amssymb,dsfont}
\pagestyle{headandfoot} \extraheadheight{.5in} \lhead[]{}
\chead[ \vskip .1in  MATHEMATICS\\
STANDARD X(CBSE)\\
      %\hrule
    \textbf{PAIR OF LINEAR EQUATIONS IN TWO VARIABLES} \linebreak
       \textbf{Time: 1 Hour}   \hskip 1.3in  \textsf{ }
       \hfill{\textbf{Max. Marks:30}}\vskip.05in \vskip -.5in]{}
\rhead[]{} \lfoot{David 7502878908} \cfoot{HOME TUITIONS}
\rfoot{\iflastpage{$\maltese\maltese\maltese \maltese
\maltese$}{Continued...\ldots}} \pointsinrightmargin
\newcommand{\ntt}{\normalfont\ttfamily}
%    command name
\newcommand{\cn}[1]{{\protect\ntt\bslash#1}}
\hfuzz1pc % Don't bother to report overfull boxes if overage is < 1pc

\newcommand{\thmref}[1]{Theorem~\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\secref}[1]{\S\ref{#1}}
\newcommand{\lemref}[1]{Lemma~\ref{#1}}
%\newcommand{\bysame}{\mbox{\rule{3em}{.4pt}}\,}
\newcommand{\sqt}[1]{\sqrt{\smash[b] {#1}}}

%    \interval is used to provide better spacing after a [ that
%    is used as a closing delimiter.
\newcommand{\interval}[1]{\mathinner{#1}}

%    Notation for an expression evaluated at a particular condition. The
%    optional argument can be used to override automatic sizing of the
%    right vert bar, e.g. \eval[\biggr]{...}_{...}
\newcommand{\eval}[2][\right]{\relax
  \ifx#1\right\relax \left.\fi#2#1\rvert}

%    Enclose the argument in vert-bar delimiters:
\newcommand{\envert}[1]{\left\lvert#1\right\rvert}
\let\abs=\envert

%    Enclose the argument in double-vert-bar delimiters:
\newcommand{\enVert}[1]{\left\lVert#1\right\rVert}
\let\norm=\enVert
\newcommand{\pad}[2]{\frac{\der #1}{\der #2}}
\newcommand{\IC}{{\mathbb C}}
\newcommand{\IN}{{\mathbb N}}
\newcommand{\IR}{{\mathbb R}}
\newcommand{\gol}{\mbox{$\,${\rm Log}$\,$}}
\newcommand{\Log}{\ln}
\newcommand{\ov}[1]{\overline{\smash[b] {#1}}}
\newcommand{\Ndash}{\nobreakdash--}
\newcommand{\IE}{{\mathds{R}^n}}
\newcommand{\IF}{{\mathds{R}^m}}
\setlength\parindent{0pt}

    %usage \choice{ }{ }{ }{ }
    %(A)(B)(C)(D)
    \newcommand{\fourch}[4]{
    \par
            \begin{tabular}{*{4}{@{}p{0.23\textwidth}}}
            (a)~#1 & (b)~#2 & (c)~#3 & (d)~#4
            \end{tabular}
    }

    %(A)(B)
    %(C)(D)
    \newcommand{\twoch}[4]{

            \begin{tabular}{*{2}{@{}p{0.46\textwidth}}}
            (A)~#1 & (B)~#2
            \end{tabular}
    \par
            \begin{tabular}{*{2}{@{}p{0.46\textwidth}}}
            (C)~#3 & (D)~#4
            \end{tabular}
    }

    %(A)
    %(B)
    %(C)
    %(D)
    \newcommand{\onech}[4]{
    \par
          (A)~#1 \par (B)~#2 \par (C)~#3 \par (D)~#4
    }

    \newlength\widthcha
    \newlength\widthchb
    \newlength\widthchc
    \newlength\widthchd
    \newlength\widthch
    \newlength\tabmaxwidth

    \setlength\tabmaxwidth{0.96\textwidth}
    \newlength\fourthtabwidth
    \setlength\fourthtabwidth{0.25\textwidth}
    \newlength\halftabwidth
    \setlength\halftabwidth{0.5\textwidth}

    \newcommand{\choice}[4]{
            \settowidth\widthcha{AM.#1}\setlength{\widthch}{\widthcha}
            \settowidth\widthchb{BM.#2}    
            \ifthenelse{\widthch<\widthchb}{\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}}{}
            \settowidth\widthchb{CM.#3}    
            \ifthenelse{\widthch<\widthchb}{\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}}{}
            \settowidth\widthchb{DM.#4}    
            \ifthenelse{\widthch<\widthchb}{\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}}{}     
            \ifthenelse{\widthch<\fourthtabwidth}{\fourch{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}}

{\ifthenelse{\widthch<\halftabwidth\and\widthch>\fourthtabwidth}{\twoch{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}}
                               {\onech{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}}}
    }


\begin{document}
\hrule
\begin{questions}
        \question What is your favourite color?
    \onech{cjfije}{nkwjfl}{vvkji}{ n ejok}
    \question nci jifj
    \twoch{nknfi}{nvsjijp}{msj8j}{n vuhjkd}
    \question kkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk
    \fourch{qqqqqqqqq}{qqqqqqqqqq}{qqqqqqqqq}{rrrrrrrrrrrr}
    \question what is your favourite fruit?
    \choice{apple}{banana}{orang}{pear}
\end{questions}

\end{document}

I think there is a wrong in the following redefinition..

\newcommand{\choice}[4]{
                \settowidth\widthcha{AM.#1}\setlength{\widthch}{\widthcha}
                \settowidth\widthchb{BM.#2}    
                \ifthenelse{\widthch<\widthchb}{\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}}{}
                \settowidth\widthchb{CM.#3}    
                \ifthenelse{\widthch<\widthchb}{\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}}{}
                \settowidth\widthchb{DM.#4}    
                \ifthenelse{\widthch<\widthchb}{\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}}{}     
                \ifthenelse{\widthch<\fourthtabwidth}{\fourch{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}}

    {\ifthenelse{\widthch<\halftabwidth\and\widthch>\fourthtabwidth}{\twoch{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}}
                                   {\onech{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}}}
        }

Kindly correct it and tell me how to identify the correct choice and to print in a separate sheet.

Best Answer

In order to perform a length test using ifthen you need to explicitly state it:

\ifthenelse{\lengthtest{<dimen>?<dimen>}}{<true>}{<false>}

where ? is one of <, = or >. I've adopted a more old-school way of testing dimensions using \ifdim:

\newcommand{\choice}[4]{%
  \settowidth\widthcha{AM.#1}\setlength{\widthch}{\widthcha}%
  \settowidth\widthchb{BM.#2}%
  \ifdim\widthch<\widthchb\relax\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}\fi%
  \settowidth\widthchb{CM.#3}%
  \ifdim\widthch<\widthchb\relax\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}\fi%
  \settowidth\widthchb{DM.#4}%
  \ifdim\widthch<\widthchb\relax\setlength{\widthch}{\widthchb}\fi%
  \ifdim\widthch<\fourthtabwidth
    \fourch{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}
  \else\ifdim\widthch<\halftabwidth
    \ifdim\widthch>\fourthtabwidth
      \twoch{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}
    \else
      \onech{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}
    \fi
  \fi\fi
}

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[Tex/LaTex] Print answer key to multiple choice questions

You could update \CorrectChoice to insert an incremental \label. However, this would mean that only the most recent \CorrectChoice would be returned through a \theCorrectChoice call:

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\documentclass{exam}% http://ctan.org/pkg/exam

\newcounter{correctchoicemark}% Counter to keep track of correct choice mark
\newcommand{\theCorrectChoice}{\ref{correctchoice-\thecorrectchoicemark}}% Print correct choice
\renewcommand{\choiceshook}{% Adapt \CorrectChoice to insert \label
  \let\oldCorrectChoice\CorrectChoice% Store \CorrectChoice in \oldCorrectChoice
  \renewcommand{\CorrectChoice}{%
    \oldCorrectChoice% Original \CorrectChoice
    \stepcounter{correctchoicemark}% Increment correct choice mark
    \label{correctchoice-\thecorrectchoicemark}% \label original \CorrectChoice
  }%
}
\let\oldoneparchoices\oneparchoices
\renewcommand{\oneparchoices}{%
  \oldoneparchoices% Original oneparchoices environment start
  \let\oldCorrectChoice\CorrectChoice% Store \CorrectChoice in \oldCorrectChoice
  \renewcommand{\CorrectChoice}{%
    \oldCorrectChoice% Original \CorrectChoice
    \stepcounter{correctchoicemark}% Increment correct choice mark
    \label{correctchoice-\thecorrectchoicemark}% \label original \CorrectChoice
  }%
}
\begin{document}

\begin{questions}

  \question This is a multiple choice question
  \begin{choices}
    \choice this is a choice
    \choice this is another choice
    \CorrectChoice this is the correct choice
    \choice this is another choice
  \end{choices}

  The answer is \theCorrectChoice.

  \question This is a multiple choice question
  \begin{oneparchoices}
    \choice this is a choice
    \CorrectChoice this is another choice
    \choice this is the correct choice
    \choice this is another choice
  \end{oneparchoices}

  The answer is \theCorrectChoice.

\end{questions}

\end{document}

exam provides a hook into the choices environment via \choiceshook. Updating this to redefine \CorrectChoice is one (clean) way of inserting the appropriate code to obtain a \label you can \reference. oneparchoices does not provide this hook, so a different method altogether is employed in order to redefine \CorrectChoice.

More work is required for this solution to work correctly with hyperref.

[Tex/LaTex] Multiple Choice Questions in Exam package

1) I used xpatch to fix the amount of space after each choice.

2) I renewed the \questionlabel command for the first question. \phantom{} reserves the space of the question number but it is not printed. I reset it it back to the class default before the section question.

\documentclass[addpoints]{exam}
\usepackage{xpatch}

% Need both to patch both instances (choice, correctchoice) in the oneparchoices environment.
% Unless there is a global replacement that works within an environment. I don't know.
% Replaces \hskip 1em with \hfill
\xpatchcmd{\oneparchoices}{\penalty -50\hskip 1em plus 1em\relax}{\hfill}{}{}
\xpatchcmd{\oneparchoices}{\penalty -50\hskip 1em plus 1em\relax}{\hfill}{}{}

\begin{document}
\begin{center}
\gradetable
\end{center}
\begin{questions}

\renewcommand\questionlabel{\phantom{\thequestion.}}
\titledquestion{\textbf{Multiple Choice}}[10]
What is the Capital of the United States in 1799?

\begin{oneparchoices}
\choice NY
\CorrectChoice Washington D.C.
\choice Chicago
\choice LA
\end{oneparchoices}

\renewcommand\questionlabel{\thequestion.}
%\setcounter{question}{0}   %Uncomment if you want the first numbered question to start at 1.

\question[10]
What is the Capital of the United Kinddom in 1999?

\begin{oneparchoices}
\choice London 
\CorrectChoice Washington D.C.
\choice Chicago
\choice Los Angeles
\end{oneparchoices}

\end{questions}
\end{document}

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