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Prepare for your Master's oral examination

A plan to your exam date, cards from the official texts with a picture for each, and mock oral examinations with an AI examiner who questions you by voice.

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From today to your examination

A plan for every day

Enter your exam date and the days you can study. Each day lists what to learn and what to review.

The study plan, with the exam date, study days and a list of days

A picture for every card

Each card quotes the official text with its page, and comes with a picture to remember it by: lights and shapes, steps, figures or a side-by-side comparison.

A card on identifying vessels, with the lights by night, shapes by day and fog signals of a vessel not under command

Answer out loud

Flashcards and the quiz take spoken answers and show the points you missed. Cards come back just before you would forget them.

A flashcard answer showing the Hague-Visby limits as two figures

Notes on what you don't follow

Ask about anything, typed or spoken. Your note is built from the official texts with its sources, and joins your flashcards.

A note comparing general average and particular average in two columns

Mock oral examinations by voice

Pick an examiner and a round, up to a full 30-minute examination. He follows up when an answer is half right.

Setting up a mock oral examination with Capt. Arvind Rao

A report after every call

Every answer is marked against the key points, with what to fix first.

A mock oral examination report with the transcript, Fix these first and What went well

Four examiners, four ways of asking

Each examiner is fictional and speaks with a voice generated by AI. Choose the voice you hear.

Capt. David Hale AIThe surveyor

Puts you on the bridge and asks what you do next, then follows up on your actions.

Capt. Arvind Rao AIThe rules examiner

Wants the convention, the regulation and the section number. Precise and formal.

Capt. Suresh Nair AIThe figures examiner

Asks for limits, intervals and distances, and checks you know them exactly.

Capt. Meera Joshi AIThe calm first round

Easier questions at a slower pace, for your first few mock oral examinations.

The whole syllabus

The twelve sections of the Master (FG) oral examination syllabus.

Cards quote SOLAS, MARPOL, the COLREGs, STCW, the ISM and ISPS Codes, MLC 2006, the Merchant Shipping Act 2025 and the rules made under it, among others.

Free for a week, then one price

Try everything free for 7 days, with up to three mock oral examinations. Then one payment covers you to the examination.

₹4,999once, for 6 months
  • Every card in the 12 sections, each with its picture and official source
  • Your study plan, today's session, flashcards, quizzes, Ask and your own notes
  • Five 30-minute mock oral examinations, marked against the key points
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Extra mock oral examinations are ₹899 for 30 minutes.

Questions

Is this the DG Shipping examination?

MyShipDesk Exams is practice material. The oral examination itself is held by the Mercantile Marine Department, and we have no link to DG Shipping or the MMD.

Where do the answers come from?

From the official conventions, codes and Acts. Every key point names its source and page. A few cards drawn from candidate notes carry a label until a reviewing master has checked them.

How does the AI examiner work?

He speaks with a voice generated by AI and says so at the start of every call. He asks questions from the sections you pick, listens to your answer and asks a follow-up when it is half right. After the call, each answer is marked against its key points.

What happens to my voice and camera?

Your call goes to our voice provider so the examiner can hear and answer you, and we keep the transcript to mark your answers and show your report. Your camera picture stays on your device and is never sent or recorded.

Does it work on my phone?

Yes. Use headphones for mock oral examinations, so the examiner does not hear his own voice through your speaker.

Set your exam date and start today.

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Your account keeps your plan, cards and reports together.

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What should we call you?

The mock examiner also greets you by name.

Where and when is your oral examination?

Next you set the exact date and the days you can study, and we make your plan. You can change it later.

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Master (FG) · India

Getting started

    Start with a quick check

    Ten questions across the syllabus, answered out loud. Cards you get right are marked known, so your daily sessions skip them.

    Today

    Today's session

    Start today's session

    How ready you are

    Known means you marked a card Know it or got it right as a flashcard. Weakest sections first.

    Known To revise Not learned yet

    Full mock oral examination

    Questions from every topic, mixed difficulty, with follow-ups. About 12 minutes.

    Or a short mock oral examination on one section

    Recent rounds

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    Home

    The examiner asks

    Or say it to yourself, then show the answer.

    Model answer and key points

      Today's session is done

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      ₹4,999once, for 6 months
      • Every card in the 12 sections, each with its picture and official source
      • Your study plan to your exam date, today's session and flashcards
      • Quizzes answered out loud, Ask, and your own notes
      • Five 30-minute mock oral examinations with the AI examiners, marked against the key points

      Extra mock oral examinations are ₹899 for 30 minutes.

      Accounts

      Grant free access, or record a pass or extra mock paid outside the app.

      Study plan

      Tell us when your oral examination is and when you can study. Each day then lists what to learn and review.

      Days you can study

      Day by day

      Learn

      Every answer comes from the official text it quotes. Mark each card Know it or Revise; cards join your flashcards as you go.

      All sections

      Back

      Drawn from candidate notes. A reviewing master has not yet checked this card.

      The examiner asks

      Model answer

      Key points

        Common mistakes

          Follow-up questions
            Your note on this card

            Flashcards

            All key points and sources

              Common mistakes

                Nothing due right now

                Cards join this deck as you learn them, and come back on the days you are likely to forget them.

                Learn new cards

                Quiz

                Answer out loud, the way you would to the examiner. What you say is written down and checked against the key points.

                Sections

                The examiner asks

                Ask

                Ask about any topic in the syllabus. Answers come only from the study cards and name their source.

                Study cards used

                My notes

                Ask about anything you want to understand. Your note is built from the study cards, with their sources, and joins your flashcards.

                Your notes

                My notes

                You asked

                Key points

                  Send to my WhatsApp

                  Your mock oral examination

                  AI
                  English

                  What the examiner will ask

                  Set up your mock oral examination

                  Pick the sections, the round and your examiner.

                  Sections
                  Round

                  No help during the call, as in the real examination. Marked afterwards.

                  Difficulty
                  Questions
                  Your examiner

                  Check your microphone

                  Say a few words. The bar moves when we can hear you.

                  Use headphones if you can, so the examiner does not hear himself. Answer in full sentences, as in the real examination.
                  Mock oral examination with 00:00
                  The examinerAI
                  English
                  Connecting
                  You

                  Fictional examiner. The voice is generated by AI. Your camera stays on this device and is never recorded.

                  Coached round

                  Waiting for the first question

                  Build your answer in three parts: the rule or duty and where it comes from, then what you do in order, then what you record or report.

                    Transcript

                    The examiner speaks first.

                    History
                    …

                    Marking your answers

                    Home
                    Checking each answer against the key points the examiner listens for. This takes about half a minute.

                    Transcript

                    Fix these first

                      What went well

                        Scorecard

                        Delivery

                        DG Shipping's six criteria for the oral examination, marked from your transcript.

                        History

                        Every round you have finished, newest first.

                        Account

                        Your plan

                        Exam pass: ₹4,999 once for 6 months, with five 30-minute mock oral examinations. Extra mock oral examination: ₹899 for 30 minutes.

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                        Daily reminder

                        A reminder when today's session is waiting. None comes on a day you have already studied.

                        On iPhone, phone notifications need this site on your Home Screen: tap Share, then Add to Home Screen, and open it from there. Email works without it.

                        Keep the link in your own WhatsApp chat so today's session is one tap away.

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