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title: Creating subjective questions
description: "To create subjective questions, follow these steps: To learn more about response types, refer to this article. To learn more about the evaluation methods, refer to this article.   You have successfull"
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# Creating subjective questions

To create subjective questions, follow these steps:

1. Log in to HackerEarth Assessments using your admin credentials.
2. Click **Library**.
3. In the Library section, click **My library**.
   
   ![image6-3](https://help.hackerearth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image6-3.png?width=250&height=291&name=image6-3.png)
4. Click **Create a question.**   
   ![image2-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-9556-AM](https://help.hackerearth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image2-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-9556-AM.png?width=624&height=67&name=image2-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-9556-AM.png)
5. Select **Subjective** under the General question type.  
   ![image5-4](https://help.hackerearth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image5-4.png?width=302&height=255&name=image5-4.png)
6. In the **Problem Statement** field, enter the problem statement.
7. In the **Difficulty level** list, select the difficulty level of the problem. For example, Easy.
8. In the **Maximum score** field, enter the maximum marks that you want to assign to your question.
9. Enter the relevant tags associated with the question in the **Tags** field.
10. Click **Next.  
    ![image3-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-1275-AM](https://help.hackerearth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image3-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-1275-AM.png?width=560&height=392&name=image3-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-1275-AM.png)**
11. Select the response type you want to receive from the candidate. HackerEarth provides you with the following two options: text response type and video response type. 
    
    To learn more about response types, refer to [this article.](https://help.hackerearth.com/hc/en-us/articles/360006615733-use-cases-of-subjective-questions?hsLang=en)
    
    ![subjective](https://help.hackerearth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/subjective.png?width=617&height=144&name=subjective.png)
12. Select the evaluation method which you want to choose for the question. HackerEarth provides you with three methods of evaluation which are as follows: AI evaluation, keyword evaluation, and manual evaluation.
    
    To learn more about the evaluation methods, refer to [this article](https://help.hackerearth.com/evaluation-of-subjective-questions?hsLang=en).
    
    ![image4-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-1240-AM](https://help.hackerearth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image4-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-1240-AM.png?width=624&height=78&name=image4-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-1240-AM.png) 
13. You can also allow candidates to upload files. This will help you to understand the approach of the candidate for the question. Click **Allow candidates to upload a file**. This file can be checked manually.  
    ![image1-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-0797-AM](https://help.hackerearth.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image1-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-0797-AM.png?width=335&height=66&name=image1-Oct-21-2024-08-01-30-0797-AM.png)
14. Click **Next.**
15. You can also provide a solution template that can work as a starting point for the candidates to write their answers. This is not mandatory but it can help the candidates to write the answer in the format you want them to.
16. Click **Publish. **

You have successfully created a subjective question. You can also follow these steps to create a subjective question in an assessment. 

Here is a walkthrough video that demonstrates how to create Subjective questions step by step:

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