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    INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026: High Scoring Chapters

    INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026: High Scoring Chapters

    Irshad AnwarUpdated on 22 Oct 2026, 05:08 PM IST

    INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026: INI CET is the entrance exam for MD, MS, MCh (6 years) and DM (6 years) seats at AIIMS and other Institutes of National Importance. AIIMS, New Delhi, conducts the INI CET exam. With 200 questions across 19 subjects, the real question is not what to study, but what to study first. AIIMS does not publish chapter-wise weightage, so we built our own. We classified 764 questions from four past papers by subject and chapter and counted them. Every number below comes from that count. These are editorial estimates, not official figures.

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    1. INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026
    2. INI CET Subject-wise Weightage: What the Count Shows
    3. INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026: Top Chapters by Question Count
    4. INI CET Subject-wise High-Scoring Chapters
    5. How to Use This INI CET Weightage Data
    INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026: High Scoring Chapters
    INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026: High Scoring Chapters

    INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026

    Detail

    INI CET

    Mode

    Computer-based test

    Questions

    200 single-answer MCQs

    Duration

    3 hours

    Structure

    Four sections of 50 questions, 45 minutes each; no going back once a section ends

    Marking

    +1 correct, −⅓ wrong, 0 unanswered

    How we built the data. We used the tagged questions from four papers: July 2021, November 2021, May 2022 and a second 2022 paper. That gives 764 questions. We left out the 35 untagged May 2022 questions, repeated questions within a paper, and the 2020 paper, whose tags are too unrefined to compare. The January 2025, May 2023 and 2024 files were too thin or repetitive to use for weightage. A chapter's "papers" column shows in how many of the four papers it appeared.

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    INI CET Subject-wise Weightage: What the Count Shows

    Subject

    Questions

    Share %

    Rough marks of 200

    Obstetrics and Gynaecology

    74

    9.7%

    17–22

    Pharmacology

    66

    8.6%

    15–19

    Surgery

    65

    8.5%

    15–19

    Pathology

    62

    8.1%

    14–18

    Medicine

    59

    7.7%

    13–17

    Microbiology

    48

    6.3%

    11–14

    PSM

    48

    6.3%

    11–14

    Biochemistry

    47

    6.2%

    11–14

    Physiology

    45

    5.9%

    10–13

    Anatomy

    44

    5.8%

    10–13

    Forensic Medicine

    34

    4.5%

    7–10

    Ophthalmology

    29

    3.8%

    6–9

    Paediatrics

    29

    3.8%

    6–9

    Dermatology

    22

    2.9%

    4–7

    Orthopaedics

    22

    2.9%

    4–7

    Radiology

    20

    2.6%

    4–6

    Anaesthesia

    17

    2.2%

    3–5

    ENT

    17

    2.2%

    3–5

    Psychiatry

    16

    2.1%

    3–5

    The top five subjects (Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pharmacology, Surgery, Pathology and Medicine) make up about 43% of the sample. The next five (Microbiology, PSM, Biochemistry, Physiology and Anatomy) add about 30%. Together, ten subjects carry nearly three-quarters of the paper. The last five rows are small but not zero.

    INI CET High Weightage Chapters 2026: Top Chapters by Question Count

    These chapters were the most asked, and most appeared in all four papers.

    Rank

    Chapter

    Subject

    Questions

    Papers

    1

    Obstetrics

    OBG

    39

    4

    2

    Gynaecology

    OBG

    35

    4

    3

    Genetics

    Biochemistry

    18

    4

    4

    General Pharmacology

    Pharmacology

    16

    4

    5

    Neoplasia

    Pathology

    14

    4

    6

    Gastrointestinal Surgery

    Surgery

    14

    4

    7

    Neuroanatomy

    Anatomy

    13

    4

    8

    Neurology

    Medicine

    12

    4

    9

    Cardiology

    Medicine

    11

    4

    10

    Haematology: Red Blood Cells

    Pathology

    11

    4

    11

    Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

    Surgery

    11

    4

    12

    Endocrine Surgery

    Surgery

    11

    4

    13

    Virology

    Microbiology

    11

    3

    14

    Pulmonology

    Medicine

    10

    4

    15

    Systemic Bacteriology

    Microbiology

    10

    4

    Obstetrics and Gynaecology alone had 74 questions, so each of those two chapters out-counted every other single chapter by a wide margin. Genetics, at 18 questions, was the biggest chapter outside OBG.

    INI CET Subject-wise High-Scoring Chapters

    Subject

    Chapters that led the count (questions, papers)

    Pharmacology

    General Pharmacology (16, 4); CNS (8, 4); CVS (8, 3)

    Surgery

    Gastrointestinal (14, 4); Hepatobiliary-Pancreatic (11, 4); Endocrine (11, 4)

    Pathology

    Neoplasia (14, 4); Haematology: RBC (11, 4); Immunity (7, 4)

    Medicine

    Neurology (12, 4); Cardiology (11, 4); Pulmonology (10, 4)

    Microbiology

    Virology (11, 3); Systemic Bacteriology (10, 4); Parasitology (8, 3)

    PSM

    Communicable and Non-communicable Diseases (9, 3); National Health Programs (8, 4)

    Biochemistry

    Genetics (18, 4); Amino Acids and Proteins (8, 4); Carbohydrate Metabolism (5, 3)

    Physiology

    Excretory System (8, 4); Nerve-Muscle (7, 4); Gastrointestinal (6, 4)

    Anatomy

    Neuroanatomy (13, 4); Head and Neck (8, 3); Lower Limb (5, 4)

    Forensic Medicine

    Thanatology (9, 3); Toxicology (8, 4); Traumatology (6, 4)

    Smaller subjects follow the same pattern of a few repeating chapters:

    • Ophthalmology: Glaucoma and Neuro-ophthalmology (4 each, in all four papers).

    • ENT: Nose and Paranasal Sinuses (9, in all four papers) led the subject, followed by Ear (5).

    • Orthopaedics: Spine, Pelvis and Lower Limb Traumatology (7, in all four papers).

    • Dermatology: Cutaneous Infections (6).

    • Paediatrics: Infectious Diseases (5).

    How to Use This INI CET Weightage Data

    1. Start with OBG, Pharmacology, Surgery, Pathology and Medicine. They carry the largest share.

    2. Prioritise chapters that appeared in all four papers. A chapter that repeats is safer than one with a single spike.

    3. Do not skip small subjects. ENT, Ophthalmology and Orthopaedics each have one chapter that shows up every time, which makes them quick marks.

    4. Revise facts-heavy chapters often. Many Biochemistry, Pharmacology and Forensic questions are single-fact.

    5. Use −⅓ marking carefully. A blind guess averages zero; a guess after removing two options is positive.

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: Does AIIMS publish chapter-wise weightage for INI CET?
    A:

    No. The figures here are our own count of 764 questions from four past papers, shown as estimates.

    Q: Which chapters are the most important for INI CET?
    A:

    Obstetrics and Gynaecology had the most questions, followed by Genetics, General Pharmacology, Neoplasia and Gastrointestinal Surgery. Most of these appeared in all four papers.

    Q: Is there negative marking in INI CET?
    A:

    Yes. Each correct answer gives +1, each wrong answer deducts ⅓ of a mark, and unanswered questions score zero.

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