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    INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Paediatrics

    INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Paediatrics

    Irshad AnwarUpdated on 26 Oct 2026, 05:52 PM IST

    INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: The INI CET January 2027 session is on November 1, 2026. With so little time left, knowing which topics to revise first matters more than finishing every chapter. Four clinical subjects (Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Paediatrics) account for roughly three in every ten INI CET questions. If you are planning your  INI CET exam revision, these are the chapters where time pays back fastest. We classified 764 questions from four past papers by subject and chapter. Every number below comes from that count. 

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    1. INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Paediatrics
    2. INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: How we built the data.
    3. Medicine INI CET High-Yield Topics: Three Systems Make Up Over Half
    4. Surgery INI CET High-Yield Topics: Abdomen and Endocrine Lead
    5. INI CET Obstetrics High-Yield Topics: The Biggest Subject
    6. INI CET Gynaecology High-Yield Topics
    7. Paediatrics INI CET High-Yield Topics: Small, but Spread Across Chapters
    8. How to Use Subject-wise INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise
    INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Paediatrics
    INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Paediatrics

    This article lists INI CET high-yield topics subject-wise, covering Medicine, Surgery, OBG and Paediatrics. So, you can prioritise your last revision rounds. The topics come from patterns in INI CET previous year papers and expert analysis, not from any official AIIMS list. The paper has 200 MCQs in four locked sections of 50, with 45 minutes per section. So, you can’t go back and fix a weak section. Use these INI CET important topics to revise clinical subjects first, then fill gaps in the rest.

    INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: Medicine, Surgery, OBG, Paediatrics

    Subject

    Questions

    Share of 764

    Rough marks of 200

    Obstetrics and Gynaecology

    74

    9.7%

    17–22

    Surgery

    65

    8.5%

    15–19

    Medicine

    59

    7.7%

    13–17

    Paediatrics

    29

    3.8%

    6–9

    Four subjects together

    227

    29.7%

    51–67

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    INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise: How we built the data. 

    We used the tagged questions from July 2021, November 2021, May 2022 and a second 2022 paper. We left out 35 untagged May 2022 questions, repeats within a paper, and the 2020 paper. "Papers" in the tables below show how many of the four papers a chapter appeared. The pattern is 200 MCQs in 3 hours with −1/3 marking (confirm on aiimsexams.ac.in).

    Medicine INI CET High-Yield Topics: Three Systems Make Up Over Half

    Chapter

    Questions

    Papers

    Neurology

    12

    4

    Cardiology

    11

    4

    Pulmonology

    10

    4

    Endocrinology

    6

    3

    Infections

    5

    2

    Nephrology

    4

    3

    Rheumatology and connective tissue disorders

    4

    3

    GIT

    2

    2

    Haematology, emergency medicine, aspiration syndromes, cardiovascular system, clinical essentials

    1 each

    1 each

    Neurology, Cardiology and Pulmonology together gave 33 of 59 questions (56%), and each appeared in all four papers. The stems are clinical, like a patient with sudden weakness and aphasia, resistant hypertension, critical mitral stenosis with atrial fibrillation, a flow-volume loop. Learn each disease as a case with its diagnosis and best next step, not as a definition.

    Surgery INI CET High-Yield Topics: Abdomen and Endocrine Lead

    Chapter

    Questions

    Papers

    Gastrointestinal Surgery

    14

    4

    Others (emergency care, triage, wound closure and general principles)

    14

    3

    Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery

    11

    4

    Endocrine Surgery (includes breast questions in the sample)

    11

    4

    Urology

    7

    3

    Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery

    4

    2

    Clinical Essentials

    2

    1

    Plastic Surgery and Trauma Surgery

    1 each

    1 each

    The three abdominal and endocrine chapters gave 36 of 65 questions (55%) and appeared in every paper. The Others group is worth noticing: it holds practical, emergency-room style questions (triage, suturing technique, a road-accident patient on a ventilator). These are easy to lose marks on because they sit outside the usual textbook chapters.

    INI CET Obstetrics High-Yield Topics: The Biggest Subject

    Obstetrics (39) and Gynaecology (35) both appeared in all four papers. To make the data useful, we read each of the 74 question stems and grouped them ourselves. This grouping is our editorial reading, so treat it as approximate.

    Obstetrics group

    Questions

    Labour, AMTSL, postpartum haemorrhage, uterine dysfunction, caesarean instruments

    7

    Antenatal care, screening, dating, fetal assessment

    7

    Placenta, antepartum haemorrhage, multiple pregnancy

    6

    Hypertensive disorders and magnesium sulfate

    5

    Medical disorders in pregnancy (diabetes, UTI, lupus)

    5

    Early pregnancy loss, MTP, cerclage

    3

    Other (lactation, anatomy, emergency contraception)

    6

    INI CET Gynaecology High-Yield Topics

    Gynaecology group

    Questions

    Gynaecological cancers and screening (ovary, vulva, cervix, endometrium, tumour markers, Pap smear)

    9

    Amenorrhoea, karyotypes and disorders of sexual development

    7

    Infertility, semen analysis and uterine anomalies

    4

    Contraception

    3

    PCOS

    2

    Vaginal infections

    2

    Instruments and images

    2

    Endometriosis, Asherman syndrome, HPV vaccine and other

    6

    Pre-eclampsia and magnesium sulfate, AMTSL and postpartum haemorrhage, and gestational diabetes appeared repeatedly. In Gynaecology, amenorrhoea with its karyotypes (Turner's, androgen insensitivity, 5-alpha reductase deficiency) and gynaecological cancers together made up 16 of 35 questions.

    Paediatrics INI CET High-Yield Topics: Small, but Spread Across Chapters

    Chapter

    Questions

    Papers

    Infectious Diseases

    5

    3

    Respiratory Disorders

    4

    3

    Cardiology

    3

    3

    Neurology

    3

    3

    Neonatology

    3

    2

    Normal Development

    3

    2

    Nephrology

    2

    1

    Growth, Nutrition, Genetics, Haematology-Oncology, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology

    1 each

    1 each

    With only 29 questions, the Paediatrics sample is the least reliable of the four. The five chapters at the top appeared in at least two papers. Examples from the stems: congenital CMV, congenital heart disease with equal saturations, neonatal seizures, kangaroo mother care, physiological jaundice and developmental milestones.

    How to Use Subject-wise INI CET High-Yield Topics Subject-wise 

    1. Order your revision: OBG, Surgery, Medicine, then Paediatrics.

    2. Start with chapters that appeared in all four papers: Neurology, Cardiology, Pulmonology, GI, HPB and Endocrine Surgery, and both OBG halves.

    3. Do not ignore the practical questions. Instruments, images and emergency-room steps appear in Surgery and OBG.

    4. Practise clinical scenarios. Most of these questions describe a patient.

    5. Guess carefully. With −⅓ marking, guess only after removing options.

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    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

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

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

    Q: Which clinical subject has the most questions?
    A:

    Obstetrics and Gynaecology had 74 questions, ahead of Surgery (65), Medicine (59) and Paediatrics (29).

    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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