INI CET Exam Pattern 2026 - Marking Scheme, Exam Duration, Types of Question

INI CET Exam Pattern 2026 - Marking Scheme, Exam Duration, Types of Question

Manisha TiwariUpdated on 10 Nov 2025, 11:02 AM IST

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi releases the INI CET exam pattern for January 2026 session in the information brochure at aiimsexams.ac.in. The INI CET exam pattern includes details on the nature of the exam, duration, number of questions, type of questions, and marking scheme. As per INI CET exam pattern, 200 objective questions are asked and candidates are given 180 minutes to attempt the INI CET exam for the January 2026 session. For every correct answer, 1 mark is awarded while there is a negative marking of one-third mark for every wrong answer.

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INI CET Exam Pattern 2026 - Marking Scheme, Exam Duration, Types of Question
INI CET exam pattern

INI CET November 2025 exam is conducted for admission to 1631 seats in Masters of Surgery (MS), Doctor of Medicine (MD), Doctorate of Medicine (DM), Masters of Chirurgie (MCh), and Masters of Dental Surgery (MDS) seats. Check the article on INI CET exam pattern of January 2026 session below to know the syllabus and detailed paper pattern.

INI CET exam pattern

Particulars

INI CET pattern

Mode of INI CET January 2026 session exam

Computer-based test mode

Language of exam

English

Duration of exam

180 minutes

Nature of questions

Multiple-choice questions

Number of questions

200

INI CET exam pattern: Question types

As per the INI CET paper pattern, multiple-choice questions are asked. Candidates have to answer a total of 200 questions in 180 minutes.

INI CET November 2025 marking scheme

Candidates can check the marking scheme of the INI CET exam below.

INI CET marking scheme

Type of question

Marking scheme

Correct answer
1 mark will be given for every correct answer

Incorrect answer

1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer

INI CET syllabus January 2026

AIIMS, New Delhi releases the syllabus for INI CET for January 2026 session exam. INI CET syllabus comprises the subjects from the undergraduate medical curriculum namely Pre-Clinical, Para-Clinical and Clinical subjects. Candidates can check the syllabus of INI CET entrance test for from the table below.

INI CET syllabus

Subjects

INI CET syllabus

Pre-clinical

Biochemistry, Physiology, Anatomy

Para-clinical

Pathology, Microbiology, Forensic, Medicine, Pharmacology, Community Medicine

Clinical

Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Community Medicine, Paediatrics, Clinical Postings, Surgery & Allied Subjects, Medicine and allied subjects

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What is INI CET exam?
A:

INI CET is a new examination introduced by authorities by scrapping AIIMS PG, JIPMER PG, PGIMER, & NIMHANS so aspirants should be aware of the INI CET paper pattern before appearing for the exam.

Q: Which details are covered under INI CET exam pattern?
A:

INI CET exam pattern consists of the details regarding the mode of examination, the number of questions that will be asked, the mode and pattern of the question, and more.

Q: Why is knowing the INI CET exam pattern important?
A:

In order to prepare well for the entrance examination, medical graduates appearing for the INI CET exam must familiarize themselves with the paper pattern.

Q: Who decides the INI CET exam pattern?
A:

All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi decides the exam pattern of INI CET exam

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Questions related to INI CET

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Have a question related to INI CET ?

Hello there!

AIIMS ( All India Institute of Medical Sciences) New Delhi conducts the Institute of National Importance Combined Entrance Test (INI CET). It is conducted twice a year. The INI CET cut off 2025 for January 2026 session is 50 percentile for unreserved category, and 45 percentile for the reserved category students.

Knowing cut off marks will enable students to know their chances for getting admission in particular category and courses.

Here is the link attached from the official website of Careers360 which will provide you with the cut off marks detail. Kindly go through it.

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/ini-cet-cutoff

thank you!


Hello,

It's highly unlikely you will get a clinical seat at AIIMS Mangalagiri with an INI CET All India Rank (AIR) of 19600 in the general category based on previous year's cutoff trends. The closing ranks for most competitive clinical branches in the general category at AIIMS Mangalargi typically close much earlier, often within the first few hundred to a couple of thousand ranks.

I hope it will clear your query!!

For the scope of general surgery in any of the INICET institutions after having secured a rank of 2211 in INICET for the specified general category you would have to check the previous cut offs for the General surgery branch for the INICET institutes, follow the link below for the updated cut offs for the general surgery in the specified institutes

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/ini-cet-cutoff

You would have to get the detailed cut offs for the INICET examination to know whether the specified rank of 3500 and the particular category you are in gets the AIIMS or otherwise.

Follow the link given below to get guided by the article from Careers360

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/ini-cet-cutoff

Hello,

If you forgot to generate the EUC (Eligibility Unique Code), then you will not be issued the admit card.

The EUC is mandatory for AIIMS INI CET applicants who completed their registration and payment. Without it, your application is considered incomplete , even if payment and submission were successful.

You should immediately visit the AIIMS INI CET portal and check if the option to generate the EUC is still open. If the window is closed, you may have to wait until AIIMS provides a correction or reopening window.

In short:

  • Without EUC → No admit card.

  • If window reopens → Generate EUC right away

Hope it helps !