NIMCET exam guide
NIMCET at a glance: one computer-based test of 120 questions for 1000 marks, in three parts that each run on their own clock, with a quarter of a question’s marks lost for each wrong answer.
The pattern and marking here are from the NIMCET-2026 Information Brochure. Check the current brochure before exam day: nimcet.admissions.nic.in
Our NIMCET mock tests are being prepared. Until they open, the exam pattern has the parts, marks and marking in full.
The exam at a glance
- Parts
- Three, one after the other, each on its own clock
- Questions
- 120 in all: 50, 40 and 30
- Marks
- 1,000 in all
- Time
- 70, 30 and 20 minutes, 2 hours in all
- Wrong answer
- Loses a quarter of the question’s marks
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