AIPMT - All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination
Introduction to AIPMT - All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) will hold the All India Pre-Medical / Pre-Dental Entrance Examination (AIPMT) for admission to 15% of the total seats for Medical/Dental Courses in all Medical/Dental colleges run by the Union of India, State Governments, Municipal or other local authorities in India except in the States of Andhra Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir.
The candidate must have passed in the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Biology in 12th standard Examinations. In respect of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribes or Other Backward Classes the marks obtained in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together in qualifying examination be 40% . The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination shall be limited to 3 for all the candidates.
AIPMT consists of two rounds of tests. The Preliminary Examination would consist of one paper containing 200 objective type questions (four options with single correct answer) from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany Zoology) to be answered on the specially designed machine-gradable sheet using Ball Point Pen only. The duration of paper would be 3 hours. Those who qualify in the priliminary Examination are eligible to take the Final Examination. The Final Examination would consist of two papers each of 2 hours duration. Paper-1 would contain questions from Physics and Chemistry and Paper-2 would contain questions from Biology (Botany Zoology) The Final Examination will have conventional (non-objective) type of questions to be answered in the Answer Book. Candidates can opt for Question Papers either in English or in Hindi. This option should be exercised while filling in the Application Form. It cannot be changed later.
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AIPMT - All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Examination