NBE CET for medical students on June 10
The National Board of Examination (NBE) will conduct the Common Entrance Test for admission to PG medical courses on June 10, 2012.
Every year, about 60,000 students used to appear for PG medical entrance examinations across India. The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) conducted the PG entrance test for 50 per cent seats in government medical colleges and institutes. Private hospitals and medical colleges used to conduct their own tests. But from this year, a single national-level CET for all PG students will be held for admission to all medical courses across India.
Since AIIMS had earlier expressed the inability and lack of manpower to hold CET at such a large scale, the responsibility of conducting the exams was assigned to NBE.
The Post Diploma Centralised Entrance Test (CET) will be conducted for admission to Broad Specialty secondary seats in two-year DNB courses.
The Diplomate of National Board or DNB qualifications are medical qualifications which are regarded as equivalent to postgraduate and post doctorate degrees awarded by other Indian universities. Those who hold DNB qualifications are eligible for posts of specialists in a hospital of faculty in a medical college or institute.
NBE CET Exam Pattern
The NBE CET has three-hour duration. There are 180 multiple-choice questions in the exam, 30 each from the following sections:
- Applied Basic Sciences, which is further divided into two parts (30 questions are asked from each sub-section):
- Human Biology
- Applied Pathology
- Medicine and Allied Sciences
- Surgical and Allied Sciences
- Obstetrics and Gynaecology
- Community Medicine includes basic statistics and research methodology
The questions of the exam are of the same standard as the exit examination of the MBBS programmes.
There is no negative marking in the exam. Each question carries one mark.
Note: Remember to carry blue or black ball point pen for the examination. Use of pencil on OMR sheet is strictly prohibited and may lead to rejection of your answer sheet.
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