NIMSET Entrance Exam

Conducted by Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences (NIMS) – Hyderabad, NIMSET is an entrance test taken by aspirants seeking admission to post graduate Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Master of Surgery (MS) programs offered in various medical specialties at the institute. NIMSET 2013 is scheduled to be conducted on Sunday, February 24, 2013.

Eligibility:

• Candidates who have passed MBBS examination from Medical Colleges recognised by MCI and completed Internship at the time of their applying.
• Candidates who will be completing Internship on or before March 31, 2013 are also eligible to apply, provided they submit a certificate to the effect that is signed by the Principal/Dean.
• Requirement of compulsory rotating internship shall not be condoned unless approved by the Medical Council of India (MCI). The condonation of compulsory rotating internship shall be restricted to the period up to March 31, 2013 and not beyond that date. The condonation certificate from MCI must be submitted along with the application form.
• The candidates who have already registered for any regular or part time course at NIMS and would like to apply for admission to another course at NIMS, shall resign from such Training /course in the Institute duly fulfilling the conditions of the bond and failure to do so will render their applications for admission liable to be rejected.

Pattern:

This two and a half hour exam will comprise 150 single best response type MCQs covering all subjects carrying 150 marks.

Approximate break-up of the question paper:

• Approximately, 15% of the questions will be of assertion-reasoning type, 15% will be multi-response type and the remaining will be of standard MCQ type. Irrespective of question types, questions may be based on images, clinical problem solving, diagnostic algorithms etc.
• The syllabus for entrance test shall be that of MBBS standard of the universities in Andhra Pradesh state.
• All questions will be of one best/correct response type having four alternatives.
• More than one answer indicated against a question will be deemed as incorrect response and negative marks will be given.
• Each answer with correct response shall be awarded one mark.
• Zero mark will be given for the questions not answered.
• Negative marks will be given for incorrect response. For every incorrect response 0.25 marks will be deducted.

Selection process:

Selection will be made based on the performance of the candidates at the Common Entrance Test i.e. NIMSET 2013

Number of seats, duration of course and entry qualification required

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