Delhi CET Exam Pattern 2026: Marking Scheme, Number of Questions, Duration of Exam

Common Entrance Test (CET) Delhi 2026 ( CET Delhi )

Samridhi Mishra
Updated on Dec 21, 2025 21:38 IST

By Samridhi Mishra, Senior Executive

Overview

Delhi CET Exam Pattern 2026: The Department of Training and Technical Education will release the Delhi CET 2026 exam pattern through its official notification. Candidates who seek polytechnic admission at various participating colleges in Delhi must refer to the Delhi CET exam pattern for their preparation. The exam pattern offers details on marking scheme, number and type of questions and more. The Delhi CET exam pattern 2026 is different for Diploma, Pharmacy and Lateral entry of ITI admission. The Delhi CET 2026 exam for polytechnic admission has 90 MCQs to be answered in 1.5 hours.

As per the exam pattern of CET Delhi, applicants will be awarded four marks for correct answer while one mark will be deducted for wrong answer in Delhi CET exam. Along with the pattern, applicants must go through Delhi CET syllabus to know the important topics and chapters asked in the exam. For more details about CET Delhi exam pattern 2026, refer to the article below.  

Table of contents
  • Delhi CET Exam Pattern 2026
  • Delhi CET 2026 Marking Scheme
  • Delhi CET 2026 Exam Pattern - Highlights
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Delhi CET Exam Pattern 2026

The Department of Training and Technical Education will release the Delhi CET 2026 exam pattern through its official notification. Candidates must go through the Delhi CET pattern to understand the scheme of the exam. The exam pattern for all the disciplines is provided separately. For more details, candidates can refer to the table provided below.

Discipline 

Subject  

Number of questions  

All 10th-based Diploma  Courses. Engineering/Non Engineering 

Mathematics 

30 

Physics 

15 

Chemistry 

15 

Biology 

15 

English 

15 

Pharmacy (12th based) 

Physics 

30 

Chemistry 

30 

Mathematics OR Biology 

30 

Lateral entry of ITI/ 10+2(Vocational Stream) pass outs for admission to the 3rd semester in analogous Diploma courses 

Physics 

30 

Mathematics 

30 

Chemistry 

30 

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Delhi CET 2026 Marking Scheme

Department of Training and Technical Education mentions the CET Delhi marking scheme in the official notification. Applicants appearing in the exam will be awarded 4 marks for correct answers while one mark will be deducted for wrong answers. For more details, candidates can refer to the table provided below.  

Response  

Marks  

Correct  

+4 

Incorrect  

-1 

Un-attempted 

NIL 

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Delhi CET 2026 Exam Pattern - Highlights

  • CET Delhi 2026 will have 90 multiple choice questions with four alternatives each.  
  • Each question will be of 4 marks and one mark will be deducted for wrong answer.  
  • Delhi CET 2026 exam will be conducted for a duration of 90 minutes.  
  • The medium of paper will be bilingual (English/Hindi). 

26 Institutes accepting CET Delhi

Jamia Millia Islamia

Jamia Nagar, Delhi Public

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