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New Delhi, Updated on Jun 14, 2021 17:33 IST

The NEST 2021 conducting authorities have announced the complete schedule of the exam including the date of admit card, exam and result. Check the detailed information here.

NEST 2021 Exam Dates Announced

NEST 2021 Exam Dates Announced

NEST 2021 or the National Entrance Screening Test exam date was earlier postponed until further notice in the wake of the rising cases of COVID-19. The NEST 2021 application process was also extended multiple times and as per the latest update, the last date of submitting the online application form for NEST 2021 is July 15. The exam, which was originally scheduled to be held on June 14, has been postponed by two months, to August 14. The NEST 2021 admit card will be released on August 3. Let us take a look at the complete schedule and information of NEST 2021.

NEST 2021 Important Dates

The following table brings the updated important dates of NEST 2021.

Events

Dates

Last date to submit NEST 2021 application form

July 15, 2021

NEST 2021 Admit Card

August 3, 2021

NEST 2021 Exam

August 14, 2021

NEST 2021 Result

September 1, 2021

NEST 2021 Exam Pattern

NEST is conducted in online or computer-based test (CBT) mode. According to the NEST 2021 exam pattern, it is of 3.5 hours and is conducted in English only. The total number of questions is 70 and the total marks is 180. The exam is divided into sections such as General, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. The exam structure is given in the below table.

Section

Subject

Marks

I - General

10 questions

30 marks 

II - Biology

15 questions 

50 marks 

III - Chemistry

15 questions 

50 marks 

IV - Mathematics

15 questions 

50 marks 

V - Physics

15 questions 

50 marks 

Total 

70 questions 

230 marks 

The exam will be conducted in two phases, from 9 am to 12.30 pm and 2 pm to 5.30 pm in around 90 cities across India. Candidates have to choose five cities according to their convenience while filling the application form of NEST. The address of the test venue allotted to the applicant will be mentioned on the NEST admit card. The exam is conducted for admission to Integrated MSc programmes offered at the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER), Bhubaneswar and Mumbai University - Department of Atomic Energy Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (UM-DAE CEBS), Mumbai.

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