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Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research Entrance Exam 2025 ( IISER Entrance Exam )

Updated on Oct 7, 2025 11:59 IST

The IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) 2026 is likely to be held during the third week of May 2026, with the announcement for the same will be likely in February 2026, and for registration is likely in March 2026. Application for the admission is to be made through the official IISER admissions website.

 

The IAT 2026 exam will be conducted successfully in June month, 2026, tentatively for admissions to five-year BS-MS and BS dual degree programmes at IISERs institutions across the nation. The exam was held for three hours in one shift, ie., the Morning shift from 9 am to 12 pm and the afternoon shift from 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm. The exam officials tested the candidate's domain knowledge in Chemistry, Biology, Physics and Mathematics subject. 

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After the successful conduction of the IISER 2025 exam June month, 2025, the exam officials on the same day had released the IISER 2025 answer key. Candidates who have taken the IAT 2025 examination will be to check the correct answers to the questions they had attempted. IAT question paper analysis and student reaction will be available for the candidates to get an idea about the difficulty level and expected cut-off form here. 

Q:   How many sections are asked in the IISER Entrance Exam?
Q:   What are the types of questions asked in the IISER 2025 exam?
Q:   When will IAT 2025 Student Response Sheet release?

The IISER 2025 analysis will provide the exam difficulty level and expected cut-off. The IAT 2025 question paper here in this article is designed after the IISER 2025 analysis and students' reactions. IISER 2025 questions have become very dynamic, and questions are more based on a practical and analytical approach than one-word answers. In the coming years, the questions will come from the disciplines, that are flourishing in the science domains, and there is no such need to mug up the concepts.

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Table of content
  • IISER Question Paper and Answer Key
  • IISER 2026 Expected Cut Off
  • IISER Entrance Exam 2026 Expected Exam Pattern
  • IISER Question Paper and Answer Key

IISER Question Paper and Answer Key

The exam officials have released the IAT answer key on the official website. Candidates can also check the question paper and answer key from the link. Candidates must note that option A of the released questions paper is the correct answer in the PDF.

Download IAT Question Paper and Answer Key Here:Download Now 

Based on the IAT 2026 student reactions and questions paper analysis, here is the analysis of the exam difficulty level and good attempt of the sections asked in the examination. 

Subject Difficulty Level Good Attempt
Biology Easy 12-13 Questions
Physics Moderate 8-10 Questions
Chemistry Easy to Moderate 10-12 Questions
Mathematics Moderate 9-11 Questions

IAT 2025 Exam Analysis

Students who had opted for PCM in their class 12 std, found the biology section comparatively moderate to difficult and the students who had opted PCB in their class 12 found the Mathematics portion to be moderately difficult. for the common subjects for both the stream students which are Chemistry and Physics, the exam difficulty level was moderately easy. The overall difficulty level of IISER Entrance Exam 2025 was found to be moderate. It was also found that many questions were indirectly repeated from the previous year questions on the subjects biology and mathematics. In the physics sections questions were maximum asked from theory-based type instead of numerical-based questions. 

Some candidates who had appeared in the JEE exam found the exam difficulty level the same as the JEE exam.

IAT Student Reactions Video

IISER 2026 Expected Cut Off

IAT 2026 candidates' ranks will be based on their combined scores from the four sections (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology). The exam comprises 60 questions with a total score of 240 marks. Below is a table for the expected IISER 2026 ranks corresponding to different score ranges.

IISER 2026 Score (Out of 240) Expected IISER 2026 Rank
200 and above Rank 1 to 80
200-160 Rank 81- 200
160- 110 Rank 201 to 800
110-95 Rank 800 to 1500
95-75 Rank 1500- 2000
< 60 Above 2000

Also Read: IISER 2026 Marks vs Rank: Check Cut off and Opening- Closing Ranks 

IISER Entrance Exam 2026 Expected Exam Pattern

The IISER Entrance Exam Marking Scheme is as follows:

Subject

No. of Questions

Marks

Physics

15

60

Chemistry

15

60

Biology

15

60

Mathematics

15

60

Total

60

240

Marking scheme: Candidates will be awarded three marks for each correct answer. There will be a negative marking of one mark for each incorrect answer.

IISER Question Paper and Answer Key

Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), the examination conducting body most likely will release the IISER Aptitude Test (IAT) in June. Candidates could visit the official website of IISER and after logging in with their credentials, can finally view their IAT  Response Sheet. 

IISER candidates can download the provisional answer key in both the hindi and english languages separately here:

IISER Answer key_English

IISER Answer key- Hindi

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Answered 2 months ago

With a 7,000 rank in the SC category, admission to any IISER (including newer campuses) is not possible as per 2025 cutoffs. Cutoff ranks for SC category in IISERs generally close between 125 (most competitive) and 750 (least competitive).

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Answered 2 months ago

IISER Berhampur cutoff 2025 for the BS + MS course across multiple specialisations stood at 3299 during the Round 1 cutoff for the students belonging to the General AI quota. So, considering the first-round cutoff rank, candidates must target to secure a rank up to 3299 and lower to improve their ch

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Rashmi Sinha

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Answered 2 months ago

IISER Mohali cutoff 2025 has been released for different categories of students under the AI quota. For the General category, the cutoff rank for BS + MS admission across multiple specialisations was 1778. To view the category-wise ranks, refer to the table below:

CategoryBS + MS
General1778
OBC1358
SC520
ST263
EWS480
PWD50112

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