ICAR AIEEA 2023 Exam Analysis: Subject-wise Difficulty Level (Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry) & Review

Indian Council of Agricultural Research All India Entrance Examination 2024 ( ICAR AIEEA )

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ICAR AIEEA PG 2026 Application Process

8 May '26 - 7 Jun '26

Piyush Dixit
Updated on May 9, 2026 22:40 IST

By Piyush Dixit, Deputy Manager

Overview

ICAR AIEEA PG 2026 exam analysis will be available after the entrance test. NTA will conduct ICAR AIEEA PG 2026 on July 4, 2026. The exam analysis will be based on students' reactions. ICAR AIEEA PG analysis 2026 will help to understand the exam difficulty level, types of questions asked, good attempts, most time-consuming sections and more from the view of students. On analysing past few years' exam analysis, the ICAR AIEEA exam is a moderate-level exam with conceptually based questions 

Various coaching institutes shall release memory-based ICAR AIEEA question paper and key. Students can use the key to cross-check their answer and calculate the probable score. Check the page for ICAR AIEEA 2026 analysis.

Table of contents
  • ICAR AIEEA PG 2026 Exam Analysis
  • ICAR AIEEA Highlights
  • How to download the PDFs of ICAR AIEEA Exam?
  • What are the factors that determine ICAR AIEEA Cutoff?
  • ICAR AIEEA Exam Pattern
  • ICAR AIEEA Syllabus
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ICAR AIEEA PG 2026 Exam Analysis

This section will be updated with the latest exam analysis for ICAR AIEEA PG 2026. Candidates will get a detailed analysis of the exam difficulty level, topic weightage, good attempts and more. 

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ICAR AIEEA Highlights

The following table highlights the key features of the ICAR AIEEA PG exam 2026.

Particulars

Details

Exam Name

Central University Entrance Test

Conducting Body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

Exam Level

Postgraduate

Exam Frequency

Once a year

Exam Mode

Online (Computer-Based Mode)

Total No. of Test Takers

Around 25,000

Exam Fees

INR 1200 (General)

INR 1100 (OBC-NCL, EWS)

INR 625 (SC, ST, PwD and Transgender)

Exam Duration

120 Minutes (2 Hours)

Total Marks

480

Marking Scheme

+4 for each correct answer

-1 for each incorrect answer

0 for no attempt

Medium of Exam

English only

Exam Centre Cities

90 cities in India 

Official Website

www.icar.nta.nic.in

Contact Details

Email: icar@nta.ac.in

Phone: 011-40759000, 011-69227700

Also Read: All about ICAR: Entrance Exam, Courses & List of Colleges

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How to download the PDFs of ICAR AIEEA Exam?

Those who are preparing for the ICAR PG Entrance Exam should download the ICAR AIEEA Question Paper PDFs of all subjects. They should practice these questions from last year.

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AGRONOMY 2020 Download PDF
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Horticulture 2019 Download PDF
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Soil Science 2020 Download PDF
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Plant Science 2020 Download PDF
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Social Science 2019 Download PDF
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What are the factors that determine ICAR AIEEA Cutoff?

There are many factors that can change the cutoff of the current year compared to the last year. Therefore, students should focus on the following points to prepare for the exam accordingly. 
  • Total number of students who took the exam. 

  • The toughness of the question papers.

  • Total number of seats in a course or institute

  • Last year's cutoff

It is expected that the ICAR AIEEA 2026 cutoff marks or ranks will be released online after the declaration of the results.

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ICAR AIEEA Exam Pattern

Candidates must be familiar to ICAR AIEEA PG exam pattern. This will help to calculate the probable score after the exam. ICAR AIEEA question paper will have 120 questions. Each question will have 4 marks. Negative marking is done for wrong answers. No marking is done for wrong answers.

Subjects

Questions Per Section

Marks Per Section

Physics

40 Questions

160 Marks

Chemistry

40 Questions

160 Marks

Mathematics/Biology/Agriculture

40 Questions

160 Marks

Total

120 Questions

480 Marks

The ICAR AIEEA is divided into four streams, which consist of three subjects each.

Stream A (PCM)

Stream B (PCB)

Stream C (PCA)

Stream D (ABC)

Physics

Physics

Physics

Agriculture

Chemistry

Chemistry

Chemistry

Biology

Mathematics

Biology

Agriculture 

Chemistry

Note: In the AIEEA UG Stream-A exam paper, there are questions from both subjects – Biology and Agriculture. Candidates need to attempt questions from either of the subjects.

ICAR AIEEA 2020 Analysis

According to last year’s test takers and experts, the exam was of a moderate to tough difficulty level. Several candidates stated that the level of the ABC (Agriculture, Biology, Chemistry) group was tough. We now bring to you the subject-wise analysis of ICAR AIEEA from the previous year. 

Physics

The difficulty level of this exam was moderate to tough. The following were the topics from this section:

Chemistry

The Chemistry section was also of a moderate to tough difficulty level. The important topics from which questions were asked included:

  • Surface Chemistry

  • s-Block, p-Block Elements

  • Physical Chemistry

  • Organic Chemistry

Biology

The Biology section was of an easy to moderate difficulty level. Some of the questions were lengthy and time-consuming. The major topics from this subject were as follows:

  • Living World

  • Units of Life

  • Diversity of Life

  • Organisms and Environment

Mathematics

The Mathematics section was of a moderate to tough difficulty level. Some of the questions were of a lengthy and time-consuming nature. Dominating topics in the section were as follows:

  • Sets and Functions

  • Algebra

  • Coordinate Geometry

  • Calculus

  • Statistics

Agriculture

This section was also rated as moderate. Four important topics in this section were covered in the question paper:

  • Agro Meteorology, Genetics, and Plant Breeding, Biochemistry and Microbiology

  • Livestock Production

  • Crop Production

  • Horticulture

The duration of the ICAR AIEEA is 120 minutes or 2 hours. The total number of questions will be 120, which carry multiple choices. Each question carries four marks, and there is a negative marking of one mark. The total mark of this section was 480.

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ICAR AIEEA Syllabus

Those who are going to appear for the ICAR AIEEA exam must be well-versed with the ICAR AIEEA 2025 syllabus while preparing for the exam. Students who are preparing for the exam must remember to include the ICAR syllabus, ICAR AIEEA 2026 Exam Pattern, self-notes, and previous year's question papers to improve their chances of passing the ICAR AIEEA

343 Institutes accepting ICAR AIEEA

M.Sc. in Applied Microbiology
  • 88,000
  • 2 years
  • |
  • Full Time
M.Sc. in Food Science and Nutrition
      • 2 years
      • |
      • Full Time
      B.Sc. (Hons.) in Agriculture
          • 4 years
          • |
          • Full Time
          M.F.Sc. in Aquaculture
            • 2 years
            • |
            • Full Time

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