ICAR AIEEA PG Courses Exam Pattern 2026: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration

Candidates declared eligible for registration and choice filling for online counselling by ICAR will only be considered for allocation subject and the Agricultural University. The schedule for online counselling is notified separately on the ICAR website, after the declaration of result. The admission and scholarship will be granted only when the candidate wish to get admission through counselling process, which is held by ICAR AIEEA and shall be awarded only after the completion of Online Counseling.

Candidates who are declared eligible for registration and choice filling for counselling by ICAR will only be considered for allocation of subject and the Agricultural University. There is no provision for direct nomination for admission through ICAR in any Master's degree programme without qualifying in ICAR AIEEA (PG).

Candidates declared eligible for registration and choice filling for online counselling by ICAR will only be considered for allocation subject and the Agricultural University. The schedule for online counselling is notified separately on the ICAR website, after the declaration of result. The admission and scholarship will be granted only when the candidate wish to get admission through counselling process, which is held by ICAR AIEEA and shall be awarded only after the completion of Online Counseling.

Candidates who are declared eligible for registration and choice filling for counselling by ICAR will only be considered for allocation of subject and the Agricultural University. There is no provision for direct nomination for admission through ICAR in any Master's degree programme without qualifying in ICAR AIEEA (PG).

ICAR AIEEA PG examination will be conducted in 122 cities across the country. To enable participation of a large number of candidates seeking admission in Master's degree programmes in AUs in different disciplines of Agriculture, Horticulture, Forestry, Veterinary, Animal Sciences, Agricultural Engineering, Community Science (erstwhile Home Science), Fisheries, Dairy Science and other allied sciences.

For postgraduate studies, the ICARPG Scholarship shall be awarded to limited candidates based on merit in this examination as per their overall merit rank and seat availability in different disciplines. Also, the eligible admitted students may be awarded NTS(PG).

Candidates should know that they will get a total of 120 questions when they appear for the ICAR AIEEA Exam, and they will get a total of 2 hours to complete their exam. The mode of exam is online, a computer-based test, and the language of the question paper is english. 

The overall Merit/Rank List will be prepared by NTA separately for ICAR AIEEA PG exam. In the event of candidates getting equal marks in the exam, the merit will be determined in the following order:

(i) The candidate scoring less negative marks will be rated higher in merit

(ii) the candidate higher in age would be rated higher in merit

(iii) the candidate with higher score in Master’s/PG examination would be rated higher in merit

Candidates must go through the following points to know the exam pattern of the ICAR AIEEA Entrance exam before they appear for the exam. 
1. Mode of the ICAR Exam is Computer-based Test.
2. Total number of questions is 120.
3. Exam time is 2 hours. 
4. The marking system is 4 marks for a right answer, minus 1 for incorrect answers and 0 marks for not attending the question.

Student who belong from general category need to score a minimum of 50 per cent marks and students who belong from the reserved category need to score a minimum of 45 per cent marks in the ICAR Exam to get a seat through ICAR AIEEA Exam. Only the selected candidates will be eligible for the ICAR AIEEA Counselling Process.