Exam

According to exam pattern, CG PET exam is of 3 hours. During three hour exam, students have to attempt 150 objective questions. No extra time will be given to students to complete exam. Students should work on their time management.

1. Age criteria – For Btech, BSc, BBA and DNS

• Minimum age: 17years

• Maximum age: 

• For Male: General-25 years, OBC (NCL)-28 years, SC/ST-30 years

• For Female: General-27 years, OBC (NCL)-30 years, SC/ST-32 years.

2. No age criteria for Mtech, MBA and M.Sc program

3. For the PG graduate Diploma course in Marine Engineering - Maximum age: Male : For General-28 years OBC (NCL)-31 years SC/ST-33 years. Female : For General-30 years OBC (NCL)-33 years SC/ST-35 years

For both UG and PG courses, the type of questions will be asked in exam are multiple choice questions.

There are three stages: the registration process, the IMU Common Entrance Test, and the online counselling process. After getting the Rank Certificate, candidates must apply for online counselling to seek admission to IMU campuses. For the Affiliated Institutes and other Maritime Training Institutes, they need to apply directly to the respective institutes using their IMU CET Rank Certificate.

The IMU CET 2026 exam dates are out. The last date to register was April 28, 2026 while the exam was held on May 24, 2026.

The Indian maritime university common entrance test is an annually conducted national level exam to shortlist candidates admission into undergraduate and postgraduate courses of the maritime colleges of India

CG PET is a state-level examination. Students who qualify the entrance exam will be eligible for admissions into the state-level participating institutes that offer BTech courses. Students are advised to check the list of participating institutes carefully before registering for the exam.

Yes, there is an entrance exam for NIELIT. The exam of NIELIT is taken for admission to different undergraduate and postgraduate courses, including:

• Non-Formal Courses - 'O' Level (Foundation), 'A' Level (Advance Diploma), 'B' Level (MCA equivalent), 'C' Level (M-Tech level)

• IT literacy courses: CCC (Course on Computer Concept), BCC (Basic Computer Course) and similar long-term and short-term courses.

The NIELIT exam is conducted twice a year, in January and July.

According to the recent NIELIT O level exam syllabus, the below-mentioned units need to be covered by the candidates:

• Information Technology Tools and Network Basics

• Web Designing & Publishing

• Programming and Problem Solving through Python

• Internet of Things and its Applications

• Project 

The comprehensive NIELIT syllabus is provided on the internet at nielit.gov.in.

The NIELIT O level will be conducted as a pen-and-paper test. The students have to attempt four theory papers and one practical exams. The theory exam will be of objective multiple-choice type. Each paper will be of 100 marks. There will be no adverse marking for wrong answers. NIELIT O level is conducted twice a year.