AIIMS Norcet 7 examination scheme – The candidate who qualify in the stage I will appear for stage II examination. It is better for the students they understand the exam pattern well as there is a negative marking too for the wrong answer.
Stage I: NORCET Preliminary-Scheme of Examination
i. The NORCET Preliminary stage is a qualifying examination where a candidate who qualifies in the test will be allowed to appear in Stage II: NORCET Main, subject to conditions as described below for preparation of the list of candidates called for Stage II.
ii.NORCET Preliminary will not be used for deciding Merit/Rank for final selection.
AIIMS Norcet 7 Exam Pattern
| Exam | NORCET 7 |
| Duration | 90 Minutes |
| Question | 100 Question |
| Question Type | MCQ |
| General Knowledge and Aptitude | 20 Questions |
| Nursing Course Syllabus | 80 Question |
| Question Section | 5 |
| Duration of each Section | 18 Minutes |
There will be sequence in which each section will be enabled to view/answer questions. Access to visible/active part to view/answer will be disabled after lapse of set duration and next section will be automatically activated/ visible and so on.
Examination will be submitted automatically. Each section will appear one by one during the 90 minutes duration at one time only. You will be allowed only to attempt questions in the currently active section which will remain enable for set time and it will never come back again for any action after moved to next section.
You will not be allowed to view or answer any questions section rather than currently active/visible part. Hence, attempt all possible question during the given time period including review of any skipped question or question marked for review etc.
AIIMS NORCET 7 2024 Qualifying marks
The qualifying marks in the Stage I:
NORCET Preliminary Examination will be 50 percentiles for UR/EWS, 45 percentile for OBC
40 percentile for SC & ST. For PWBD, an additional 5 percentile relaxation will be given irrespective of the category. Accordingly, qualifying marks for PWBD will be as follows UR/EWS-PWBD-45 percentile, OBC-PWBD-40 percentile and SC/ST-PWBD-35 percentile).
As per DOPT office memorandum No. (8) Nursing Officer Recruitment Common Eligibility Test (NORCET)- 07 , Notice No.82/2024 dated 01.08.2024 No.36035/02/2017-Estt (Res) dated 15.01.2018 same relaxed standard should be applied for all the candidates with Benchmark Disabilities whether they belong to Unreserved/SC/ST/OBC.
No further relaxation of standards will be considered or admissible in favour of any candidate from any category whatsoever. b.
Preparation of List of Qualified Candidates for Stage II i. Candidates qualifying as per the scheme of examination in Stage I equal to 5 times the total seats in each category (UR, OBC, SC, ST, EWS) will be called for Stage II subject to the following additional points:
1. All qualified PWBD candidates will be called for Stage II.
2. All tie cases from the qualified candidates with the last candidate in the list of candidates called for Stage II will also be called for Stage II.
3. There may be a situation where a candidate is qualified but not called for Stage II examination.
Stage II: NORCET Main. a. Scheme of Examination
| Exam Stage II | NORCET 7 |
| Duration | 180 Minutes |
| Question | 160 Question |
| Marks for each right answer | 1 |
| Question Type | MCQ |
| Question Section | 4 |
| Duration of each Section | 45 Minutes |
| Question in each section | 40 |
- Subject covering the entire syllabus of Nursing courses being taught at the essential qualification level focused towards case scenario-based questions for testing nursing skills competency.
- There will be a negative marking of 1/3 marks for each wrong answer.
- There will be sequence in which each section, which will be enabled to view/answer questions. Access to visible/active part to view/answer will be disabled after the set duration expires and next section will be automatically activated/ visible and so on. vi. Examination will be submitted automatically after 180 minutes.
- Each section will appear one by one during 180 minutes’ duration at one time only for the set section duration. You will be allowed only to attempt questions in the currently active section which will remain enable for set time and it will never come back again for any action after moved to next section.
- You will not be allowed to view or answer any questions section rather than currently active/visible section. Hence attempt all possible question during the given time period including review of any skipped question or question marked for review etc.
Qualifying Marks Stage II
The qualifying (percentage) marks in the NORCET Examination will be
50% for UR/EWS, 45% for OBC and
40% for SC & ST.
For PWBD, an additional 5% relaxation will be given irrespective of the category.
Accordingly, qualifying marks for PWBD will be as follows UR/EWS-PWBD-45%, OBC-PWBD-40% and SC/ST-PWBD35%).