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ISI Admission Test 2025 exam pattern is released by the exam officials on the official website along with the exam notification. The exam pattern tends to remain the same every year. Candidates who have begun their ISI Admission Test 2025 preparation need to be aware that completing the syllabus won't guarantee a high score.
The exam pattern tends to remain the same every year. Candidates who have begun their ISI Admission Test 2025 exam preparation need to be aware that completing the syllabus won't guarantee a high score. ISI Admission Test 2025 exam pattern is such that candidates need to attempt two sections in the examination, where Section A will consist of 30 multiple choice questions and Section B will have 9 subjective type questions.
The questions will be asked from the subject domains which is mentioned ISI Admission Test Syllabus 2025 in 120 minutes duration. The candidates appearing for the ISI Admission Test 2024 must be aware of the exam pattern for the same. However, candidates can go through the given below previous year's exam pattern for reference. It will comprise of two parts out of which the first part will be mandatory for all the applicants. Whereas, the second part of the test will be based on the subject/ discipline chosen.
Q: When will ISI Admission Test 2025 application process start?
The exam conducting body is yet to announce the ISI Admission Test 2025 application form dates, however following the previous years trend it is anticipated the ISI Admission Test 2025 registration process will start in the first week of March 2025 on the ISI official website.
Candidates who have completed their Class 12 and UG courses will be able to apply for the BSc and MSc degree programmes offered by the participating universities of ISI Admission Test 2025.
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Q: What are the various channels for admissions to Indian Statistical Institutes?
Some of the Academic Programmes have more than one channel of admission. The default Channel is referred to as the ISI Test Channel. Admission through ISI Test Channel is conducted through a Written Admission Test, followed by an Interview wherever applicable. Candidates can check out the complete admsision channel list for all the programmes from here:
Programme Names | Parallel Channel Names | Type of Seats |
B. Math and B. Stat | INMO Channel | Supernumerary |
MS (QMS) | ISI Test Channel for Sponsored Candidates | Supernumerary |
M. Tech (QROR) | (a) ISI Test Channel for Sponsored Candidates (b) Channel for GoI Sponsored candidates | Supernumerary Supernumerary |
M. Tech (CS) | (a) GATE Channel (b) ISI Test Channel for Sponsored Candidates | (a) Regular (b) Supernumerary |
M. Tech (CrS) | (a) GATE Channel (b) ISI Test Channel for Sponsored Candidates (c) Channel for GoI Sponsored candidates | (a) Regular (b) Supernumerary (c) Supernumerary |
JRF in Mathematics, Quantitative Economics and Computer Science | Channel for ISI Master Students | Regular |
PG Diploma in Statistical Methods and Analytics | ISI Test Channel for domiciles of the NE States | Regular |
Upvote Q: When will be ISI Admission Test 2025 notification releasing?
ISI Admisison Test will be providing admissions to the BSc and MSc degree progarmmes in the Mathematics and Statistics courses offered at various Indian Statistical Institutes across the nation. Candidates who are interested in pursuing their courses from here need to appear for the ISI Admission Test 2025 examiantion.
As of now the examination conducting body has not released any notification for the ISI Admission Test for the academic session 2025-2026. However, following the previous years trend, it is anticipated that the ISI Admission Test 2025 notification will be released in the fourth week of February 2025.
Upvote ISI Admission Test 2025 Exam Pattern Highlights
The main features of all the question papers are as under:
| Features | Details |
|---|---|
| Exam Mode | Pen-paper-based or offline mode |
| Exam Duration | Three hours |
| Exam Language | English |
| Type of questions | Objective type, Short-answer type and subjective type of questions |
| Total Questions | Varies every year for all papers |
| Optional questions | Yes, all the section of each question paper will carry optional questions |
| Total Marks | Section A: 120 marks Section B: 120 marks |
Details about the ISI Admission Test Pattern 2025
Given below is the previous year's exam pattern for reference.
Note- The pattern of the exam is for UG Courses- B Stat (Hons)/ B Math (Hons)
Part 1: This is a mandatory section and consists of multiple-choice/ Descriptive questions in Mathematics at the undergraduate levels.
ISI Admission Test 2025 Exam Pattern - Part 1
| Particular |
Details |
|---|---|
| Type of questions |
MCQ |
| Subject |
Mathematics of Class 12 level |
| Total marks |
120 Marks |
| Duration |
2 Hours |
| Number of questions to attempt |
It is not mandatory to attempt all the questions |
ISI Admission Test 2025 Exam Pattern - Part 2
| Particular |
Details |
|---|---|
| Type of questions |
Descriptive |
| Subject |
Mathematics of Class 12 level |
| Total marks |
120 Marks |
| Duration |
2 Hours |
| Number of questions to attempt |
It is not mandatory to attempt all the questions |
ISI Admission Marking Scheme for Part 1
Below is the table mentioning the marking scheme of ISI Admission Test 2025 for part 1.
| Particular | Details |
|---|---|
| Number of questions asked | 30 |
| Type of questions | MCQ |
| Total marks | 120 marks |
| Marks awarded for correct answer | 4 marks |
| Marks awarded for incorrect answer | 0 mark |
| Marks awarded for unattempted question | 1 mark |
ISI Admission Marking Scheme for Part 2
Below is the table mentioning the marking scheme of ISI Admission Test 2025 for part 2.
| Particular | Details |
|---|---|
| Number of questions asked | 9 |
| Type of questions | Descriptive |
| Total marks | 120 marks |
| Marks awarded for correct answer | 30 marks |
| Marks awarded for incorrect answer | 0 mark |
| Marks awarded for unattempted question | 0 mark |
QROR Paper:
Part I (for Statistics/Mathematics Stream): There are five questions from Statistics & Probability where candidates have to answer six questions taking a minimum of two from each section.
Part II (for Engineering Stream): There are four questions from Mathematics and six from Engineering & Technology where candidates have to answer at least two questions from each section.
The duration of the exam is of four hours with each part given two hours each.
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