What is NRA CET marking scheme?

NRA CET question paper will be set in 12 language. The question paper will be set as a multiple-choice questionnaire with objective questions. Each of the four sections will have 50 questions of 1 mark, each with a total of 200 marks for the entire paper with a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.

What are the eligibility criteria for the NRA CET?

The eligibility criteria for the National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test in some aspects will differ according to the job post for which the candidate is appearing. There are some common eligibility is provided below: Age: In accordance with the post Educational Qualification: Conducted at three levels: Class 10, Class 12, and Graduation level respectively Nationality: Indian Number of Attempts: As many times as one wants; no restrictions on that. Validity of Score: Upto 3 years Language: 12 For more detail, you may visit the Shiksha National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/exams/nra-cet-exam). I hope this will help you.

What is the syllabus for NRA CET?

National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test NRA CET 2023 Syllabus: NRA CET syllabus will be in line with the educational qualification of the students in Class 10, 12, or Graduation. The syllabus will include topics such as Test of Reasoning, Basic Aptitude, Verbal Ability, General Science and General Knowledge, etc. Students can check below a few topics for the NRA CET exam. General Intelligence and Reasoning: Input-Output, Puzzles, Analogies, Syllogism, Venn Diagram, Coding and Decoding, Seating Arrangement, etc. Quantitative Aptitude Data Interpretation, Mensuration Number Systems, Percentages, Simple and Compound Interest, etc. English Language: Fill in the Blanks, Comprehension Passage, Vocabulary, Cloze Test, Para Jumbles, etc. General Awareness: Games and Sports, General Science, Current Affairs of National and International Importance, Indian Economy, etc. For more information, you may visit the Shiksha Exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/exams/nra-cet-exam). I hope this will help you.

What is the exam pattern for the NRA CET?

National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test NRA CET Exam Pattern 2023; National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test exam pattern 2023 will be divided into two parts-A Part-B. Part A will consist of Basic Aptitude, a Test of Reasoning, Verbal Ability, General Science, and General Knowledge. Part B paper will test the student's psychology and response to certain situations, qualifying in nature, yet mandatory for final appointments. National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test will be conducted in 12 major Indian languages including Hindi and English . The National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test question paper will contain objective-type MCQs (multiple-choice questions) only. National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test syllabus and level of difficulty will be standard and in line with the educational qualification of a candidate Class 10, Class 12, or graduation. For more details, you may visit the Shiksha National Recruitment Agency Common Eligibility Test Exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/exams/nra-cet-exam). I hope this will help you.

How can I prepare for the NRA CET?

Preparation Tips: 1- Go through the syllabus and pattern. 2- According to the syllabus and exam pattern, Create a proper study plan. 3- Buy the standard books and relevant study material. 4- Solve the previous year's paper and give mock tests. 1- English Language: This section tests your basic knowledge of vocabulary, grammar, and verbal ability. One can expect questions from Reading Comprehension, Error Detection, Synonym, and Antonym, Fill in the blank, Sentence Correction, etc. To ace this section, you need to have a strong hold on the grammatical rules. To improve your vocabulary, read the editorial page of newspapers and world power by making it easy. 2- General Intelligence and Reasoning: It aims to test the problem-solving ability of a student. The simple way to prepare this section is to practice through sample papers and mock tests. Clocks, Coding-Decoding, Alphanumeric Series, Blood relations, Direction Sense, Embedded Figures, Order, and Ranking can be easily practiced through mocks. You need to be careful and pay a little extra attention to the puzzle. 3- General Awareness: This section contains questions from the current as well as static General knowledge. You need to be thorough with the current events of international and national importance. The best way to deal with this section is to go through the newspapers daily. 4- Quantitative Aptitude: This section aims to test the basic mathematical aptitude of candidates. The syllabus will be of Class 10th standard and will cover topics from Arithmetic such as Simple Interest (SI) and Compound Interest (CI), Time and Work, and Profit and loss. You will also find questions from Trigonometry, Algebra, Number Series, Data Interpretation, etc. Set your approach for the Quantitative Aptitude section. Stick to your basics and learn the shortcut methods of solving questions. Arithmetic questions might be calculative. So practice these questions more. For advanced maths, you can go for a standard book by Rajesh Verma. After clearing the concepts, start taking mock tests. For more information, you may visit the Shiksha NRA CET exam page. (https://www.shiksha.com/exams/nra-cet-exam-preparation). I hope this will help you.

NRA CET 2024 Exam Pattern, Marking Scheme, Question Paper & FAQs

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Anangsha PatraDeputy Manager – Editorial

Updated on Mar 27, 2024 15:37 IST

NRA CET Exam Pattern 2024: The special committee formed for NRA CET has recommended that NRA CET exam pattern is divided into two parts-A and B. Part A will consist of Basic Aptitude, Test of Reasoning, Verbal Ability, General Science and General Knowledge. Part B paper will test the candidate’s psychology and response to certain situations, qualifying in nature, yet mandatory for final appointments. All gazetted posts of Government of India and post of Probationary Officers in public sector banks will have separate admission tests as conducted by individual recruitment bodies. There will be at least one exam centre in each district of the country. Initially the test will be conducted in 12 languages including Hindi and English. Later on all the languages mentioned in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution will be added. The mode of NRA CET will be decided based on the number of applicants.

NRA CET exam will be conducted at three levels-Class 10, Class 12, and graduation. Common Eligibility Test (CET) will replace the preliminary exams for SSC, RRB and IBPS government jobs. The NRA CET scores will be used by the various government recruitment bodies to select candidates for further rounds of selection such as mains/tier-2, tier-3, tier-4, interview, etc. In this article, we have given an expected NRA CET exam pattern based on the existing test patterns of SSC, RRB and IBPS exams.

Table of Contents

NRA CET Exam Pattern Highlights
What is NRA CET Exam Pattern?
Which Exams Comes Under NRA CET?
Is there any Negative Marking in NRA CET exam?
NRA CET Exam Pattern
NRA CET Exam Pattern 2024 FAQs

NRA CET Exam Pattern Highlights

Before elaborating on the expected NRA CET exam pattern, let us have a look at some of the highlights of the test pattern released by the government:

Particulars	NRA CET Exam Pattern Highlights
Number of CET papers	3 (Class 10, Class 12 and graduation)
Exam mode	Online
Language of paper	12 major Indian languages including Hindi and English
Type of questions	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
Difficulty level of CET	In line with the educational qualification of a candidate-Class 10, Class 12 or graduation

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What is NRA CET Exam Pattern?

The detailed NRA CET exam pattern will be released soon by the National Recruitment Agency. NRA CET exam pattern is such that it comprises maximum marks, subjects, marking scheme and exam duration. NRA CET online exam might comprise total four subjects based on which the aptitude of a candidate will be judged. Since there will be Common Eligibility Test (CET) at three levels (Class 10, Class and graduation), NRA CET exam pattern is most likely to be framed as per the levels of exam. There will be a common exam pattern for NRA CET.

Also Read: NRA CET Scores Normalisation

Which Exams Comes Under NRA CET?

NRA CET will replace the prelims exam conducted for the non-gazetted posts. The prelims/tier-1 of the following exams will be conducted by NRA CET.

SSC CGL	SSC CHSL
SSC GD	SSC CPO
SSC Stenographer	SSC JHT
SSC MTS	RRB Group D
RRB NTPC	IBPS Clerk

Is there any Negative Marking in NRA CET exam?

Yes, there are negative marking in NRA CET exam. For every wrong question, there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks also.

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NRA CET Exam Pattern

After considering the existing tier-I test patterns of SSC, RRB and IBPS exams, it is expected that NRA CET exam pattern will be similar to what is mentioned below.

Parts	Subjects
Part A	Basic Aptitude
	Reasoning & Verbal Ability
	General Science
	General Knowledge
Part B	Candidates' psychology & responses

Also Read: NRA CET syllabus 2022

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Other Competitive Exam Patterns

SSC Exam Pattern
SSC CGL exam pattern	SSC CHSL exam pattern
SSC GD exam pattern	SSC CPO exam pattern
SSC JHT exam pattern	SSC Stenographer exam pattern
SSC MTS exam pattern	-
RRB Exam Pattern
RRB Group D exam pattern	RRB NTPC exam pattern
IBPS Exam Pattern
IBPS PO exam pattern	IBPS Clerk exam pattern

NRA CET Exam Pattern 2024 FAQs

Candidates can check below NRA CET pattern FAQs.

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