The last month before INI-CET is not the time to read textbooks cover to cover. It is the time to practise the way the exam tests you, find the gaps that cost marks, and close them. Here is a realistic four-week plan for INI-CET November 2026, built around the dates AIIMS has published for the January 2027 session.
Key Takeaways
- ✓Exam: Sunday 1 November 2026 — 200 MCQs, 4 sections of 50 questions, 45 minutes each, marking +1 / −1/3
- ✓Registration closes 13 October 2026 (5:00 pm); admit card on 26 October 2026
- ✓Spend week 1 on the subjects that carry the most INI-CET questions in our recall bank: Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacology, Pathology and the rest of the top seven
- ✓Take four to six full-length timed tests, and review each one as long as you took to write it
- ✓Final week: your notes, error log, images and most repeated topics. No new chapters.
1Week 1 (now to 13 October): high-weight subjects
AIIMS does not publish a subject-wise split, but our recall bank of 3,251 INI-CET and AIIMS PG questions (2018–2026) shows where questions cluster. The seven heaviest subjects — Medicine (9.8%), Surgery (8.6%), Pharmacology (8.2%), Pathology (8.1%), Microbiology (7.7%), Obstetrics & Gynecology (7.1%), Community Medicine (6.3%) — add up to about 55.8% of recalled questions. That is where the first week goes.
- Each day: one big subject, revised from your own short notes, then 80–120 PYQs from it.
- Write every question you got wrong, or got right by luck, into an error log with the one fact you missed.
- Finish your application before the 13 October deadline — see our registration checklist.
2Week 2 (to 19 October): short subjects and the first full test
The smaller subjects are cheap marks if you revise them in compact blocks. In our data the six lightest subjects (Orthopedics, ENT, Dermatology, Psychiatry, Radiology and Anesthesia) together make up about 15.1% of recalled INI-CET questions — small individually, but too many marks to skip as a group.
- Give each short subject half a day: key tables, classifications and images, then its PYQs.
- Take your first full-length test in 4 sections of 45 minutes. Treat it as a diagnosis, not a verdict.
- Check your application in the AIIMS status-of-registration window (17 October to 19 October, by 5:00 pm). Use it to catch problems while there is still time to act.
3Week 3 (to 26 October): timed tests and error review
This is the most important week. Take two or three full tests and spend the day after each one on review, not on another test.
- Sort every wrong answer into one of three buckets: did not know, knew but misread, or guessed badly. Each needs a different fix.
- Track your negative marks. With +1 / −1/3 marking, a habit of wild guesses quietly costs several marks a test — our negative-marking guide shows the arithmetic.
- Revise the topics that keep coming back. Our guide to the most repeated INI-CET topics explains how to use the list without over-trusting it.
Kinase Tip: Practise image questions every day this week — X-rays, specimens, instruments and clinical photos. They reward recognition, which is exactly what short daily repetition builds.
4Final days (26 October to 1 November): consolidate
- Download the admit card when AIIMS releases it on 26 October 2026, check every detail, and confirm the route to your centre.
- Revise only from your notes, your error log and image collections. No new chapters.
- One last full test early in the week, at the time of day of your exam shift, then stop testing two days before the exam.
- Sleep at your exam-day time for the last few nights. Fatigue costs more marks than one more chapter would gain.
Watch out: Dates on this page come from the AIIMS prospectus and notices for the January 2027 session. AIIMS can change them by notice, so check aiimsexams.ac.in and our exam news page before each deadline.
?Frequently Asked Questions
Is one month enough to revise for INI-CET November 2026?
One month is enough to revise, not to learn the syllabus for the first time. If you have read most subjects once, four focused weeks of PYQs, timed tests and error review can move your score meaningfully. Starting from zero, use the month to cover the highest-yield subjects well rather than all 19 badly.
How many full-length mock tests should I take in the last month?
Four to six full-length tests is a sensible range: roughly one a week early on and two in the third week, each in 4 timed sections like the real exam. A test you do not review is half wasted, so budget as much time for analysis as for the test itself.
Should I start new topics in the last week before INI-CET?
Avoid big new chapters in the final week. Use it for rapid revision of your own notes, your error log, images and the most repeated topics. A small, high-yield gap you can close in an hour is fine; a whole new subject is not.
Which subjects should I revise first for INI-CET?
In the Kinase recall bank, the seven subjects with the most INI-CET questions are Medicine, Surgery, Pharmacology, Pathology, Microbiology, Obstetrics & Gynecology and Community Medicine, together about 55.8% of recalled INI-CET questions. Start there, then cover the shorter subjects in compact blocks.
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