INI CET November 2026 Exam Analysis: Overall Difficulty Moderate, Memory-Based Questions
Published 1 Nov 20262 min read
AIIMS New Delhi held the INI CET for the January 2027 session on Sunday, 1 November 2026. Initial feedback rates the paper as moderate, with some lengthy questions and others drawn from past papers. Candidates said time management was important.
This analysis is based on early, unofficial student feedback and will be updated.
INI CET November 2026: quick verdict
| Aspect | Initial feedback |
|---|---|
| Overall difficulty | Moderate |
| Question style | Lengthy questions and past-paper questions |
| Time management | Important |
| Pathology | Easy to moderate |
| Dermatology | Based on past-paper questions |
| Pharmacology | Tricky |
| PSM | Some questions tricky |
What candidates reported
The paper did not stand out as unusually hard. Lengthy question stems took time, so pace mattered more than difficulty. Pathology felt manageable, and Dermatology drew on questions seen in earlier papers. Pharmacology and a few Preventive and Social Medicine (PSM) questions caught some candidates off guard.
Memory-based questions reported by candidates
These are recalled by candidates, not published by AIIMS. They may be incomplete, so treat the answers as unofficial. [VERIFY]
| Subject | Recalled topic | Reported answer |
|---|---|---|
| Dermatology | Painless genital ulcer, then tender inguinal nodes with a groove sign | Lymphogranuloma venereum |
| Dermatology | Transverse white nail bands that do not blanch and move outward as the nail grows | Mees lines |
| Dermatology | Hereditary angioedema attack, subcutaneous drug that inhibits plasma kallikrein | Ecallantide |
| Dermatology | Itchy wheals after starting a DPP-4 inhibitor | Sitagliptin |
| Dermatology | Rete ridge pattern in lichen planus | Saw-tooth |
| Dermatology | Drug-induced lupus in a patient on anti-TB drugs | Isoniazid |
| Pathology | Oncogenic mechanism of IDH mutation in gliomas | D-2-hydroxyglutarate accumulation with DNA hypermethylation |
| Pathology | Parotid tumour with cribriform pattern and perineural invasion | Adenoid cystic carcinoma |
| Pathology | Autoantibody in drug-induced lupus | Anti-histone |
| Pharmacology | Mechanism of imatinib in CML | BCR-ABL tyrosine kinase inhibition |
How to use this analysis
Recall lists and difficulty ratings are crowd-sourced and can differ from person to person. Memory-based answer keys are unofficial, so do not treat them as your score. AIIMS does not publish the question paper, which is why such lists exist.
INI CET 2026 exam recap
- Date: Sunday, 1 November 2026
- Mode: computer-based test, 3 hours (180 minutes)
- Questions: 200 objective questions
- Timing: 9:00 AM to 12:00 noon
What happens next
AIIMS will publish the result on aiimsexams.ac.in. A tentative schedule lists 7 November 2026. [VERIFY] The cutoff can only be known after the result, and no figure is available yet.