Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) Entrance Exam Details:::

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

         Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune is a premier institute of medical science in India. It is affiliated to Maharashtra University of Health Science, Nashik and is recognised by the Medical Council of India. Every year AFMC conducts an all-India entrance test to admit 130 students (105 boys & 25 girls) into its MBBS course. After the MBBS degree students have compulsory liability to serve at least 7 year as Commissioned Officers in the Armed Forces Medical Services. The candidates’ parents/guardians are required to sign a bond agreement at the time of admission. Students removed from service liability due to any reason will have to pay the bond money as per conditions laid down by Govt. of the India.

Courses:
* 5? Years Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)


Eligibility:
A candidate seeking admission to the AFMC-MBBS course should fulfills the following criteria:

• Candidates must have passed the final exam of 10+2 system/equivalent exam with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
• They should have passed in all subjects opted in the qualifying exam.
• They should have secured at least 60% of the aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology taken together.
• Besides, they should have secured at least 50% marks in English and 50% marks in each of Physics, Chemistry and Biology.
• They must have also passed an examination in Mathematics in the 10th standard.
• Candidate should be a citizen of India and must be unmarried. Marrying during the course is not permitted.
• Candidate should be medically fit as per standards prescribed by the Ministry of Defence.
• Candidates must have attained the age of 17yrs but must not have attained the age of 22 years.

Examination Pattern:

• AFMC-MBBS entrance is a single-stage test followed by an interview.
• The competitive written test is of an objective type test consisting of Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Intelligence, Logic & Reasoning and English Language comprehension.
• The question paper consists of 200 objective questions: 50 each of Physics, Chemistry, Biology and 25 each of Intelligence, Logic & Reasoning and English Language comprehension.
• All questions are of equal marks.
• There is also negative marking for wrong answer.
• Successful candidates in the written test are called for the interview conducted by AFMC itself.

Syllabus:
There is no defined syllabus for AFMC-MBBS entrance test. However, the general standard of the entrance examination will be that of 11th and 12th class under the 10+2 scheme/equivalent examinations. Generally the paper consists of the following sections having an extensive coverage.

1.  Physics
2.  Chemistry
3.  Biology
4.  Intelligence
5.  Logic & Reasoning
6.  English Language comprehension

Contact Address:
www.afmc.nic.in