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JEE (Main) is the NTA's entrance test for undergraduate engineering at the NITs, IIITs, other centrally funded technical institutions and institutions in participating states (Paper 1, B.E./B.Tech.); Paper 2 is for B.Arch. and B.Planning. It is also the eligibility test for JEE (Advanced), the route to the IITs. It runs in two sessions a year, and the better of a candidate's two total NTA scores counts for the rank. Paper 1 is a three-hour computer-based test in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics — 75 questions for 300 marks — offered in 13 languages at centres in India and abroad; seats are then allocated through JoSAA and CSAB.

JEE (Advanced) is the entrance exam for undergraduate programmes at the 23 IITs, with seats allocated through JoSAA. Indian candidates must first rank among the top 2,50,000 in JEE (Main); foreign nationals register directly and compete for supernumerary seats, up to 10% of each programme’s seats. It is a computer-based test of two compulsory three-hour papers, each with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics sections.

NEET (UG) is the single uniform entrance test, required by law, for admission to MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BUMS, BSMS and BHMS courses at all medical institutions in India, including AIIMS and JIPMER; its results are also used for B.Sc. (Hons) Nursing and for veterinary (BVSc & AH) seats under the VCI's 15% quota. Indian citizens and OCI cardholders who intend to study undergraduate medicine or dentistry abroad must also qualify in it. It is a three-hour pen-and-paper test in a single shift: 180 multiple-choice questions (Physics 45, Chemistry 45, Biology 90) for 720 marks, in 13 languages. The NTA publishes ranks; the MCC counsels for MBBS and BDS seats in the All India quota, AIIMS, JIPMER and central and deemed universities, AACCC for the AYUSH All India quota, and state authorities for state-quota seats.

CAT is the admission test for the management programmes of the 22 Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs). Non-IIM institutions registered for CAT may also use its scores. It has three sections, 40 minutes each: Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension, Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Ability. It is computer-based and taken at test centres in about 170 cities. Each IIM sets its own cut-offs and selection process, which can also weigh academic record and work experience.

CLAT is the Consortium of National Law Universities' admission test for the five-year integrated LL.B. and the LL.M. programmes at its participating universities — 26 NLUs for CLAT 2027. It is a two-hour pen-and-paper test of 120 one-mark multiple-choice questions, with 0.25 marks deducted for a wrong answer; the UG paper covers English Language, Current Affairs including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Techniques. Indian nationals, NRIs and OCI/PIO cardholders can sit it; foreign nationals cannot and apply to each NLU directly. NLU Delhi is not a participating university — it admits through its own test, AILET.

GATE tests undergraduate-level subjects in Engineering, Technology, Architecture, Science, Commerce, Arts and Humanities across 30 test papers. Qualified candidates can seek admission, with possible financial assistance, to master's and direct doctoral programmes in Engineering, Technology and Architecture and to doctoral programmes at institutions supported by the Ministry of Education; some institutions also use GATE scores for admission without that assistance, and several public sector undertakings — BHEL, NTPC and ONGC among them — have used them for recruitment. Admission and hiring follow each institution's and employer's own criteria. It is a three-hour computer-based test held only at centres in India (GATE 2027 has no international centres), and a score is valid for three years from the date the results are announced.