UP CNET Total Marks 2025: Passing Marks, Marking Scheme

UP CNET Total Marks 2025: Passing Marks, Marking Scheme

Shamshad Ali DarUpdated on 15 May 2025, 11:20 AM IST

The Uttar Pradesh Common Nursing Entrance Test (CNET) is conducted by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical University, Uttar Pradesh (ABVMU) to grant admission to B.Sc nursing seats in all government and private nursing colleges affiliated to ABVMU Lucknow, SGPGIMS Lucknow, KGMU Lucknow, RMLIMS Lucknow, UPUMS Saifai and LLRM Meerut. Knowing the UP CNET total marks and understanding the marking scheme is crucial for exam preparation.

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UP CNET Total Marks 2025: Passing Marks, Marking Scheme
UP CNET Total Marks

Candidates wishing to appear in the UP CNET 2025 must go through the total marks of UP CNET to prepare accordingly and qualify for the entrance exam. The total marks of UP CNET is 120. The UP CNET total marks include 20% marks each from Nursing Aptitude, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. Read this article to know UP CNET passing marks and total marks in detail.

Total marks in UP CNET

The UP CNET has a total of 120 marks. The CNET 2025 exam comprises 120 questions divided equally among subjects - Nursing Aptitude, Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. Candidates have to attempt all questions from each subject. Each correct answer will be given one mark and there is no negative marking for incorrect or multiple responses. Each section carries equal marks. A total of 24 marks are allotted to each section in UP CNET. Knowing the section wise distribution of UP CNET total marks can be helpful in cracking the UP BSc nursing entrance test conducted by the ABVMU.

Subject -wise distribution of UP CNET total marks

Subjects

Total percentage

Total marks

Nursing Aptitude

20%

24

Physics

20%

24

Chemistry

20%

24

Biology

20%

24

English

20%

24

UP CNET passing marks

The UP CNET passing mark for 2025 is released after the declaration of results. The UP CNET qualifying marks for the general category is 50th percentile. For General-PwD, the passing mark is 45th percentile and 40th percentile is for SC/ST/OBC categories.

UP CNET cutoff

Category

UP CNET cutoff percentile

General

50th percentile

General - PwD

45th percentile

SC/ST/OBC

40th percentile

SC/ST/OBC - PwD

40th percentile

UP CNET marking scheme

As per the UP CNET exam pattern, a total of 120 multiple-choice questions are asked in the entrance test. The total marks for UP CNET is 120. Each question will have four options. Candidates have to select the best option to answer the question. Selecting multiple responses will carry no marks.

Marking scheme of UP CNET

Type of response

Marks

Correct response

+1 mark

Incorrect response

0 mark

No response

0 mark

Multiple response

0 mark

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