About Exam

NTA conducts ICAR AIEEA exam as a computer based test (CBT). Every year nearly 2.5 lakh aspirants appear for admission for UG courses & more than 50000 students appear for admission in PG courses across the country. In 2019, ICAR exam was given by 2,36,931 candidates for UG course admissions, 51,486 for PG course admissions. The competition in the exam is tough and it is getting tougher by day to day due to the lucrative career option in B.Sc. (Agriculture) and M.Sc. (Agriculture) in Banking, State department of agriculture and in Central government agriculture department jobs. To provide you a complete guidance in this competitive career path, AgriTopper’s can help you as your path-finder.


  • ICAR AIEEA-UG exam

The ICAR-AU system of India has 74 Agricultural Universities comprising 63 State Agricultural, Veterinary, Horticultural and Fisheries Universities (SAUs), 4 ICAR-DUs, viz. IARI, IVRI, NDRI and CIFE, 3 Central Agricultural Universities (CAU, Imphal, Dr. RPCAU, Pusa and RLB CAU, Jhansi), 4 Central Universities (CUs) having Faculty of Agriculture (BHU, AMU, Visva Bharati and Nagaland University). The National Agricultural Research, Education and Extension System (NAREES) of India is one of the largest in the world, admitting more than 27000 graduates

Exam Name Indian Council of Agricultural Research All India Entrance Examination (ICAR AIEEA-UG)
Eligibility Criteria10+2 ( combination of PCM or PCB or PC+Agriculture at intermediate level)
Exam date expectedMay- August each year
Exam modeOnline
Official sitehttps://icar.nta.nic.in/WebInfo/Public/Home.aspx

  • ICAR AIEEA-PG (popularly known as JRF exam)

25% seats in master’s programmes [100% seats in ICAR-Deemed to be Universities (DUs)] are filled through AIEEA-PG exam. Through AIEEA-PG, 475 ICAR PG Scholarships are also awarded.

Exam NameIndian Council of Agricultural Research All India Entrance Examination (ICAR AIEEA-PG)
Exam FrequencyOnce a year
Exam ModeOnline
Exam Duration2 hours (120 minutes)
Total questions120 MCQ (Major subject group+ General agriculture)
Full marks480 (4 marks for correct answer, 1 mark negative for wrong answer)
Official Websitehttps://ntaicar.nic.in/GenRegSysCms/public/home.aspx

As per the performance of aspirant based on their score in AIEEA PG exam and seat availability in different colleges, they can secure admission in 95 sub-subjects which fall under 20 major subject groups:

Plant BiotechnologyWater Science & Technology
Plant SciencesHome Science
Physical ScienceAnimal Biotechnology
Entomology and NematologyVeterinary Science
AgronomyAnimal Sciences
Social SciencesFisheries Science
Statistical SciencesDairy Science
HorticultureDairy Technology
Forestry/Agroforestry and SilvicultureFood Science Technology
Agricultural Engineering & TechnologyAgri-Business Management

To check out the detailed syllabus of AIEEA PG (JRF) exam, click:

October 31, 2020
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