ICMR JRF

When JRF (Junior Research Fellowships) exam will be conducted by ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) for admission in its M.Sc. program admission? From which month ICMR (Indian Council of Medical Research) will start application process for JRF exam?

Key dates of Indian Council of Medical Research JRF exam:

Application form issue date: 7 April 202
Last date of submit of application form: 7 May 2012
Last date of Remote Area: 14 May 2012
ICMR JRF exam date: 22 May 2012.






For more details I have uploaded ICMR JRF prospectus:

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ICMR JRF Examination is the first step in the process of admission to the Ph.D/ Research Programme through council's support. Test for ICMR JRF fellowship

Age Limit
The age limit for admission to the eligibility test is 28 years (upper age limit relaxable up to 5 years for SC/ST, physically handicapped (PH) and female candidates, 3 years in the case of OBC category.

Educational Qualification:

M. Sc./M.A. or equivalent degree with minimum 55% marks for General/OBC students and 50% for the SC/ST & physically handicapped students.

Pattern for ICMR JRF Entrance Exam

The pattern of written examination comprise of multiple choice questions which is divided in two sections which is explained below –

Section 1 – Aptitude Section (Compulsory section)

Total number of questions – 50 questions
Total marks – 50 marks
This section includes questions from the following topics –

Common statistics
General knowledge in sciences
Scientific Phenomenon in Everyday Life
Section 2 – Subject Specific Section – This section is further divided in to two parts and includes questions from two subjects sections namely Life Sciences and Social Sciences. Candidates can choose to attempt questions from any of the subject parts.

Part 1 - Life Sciences

Total number of questions -100 questions (out of which candidates can attempt any 75 questions)
Following are the main topics covered under Life Sciences -

Biochemistry
Bioinformatics
Biophysics
Biotechnology
Botany
Environmental sciences
Genetics
Human biology
Immunology
Microbiology
Molecular biology
Pharmacology
Physiology
Veterinary sciences
Zoology
Part 2 – Social Sciences

Total number of questions -100 questions (out of which candidates can attempt any 75 questions)
The main topics covered under Social Sciences subject part are –

Statistics and Health economics
Sociology
Social work
Psychology
Home sciences
Anthropology

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