NRA CET Exam Date- Overview, Exam Date And Other Important Dates

A Common Eligibility Test (CET) for recruitment to the Non-Gazetted posts in the Central Government will soon be introduced by the National Recruitment Agency (NRA). This test is being done after deciding to do away with the Preliminary examination for the Major Government departments and organisations and introduce a standard eligibility test instead. The NRA CET examination will be held twice a year. The test scores, which will be valid for three years, will also be used to shortlist names of candidates for higher-level examinations conducted by different departments and organisations. This article will give you an idea about the NRA CET Exam Date, the expected examination pattern and the syllabus.

NRA CET Examination: Overview

Name of the Examination conducting Agency	National Recruitment Agency
Name of the Examination	CET (Common Eligibility Test)
Frequency of the examination	Twice a year
Language	12 Indian Languages
Level of Examination	National Level Examination
Mode of examination	Online
Validity of Score of the examination	3 years
Purpose of Examination	To recruit candidates for various Group-B and Group- C non-technical posts
Post covered	Group- B Non- Gazette posts, Group- B Gazetted posts that are exempted from the consultation of UPSC Group- C
Examination centres	In every district of the country
Date of the Examination	Early 2022 (expected)

NRA CET Exam Date And Other Important Dates

The Union Cabinet has recently approved the creation of the National Recruitment Agency. However, there is no clarity on when the government will create the agency. Therefore, most probably, the notification of NRA CET will be released in December 2021. The  NRA CET tentative examination dates are given below:

Events	Tentative Dates
NRA CET 2021 Notification	December 2021
NRA CET process of Application	January 2022
NRA CET Computer-Based Test (CBT)	March 2022

NRA CET Examination Process 

The selection  process is as follows:

Step 1:Fill the NRA CET application form.

The first step is Registration. The candidates are required to register themselves on the agency’s official website and fill the application form for the examination. The application fee of the CET is expected to be nominal. The candidates will be provided options to select the examination centre of their choice. 

After the registration and application process is completed, the candidates need to wait for the admit cards to be released.

Step 2: Download NRA CET Admit Card

National Recruitment Agency will release the CET admit card on its official website. The candidates need to download and print their admit cards. The candidates must carry the NRA CET admit card on the day of the examination. If the candidates find any errors or discrepancies on the admit card, they should immediately inform the concerned authorities and get the mistakes fixed/ corrected.

Step 3: Taking the NRA CET examination 

Next, the candidates have to appear for the NRA CET examination. It will be a computer-based test online test. The NRA CET question paper will be an objective type Multiple choice questions test.

Step 4: Check the NRA CET result

The result will be declared on the official website of National Recruitment. The result might be announced in the form of a merit list. The score of the CET will be valid for 3 years.

Step 5: Appear for the subsequent stages conducted by different organisations:

The candidates shortlisted in the NRA CET can appear for the next stages of their recruitment examination.

Disclaimer: The contents of this blog are not to be considered as being official. The information that is being provided here is tentative. It is based on research and is not official information.

NRA CET Exam Centres

The details regarding NRA CET examination centres are given below:

• The government will create the exam infrastructure in about aspirational 117 districts.
• The test will to conducted at over 1,000 examination centres in every district of India to ensure ease of access for rural youth, women, and disadvantaged candidates.

Expected NRA CET Syllabus 

The agency will conduct the NRA CET examination for the first time in 2022. The subject wise expected syllabus is given below:

Reasoning Ability	Puzzles, Seating Arrangements, Inequalities, Input-Output, Data Sufficiency, Syllogism, ORDER AND ranking, Blood relations, Distance and Direction, Alpha Numeric Series, Classification, Verbal Reasoning, Analogy, Clock and Calendar, Coding and Decoding, Non-Verbal Reasoning
General Awareness	Current Affairs, General Knowledge, Banking Awareness, Currencies ,Books and Authors, Important Places, Important Days, Awards, Prime Minister Schemes, Headquarters, General Science, Basic Computer Knowledge
Quantitative Aptitude	Data Interpretation Number Series, Simplification, Approximation, Mensuration, Data Sufficiency Profit and Loss, Average, Time, work and energy, Simple Interest and Compound Interest Time and Distance, Ratio and Proportion, Probability, Relations, Algebra, Permutations and Combinations Geometry, Trigonometry
English Language	Reading Comprehension Para Jumbles Spotting Errors, Sentence Improvement, Cloze Test, Sentence corrections, Fill in the blanks, Para completion, Sentence completion, Spelling, Phrases and Idioms One-word Substitution Active and Passive, Narrations

Expected NRA CET Examination Pattern 

After considering the existing examination patterns of SSC, IBPS, and RRB examinations, it is expected that the NRA CET examination pattern will be similar to the pattern provided below:

Topics	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
General Intelligence and  Reasoning	25	50
General Awareness and General Knowledge	25	50
Quantitative Aptitude	25	50
Language	25	50
Total	100	200

Duration – 120 Minutes.

Conclusion:

The NRA CET Exam Date is yet to be announced. You still have time to prepare for it. Start studying systematically. Buy the relevant books available in the market and go through them thoroughly. Retain the knowledge and apply it when needed is the rule to be followed. Read and retain for the MCQs. Stay focused and think positively. You will certainly succeed.

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