Entrance exam: AIEEA-Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR)

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) every year conducts ICAR Entrance Exam on all India basis. It is an Entrance Exam for admission Bachelor degree programs in agriculture and allied subjects (other than Veterinary Science) offered by Agricultural Universities.

The AIEEA UG-2016 is scheduled to be held on April 9, 2015 across many city centers spread all over the country.

The 21st All India Entrance Examination for admission to 15% seats in Agriculture Universities in Bachelor Degree programs and 100% seats in ICAR Deemed to be Universities.

The 11 Bachelor degree programmes of four years duration are offered in the following subjects and are categorized into two Streams namely.

Stream-A: Agriculture/Biology

Agriculture
Horticulture
Fisheries
Forestry
Home Sciences
Sericulture
Bio- Technology

Stream-B: Mathematics

Agriculture Engineering
Dairy Technology
Food Sciences
Agriculture Marketing and Co-operation

Eligibility Criteria

Nationality: Candidates must be an Indian National
Age Limit: The age of the candidate should be 17 years but not more than 23 years as on August 31, 2016. The candidate should have been born between September 1,1993 to September 1, 1999.
Age Relaxation: For the candidates who belong to SC/ST/PC categories will be given an upper age limit would be relaxable by 5 years.
Academic Qualification:

For Stream A- The candidate should have passed Class 12 Senior Secondary Examination of the Central Board of Secondary Education. On the other hand, any other examination as per the scope and standard found to be equivalent to the Senior Secondary Examination of an Indian Board/University after a period of 12 years of study with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology/Agriculture/Home Science.
For Stream B- Candidate should have passed Class 12 examination or equivalent necessarily with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects.

Minimum Qualifying Marks: For candidates belonging to General, OBC and UPS categories must have secured 50% marks in aggregate and those belonging to SC, ST, and PC categories must have secured 40% marks in aggregate.

Subjects required for appearing in ICAR Exam

Stream	Requirement of Subjects in Class 12	Subjects required for Entrance Exam
Stream A (Agriculture/Biology)
Agriculture	PCB/PCMB/PCA/Inter (Agriculture) with PC/Inter Agri	PCB/PCA
Horticulture	PCB/PCMB/PCA/ Inter (Agriculture) with PC	PCB/PCA
Fisheries	PCB/PCMB/PCA/ Inter (Agriculture) with PC	PCB/PCA
Forestry	PCB/PCMB	PCB
Home Science	PCB/PCMB/PCA/PCH/Inter (Agriculture) with PC	PCB/PCA
Sericulture	PCB/PCMB/PCA/ Inter (Agriculture) with PC	PCB/PCA
Boi Technology	PCB/PCMB/PCA//Inter (Agriculture) with PC	PCB/PCA
Stream B - Mathematics
Agricultural Engineering	PCM/PCMB	PCM
Dairy Technology	PCM/PCMB	PCM
Food Science	PCM/PCMB	PCM
Agricultural Marketing & Co-operation	PCM/PCMB	PCM

Application Form
Interested candidates can fill the Application Form via any of the two modes mentioned below:

Mode 1: Online Application
Mode 2: Offline Application

Application Fees

CATEGORIES	AMOUNT PAYABLE
General, OBC and UPS categories	Rs. 500
SC, ST and PC categories	Rs. 250

Exam Pattern
There will be two streams and the students can appear in either of the two subjects: However Physics & Chemistry Exam will be common for both the streams.

Stream A: Physics, Chemistry, Agriculture/ Biology
Stream B: Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics.
Language: Both Hindi and English
Total Questions: 180 multiple choice based questions
Each correctly answered question will earn four marks.
Negative Marking: One mark will be deduct for every incorrect answer.