This exam is conducted by Indira Gandhi National Open University for the students who are willing to take admission for diploma in Nautical Science. Nautical science is a demanding course and has a great prospect when you are doing it under IGNOU. Study of Nautical Science mainly focuses on how to acquire the safety of marine vehicles and how to navigate them safely. It’s somewhat like marine engineering but it differs from it in various aspects.

Qualification for appearing in this test:

Candidates appearing for IGNOU OPENNET entrance test for diploma in Nautical Science should have completed their 10+2 under any recognized board of the country and then only they are eligible to sit for this test.

Score Calculation:

There is no negative marking for wrong answers and unanswered question in this entrance exam. Each question here is of one marks.

Mode of Exam:

Candidates need to pay the exam fee through cash or DD after filling up the form from the outlets where those are being provided. Candidates can choose their own test center provided that the center has vacant seats. This is not an online exam and the candidates are only allowed to use blue or black ball point pen and HB pencil.

Paper Format:

The OPENENT exam has 5 tests of which the first Test is Reasoning Aptitude Test.  There are 20 questions in the Reasoning Aptitude Test and each question has a weightage of 1 mark.  You will find all MCQ type questions with four answers and you have to find the right answer from them.

Time allotted:

The total time duration for the OPNENET Exam is 3 hours and it depends on you how much time you want to give for Reasoning Aptitude Test.

Books:

Nautical Science by Charles Lane Poor