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Hello sir, My age is less than 17 years and I am preparing for AIIMS entrance exam. Can I appear in AIIMS exam in for this year? Maximum attempts for a general student?

AIIMS stands for All India Institute of Medical Science and AIIMS MBBS entrance examination is held for offering admission in MBBS degree course in any of the AIIMS.

The minimum eligibility criteria required for appearing in the same examination are as here under :-

i) You must be an Indian citizen with your age lying with 17 years to 25 years by the 31st December of that year in which you are going to appear in the same examination.

ii) You must have completed your higher secondary school degree with PCB stream along with English as main subjects with at least 60% aggregate from a recognized board. Marks relaxation of 10% is applicable for reserved category candidates.

So as you have mentioned that your age is under 17 years now but if your age crosses 17 years by 31st December 2017 then you can apply for AIIMS MBBS entrance examination otherwise not.

Further there is no limit of attempts for appearing in the same examination and a candidate is allowed to appear in the examination till he/she satisfies the eligibility criteria.

For more details about AIIMS MBBS entrance examination you can log on to the link www.aiimsexam.org.

All Indian Institute of Medical Science eligibility criteria:

1. MBBS candidate should have done 12th with Physics, Chemistry and Biology. You should have 60% marks if you from open or OBC category and 50% for SC/ST candidates.

2. Minimum age is 17 years on 31st December of year in which you appear for AIIMS entrance exam.

You can not appear for AIIMS MBBS entrance exam if your age is less than 17 years on last day of year of exam. There is no limit in AIIMS entrance exam till upper age limit which is 25 years.

No, you are not eligible to appear in AIIMS examination if you have not completed 17 years of age. To be eligible to appear in AIIMS examination, you should have attained the age of 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of examination. There is no restriction on the maximum number of attempts to appear in AIIMS examination.

AIIMS stands for All India Institute of Medical Sciences. It is a National level medical entrance examination conducted by AIIMS, New Delhi for offering admission to MBBS programme offered by seven IIMs institutions.

To be eligible to appear in AIIMS examination, you should have passed 12th standard with Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and English subjects from a Government recognised board. The minimum age limit required to appear in AIIMS examination is 17 years as on 31st December of the year of examination.

As per the information you have mentioned in your query, your age is less than 17 years, if you will attain the age of 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of examination, you are eligible to appear in AIIMS examination. There is no restriction on the number of attempts to appear in AIIMS examination.

Eligibility criteria for the AIIMS exam
>> Candidate who is applying for the exam must have completed 17 years of age or should complete 17 years as on 31/12/2017.
>> Candidate also must have passed class 12th with science stream where Physics, chemistry, Biology should be the main subjects and also need to obtain minimum 60% in aggregate.
>> Application fees for general candidate is Rs 1000 only and for SC and ST it is 800 only.
>> Physical handicaped students do not have to pay any fees.

Apply online by clicking here.
** Last date to apply online is 23 Feb 2017
** Entrance exam date 28 May, 2017
** Result notification is on 14 June 2017