NORCET Last 30 Days Plan: 11 March to 10 April 2027 | NPrep

The last 30 days before NORCET 12 run from 11 March to 9 April 2027, because Stage I is on 10 April 2027 according to the AIIMS calendar. Use them for revision, timed mocks in five locked 18-minute sections, and an error log. Do not start new subjects. Mains on 30 April gets its own 20-day plan.

Updated 3 November 2026. Exam dates are from the AIIMS examination calendar for 2027, and the paper format and marking from AIIMS Notice 103/2026 (NORCET 11). Score levels are from NORCET 11 Result Notifications 276/2026 and 287/2026. The week plan, mock counts and score targets are NPrep's recommendations.

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NORCET 12 last month at a glance

Item	Date or rule	Source
Last 30 days before Stage I	11 March to 9 April 2027	Counted from the AIIMS calendar
Stage I (Prelims)	Saturday 10 April 2027	AIIMS calendar 2027
Stage I result	21 April 2027	AIIMS calendar 2027
Stage II (Mains)	Friday 30 April 2027	AIIMS calendar 2027
Stage I format	100 MCQs in 90 minutes, 5 locked sections of 20 questions, 18 minutes each	Notice 103/2026
Stage II format	160 MCQs in 180 minutes, 4 locked sections of 40 questions, 45 minutes each	Notice 103/2026
Marking	+1 for correct, minus 1/3 for wrong	Notice 103/2026

The NORCET 12 notice has not come out yet. If it changes any of this, follow the notice.

When do the last 30 days before NORCET 12 start?

On Thursday 11 March 2027, counting back from Stage I on 10 April. By then you should have finished every subject at least once. The last month is for consolidating what you know, speeding up recall and cutting wrong answers.

Two dates inside the month need planning:

• The admit card. For NORCET 11, the exam city came 9 days before Stage I and the admit card 3 days before. If AIIMS repeats that, expect the NORCET 12 city around 1 April and the admit card around 7 April 2027. These are NPrep projections. Book travel as soon as the city is out.
• The Mains gap. Stage II is 20 days after Stage I, and the Stage I result comes 11 days after Stage I. So you will have only 9 days of knowing you are called before Mains. Keep the Mains plan below ready.

What should the 30-day plan look like week by week?

NPrep recommends this four-block plan for NORCET 12:

Days	Dates (2027)	Focus	Daily work
1 to 8	11 to 18 March	Medical-Surgical, OBG, Mental Health, Child Health	Revise one subject from your own notes, 80 to 100 topic MCQs, update the error log
9 to 15	19 to 25 March	Community Health, Fundamentals, Pharmacology, Anatomy and Physiology, Microbiology, Nutrition, Management	Quick revision, 80 MCQs, first two full Stage I mocks
16 to 24	26 March to 3 April	Full mocks and previous year papers	One full mock every second day, solve 3 cycles of PYQs, rework every wrong or guessed question
25 to 30	4 to 9 April	Weak areas and rest	Only topics your error log flags, one last mock on 7 April, light revision on 8 and 9 April

Keep 20 to 30 minutes a day for GK and aptitude. Stage I has 20 GK and aptitude questions out of 100, and they decide whether you are called to Mains. See NORCET GK and aptitude.

How many mock tests should I take in the last month?

NPrep recommends 8 to 10 full Stage I mocks between 11 March and 7 April, and no full mock in the last two days. More mocks without review do not help. Spend as long reviewing a mock as you spent taking it.

For each wrong answer, mark the reason in your error log:

Reason	Fix
Did not know the fact	Revise that topic from your notes, then 20 MCQs on it
Knew it, misread the question	Underline "not", "except", "first" and "priority" in practice
Guessed blind	Stop guessing at that confidence level (see below)
Ran out of time in a section	Practise that section type with a timer

Use the free NORCET mock test and previous year question papers for this block.

How do I practise the locked sections?

Every NORCET section closes for good when its time ends, so timing must be trained, not just known:

Stage	Questions per section	Time per section	Time per question
Stage I	20	18 minutes	54 seconds
Stage II	40	45 minutes	67.5 seconds

In every mock, run a clock for each section, not for the whole paper. Answer the questions you know first, then return to the long ones before the section closes. Never leave a section with time unused, because you cannot come back to it. The NORCET Mains strategy covers section timing in detail.

What score should I aim for in mocks?

Stage I is qualifying, but only a small share is called to Mains. In NORCET 11, according to Result Notification 276/2026, 100,804 candidates appeared and 12,638 were called to Stage II, which is 12.5% by NPrep's count. A UR candidate needed the 95.16 percentile.

For Mains, these were the NORCET 11 scores at each rank, from NPrep's reading of Result Notification 287/2026:

NORCET 11 rank	Marks out of 160	Score
1,000	104.7	65.417%
3,000	96.0	60.000%
5,000	90.3	56.458%

A mock is harder or easier than the real paper, so watch the trend across mocks, not one score. See NORCET marks vs rank for every cycle.

Should I guess in the last month's mocks?

Only after ruling out at least one option. A wrong answer costs a third of a mark:

Your situation	Expected marks from guessing
Blind guess between 4 options	0 (break-even)
One option ruled out	+0.11
Two options ruled out	+0.33

Fewer wrong answers also help your rank directly. Under Notice 103/2026, equal Stage II marks are broken first by fewer Stage II wrong answers, then by higher Stage I marks and fewer Stage I wrong answers. Practise the rule in mocks so it is automatic on the day. More on this in NORCET result and tie-breaking.

What should I do in the 20 days between Prelims and Mains?

Do not wait for the result on 21 April to start. Mains has no GK, and all 160 questions are nursing, focused on case scenarios. NPrep recommends:

Dates (2027)	Work
11 to 20 April	Case-scenario MCQs in Medical-Surgical, OBG and Child Health, two full Stage II mocks
21 to 26 April	After the result: two more Stage II mocks, error log, image-based questions
27 to 29 April	Light revision only, admit card printed, travel fixed

For NORCET 11, the Stage II admit card came 4 days before the exam, so check your login daily from the result onwards.

What should I avoid in the last 30 days?

• New books or new sources. Revise from the notes and question bank you already used.
• Full-length mocks on the last two days. A bad score then only costs confidence.
• Changing your sleep. In the last week, take mocks at the time your exam shift is likely to run, and keep the same wake-up time every day.
• Skipping GK. It is a fifth of the Prelims paper.
• Re-reading whole subjects. Go only to the topics your error log points to.

FAQs

When should I start the last 30 days plan for NORCET 12?

On 11 March 2027. NORCET 12 Stage I is on 10 April 2027, according to the AIIMS calendar, so the last 30 days run from 11 March to 9 April.

How many mock tests should I give in the last month before NORCET?

NPrep recommends 8 to 10 full Stage I mocks between 11 March and 7 April 2027, with each one reviewed as long as it took, and no full mock in the last two days.

Can I clear NORCET by studying only in the last 30 days?

It is hard. The last month works for revision and practice, not for learning subjects for the first time. In NORCET 11 only 12.5% of those who appeared were called to Mains.

How much time is there between NORCET 12 Prelims and Mains?

Twenty days. Stage I is on 10 April 2027 and Stage II on 30 April, with the Stage I result due on 21 April, according to the AIIMS calendar.

Should I attempt every question in NORCET?

No. Each wrong answer costs one third of a mark, and fewer wrong answers is the first tie-breaker. Attempt a question when you can rule out at least one option.

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