Frequently asked questions

Duramater is an online preparation platform for the NEET SS and INI SS super-speciality entrance exams. It offers PYQ-based mock test series for Surgery and Medicine, curated by recent toppers, with explained answer keys, subject PYQ banks and bookmarks for revision. It is run by Lister Square Education LLP.

Doctors from AIIMS, PGIMER, JIPMER and other institutions, including toppers of the recent INI SS and NEET SS exams. Separate Medicine and Surgery teams write and review every series in their stream. Read more about us.

NEET SS Surgery and NEET SS Medicine, and INI SS General Surgery and General Medicine plus a dedicated series for each super-speciality: Surgical Gastroenterology, Surgical Oncology, Urology, Neurosurgery, CTVS, Plastic, Paediatric, Breast & Endocrine and Minimal Access Surgery; Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Nephrology, Endocrinology, Rheumatology, Haematology, Medical Oncology and Infectious Diseases. See all test series.

Yes. Every exam track has free mocks you can take with a free account, no payment needed. They are listed on the free mock tests page.

Each series shows its price once you sign in. Many series include a free test so you can judge the questions first, and a friend’s referral code gives a discount on your first purchase.

Your score and a question-by-question answer sheet with an explanation for every question. You can bookmark any question and come back to your bookmarks before the exam.

Yes. The website works on any phone, tablet or computer, and Duramater also has a mobile app for Android and iOS.

Payments are final and non-refundable except where the law requires otherwise, so try a series’ free test before you buy. The full terms are in our Terms of Service.

Email support@duramater.in for help with your account, payments or a question in a test.

NBEMS has tentatively scheduled NEET SS 2026 for 11 and 12 December 2026 (notice dated 29 April 2026). The information bulletin with the final dates and application window was not out as of 4 October 2026.

A computer-based test of 150 MCQs in 150 minutes, split into three time-bound sections of 50 questions and 50 minutes each. Each correct answer earns 4 marks and each wrong answer loses 1, for a maximum of 600.

In 13 of the 15 groups, yes: every question comes from the group’s primary feeder speciality at PG exit level, so the Medical group is a General Medicine paper and the Surgical group a General Surgery paper. The Critical Care Medicine and Medical Oncology groups are the exceptions; their questions come from the super-speciality itself.

The 50th percentile in your own group, with one threshold for every category. For NEET SS 2025 it was later reduced to the 30th percentile (NBEMS notice of 22 September 2026), which brought the cut-off to 175 for the Medical group and 243 for the Surgical group.

Yes, in every group your PG degree is an eligible feeder for. You pay the fee for each group (₹3,500 per group in 2025) and get a separate rank in each.

No. AIIMS, PGIMER Chandigarh, JIPMER Puducherry, NIMHANS Bengaluru and SCTIMST admit through INI SS, a separate exam conducted by AIIMS New Delhi twice a year. See the INI SS guide.

The CBT is on Saturday, 24 October 2026. Registration runs from 23 September to 9 October 2026 (5 PM), admit cards come on 20 October, and AIIMS has said result dates will be announced.

Stage I is a 90-minute computer-based test of 80 single-answer questions in English, +1 for a correct answer and −1/3 for a wrong one. Candidates shortlisted for AIIMS and PGIMER seats also take Stage II, a 20-mark online departmental assessment.

50% of the marks in Stage I, that is 40 out of 80. It is an absolute mark, not a percentile. For AIIMS and PGIMER seats you also need 50% of Stage I and Stage II combined.

A 20-mark departmental assessment by video call, only for AIIMS and PGIMER seats: a clinical or lab scenario (10), spotting of images, reports, instruments or drugs (5) and a viva (5). It feeds the AIIMS Merit List.

As on 1 January 2027: 35 years for AIIMS, 45 for PGIMER, 37 for NIMHANS, 40 for SCTIMST and no upper limit for JIPMER, with relaxations of 3 years for OBC and 5 years for SC/ST, PwBD and ex-servicemen.

INI SS fills DM/MCh seats at AIIMS, PGIMER, JIPMER, NIMHANS and SCTIMST with a course-specific 80-question paper twice a year. NEET SS fills all other DM, MCh and DrNB seats with a once-a-year, 150-question group paper drawn from your feeder speciality. See the NEET SS guide.