• The Syllabus for the exam shall be that of BDS standard and shall cover all the subjects/syllabus taught during the BDS course as prescribed in the DCI Revised BDS Course Regulations, 2007 as amended from time to time.
• Exam will be conducted in a single day & single session as a computer based examination

• The examination shall be a multiple choice questions test delivered using computers network (CBT) as per scheme prescribed.

• The exam comprises of 240 Multiple Choice Questions with each question having 4 response options/ distractors in English language only. Candidates are required to select the correct/best/most appropriate response/answer out of the 4 response options provided in each question. Time allotted is 3 hrs.

• There shall be 25% negative marking for incorrect answers. No marks will be deducted for unattempted questions.

• During the examination candidates are given an option to mark any question, whether attempted or not, for review which means that candidate has been given an option to go through these questions again before the examination time ends. Candidates may note that such questions which are marked for review shall be evaluated as per the marking scheme mentioned above.
• The exam will be worth 240 questions, syllabus can be divided into two sections- Part A and Part B. Part A will consist of 100 questions while Part B will have 140.

Subject-wise Distribution of Questions

The candidates must be thorough with all the subjects to score well in the examination.