Indian Navy Entrance Test (INET) is conducted 2 times in a year for recruitment of Class 1 Officers in Indian Navy for various departments. Officers in Executive Branch, Technical Branch and Educational Branch are recruited for permanent commision as well as short service commision. So, today we will see INET Cut Off Marks which will help you in your INET preparation journey.
INET is a new exam which was initiated in 2019. It is independednt exam conducted by Indian Navy in online format all over India. INET Exam is conducted in February and September (1 and 2) whose form filling process is initiated 3 months before the stage 1 of INET Exam. INET exam has overall cut off as well as individual cut off which will be thoroughly discussed in this article.
INET Cut Off Marks 2020
Indian Navy has predefined sectional Cut Off which is announced before the exam. Overall INET Cutoff depends on the difficulty level of exam, number of candidates who have given exam,etc. If INET Exam is attempted by very less number of aspirants or if paper is too diffcicult for aspirants to score marks, sectional cut off as well as overall INET Cut Off is decreased. So, your aim must be to score as high marks as possible.
INET Exam is conducted in 3 major stages:
- INET Written Exam
- SSB Interview
- Clearing Medical Test and Merit List
You need to clear INET written exam to qualify for stage two of examination. And in order to create the INET written exam, you need to clear 2 cut offs, that is:
- INET Individual Cut Off Marks (in each section)
- INET Overall Cut Off Marks (To beat the competition!)
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INET Sectional Cut Off Marks (Official)
Let us see the official sectional Cut Off Marks of INET exam. You will see 25 questions from each section in INET exam. So, you need to score minimum 40% correct questions in each section to clear this sectional cut off criteria (Actually this varies based on difficulty level of paper!)
| 4 Sections in INET Exam |
Total Number of Questions |
Sectional Cut Off Marks |
| Reasoning and Numerical Ability | 25 Questions | 40% |
| General Science & Mathematical Aptitude | 25 Questions | 40% |
| General Knowledge | 25 Questions | 40% |
| English | 25 Questions | 40% |
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INET Cut Off 2019 (Final)
Less number of aspirants applied for INET exam 2019 (Being a new exam, awareness of exam was less). Due to which, less number of aspirants were able to clear the sectional cut off criteria of 40% as given by INET. So, sectional cut off for INET exam as well as overall cut off was reduced drastically in INET 2019 Exam.
| Section in INET Exam | Sectional Cut off marks (Final) |
| English | 20 Marks |
| Reasoning and Numerical Ability | 20 Marks |
| General Science and Maths | 10 Marks |
| General Knowledge | 10 Marks |
| Total Cut off | 100 Marks |
Overall cutoff for INET Exam 2019 was 100 Marks out of 400 !
Which means that you were supposed to clear individual section cut off marks as well as overall total of 100 marks to get a SSB call!
INET Exam Cut Off Screenshot (Official)
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INET Expected Cut Off 2020
INET 2019 Cut Off was very low as compared to other similar exams like AFCAT. Because, INET Exam was first time conducted in 2019. Moreover, many aspirants were not aware about the exam due to which applications recieved for the exam were less.
But you cannot take INET Cut off for granted in INET 2020 Exam. Because now many aspirants are aware about it and basic overview of exam is available for preparation of INET exam. So, INET Cut Off will definitely increase in 2020 Exam. Moreover, types of questions asked in INET 2020 Exam were predictable like AFCAT exam. So, you should not be shocked if INET Cut Off 2020 rises drastically.
Now, let us see the INET Expected Cut Off 2020 which will help you to predict your INET Result 2020.
| Section in INET 2020 Exam | Expected Sectional Cut off marks 2020 |
| English | 25 Marks |
| Reasoning and Numerical Ability | 25 Marks |
| General Science and Maths | 25 Marks |
| General Knowledge | 25 Marks |
| Can It Vary? | It will not drop below 25 |
Yes, you read it right. INET Sectional Cut Off for 2020 exam will be around 25 marks. While overall INET Cut Off will be within range of 150-160 Marks (out of 400)
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