JCAT Syllabus and Exam Pattern| 2025-2026

JCAT is a centered exam for the MS/MDS/MD postgraduate program. Here I give details about the JCAT syllabus given by KEMU, but you should go through our JCAT details regarding exam dates, centers, and application procedures.

Exam

Before moving on to the JCAT syllabus, see below the JCAT Exam Question Pattern.

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MD/MS Program (Common Paper)

There will be 125 MCQ’s for “single best answer,” and question distribution will be as follows:

1. Basic Sciences (55 MCQ’s)
   • Anatomy (17 MCQ’s, 18 MCQ’s)
   • b. Physiology and Biochemistry (15 MCQ’s)
   • c. Pathology (05 MCQ’s)
2. General Medicine and Allied Specialties (30 MCQ’s)
   • Medicine (20 MCQ’s)
   • Pediatric Medicine (10 MCQ’s)
3. General Surgery and Allied Specialties (40 MCQ’s)
   • Surgery (20 MCQ’s)
   • Obstetrics & Gynaecology (10 MCQ’s)
   • Ophthalmology (05 MCQ’s)
   • ENT (05 MCQ’s)

MDS Program

There will be 125 MCQ’s for “single best answer,” the same as in the previous program, and question distribution will be as follows:

1. Basic Sciences (55 MCQ’s)
   • Anatomy (17 MCQ’s)
   • Physiology & Biochemistry (18 MCQ’s)
   • Pathology (15 MCQ’s)
   • Pharmacology (05 MCQ’s)
2. Dental Surgery and Allied Specialties (70 MCQ’s)

JCAT Syllabus Topic and Questions MD/MS Program

1. BASIC SCIENCES

a. Anatomy

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	General Anatomy	01
2.	General Histology	01
3.	General Embryology	01
4.	Upper Limb	02
5.	Lower Limb	02
6.	Thorax	01
7.	Special Histology	01
8.	Special Embryology	01
9.	Pelvis	01
10.	Abdomen	02
11.	Head + Neck	02
12.	CNS	02
	Total	17

b. Physiology

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Basics and  Cell Physiology	01
2.	Blood Physiology	01
3.	Nerve and Muscle  Physiology	01
4.	CVS / Respiratory Physiology	01
5.	Skin + Body Temperature Regulate	01
6.	Nervous System / Special Senses	01
7.	Kidney & Body Fluids	01
8.	Endocrinology / Reproduction	01
9.	GIT	01
	Total	09

b. BIOCHEMISTRY

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Biochemistry of the Cell, Cell Membrane Phenomenon, Water, pH  and Buffers	01
2.	Chemistry of Carbohydrates	01
3.	Chemistry of lipids	01
4.	Chemistry of proteins & Amino Acid Plasma proteins, including Immunoglobulins	01
5.	Chemistry of Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids	01
6.	Enzymes	01
7.	Vitamins	01
8.	Nutrition, Minerals and Trace Elements	01
9.	Heme Metabolism, Prophyrias, Hemoglobin & fi/Iyoglobin, Hemcglobinopathies	01
	Total	09

c. PATHOLOGY

i.General Pathology & Microbiology

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	General Bacteriology / Special Bacteriology	01
2.	Parasitology	01
3.	Virology / Mycology	01
4.	Cell as a unit of Health & Disease / Cellular Responses to stress and toxic insults: Adaptation Injury &  Death	01
5.	Inflammation and Repair / Diseases of Immune System	01
6.	hemodynamic disorders, Thrombo-embolic Disease & Shock	01
7.	Neoplasia	01
8.	Genetic Disorders, Infectious Diseases, Environmental and Nutritional Diseases, and Diseases of infancy and Childhood	01
	Total	08

ii. Special Pathology

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
9.	Blood Vessels / Heart / Diseases of White Blood Cells / RI3C-,Thymus / Spleen / Lymph Node	01
10.	GIT / Liver &  Biliary Tract  / Pancreas	01
11.	Lung / Head & Neck	01
12.	Kidney & Bladder / Male Genital System; Female Genital System	01
13.	Breast / Endocrine	01
14.	CNS / Peripheral / Eye	01
15.	Bones, Joints, Soft Tissues	01
	Total	07

d. PHARMACOLOGY

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	General Pharmacology	01
2.	Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) I Central Nervous System (CNS)	01
3.	Cardio Vascular System (CVS) / Endocrinology & Blood	01
4.	Respiratory System, GIT + Diuretics	01
5.	Chemotherapy. Autacoid  & Prostaglandins	01
	Total	05

2. GENERAL MEDICINE & ALLIED SPECIALTIES

a. Medicine

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Respiratory System	02
2.	CVS	02
3.	CNS	02
4.	GIT / Liver	02
5.	Renal	01
6.	Haematology	01
7.	Endocrine	02
8.	Diabetes	01
9.	Rheumatology	01
10.	Fluid Elect	02
11.	Psychiatry	01
12.	Dermatology	01
13.	Infections	02
	Total	20

b. Paediatric Medicine

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Nutrition f Growth & Development / IRMNCH & Nutrition (IMNCI)	01
2.	Neonatology	01
3.	Infections	02
4.	Respiratory	01
5.	Neurology / Psychiatry	01
6.	Cardiology / Haem-oncology	01
7.	Ne hrology / Endocrinology	01
8.	Gastro-Hepatology	01
9.	Genetics	01
	Total	10

3. GENERAL SURGERY & ALLIED SPECIALTIES

a. Surgery

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Principles of Surgery	02
2.	Trauma	02
3.	Perioperative workup & Care	02
4.	Breast and Endocrine	02
5.	Genitourinary	02
6.	Hepatobiliary	02
7.	Vascular	01
8.	Hernia	01
9.	GIT	02
10.	Elective Orthopedic	01
11.	Skin	01
12.	Miscellaneous	02
	Total	20

b. Obstetrics

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Introduction, Obstetrics History, and Examination i Conception, Implantation, and Development of the Placenta Fetal Circulation and Abnormalities of Placenta	01
2.	Foetal Skull and Bony Pelvis / Diagnosis of Pregnancy / Physiology        Changes Associated with Pregnancy	01
3.	Ante-natal Care / Early Pregnancy Loss and Its Management (Abortions) / Physiology of Labour	01
4.	Mechanism of Labour, Management of Labour / Complications of 3H Stage  of Labour	01
5.	Abnormal Labour e.g. Prolonged Labour, Obstructed Labour / Pre- term Labour  /  Induction of  Labour	01
	Total	05

b. Gynecology

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
6.	Introduction / Anatomy of Female i. Genital Organs; ii. Development of Female Genital Organs Puberty and Adolescence	01
7.	Ovulation and Its Clinical Importance / Normal Menstruation Menstrual Abnormalities	01
8.	Gynecological History Taking and Examination I Minor Gynecological Operative Procedures / Amenorrhoea	01
9.	Infertility / Contraception / Eotopic Pregnancy	01
10.	Trophoblastic Tumours Vulval Lesions Tumors of Vagina	01
	Total	05

c. Ophthalmology

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Orbit. Lids, Conjunctiva	01
2.	Pupil and VisualPathway. Lacrimal Apparatus. Therapeutics and Vitamin A	01
3.	Uveal Tract, Lens, Glaucoma	01
4.	Vitreo – Retina,  Optic Nerve, Injuries	01
5.	Squint and Amblyoia, Errors of Refraction, Systemic Disease	01
	Total	05

d. E.N.T

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Ear	02
2.	Nose	02
3.	Throat	01
	Conductive Hearing Loss 2. SNHL 3. Otoscelerosis 4. Meniere’s Disease 5. Vertigo 6. Tirnitus 7. DNS 8. Rhinitis VMR, Allergic Rhiritis. Atrophic Rhirdis. Medicamentosa 9. Sinusitis 10. CSOM 11 Facial Nerve Palsy 12. Esophagoscopy 13. Bronchoscapy 14. Naso Pharyngeal Carcinoma 15. Epistaxis 16, Nasal Polyps 17. Tympanoplasty 18. Tonsil + Adenoid 19, Angiofibroma 20. Audiologic Assessment = PTA, Impedance. Tuning Fork 21 CA Larynx 22, Lump in Neck 23. Solitary Nodule Thyroid Stridor 25. Retropharyngeal Abscess, Peritonisllar Abscess, Para Pharyngeal Abscess Plummer Vinson Syndrome 27. Radiology 28. Instruments 29. Tracheostomy and Airway Management 30. Foreign Bodies in ENT 31. Anatomy of Throat 32 Oral Cavity Lesions 33. Peritonsillar Abscess 34. Diphtheria 35. Obstructive Sleep Apnea Syndrome 36 Congenital Lesions of Larynx 37. Laryngeal Infections 38. Benign Laryngeal Lesions 39. Laryngeal Paralysis 40. Acute Mediastinitis 41. Caustic Ingestion 42. Deep   Space Infections 43. Dysphagia
	Total	05

JCAT Syllabus Topic and Questions MDS Program

1. BASIC SCIENCES

a. Anatomy

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	General Anatomy	04
2.	Embryology	03
3.	Head & Neck	06
4.	Histology	04
	Total	17

b. Physiology & Biochemistry

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Cell Physiology	02
2.	Nerve and Muscle Physiolog	02
3.	Blood Physiology	02
4.	Systemic Physiology	03
5.	Cell Biochemistry	02
6.	Enzymes & Vitamins	02
7.	Proteins & Amino Acids	02
8.	Carbohydrates & Lipids	03
	Total	18

c. GENERAL PATHOLOGY

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Cell  injury	02
2.	Inflammation	02
3.	Healing & Repair	02
4.	Hemodynamics	02
5.	Immunology	02
6.	Neoplasia	02
7.	Microbiology	03
	Total	15

d. PHARMACOLOGY

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	General Pharmacology	02
2.	Dental Pharmacology	03
	Total	05

2. DENTAL SURGERY & ALLIED SPECIALTIES

S.NO	Content	No. of MCQ’s
1.	Oral Histology	05
2.	Oral Pathology	05
3.	Dental Materials	10
4.	Periociontology	05
5.	Oral Medicine	05
6.	Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery	10
7.	Operative Dentistry	10
8.	Prosthodontics	10
9.	Orthodontics	10
	Total	70