NBEMS Cut Off: Qualifying Marks and Previous Year Trends

The NBEMS cut off is the minimum score you need at each stage of the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences staff recruitment. For Junior Assistant, Stenographer and Junior Accountant, it works at two levels: a fixed minimum qualifying percentage set in the notification, and a higher shortlisting cut-off decided by how many candidates NBEMS calls for the skill test.

The 2026 CBT was held on 15 and 16 September 2026, and the window for objections to the provisional answer key closed on 6 October 2026. The official NBEMS cut off 2026 has not been released yet. Cut-offs change every year with difficulty, vacancies and the number of applicants, so treat earlier figures as a benchmark only and aim for a clear margin above them.

Minimum Qualifying Marks (Official)

Clearing these minimums is not enough on its own. NBEMS calls only five candidates per vacancy in each category to Stage II, in order of CBT merit, so the real shortlisting cut-off is usually far higher. For a category with one Junior Assistant vacancy, only the top five scorers in that category move ahead.

Previous Year Cut Off

NBEMS publishes category-wise cut-off marks on its website after each result. The figures below for Junior Assistant come from an earlier 200-mark CBT cycle and are reported by preparation portals; they could not be matched against the official PDF, so use them as an indicative benchmark only.

Notice that the OBC figure was slightly above UR. With very few seats in some categories, a handful of high scorers can push a reserved category cut-off up. Older pages may also quote 2018 written test figures, but that test followed a different pattern and those numbers are not comparable with the current 200-mark CBT.

What Affects the NBEMS Cut Off

• Small number of seats: With 39 Junior Assistant posts split across five categories, each category has very few seats, which keeps cut-offs high.

• Paper difficulty: A tougher Quantitative Aptitude or English section lowers scores across the board.

• Applicants per seat: A 10+2 level central government post draws a large pool, so competition per seat is intense.

• Negative marking: The 0.25 deduction per wrong answer separates accurate candidates from those who guess heavily.

How to Set Your Target Score

Based on earlier trends, a UR Junior Assistant candidate should aim for about 155 to 160 out of 200 in full-length mocks before the exam. This is a preparation target, not an official cut-off. Reserved category candidates can set a target 10 to 15 marks above their category's last figure.

Your final rank also depends on the 100-mark skill test, so a strong typing and computer score can make up a few marks lost in the CBT.

Official results and cut-off notices are published on the NBEMS official website.