Exam Pattern
ACET Exam Pattern
ACET (Actuarial Common Entrance Test)
The ACET exam pattern below is checked stage by stage, so one stage cannot inherit another stage's scoring rules.
Mathematics and Statistics
Official 2026 pattern| Questions | 20 |
| Total marks | 20 |
| Duration | 50 minutes |
| Negative marking | 0 per wrong answer |
| Sections | Mathematics, Statistics |
| Test | Qs | Marks | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathematics | 10 | 10 | — |
| Statistics | 10 | 10 | — |
Timing: Single composite 50-minute timer for both sections combined: no sectional lock.
The official ACET exam has 70 4-option multiple-choice questions for 100 marks in 3 hours, with no negative marking, across five sections: Mathematics, Statistics, Data Interpretation, English, and Logical Reasoning (questions carry 1, 2, or 3 marks each). This mock currently covers the Mathematics and Statistics sections only, the two largest and most calculation-heavy in the official syllabus (algebra, calculus, permutations and combinations for Mathematics; probability, distributions, and correlation for Statistics), with every question worth 1 mark for simplicity. Data Interpretation, English, and Logical Reasoning are not yet built and may be added in a future update; unlike this site's other finance and science-heavy mocks, this is a coverage gap rather than a content-risk exclusion, since all five official ACET sections are calculation- or language-based rather than regulatory. This mock matches a proportional 50-minute duration estimate for its 20 questions against the official 70-question, 180-minute exam. This mock shows a raw score; the official exam reports marks toward the qualifying cutoff instead.
Official source · checked 15 August 2026