Exam Pattern
ACET Exam Pattern
ACET (Actuarial Common Entrance Test)
Fifty minutes for 20 questions is two and a half minutes each, because this is a short focused set rather than a replica of the full Actuarial Common Entrance Test. Mathematics and Statistics take 10 questions apiece. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so a blank scores exactly what a wrong answer scores. Read a result here as a measure of those two areas rather than as a prediction of the examination itself.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 2026The ACET Mathematics and Statistics exam pattern is 20 questions carrying 20 marks, to be answered in 50 minutes. That works out to about 150 seconds per question on average, before any time spent reading instructions or revisiting marked answers. The 2 sections are Mathematics and Statistics. All 2 sections carry 10 marks each, so none of them repays disproportionate preparation and a weakness anywhere costs the same. All sections share one composite timer, so you are free to move between them and spend your time where it earns most.
ACET Mathematics and Statistics marking scheme
- Each correct answer is worth 1 mark.
- There is no negative marking, so leaving a question blank can only cost you: an unattempted question and a wrong one score the same zero. Attempt everything.
- Worked example: attempt 16 of the 20 questions and get 12 right and 4 wrong, and you score 12 out of 20.
Practising against the same clock is the point of a mock test: at 150 seconds a question, the difference between a good score and an average one is usually pacing rather than knowledge. Attempt a free ACET mock test to see where your time actually goes.
ACET exam pattern: frequently asked questions
Is there negative marking in ACET?
ACET has no negative marking. An unattempted question always scores zero, so the choice is only ever between guessing and leaving it blank.
How many questions are there in ACET?
ACET has 20 questions. That leaves about 150 seconds per question in ACET.
What are the total marks in ACET?
ACET is out of 20 marks, which works out at 1 mark a question.
How long is the ACET exam?
ACET runs for 50 minutes.
Does ACET have a sectional time limit?
No. ACET runs every section on one composite timer of 50 minutes, so you can move between sections freely and give the slower ones more of your time.