RMS CET 2026: 31 Days to the 13 December Exam — City Slip, Admit Card and the Final-Phase Plan
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📅 Nov 7, 2026
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🔄 Updated: Nov 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM IST
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⏱️ 5 min read
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📅 Nov 7, 2026
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🔄 Updated: Nov 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM IST
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⏱️ 5 min read
Last verified: 12 November 2026. This is a milestone update, not a new announcement — NTA has issued no fresh RMS notice in the last 48 hours. The exam date (13 December 2026), the 2 hour 30 minute OMR format and the no-negative-marking rule are ✅ CONFIRMED from the official RMS CET 2026 Information Bulletin, as reproduced by AglaSem and Enunciate Academy. The city intimation slip (tentatively 29 November) and the admit card (tentatively 8 December) are 🔶 EXPECTED — tentative dates from the same sources; the bulletin itself promises the slip 10–15 days before the exam and the admit card 5–7 days before it.
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If your child applied for RMS CET 2026, there is nothing left to file. Applications closed on 20 October, the late window ended on 25 October, and the correction window shut on 28 October. What remains is the part that actually decides the seat: five weeks of preparation, and two downloads — the city slip, then the admit card.
Five Rashtriya Military Schools take cadets through this test — Chail, Ajmer, Dholpur, Belagavi and Bengaluru — for Class 6 and Class 9 entry in the 2027–28 session. The written test is Stage I of four: a medical examination and an interview follow for those who qualify, and the final merit list comes in March 2027, with joining on 1 April 2027.
| Milestone | Date | Status |
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| City intimation slip | Last week of November, tentatively 29 November | 🔶 EXPECTED |
| Admit card download | Around 8 December (5–7 days before the exam) | 🔶 EXPECTED |
| Stage-I written exam | Sunday, 13 December 2026 | ✅ CONFIRMED |
| Stage-I result | January 2027 | 🔶 EXPECTED |
| Medical exam and interview | February–March 2027 | 🔶 EXPECTED |
| Final merit list and joining | March 2027 / 1 April 2027 | 🔶 EXPECTED |
Both downloads happen only on the official portal, exams.nta.nic.in/rmscet. Neither is sent by post, and neither arrives by SMS — if a message promises your admit card on WhatsApp, it is a scam.
The test is a pen-and-paper OMR exam of 2 hours 30 minutes, 200 multiple-choice questions, with no negative marking. Class 6 has four sections of 50 marks each — English, Intelligence, Mathematics, and General Knowledge — plus a 20-mark interview later. Here is the trap parents miss: English is qualifying only and does not count in the merit list, but your child must still score at least 35% in it, and 40% in each of the other three sections. A child can top Maths and still fail on English.
Class 9 is two papers of 100 marks each — English, Hindi and Social Science in Paper 1; Mathematics and Science in Paper 2 — with 50% needed in each paper, plus a 50-mark interview. Class 6 is bilingual (English and Hindi); Class 9 is English only. And remember the reservation reality: 70% of seats go to wards of JCOs and other ranks, 20% to wards of officers, and only about 10% to civilian children — so a civilian candidate is competing in a very small pool, and every mark matters.
This week: two full-length papers under strict 2 hour 30 minute conditions, no breaks, no phone. Mark them honestly, section by section, against the qualifying minimums — not just the total.
Every day: one hour on the weakest section. For most Class 6 children that is either English (the qualifying trap) or General Knowledge; for Class 9 it is usually the second paper’s Science.
Before 29 November: keep the application number and password somewhere the whole family can find them, and keep a government photo ID ready. The city slip tells you where your child will sit the exam — plan travel the day it arrives, not the day before the exam.
When the admit card lands (around 8 December): download it the same day, check the name, photo, exam centre and timings against the application, and contact the NTA helpdesk at once if anything is wrong — 011-40759000 / 011-69227700 or [email protected]. Do not wait until 12 December.
For the wider picture on military-school admissions, read our RMS vs Sainik School daily-life comparison and our AISSEE 2027 notification guide — many families prepare for both exams together, and the subjects overlap heavily.
When is the RMS CET 2026 exam?
On Sunday, 13 December 2026. It is a pen-and-paper OMR test of 2 hours 30 minutes for Class 6 and Class 9 entry to the five Rashtriya Military Schools.
When will the RMS CET 2026 admit card be released?
Around 8 December 2026, about 5 to 7 days before the exam. The city intimation slip comes first, in the last week of November, tentatively 29 November. Both are downloaded from exams.nta.nic.in/rmscet and are never sent by post.
Is there negative marking in RMS CET 2026?
No. There is no negative marking in the RMS CET written test, so candidates should attempt every question. Class 6 candidates must still clear the minimum marks in each subject, including 35 percent in English, which is qualifying only.
What should my child do in the last 31 days before RMS CET?
Two full-length 2 hour 30 minute mock papers a week under exam conditions, daily revision of the weakest subject, and keeping the application number, password and a government photo ID ready for the admit-card download. The written test is only Stage I — a medical exam and an interview follow for those who qualify.
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