INAO 2020 Exam Date

The selection procedure of the INAO exam involves several aspects to be taken care of. Few important aspects that the students should know are detailed in the points mentioned below.

• The pool or batch of students who are eligible for the INAO Exam are categorized into two groups labeled as Group A and Group B.

• The students in group A are those who are pursuing their class 12 education during the time of enrollment for INAO.

• Group B includes all the students who are in their schooling at the levels lower than XII Standard at the time of enrollment.

• The INAO exam will comprise a total of 500 students who will take up the exam from all over the country.

• Merit Index and Minimum Admissible scores will be calculated separately for each group of students.

• All the clauses of selection will be applicable to each group separately.

• Though there are two different groups of students who appear for the exam, the INAO question paper for both the groups will remain the same.

INAO Important Dates

Students should have an overview of tentative dates of important announcements about INAO. This section briefs about the important dates of different events of the INAO exam. However, the dates are tentative. Students should be intact with the official websites for the exact dates. 

• The last date to register for the Indian National Astronomy Olympiad will be in the second week of January. 

• The Indian National Astronomy Olympiad Exam will be conducted during the second week of February.

• Answer keys or solutions for the INAO examination question paper will be released within one or two days. 

• The last date to receive comments on the solutions released for the question paper will be in the 3rd week of February.

• In the same week, the solutions will be frozen and the scores will be released for the INAO exam.

• Revaluation requests will be accepted until the end of the fourth week of February.

• By the first week of March, the final scores of the INAO exam and the certifications will be finalized. The OCSC merit lists will also be released in the same week.

Eligibility Criteria for INAO Exam

1. To qualify for the INAO exam, the student must not appear in any of the NSEJS exams for the year in which he/she is enrolling for the Astronomy Olympiad.

2. The candidate must not have commenced or planned to commence his / her studies in any of the Indian Universities or Institutions.

3. The candidates who aspire to take up the INAO exam should possess a valid Indian Passport.

4. The candidate must be an Indian resident and should have completed his / her studies in India. However, the candidate should have not completed his / her 12th board examination.

5. The candidate should also qualify the age criteria prescribed by the governing bodies.