PNMC Licensing Exam Paper Pattern 2026

PNMC Licensing Exam subject weightage 2026

How many MCQs each subject contributes to the PNMC Licensing Exam paper. This is the order to revise in. Medical Surgical Nursing is worth 22 MCQs against Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing's 6, so an hour spent fixing a weak chapter in Medical Surgical Nursing is worth more marks than the same hour anywhere else on the paper.

PNMC Licensing Exam marking scheme 2026

Every PNMC Licensing Exam MCQ carries one mark, for a total of 100 marks, one per question. Nothing is deducted for a wrong answer, so an unanswered question and a wrong answer score exactly the same: zero. That makes leaving anything blank a pure loss. Attempt all 100 MCQs, and in the last few minutes fill in every remaining bubble even if you are guessing outright.

PNMC Licensing Exam time per subject

120 minutes across 100 MCQs is about 72 seconds a question. Split by weightage, that is the time each subject is worth. Going over on one subject is borrowed from another, not from spare time, because there is none.

How to prepare for the PNMC Licensing Exam 2026 pattern

The pattern tells you where the marks are, not where you are losing them. Start with Medical Surgical Nursing, because it carries 22 percent of the paper and a weak chapter there is the most expensive weak chapter you can have. Inside each subject, work chapter by chapter and stay on a chapter until you are consistently above 80 percent before moving on.

Then practise at the real pace. Untimed revision hides the problem that actually costs marks in the hall, which is spending three minutes on a question worth 72 seconds and running out of paper before you run out of time. Sit full papers under the clock, and mark them honestly.