MBBS subjects (pre-clinical, para-clinical, clinical)¶

One shared syllabus for the medical PG and medical-officer family: FMGE, NEET PG, INI-CET and UPSC CMS. The overlap map has the full list. Prepare it once.

What it covers¶

Pre-clinical: anatomy, physiology, biochemistry.
Para-clinical: pathology, microbiology, pharmacology, forensic medicine, community medicine.
Clinical: general medicine, general surgery, obstetrics and gynaecology, paediatrics, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology (ENT), psychiatry, dermatology and STD, anaesthesiology, orthopaedics, radiodiagnosis, radiotherapy.
The FMGE blueprint (the most detailed official split) weights clinical subjects at two-thirds of the paper, with medicine, surgery, obstetrics-gynaecology and community medicine alone nearly half the marks.

Depth by exam family¶

Family	What the exam rewards
FMGE (screening test)	Full breadth across all 19 subjects; pass mark (150 of 300), no negative marking
NEET PG, INI-CET (PG entrance)	Same MBBS base with clinical-application and image-based questions, timed blocks, negative marking
UPSC CMS (medical officer)	Clinical papers only: medicine with paediatrics; surgery with gynaecology-obstetrics and preventive medicine

Where it counts¶

Family	Exams
Medical: NEET and medical PG	FMGE (Foreign Medical Graduate Examination), INI-CET, NEET PG
UPSC	UPSC Combined Medical Services (CMS)

Official syllabus sources¶

FMGE October 2026 information bulletin, NBEMS (Chapter 12, Syllabus and Exam Blue Print): https://nbe.edu.in/IB/FMGE%20october%202026%20information%20bulletin%20v2.2.pdf
NBEMS NEET-PG exam page (scope: MBBS curriculum subjects per NMC regulations; bulletin links): https://www.natboard.edu.in/viewnbeexam?exam=neetpg
NBEMS FMGE index page (overview, bulletins, notices, results): https://www.natboard.edu.in/viewnbeexam?exam=fmge

Free resources¶

National Medical Commission (publishes the Competency-Based UG Curriculum for MBBS): https://www.nmc.org.in
NBEMS FMGE index (bulletins, notices, results): https://www.natboard.edu.in/viewnbeexam?exam=fmge
NBEMS NEET-PG page with demo test for the computer-based format: https://www.natboard.edu.in/viewnbeexam?exam=neetpg
AIIMS examinations portal (INI-CET registration, prospectus, notices): https://www.aiimsexams.ac.in
UPSC previous question papers (official CMS papers): https://upsc.gov.in/examinations/previous-question-papers

How to practise¶

Learn each subject in NMC curriculum order: basic sciences first, then the matching clinical subject.
Solve official previous papers of your target exam in sealed timed blocks (FMGE: 50 questions in 50 minutes with no going back; NEET PG: 36 questions in 42 minutes).
Track accuracy and marks per hour per subject; give extra rounds to medicine, surgery, obstetrics-gynaecology and community medicine — nearly half the FMGE paper.