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<div style="background:#eef3fb;color:#303846;border:1px solid #c9d7ee;border-radius:12px;padding:14px 18px;margin:0 0 18px"><p style="margin:0;font-size:14px;line-height:1.6"><strong style="color:#171d29">Checked 6 November 2026.</strong> The Z program steps, renewal rules and what to bring are from ontario.ca, read 6 November 2026 (the truck licence page was last updated 21 September 2026). Fees are from DriveTest’s fee list (effective 12 July 2019), read the same day. The pass values are from the Official Air Brake Handbook on ontario.ca, read 5 November 2026. Re-check ontario.ca and DriveTest before you book.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The <strong>Ontario air brake test</strong> is how you get the <strong>Z endorsement</strong> on your licence. Ontario says you need Z to drive a vehicle with an air brake or an air-over-hydraulic brake system. You get it in one of two ways: you take an <strong>air brake course</strong>, or you <strong>take the tests at a DriveTest centre</strong>. The tests are a <strong>knowledge (written) test</strong> and a <strong>practical test</strong> on a vehicle.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">This guide covers Ontario only: the two routes, the written and practical tests, what they cost at DriveTest, the pass values in Ontario’s <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/document/official-air-brake-handbook" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">Official Air Brake Handbook</a>, how to read the handbook chapter by chapter, and how renewal works since 1 September 2023. For other provinces, see our <a href="/hub/air-brake-endorsement" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">air brake endorsement guide for every province</a> and our <a href="/hub/alberta-air-brake-test" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">Alberta air brake (Q) test guide</a>.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">ProSyllabus is an independent study site. It is not part of the Government of Ontario, the Ministry of Transportation (MTO), DriveTest or any air brake course provider, and nothing here is the official test. The rules on this page are quoted or summarised from the official Ontario pages and the Official Air Brake Handbook listed at the end.</p>

<div style="display:flex;flex-wrap:wrap;gap:10px;margin:18px 0"><a href="#z-fees" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">$66</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">DriveTest Z package: knowledge test and practical test</div></a><a href="#z-practical-test" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">2</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">versions of the practical test (with or without a tractor-trailer system)</div></a><div style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">6 months</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">to take a course referral envelope to DriveTest</div></div><a href="#z-renewal" style="flex:1 1 140px;background:#fbfaf6;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:10px;padding:12px 14px;display:block;text-decoration:none;color:inherit;cursor:pointer"><div style="font-size:24px;font-weight:800;color:#171d29;line-height:1.2">1 Sep 2023</div><div style="font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;line-height:1.4;margin-top:4px">online learning module replaced the knowledge test at renewal</div></a></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472;margin:-8px 0 18px">ontario.ca Get a truck driver’s licence and DriveTest fee list, read 6 Nov 2026.</p>

What the Z endorsement is and who needs it

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Ontario’s truck licence page says: “If you want to drive a vehicle with an air brake or an air-over-hydraulic brake system, you need a Z endorsement on your driver’s licence in Ontario.” The endorsement is added to your licence class: Ontario calls a full Class A licence with it a <strong>Class AZ</strong> licence.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Class A trucks:</strong> Ontario says the full Class A truck licence is the only licence that covers full air brake systems on both tractors and trailers. With the Z endorsement it is a full Class AZ licence.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Class A road test:</strong> for the AZ road test, the vehicle must have a full air brake system on both the truck or tractor and the trailer. New Class A applicants must also finish mandatory entry-level training before the Class A road test.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Buses and other classes:</strong> the same Z endorsement is used for buses and for Class B, C, D, E, F and G licences when the vehicle has air brakes.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">ontario.ca Get a truck driver’s licence and Get a bus driver’s licence, read 6 Nov 2026.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Ontario’s page does not say which tests the course referral replaces, or what the course costs. Ask the course provider before you pay. Whichever route you take, the <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/document/official-air-brake-handbook" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">Official Air Brake Handbook</a> is the book to learn from: Ontario says it prepares you for the knowledge test, and chapters 9, 10, 11 and 12 cover the practical inspection (chapter 8 covers the law).</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">You take the knowledge test at a DriveTest centre. The fee is on DriveTest’s list (below). Ontario’s pages and the handbook <strong>do not publish the number of questions, the pass mark or a time limit</strong> for the Z knowledge test. Be careful with any site that states them as official.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">What Ontario does say is what to study: the handbook “contains the information you need to prepare for the air brake endorsement examination.” So learn the handbook chapters, and above all the values in chapters 10 and 11 (the chart below). Practise both recalling a value and applying it to a gauge reading.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">After the knowledge test, you book a practical test with DriveTest. To book, you need your Ontario driver’s licence number, a first, second and third choice of location, and a preferred date and time. Cancel at least 48 hours before the appointment, or you pay a cancellation fee.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Wheel chocks or blocks</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">A stopwatch or a watch with a second hand (you time the air pressure build-up)</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Knowledge of the size and type of every brake chamber on your test vehicle</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">A way to hold the brake pedal in the applied position</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">A way to mark the pushrod, and a device to measure pushrod stroke (neither applies to motor coaches)</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Protective eyewear (not for motor coaches); the handbook’s list also adds protective headgear, again not for motor coaches</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">A chart of brake adjustment limits (optional)</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">ontario.ca Get a truck driver’s licence (6 Nov 2026); Official Air Brake Handbook, chapter 12.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">The handbook says chapter 10 “prepares you for the Ministry of Transportation air brake endorsement practical examination,” and chapter 12 gives the checklists. At each step, <strong>tell the examiner what you are testing</strong>. The checklists have three parts:</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">These are the values in chapters 10 and 11 of the handbook. Ontario’s numbers are not the same as Alberta’s, so do not mix the two manuals.</p>

<figure style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0;margin:18px 0"><figcaption style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Air pressures in Ontario’s air brake system tests</figcaption><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Governor cut-out: never higher than</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">145 psi (1000 kPa)</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:96.7%;height:12px;background:#c0392b;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Build-up test: time the rise from 85 to 100 psi</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">85 → 100 psi (587 → 690 kPa), 2 minutes or less</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:66.7%;height:12px;background:#2f6f9f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Brake adjustment check: hold the tanks at</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">90–100 psi (621–690 kPa)</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:66.7%;height:12px;background:#1f7a45;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Governor cut-in: never lower than</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">80 psi (552 kPa)</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:53.3%;height:12px;background:#b7791f;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><div style="margin:0 0 10px"><div style="display:flex;justify-content:space-between;gap:10px;font-size:14px;line-height:1.4;margin:0 0 4px"><span style="color:#303846">Low-air warning must come on at or above</span><strong style="color:#171d29;white-space:nowrap">55 psi (380 kPa) on both gauges</strong></div><div style="background:#f1eee6;border-radius:6px;height:12px;overflow:hidden"><div style="width:36.7%;height:12px;background:#d4a017;border-radius:6px"></div></div></div><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">Official Air Brake Handbook (ontario.ca), chapters “Inspecting Air Brake Adjustment” and “Inspecting Air Brake System Operation”, read 5 Nov 2026. Bar length shows psi.</p></figure>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Standard and long-stroke chambers have different adjustment limits, which is why you must know your chamber types before the test. Chapter 11 lists three visible signs of a long-stroke chamber: square ports where the air lines attach (standard chambers have round ports), a trapezoidal tag under the clamp bolt that shows the maximum stroke (not the adjustment limit), and markings on the chamber body. The chart below also lists “L” long-stroke chambers, marked by an L stamped in the cover and a stroke tag, so look for all the markings.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Chapter 12 of the handbook prints this chart for clamp-type brake chambers. If the applied pushrod stroke is more than the limit, the brake is out of adjustment. “L” means a long-stroke design with L stamped in the cover and a stroke tag; “LS” means a long-stroke design with square ports, a tag and cover marking.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">These original practice examples apply the handbook’s values to a situation. Try them before you open the answers.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Worked example 1 · Air-loss rate</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.6">You are testing a tractor with one trailer. Spring brakes are released, pressure is normal and the engine is off. When you press and hold the brake pedal, the gauges drop 10 psi at once. Over the next minute they drop another 3.5 psi. Using Ontario’s handbook, what is the result?</p><ul style="list-style:none;margin:0 0 12px;padding:0"><li style="margin:4px 0">(A) It passes, because the first drop does not count and 3.5 psi is within the 4 psi limit</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(B) It fails, because the total drop of 13.5 psi is more than 4 psi</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(C) It fails, because a tractor and trailer may lose only 3 psi a minute</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(D) It cannot be judged until you hold the pedal for 2 minutes</li></ul><details><summary style="cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f7a45">Show the answer</summary><p style="margin:10px 0 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Answer: (A) It passes, because the first drop does not count and 3.5 psi is within the 4 psi limit.</strong> The handbook says the pressure drops noticeably when you first apply the brakes, and that this first drop is not counted. What counts is the drop over the next minute. For a tractor and trailer the limit is 4 psi (28 kPa) a minute, so 3.5 psi passes. The 3 psi limit is for a straight truck, tractor or bus alone. Two minutes is Alberta’s procedure, not Ontario’s.</p></details><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">An original ProSyllabus question written from Ontario’s Official Air Brake Handbook. Not a question from a DriveTest test.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Worked example 2 · Air pressure build-up time</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.6">Your truck has no trailer attached and its pressure is down to 70 psi. You run the engine at 750 rpm. The gauges pass 85 psi at 10:00:15 and reach 100 psi at 10:02:30. What is the result of the build-up test?</p><ul style="list-style:none;margin:0 0 12px;padding:0"><li style="margin:4px 0">(A) It passes, because the pressure rose 30 psi from 70 psi</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(B) It passes, because 750 rpm is inside the 600 to 900 rpm range</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(C) It fails, because it took 2 minutes 15 seconds from 85 to 100 psi</li><li style="margin:4px 0">(D) It passes, because you time the rise from 70 psi, not from 85 psi</li></ul><details><summary style="cursor:pointer;font-weight:700;color:#1f7a45">Show the answer</summary><p style="margin:10px 0 0;line-height:1.6"><strong>Answer: (C) It fails, because it took 2 minutes 15 seconds from 85 to 100 psi.</strong> You time only the rise from 85 psi (587 kPa) to 100 psi (690 kPa). Here that is from 10:00:15 to 10:02:30, which is 2 minutes 15 seconds. The limit is 2 minutes, so the system is defective. The engine speed is correct, and starting below 80 psi is what the handbook asks for, but those do not make up for the slow build-up.</p></details><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">An original ProSyllabus question written from Ontario’s Official Air Brake Handbook. Not a question from a DriveTest test.</p></div>

The Official Air Brake Handbook, chapter by chapter

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Searching for the “air brake test Ontario PDF”? Ontario publishes the handbook as web pages on ontario.ca; we did not find a PDF version there. You can read it online, or buy a printed copy online, at a DriveTest centre (cash only, $23 on DriveTest’s fee list) or in other stores. A French edition is available: <em>Guide officiel de l’utilisation des freins à air publié par le MTO</em>.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">On adjustment, the handbook says only qualified people may repair or re-adjust brakes. Drivers who hold a valid Ontario air brake adjustment certificate may re-adjust brakes with manual slack adjusters; this certification does not allow them to manually re-adjust automatic slack adjusters. Automatic slack adjusters that need regular re-adjustment are defective and must be repaired by a certified technician.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">DriveTest says these fees are set by the Government of Ontario, effective 12 July 2019, and include taxes. Course fees are not on DriveTest’s list; ask the course provider for its price. Remember the 48-hour cancellation rule for the practical test appointment.</p>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">Since <strong>1 September 2023</strong>, you no longer take the air brake knowledge test to renew. Instead you complete an online learning module before you go to DriveTest:</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Go to MTO’s <strong>Air Brakes Refresher Training</strong> (on SkillsPass). Choose the module for Class A or D licence holders, or the one for Class B, C, E, F or G licence holders.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Have your driver’s licence with you. SkillsPass checks your identity with Veriff: you take a photo of yourself and of your licence. Register with your full name as it appears on your licence.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">When you finish, download or print the Certificate of Completion.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Bring the certificate (digital or printed) and your licence to a DriveTest centre or your Driver Certification Program organization.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">If you hold a commercial class licence (A, B, C, D, E or F), you also complete the vision test and the commercial class knowledge test in person, at a DriveTest centre or through your Driver Certification Program organization.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">If you cannot do the module online, you can do it in person at a DriveTest centre.</li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472">ontario.ca Get a truck driver’s licence and Get a bus driver’s licence; MTO Air Brakes Refresher Training. Read 6 Nov 2026.</p></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">How often: Ontario says renewal is usually every 5 years for people under 80. From age 80, you take the online learning module <strong>and the practical test every year</strong> to renew the endorsement.</p>

How to prepare for the Ontario air brake test

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">These are our study tips, based on the handbook; they are not MTO rules.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Read the handbook chapter by chapter. Spend the most time on chapters 2, 9, 10 and 11, and learn the chart above until you can say each value without notes.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Learn both units. The handbook prints kPa first and psi in brackets, and gauges may use either unit.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Practise the practical in the checklist order from chapter 12, out loud, on the vehicle you will test in. Know its chamber sizes and types before test day.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Practise measuring applied pushrod stroke by both of the handbook’s methods (marking the pushrod, or measuring the released and applied positions and subtracting) until it is quick and exact. Motor coach drivers do not bring the marker or measuring device.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Practise questions that make you apply a value to a gauge reading, not only recall it.</li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6">Book the practical test after the knowledge test, and pack the items on the list the night before.</li></ul></div>

<p style="margin:0 0 16px;line-height:1.7">These play in our practice player: press Start, answer them, and the result page explains each answer and names its source. They are our own independent questions, not DriveTest questions.</p>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><p style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Practise for the air brake knowledge test</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65">Our Canada Air Brake Practice Test has 185 original questions, and 137 of them are written from Ontario’s Official Air Brake Handbook: the air supply, service, spring and trailer brakes, brake adjustment and the system tests in this guide. Every explanation names its source: the Ontario handbook chapter for the Ontario questions, and Alberta’s manual for the rest. It has three timed 30-question tests and eight topic sets.</p><p style="margin:0 0 10px;line-height:1.65">Be clear on one thing: Ontario does not publish the format of its Z knowledge test, so we do not have an “Ontario format” mock. The three full tests follow Alberta’s published format (30 questions, 25 to pass). The Ontario content is in the questions, not the format.</p><p style="margin:0;line-height:1.65"><a href="/kits/canada-air-brake-practice-test" style="color:#255a45;font-weight:600">See the Canada Air Brake Practice Test</a>. Independent practice; not made or endorsed by the Government of Ontario, MTO or DriveTest.</p></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">More in this series</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><a href="/hub/alberta-air-brake-test" style="color:#255a45">Alberta air brake (Q endorsement) test: format, pass mark and practice</a></li></ul></div>

<div style="background:#ffffff;color:#303846;border:1px solid #e4e1d8;border-radius:12px;padding:18px 20px;margin:18px 0"><h3 style="margin:0 0 10px;font-size:17px;font-weight:700;color:#171d29">Sources</h3><ul style="margin:0;padding-left:20px"><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-truck-drivers-licence" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Government of Ontario: Get a truck driver’s licence, section “Air brake (Z) endorsement program” (updated 21 Sep 2026; read 6 Nov 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/document/official-air-brake-handbook" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Government of Ontario: The Official Air Brake Handbook (12 chapters, read 5 Nov 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://drivetest.ca/tests/fees/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">DriveTest: Fees for Drivers’ Licences &amp; Tests (effective 12 Jul 2019, set by the Government of Ontario; read 6 Nov 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://mtoairbrakes.skillspass.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">MTO Air Brakes Refresher Training (SkillsPass), the online renewal module (read 6 Nov 2026)</a></li><li style="margin:6px 0;line-height:1.6"><span style="color:#1f7a45;font-weight:700">official</span> — <a href="https://www.ontario.ca/page/get-bus-drivers-licence" rel="nofollow noopener" style="color:#255a45">Government of Ontario: Get a bus driver’s licence (air brake renewal for Class B, C, E, F and G holders; read 6 Nov 2026)</a></li></ul><p style="margin:12px 0 0;font-size:13px;color:#5b6472"><strong style="color:#1f7a45">official</strong> = a document published by the conducting body. <strong style="color:#8a5300">reported</strong> = a news or coaching site we could not check against an original. Where sources disagree this page says so rather than picking one.</p></div>

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Questions on the screen, answers by hand on paper: the three sections, what the 2024 paper asked, Rajbhasha, the answer-book rules, and a planner for the three hours.

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40% a paper, 45% aggregate, 30/35% for SC/ST/PwBD, a subjective paper marked only if you clear the rest, 0.25 off per wrong answer, and exemptions for 5 attempts. With a checker.

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Three 100-mark objective papers and a 200-mark handwritten subjective paper: every topic the IREM names for each paper, the old pattern it replaced, and no books allowed.

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