Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE), the screening test for doctors with a medical degree from outside India

FMGE preparation

Original FMGE questions across all 20 blueprint subjects, every option explained, practice by subject and a free diagnostic test with an instant score.

  • ₹4,999, one-time payment, access through the next FMGE session, until 31 March 2027, no subscription
  • Early access: 202 questions today, 1,500 by 30 November 2026

The exam

Foreign Medical Graduate Examination (FMGE), the screening test for doctors with a medical degree from outside India. Conducted by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS).

For graduates of medical schools outside India who need the screening test to register and practise in India.

300 multiple-choice questions in two parts of 150 on one day, 150 minutes plus 3 for attendance per part.

4 options per question, English only, no negative marking. You pass with 150 of 300.

Three sessions a year from August 2026; the next session is announced for January or February 2027.

How the questions are made

  • Original questions in the style of the exam, never copied exam papers or recalls
  • Every option explained, the right one and the wrong ones
  • 202 explained questions

Subjects

20 subjects, as in the official blueprint.

Anatomy

Subject12 questions
  • Axillary nerve
  • Brachial plexus
  • Carotid sinus
  • Chorda tympani
  • Common fibular nerve branches
  • Femoral triangle
  • Inguinal hernia
  • Intrinsic muscles of larynx

Physiology

Subject11 questions
  • Action potential
  • Aldosterone
  • Antidiuretic hormone
  • Baroreceptor reflex
  • Gastric secretion
  • Glomerular haemodynamics: NSAID with ACE inhibitor
  • Lung compliance
  • Methaemoglobinaemia

Biochemistry

Subject11 questions
  • Amino acid metabolism
  • Glycogen storage disease type I: feeding
  • Glycolysis
  • Hereditary fructose intolerance: mechanism of hypoglycaemia
  • Lysosomal storage disorders
  • McArdle disease
  • Purine metabolism
  • Thiamine deficiency

Pathology

Subject12 questions
  • Amyloidosis
  • Barrett oesophagus
  • Coeliac disease
  • Haemophilia A with inhibitor on emicizumab: acute bleed
  • Hereditary spherocytosis: aplastic crisis
  • Hodgkin lymphoma
  • Phagocyte defects
  • Plasma cell neoplasms

Microbiology

Subject9 questions
  • Malaria diagnosis
  • Clostridioides difficile infection
  • Clostridium tetani
  • Diphtheria
  • Epstein-Barr virus
  • Helicobacter pylori
  • Meningococcal disease
  • Scrub typhus: treatment after failed empirical antibiotics

Pharmacology

Subject10 questions
  • Antimalarials
  • Magnesium sulphate toxicity
  • Antimicrobials in pregnancy
  • Drug interactions: theophylline
  • Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
  • Metformin
  • Opioid antagonists
  • Paracetamol toxicity

Forensic Medicine

Subject7 questions
  • Anticholinergic poisoning: antidote safety
  • Arsenic poisoning: confirming exposure
  • Cyanide poisoning
  • Firearm injuries
  • Postmortem changes: livor mortis
  • Postmortem changes: rigor mortis
  • Postmortem changes: time since death

Medicine

Subject20 questions
  • Malaria
  • Acute coronary syndrome
  • Acute coronary syndrome: NSTEMI
  • Adrenal crisis: dosing
  • Community acquired pneumonia
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Diabetic ketoacidosis
  • Enteric fever

Psychiatry

Subject6 questions
  • Alcohol withdrawal syndromes
  • Antidepressants in breastfeeding
  • Bipolar disorder: lithium
  • Depression: duration of treatment
  • Psychosis

Dermatology & STD

Subject6 questions
  • Genital ulcer disease
  • Pemphigus vulgaris
  • Scabies: ivermectin schedule
  • Syphilis
  • Tinea capitis
  • Urethral discharge syndrome

Radiotherapy

Subject6 questions
  • Carcinoma cervix: radiotherapy
  • Metastatic spinal cord compression
  • Palliative radiotherapy
  • Radioactive iodine therapy
  • Radiobiology
  • Radiosensitivity

General Surgery

Subject17 questions
  • Acute cholecystitis
  • Acute mesenteric ischaemia
  • Blunt abdominal trauma
  • Breast cancer: contraindication to breast conservation
  • Burns resuscitation
  • Burns: escharotomy
  • Chemical burns
  • Fistula in ano

Anaesthesiology

Subject6 questions
  • Obstetric anaesthesia
  • Airway assessment
  • Local anaesthetic systemic toxicity: drugs to avoid
  • Malignant hyperthermia
  • Post-dural puncture headache
  • Succinylcholine in burns

Orthopaedics

Subject5 questions
  • Acute compartment syndrome
  • CTEV (club foot)
  • Osteochondroma
  • Slipped capital femoral epiphysis
  • Supracondylar fracture of humerus

Radiodiagnosis

Subject5 questions
  • Carotid stenosis
  • Hepatocellular carcinoma: chemoembolisation
  • Massive haemoptysis
  • Radiation in pregnancy
  • Vertebroplasty for a suspected metastatic collapse

Paediatrics

Subject9 questions
  • Dengue in children
  • Hypertrophic pyloric stenosis
  • Incomplete Kawasaki disease
  • Inguinal hernia in children
  • Malrotation with midgut volvulus
  • Neonatal jaundice
  • Neonatal seizures
  • Severe acute malnutrition

Ophthalmology

Subject7 questions
  • Angle closure disease
  • Diabetic retinopathy
  • Lacrimal drainage obstruction
  • Microbial keratitis
  • Postoperative endophthalmitis
  • Primary angle closure: fellow eye
  • Refraction in children

Otorhinolaryngology

Subject8 questions
  • Bell palsy: eye protection
  • Branchial fistula
  • Croup
  • Epistaxis
  • Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma
  • Otosclerosis
  • Peritonsillar abscess
  • Thyroglossal duct cyst

Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Subject20 questions
  • Eclampsia
  • Ectopic pregnancy
  • Pre-eclampsia
  • Abnormal uterine bleeding
  • Abruptio placentae
  • Acute uterine inversion
  • Caesarean section
  • Gestational diabetes

Community Medicine

Subject15 questions
  • Maternal nutrition
  • Bias in screening
  • Cholera
  • Epidemiology: measures
  • Hypothesis testing
  • Leptospirosis: treatment
  • Measures of risk
  • Occupational epidemiology

The plan, with dates

  1. By 30 November 2026: 1,500 approved questions across all 20 subjects.
  2. Timed mock exams with 150 questions in 150 minutes open once the bank holds 150 practice questions.
  3. After that, new questions keep arriving up to the exam.
  4. Access through the next FMGE session, until 31 March 2027, with every question added.

See what early access includes

What you get

  • 202 approved questions today, 1,500 by 30 November 2026
  • Practice by subject with saved progress
  • Every option explained
  • Access through the next FMGE session, until 31 March 2027, no subscription

Price and access

  • ₹4,999, One-time payment, no subscription.
  • Access through the next FMGE session, until 31 March 2027
Buy now for ₹4,999

Frequently asked questions

What does the course cost and how long does it last?

₹4,999, one-time payment. Your access lasts from payment through the next FMGE session, until 31 March 2027, with no subscription and no automatic renewal.

What does early access mean?

You buy now and practise with the 202 approved questions available today. The bank grows to 1,500 questions by 30 November 2026 and keeps growing up to the exam; every question added is part of your access at no extra cost.

Do I need an account?

No. You pay with your email address and receive a sign-in link. On another device you sign in with a 6-digit code.

Is this a subscription?

No. You pay once per course, with no subscription and no automatic renewal. The access period is shown on the course.

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