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ISI (Indian Statistical Institute) conducts an exam or an admission test every year. This exam will give you an opportunity to get admission in the Postgraduate, diploma and doctorate programs offered at Indian Statistical Institute.

• Step 1: You have to apply online for registration to appear for the entrance exam. For PG courses you have to apply on the admission portal
• Step 2: after registration, the institute will provide you an admit card. You can download the admit card from their website
• Step 3: You have to appear for the exam
• Step 4: Check the result after it gets published. ISI Kolkata results can be seen in their notice board
• Step 5: According to their marks and eligibility criteria, the candidates should prepare for their interview.
• Step 6: After interview, if the candidate is selected then He/She should complete the verification and other Formalities
• Step 7: Institute will commence their classes.

The syllabus of Examination are

• Geometry: Plane geometry. The geometry of 2 dimensions with Cartesian and polar coordinates. Equation of a line, the angle between two lines, distance from a point to a line. Concept of a Locus. Area of a triangle. Equations of circle, parabola, ellipse and hyperbola and equations of their tangents and normals. Mensuration.
• Algebra: Sets, operations on sets. Prime numbers, factorization of integers and divisibility. Rational and irrational numbers. Permutations and combinations, basic probability. Binomial Theorem. Logarithms. Polynomials: Remainder Theorem, Theory of quadratic equations and expressions, relations between roots and coefficients. Arithmetic and geometric progressions. Inequalities involving arithmetic, geometric & harmonic means.
• Trigonometry: Measures of angles. Trigonometric and inverse trigonometric functions. Trigonometric identities including addition formulae, solutions of trigonometric equations.
• Calculus: Sequences - bounded sequences, monotone sequences, the limit of a sequence. Functions, one-one functions, onto functions. Limits and continuity. Derivatives and methods of differentiation. The slope of a curve. Tangents and normals. Maxima and minima. Using calculus to sketch graphs of functions.

About the exam

The exam consists of two parts:

Part 1: 30 questions 120 marks and duration is 2 hrs MCQ

Part 2: Discipline wise section which consisting of MCQ or descriptive questions.