Last updated: 24 October 2026. This is the official RMS CET 2026 syllabus for admission to Class 6 (and Class 9) in Rashtriya Military Schools, taken from the RMS CET 2026 Information Bulletin. The exam is on 13 December 2026. For Class 6, the paper is of Class 5 standard and bilingual (English and Hindi).
RMS CET 2026 Exam Pattern (Class 6)
Subject | Questions | Marks | Minimum to qualify |
|---|---|---|---|
English (qualifying only; not counted in merit) | 50 | 50 | 35% |
Intelligence Test | 50 | 50 | 40% |
Mathematics | 50 | 50 | 40% |
General Knowledge and Current Affairs | 50 | 50 | 40% |
Interview (after the written test) | — | 20 | — |
Total time: 2 hours 30 minutes. OMR-based, with no negative marking.
English must be qualified, but the merit list uses Intelligence, Mathematics, GK and the interview.
Tie-break order: Mathematics, then Intelligence, then GK, then English, then interview. Maths decides close ranks.
Class 6 Syllabus: Mathematics
Number system (whole and natural numbers, playing with numbers), operations on numbers, prime and composite numbers, LCM and HCF, fractions and fractional numbers, simplification, Roman numerals, ratio and proportion, unitary method, average, percentage, profit and loss, simple interest, speed and time, money, time, weight, temperature, measurement and conversion of units, capacity, volume of cube and cuboid, geometry (shapes and spatial understanding, plane figures, types of angles, circle), patterns, data handling and mental arithmetic.
Class 6 Syllabus: Intelligence Test
Alphabetical order of words, analogy, blood relations, classification (odd one out), clock and calendar, coding-decoding, decision making, direction sense, inserting the missing number, non-verbal reasoning, puzzles, ranking and series.
Class 6 Syllabus: English
Comprehension passages, nouns and kinds, collective nouns, pronouns, adjectives, adverbs, verbs and tenses, modals, articles, prepositions, conjunctions, interjections, active and passive voice, reported speech, question tags, affirmative and interrogative sentences, sentence formation and word order, error correction, synonyms and antonyms, confusing words, idioms and phrases, gender, singular and plural, numbers, rhyming words, spelling and vocabulary.
Class 6 Syllabus: General Knowledge and Current Affairs
India: states and union territories, national symbols, historical monuments, major religions (basic awareness), food, culture, habitat and languages of regions, tribal communities and forest produce, life of farmers.
Defence and awards: our defence forces, Indian literary and cultural awards, important days of the year, books and authors, sports and games.
Science and environment: scientific devices used in daily life, the scientific world, super senses of plants and animals, taste and digestion, cooking and preservation, germination and seed dispersal, water cycle, traditional water harvesting, water pollution and diseases, natural calamities (flood and earthquake), shape of the Earth and gravitation, fossil fuels, atomic power stations in India, functions of body parts of plants and animals, young ones of animals.
World: mapping the world, international organisations (UN, World Bank), current affairs (India and international).
Many of these GK topics overlap with the NCERT Class 3 to 5 EVS books ("Looking Around"), which are the best starting point. Our Knowledge Base articles cover topics like scientific devices and floods and earthquakes.
Class 9 Pattern and Syllabus (Summary)
Paper | Subjects | Marks | Minimum to qualify |
|---|---|---|---|
Paper 1 | English 50, Hindi 20, Social Science 30 | 100 | 50% |
Paper 2 | Mathematics 50, Science 50 | 100 | 50% |
Interview | — | 50 | — |
Class 9 is of Class 8 (NCERT) standard and in English only. Maths covers algebra, linear equations, exponents, squares and cubes, mensuration, geometry, data handling, probability, profit and loss and interest. Science covers NCERT Class 6 to 8 topics such as force and pressure, light and sound, electricity, cells, micro-organisms, crop production, metals and non-metals, and combustion. Social Science covers history, civics and geography from NCERT Classes 6 to 8.
How to Use This Syllabus
Mathematics and Intelligence together are 100 of the 150 merit marks in the written test. Practise both daily.
Revise GK from a fact notebook organised by the topics above.
Take full 2.5-hour OMR mock tests every week until 13 December.
Prepare for the interview early: see our RMS interview guide.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the RMS CET Class 6 paper in Hindi?
It is bilingual, in English and Hindi. There is no Telugu option, so Telugu-medium children should practise reading questions in English.
Is English counted in RMS merit?
No. English is qualifying only (35% needed). Merit uses Intelligence, Maths, GK and the interview.
What is the RMS CET 2026 exam date?
13 December 2026, 2 hours 30 minutes, with centres including Vijayawada and Hyderabad.
Is the RMS syllabus the same as Sainik School?
They overlap heavily (Class 5-level maths, reasoning, English and GK), so preparing for one helps with the other. The marks pattern is different.
Related Guides
Source: RMS CET 2026 Information Bulletin, Chapter 7 (Broader Syllabus).
