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Key Facts: Iran Konkur Languages Exam
70 Questions
Specialized English booklet item count
Sanjesh (NOET) Official Exam Guidelines
105 Minutes
Allocated examination time for specialized paper
National Organization for Educational Testing
1/3 Penalty
Negative marking deduction (-1 mark per 3 incorrect answers)
Sanjesh University Admission Regulations
Floating Group
Secondary exam group open to candidates of all primary tracks
Sanjesh (NOET) registration guide
5 Core Domains
Study areas used by this OpenExamPrep practice bank
OpenExamPrep practice-bank structure
Rotbe Scoring
Admission determined by national and sub-group rank
Sanjesh Nationwide Selection Mechanism
Annual IRR Fee
Registration fee set annually in rials by Sanjesh
Sanjesh Portal Official Bulletin
Single Paper
All 70 specialized questions administered in one booklet
NOET Examination Session Schedule
The Iran Konkur Foreign Languages exam is a 70-question, 105-minute specialized paper administered by Sanjesh with one-third negative marking, for which this resource offers 100 targeted practice MCQs.
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About the Iran Konkur Languages Exam
The Foreign Languages Group examination (Konkur-e Zaban-haye Khareji) is administered annually by the National Organization for Educational Testing (Sanjesh / NOET) as part of Iran's nationwide university entrance examination. Functioning as one of the two floating or secondary testing groups alongside the Arts Group (Honar), it allows high school graduates from all academic disciplines—including Experimental Sciences (Tajrobi), Mathematics-Physics (Riazi), and Humanities (Ensani)—to compete for placement in tertiary foreign language degree programs concurrently with their primary academic field. The examination features a rigorous specialized booklet (Daftarche-ye Ekhtesasi) that presents 70 advanced multiple-choice questions to be solved in 105 minutes. Designed to evaluate readiness for university degree programs such as English Literature, English Translation, and Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL), the English paper covers academic collocations, phrasal verbs, idiomatic expressions, complex syntax and inversion structures, situational pragmatics and conversational gambits, cloze passage cohesion, and analytical reading comprehension. This 100-question practice test is an English-language multiple-choice study adaptation developed independently by OpenExamPrep to help prospective university entrants sharpen their time management, grammatical precision, and lexical agility. Sanjesh publishes the paper's length, duration and scoring rule, but not a topic-by-topic weighting, so the five study areas used here are OpenExamPrep's own grouping of the skills the specialized English booklet draws on. This practice bank is an independent educational prep resource and is not an official publication or simulation released by Sanjesh.
Exam sponsor: National Organization for Educational Testing (Sanjesh / NOET). The requirements and fees below concern the certification or admission exam, separate from our free practice resources.
Assessment
The official Iranian Konkur Foreign Languages specialized examination consists of a single dedicated booklet containing 70 multiple-choice questions with four answer choices per item. Candidates have exactly 105 minutes to complete the test (giving an average of 90 seconds per question). Under the official Sanjesh scoring scheme, a one-third negative marking rule applies: each correct answer awards 3 raw percentage points, each incorrect answer deducts 1 raw percentage point (-33.3%), and unattempted questions earn 0 points, making guessing without elimination counterproductive.
Time Limit
105 minutes
Passing Score
Admission determined by national rank (rotbe) within the Foreign Languages group
Fees, eligibility, and exam policies can change. Confirm them with the exam sponsor before applying or paying.
Our practice resources: topics covered
We aim to reflect publicly available exam outlines and topic information in our study resources. Coverage, format, and difficulty may differ from the actual exam, and we cannot guarantee that every detail is accurate or current. Confirm exam requirements, fees, and policies with the official exam sponsor.
Advanced Academic & Specialized Vocabulary
Collegiate vocabulary, academic collocations, phrasal verbs, idioms, derivational morphology, and contextual nuance.
Advanced English Grammar & Syntactic Structures
Complex clause syntax, inversion structures, subjunctive mood, hypothetical conditionals, participle clauses, and causative/passive forms.
Language Functions & Situational Pragmatics
Real-world conversational exchanges, communicative acts, hedging strategies, polite requests, and functional discourse.
Sentence Structure, Cohesion & Cloze Analysis
Cloze passage completion, logical connectors, syntactic parallelism, and discourse cohesion across academic texts.
Reading Comprehension & Text Analysis
Extended academic passage analysis, inference, tone and rhetorical purpose, structural transitions, and lexical deduction.
Preparing for the Iran Konkur Languages Exam
What You Need to Know
- Passing score: Admission determined by national rank (rotbe) within the Foreign Languages group
- Assessment: The official Iranian Konkur Foreign Languages specialized examination consists of a single dedicated booklet containing 70 multiple-choice questions with four answer choices per item. Candidates have exactly 105 minutes to complete the test (giving an average of 90 seconds per question). Under the official Sanjesh scoring scheme, a one-third negative marking rule applies: each correct answer awards 3 raw percentage points, each incorrect answer deducts 1 raw percentage point (-33.3%), and unattempted questions earn 0 points, making guessing without elimination counterproductive.
- Time limit: 105 minutes
- Exam / certification fees: Registration fee set annually in IRR by Sanjesh Official sources
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Iran Konkur Languages: Suggested Study Strategy
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the Iran Konkur Foreign Languages exam and who takes it?
The Konkur Foreign Languages examination (Konkur-e Zaban-haye Khareji) is a specialized national university entrance test administered by Iran's National Organization for Educational Testing (Sanjesh / NOET). It is taken by students aiming to gain admission to undergraduate programs in foreign languages—most notably English Translation, English Literature, and TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language)—at prestigious Iranian state universities.
What is the format and duration of the specialized English paper?
The specialized English examination consists of a single booklet containing 70 multiple-choice questions with 4 options per question. Candidates are given 105 minutes to complete the test, which averages out to 90 seconds per question across challenging vocabulary, grammar, pragmatics, cloze, and reading comprehension sections.
How does the negative marking rule work in Konkur Languages?
Sanjesh applies a strict one-third negative marking rule across all Konkur subjects. Each correct answer awards 3 raw percentage points, while each incorrect answer deducts 1 raw percentage point (-33.33%). Unanswered questions neither add nor subtract points (0 marks). Candidates should avoid random guessing unless they can confidently eliminate at least two options.
Can students from other high school tracks register for the Languages group?
Yes. Foreign Languages (along with Arts/Honar) is designated as a 'floating group' (گروه شناور). This means applicants registered in any primary high school stream—such as Experimental Sciences (Tajrobi), Mathematics and Physics (Riazi), or Humanities (Ensani)—are fully eligible to register for and sit the Foreign Languages examination as an additional secondary test.
What university degree programs accept scores from the Foreign Languages Konkur?
Scores and national ranks (rotbe) from this examination determine placement into undergraduate degree programs including B.A. in English Translation, B.A. in English Language and Literature, and B.A. in English Language Teaching (TEFL), as well as corresponding programs for French, German, Russian, and Italian at state universities and Farhangian University.
What does this OpenExamPrep 100-question practice test cover?
This 100-question practice bank is an independent English-language MCQ study adaptation by OpenExamPrep for people preparing for the Foreign Languages Konkur. Sanjesh publishes the paper's item count, timing and negative-marking rule but does not publish a topic-by-topic percentage breakdown, so the five study areas used here—vocabulary, advanced grammar, language functions, cloze and sentence structure, and reading comprehension—are OpenExamPrep's own grouping of the skills the specialized English booklet draws on. It is not an official translation, past paper, or simulation of the examination.