Abstract: The present invention provides a carbon molecular sieve prepared by forming carbon nanorods or carbon nanotubes with a uniform diameter inside pores of siliceous mesoporous molecular sieve and a process for preparing the same. The process for preparing a carbon molecular sieve of the present invention comprises the steps of; adsorbing a mixture of an aqueous carbohydrate solution and an acid or a precursor of carbon polymer into pores of mesoporous silica molecular sieve template, and polymerizing; heating the mesoporous molecular sieve including polymeric material at 400 to 1400° C. under vacuum condition or without oxygen to accomplish thermal decomposition of the polymeric material included in the pores; and, reacting the heated mesoporous molecular sieve with hydrofluoric acid or aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and removing the template to obtain a carbon molecular sieve.