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Examination Pattern

In order to get admission into an Engineering / Architecture course, a candidate has to appear in the Common Entrance Test (CET) Karnataka.

Examination is being conducted in the following subjects:

Physics

Chemistry

Mathematics

*Aptitude Test (Part – I and Part - II)

** Kannada Language Test

*Aptitude test is conducted for only for those candidates who wants to take admission into Architecture degree programs.

** The Kannada language test is conducted in the CET Bangalore premises. This test is conducted for only those candidates, who claim government seats and whose mother tongue is Kannada.

Question Paper
Each question paper will be of 70 minutes duration and will be of objective type. The question paper in each subject will be in 16 different versions and each version will contain 60 questions and each question will have four different options. Each question will carry ONE mark.

The candidate is expected to attempt all the 60 questions. In other words, there is no choice among questions. There is no negative evaluation with regard to Wrong answers and marks will not be awarded in respect of multiple answers In both common entrance test and aptitude test.

Syllabus

The question papers of the Common Entrance Test (CET) Karnataka will be based on the First and Second year PUC revised syllabus prescribed by the Department of Pre-University Education of Karnataka State.

No. of Seats

The CET Cell generally comes to know about the exact number of seats, their classification and categories before the commencement of seat selection. Hence, an accurate number of seats to be offered for allotment as Government seats, college wise, category wise and course wise, cannot be made known exactly. The seat matrix (Government seats) in respect of Engineering, Technology and Architecture courses, as notified by the Government are published on the notice boards of the CET Cell and also on the CET website http://kar.nic.in/cet before the commencement of seat selection process. For the benefit of candidates, full postal address and telephone numbers of the Government, University and Private Aided professional colleges and the total intake of seats falling to the share of the Government for the year 2005-06 are given below.

Reservation

Reservation of seats is available for special category candidates, reserved category candidates, candidates belonging to rural area, Kannada medium candidates and for wards of Jammu and Kashmiri migrants.

For exact details of reserved no. of seats etc. in a particular academic year, please refer to Common Entrance Test (CET) Information Brochure.

Tentative Schedule

Date of Notification: February

Last Date of Submission of Application Form: April

Date of Entrance Exam: May

For exact dates, please see our Exam Alerts section.

Application Form

Candidates who have studied or studying their 2nd PUC or 12th standard in educational institutions within Karnataka should get their brochure with application forms by submitting a demand draft of the requisite amount to the Principals of the institutions in which they had studied or studying or appeared for the 2nd PUC or 12th standard examination.

The Principals of all the Schools and Colleges in Karnataka teaching 2nd PUC or 12th standard including CBSE & CISCE syllabi have been requested to collect the filled application forms and forward the same to the CET Cell both from freshers & repeater students. The last date for submission of D. D.s to concerned Principals is March.

The Karnataka state candidates staying outside Karnataka can make the request for application form to CET cell by post on submission of the requisite amount of fee payable by demand draft.

Note : The Non-Karnataka candidates are not eligible to appear for the entrance test and also for the later seat selection conducted by the CET Cell, during the year 2006.

Examination Centres

Assignment Of Exam Centres

Candidates who have studied the qualifying examination within Karnataka should write Common Entrance Test (CET) in a test centre within the district in which the candidate studied 2nd PUC or 12th standard. If the CET test centres are located in more than one place in a district, the candidate can choose one of the places. If there is more than one test centre in a place, then the decision to assign the test centre will rest with the CET Cell and the CET Cell decides on random basis the test centre of a candidate.

List of Examination Centers

The candidates who are interested in Architecture course, will have to appear for the ‘Aptitude Test’ in a test centre located at Bangalore, Belgaum, Gulbarga Or Mysore.

Contacts

Common Entrance Test Cell

Sampige Road, 18th Cross,

Malleshwaram, Bangalore - 560 003.

Phone : 080 - 23319082 , Fax : 080 – 23319083

Important Points

PRESS NOTE

What is new this year?

1. The rank list for Medical & Dental courses will be published only in respect of candidates who secure 50% of marks taken together in PCB subjects in both qualifying examination and the Common Entrance Test. (40% in case of SC, ST, Cat - 1 & OBC category candidates.)

2. The rank list for Medical & Dental courses will be prepared and published only on the basis of marks secured by candidates in PCB subjects in the Common Entrance Test.

3. The candidates who secure less than 50% of marks taken together in PCB subjects in the Common Entrance Test, will not be awarded any rank for admission to Medical & Dental courses. (40% in case of SC, ST, Cat - 1 & OBC category candidates.)

4. The rank list for Indian System of Medicine & Homoeopathy courses will be published only in respect of candidates who secure 50% of marks taken together in PCB subjects in the qualifying examination, irrespective of marks secured in PCB subjects in the Common Entrance Test. (40% in case of SC, ST, Cat - 1 & OBC category candidates.)

5. The rank list for Engineering & Technology courses will be published only in respect of candidates who secure 45% of marks taken together in the optional subjects in the qualifying examination, irrespective of marks secured in PCM subjects in the Common Entrance Test. (40% in case of SC, ST, Cat - 1 & OBC category candidates.)

6. The rank list for Architecture course will be published only in respect of candidates who secure 50% of marks taken together in all subjects in the qualifying examination and 40% of marks taken together in both Part – I & II of the Aptitude Test.

7. The candidates who secure less than 40% of marks taken together in both Part – I & II of the Aptitude Test, will not be awarded any rank for admission to Architecture course.

8. There will be no negative evaluation in respect of wrong and multiple answers in both the Common Entrance Test and Aptitude Test.

I request you to kindly publish the above news item prominently in your news paper for the benefit of student community.

Sd/-
Special Officer

Eligibility

Age: A candidate must be of 17 years of age on or before 1st October of the year of examination.

Educational Qualification:A candidate must have passed Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination from the recognized School / College / institute located within the National Capital Territory of Delhi or any other examination recognized as equivalent thereto by the University of Delhi securing 60% or more marks in the aggregate of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (50 % or more marks for candidates belonging to CW (Defense / Physically Handicapped category).

The candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination are also eligible to apply for Combined Entrance Examination (CEE).

Test Pattern

Test Pattern

The Combined Entrance Examination (CEE) consists of objective type questions in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (Combined). The syllabus of Combined Entrance Examination (CEE) is almost same to the class XI and class XII of Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) course. The level of questions may be high.