The Commissioner of State CET Cell, has been designated as Competent Authority for conducting MHT-CET 2020 and selection of candidates for admission to 4 Year Duration Full Time Under Graduate Degree courses in Engineering and Technology, Pharmacy and 6 Year Duration Full Time Under Graduate Degree course in Pharm D. & Agriculture Universities for the academic year 2020-21
Date of Examination: The examination will be conducted at various centres across the Maharashtra as well as outside Maharashtra State by Online mode (Computer Based Test) tentatively from 13rd April, 2020 to 17th April, 2020 and 20th April, 2020 to 23 April, 2020 for PCM and PCB group separately.
The candidates will have choice of appearing any one or both examination. The group wise schedule will be shared with the candidate later on. The option once exercised will not be altered under any condition.
The marks obtained in a particular group will not be transferred to another group.
Syllabus, Weightage and Pattern of Examination: Syllabi of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Biology for the MHT – CET
The questions will be based on Syllabus of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education.
20% weightage will be given to the questions from Std. XI syllabus and 80% weightage will be given to the questions from Std. XII syllabus while setting the question paper.
There will be no Negative Marking, The questions will be mainly application based.
MHT-CET will be conducted in two groups i.e. PCM (Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) and PCB (Physics, Chemistry and Biology). The question papers are multiple choice questions (MCQ) having 4 options and the question and marking system is as follows:
Subject | No. of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) based on | No. of MCQ | Maximum Marks | Total Marks | Duration | |
STD XI | STD XII | |||||
Mathematics | 10 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 100 | 90 |
Physics | 10 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 50 | 90 |
Chemistry | 10 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 50 | |
Biology (Botany) | 10 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 50 | 90 |
Biology (Zoology) | 10 | 40 | 50 | 2 | 50 |
Sr. No. | Type of Group | Total Duration (in Min) | 01 To 90 Min | 91 To 180 Min |
1 | (PCM Group) | 180 | Physics & Chemistry | Mathematics |
2 | (PCB Group) | 180 | Physics & Chemistry | Biology |
For More Details Please visit : http://cetcell.mahacet.org/
The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI) has established National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization under Society Registration Act 1860 for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions.
The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting Joint Entrance Examination JEE (Main) to the NTA from 2019 onwards.
Admission criteria to Undergraduate Engineering Programs at NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTI), Institutions funded by participating State Governments, and other Institutions shall include the performance in the class 12/equivalent qualifying Examination and in the Joint Entrance Examination, JEE (Main). The (B. E. /B. Tech.) of JEE (Main) will also be an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which the candidate has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programs offered by the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs).
Paper | Subjects | Types of Questions | Mode of Exam |
B.E./B.Tech. | Mathematics,Physics & Chemistry | Objective Type - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value, with equal weightage to Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry | “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only |
B. Arch | Mathematics – Part I | Objective Type - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value | “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only |
Aptitude Test – Part II | Objective Type - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) | ||
Drawing Test – Part III | Questions to test drawing aptitude | “Pen & Paper Based” (offline) mode to be attempted on Drawing sheet | |
B. Planning | Mathematics – Part I | Objective Type - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value | “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only |
Aptitude Test – Part II | Objective Type - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) | ||
Planning Based Questions - Part III | Objective Type - Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
Paper | Subject | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
Subject wise distribution of Questions, Total Number of Questions and Marks | Mathematics | (20+5*) | 100 | 180 |
Physics | (20+5*) | 100 | ||
Chemistry | (20+5*) | 100 | ||
TOTAL | 75 | 300 | ||
*20 questions will be MCQs and 5 questions will have answer to be filled as numerical value |
Paper | Subject | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
Subject wise distribution of Questions, Total Number of Questions and Marks | Mathematics-Part I | (20+5*) | 100 | 180 |
Aptitude Test-Part II | 50 | 200 | ||
Drawing Test –Part III | 02 | 100 | ||
TOTAL | 77 | 400 | ||
*20 questions will be MCQs and 5 questions will have answer to be filled as numerical value |
Paper | Subject | No. of Questions | Total Marks | Duration |
Subject wise distribution of Questions, Total Number of Questions and Marks | Mathematics-Part I | (20+5*) | 100 | 180 |
Aptitude Test-Part II | 50 | 200 | ||
Planning Based Objective Type MCQs –Part III | 25 | 100 | ||
TOTAL | 100 | 400 | ||
*20 questions will be MCQs and 5 questions will have answer to be filled as numerical value |
Eligibility for Admission to NITs, IIITs and CFTIs participating through Central Seat Allocation Board: Admission to B.E. / B.Tech / B.Arch / B.Planning. Courses in NITs, IIITs and CFTIs participating though Central Seat Allocation Board will be based on All India Rank subject to the condition that the candidate should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12thclass examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class / Qualifying examination conducted by the respective Boards. For SC/ST candidates the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th class / qualifying examination.
“No candidate shall be admitted to architecture course unless she/he has passed an examination at the end of the qualifying examination with 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and also 50% marks in aggregate of the qualifying examination”.
For B.Planning, the candidates should have passed qualifying examination with 50 % marks in Mathematics and 50% marks in aggregate of the qualifying examination.
Subject combinations required in the qualifying examination for admission to B.E./B.Tech, B.Arch and B.Planning Courses in NITs, IIITs, and other CFTIs shall be as under.
Course | Required Criteria based on Class 12th / Equivalent qualifying Examination |
B.E/B.TECH | Passed qualifying examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/ Technical Vocational subject. |
B.ARCH. | Passed qualifying examination with Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry |
B.PLANNING | Passed qualifying examination with Mathematics |
For More Details Please visit : https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Advanced) will be conducted by the seven zonal coordinating IITs under the guidance of Joint Admission Board (JAB). The performance of a candidate in this examination will form the basis for admission to the Bachelor’s, Integrated Master’s and dual degree programs (Entry at the 10+2 level) in all the IITs. The decisions of the JAB will be final in all matters related to JEE-Advanced and admission to IITs.
SR. NO. | CATEGORY | Number of “Top” candidates | |
1 | OPEN | 107,767 | Total 1,11,100 |
2 | OPEN-PwD | 3,333 | |
3 | OBC-NCL | 57,618 | Total 59,400 |
4 | OBC-NCL-PwD | 1,782 | |
5 | SC | 32,010 | Total 33,000 |
6 | SC-PwD | 990 | |
7 | ST | 16,005 | Total 16,500 |
8 | ST-PwD | 495 |
Number of attempts: A candidate can attempt JEE (Advanced) a maximum of two times in consecutive years. Therefore, candidates who appeared in JEE (Advanced) 2016 for the first time are also eligible. Candidates who wish to appear in JEE-Advanced must write paper – 1 of JEE-Main.
For More Details : http://www.jeeadv.ac.in