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Common Entrance Test for engineering: syllabus, pattern and the three-slab marking scheme

Three papers, 180 questions in 3 hours; negative marking of one quarter mark.

By Rahul Meena

· 1 min read

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Prepare from the board syllabus of classes 11 and 12.

Marks are given as +4 for a correct answer and -1 for a wrong one. The state cut-off was 76 out of 240 last year for the general category, a fictional figure for the demo.

How to prepare

Solve the last five years' papers under timed conditions, and keep a notebook of mistakes. Revise formulas on the morning of the exam, not new topics.

Sources

This is a demo story: every name, place, organisation and figure in it is fictional.

Sources

  1. Information brochure, Engineering CET · State CET Cell (fictional),

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