The Entrance Test for Admission would be held between July 2 and 7 - Patna University

 

                                            

 PATNA: Patna University (PU) on Friday finalized the details of entrance test to be conducted by its different colleges for admission to the three-year degree courses in arts, science and commerce streams.
PU students' welfare dean Ezaj Ali Arshad said the entrance test would be held on different dates in different colleges so that the admission aspirants may take the test in more than one college. But, the entrance test for all the courses in one college would be held on the same date. The entrance test would be held between July 2 and 7 for admission to Patna College, Patna Science College, Vanijya Mahavidyalaya, B N College, Magadh Mahila College and Patna Women's College.
The entrance test would be of objective type containing 100 questions of one mark each. While there would be 40 questions on general knowledge and aptitude, 60 marks would be earmarked for subject-specific questions. For admission to the science course, the students would be asked questions on physics, chemistry and mathematics or biology. For admission to the arts stream, students will be asked questions on humanities and social sciences. Similarly, students seeking admission to the BCom honours course would be asked questions in commerce. General knowledge and aptitude test of 40 marks would be common to all. The test would be held on OMR sheets.
Arshad further pointed out that each college would conduct its own test and the principal will be the centre superintendent. If the students could not be accommodated in one college, other colleges may be made the centres of examination under the supervision of a university official acting as coordinator.
All the colleges will start admitting students from July 15 and complete it by July 31. Classes of the new batches of students admitted to the Degree Part I Honours courses would commence from August 1. However, the classes of BA, BSc and BCom Honours Part II and Part III and MA, MSc and MCom Part II would start from July 2. The classes of new batches of students admitted to MA, MSc and MCom Part I classes would begin from July 17.