About Exam
Exam Pattern
KCET Exam Pattern
- The time duration for completing each paper will be 70 minutes, apart from 10 minutes extra which are meant for reading and filling in other details.
- The total duration would be 210 minutes (for 3 papers).
- The number of questions in each paper will be 60
Specifications |
Details |
|---|---|
| Mode of KCET |
Offline |
| Duration of the exam |
3 hours and 30 minutes (for three papers) |
| Medium of the Question Paper |
English |
| Total no. questions |
180 MCQs |
| Marks for Each question |
1 Mark for Every Correct Response |
| Negative Marking |
Not Applicable |
| Additional Exam |
Language Test and Agriculture Practical Test |
KCET Subject wise details
| Subject | No. of questions | Duration |
| Mathematics | 60 | 70 minutes |
| Biology | 60 | 70 minutes |
| Physics | 60 | 70 minutes |
| Chemistry | 60 | 70 minutes |
| Kannada | 50 | 70 minutes |
Eligibility
KCET 2019 General Eligibility Criteria
No candidate shall be eligible for admission to courses offered through KCET unless they satisfy the below KCET eligibility norms:
- Candidates should be a citizen of India and domicile of Karnataka
- Candidates should have passed the qualifying exam with a minimum of 50-60% marks from a recoganised university listed under VTU (Visvesvaraya Technological University).
- Candidates who have passed the qualifying exam from the university not listed under VTU or from Karnataka State Open University are not eligible to apply for KCET.
- Candidates who are appearing in the qualifying exam (2nd PUC (Pre University Colleges)/ 12th boards) in 2019 and their result is awaited can apply for KCET 2019 but shall not be eligible for admission if they do not pass the qualifying exam.
- Candidates seeking admission to medical, dental or ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, and Homeopathy) courses must qualify NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test).
- Candidates seeking admission to architecture courses should appear for NATA (National Aptitude Test for Architecture) or JEE Main Paper 2.
- In case of agriculture quota candidates, merit list will be prepared based on 25% marks each secured in concerned combinations in 2nd PUC & KCET and 50% marks secured in the practical test
KCET Question Paper will be set from the syllabus of First and Second year PUC recommended by Department of Pre-University Education, Karnataka. Candidates are required to familiarize themselves with the syllabus to score well in the Karnataka Common Entrance Test .
Physics- Class 12 syllabus which would include topics like Electrostatics, Magnetism, Optics, Current electricity and Waves.
Chemistry- 12th standard syllabus with topics like Organic chemistry, surface chemistry, solid state, electrostatics, polymers and biomolecules.
Mathematics- Algebra, Integral calculus, Differential calculus, vectors, trigonometry, probability and linear programming.