College Admission: Presidency University PG Admission Test Guideline 2015-2016

Presidency University - PG Admission Test Guideline : 2015-2016

PG ADMISSION TEST GUIDELINE 2015

PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY

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Admission Test Guideline to the First Semester PG classes for the session 2015-2016.

Postgraduate Admission Test Guideline for the academic session 2015-2016

General Guidelines :

Answers for all written tests, other than those for Bengali & Hindi, will have to be written in English.
All papers will be of 2 hours’ duration.
Non-programmable calculators will be allowed. No mobile phones or tabs will be allowed.
For tests or parts of tests with multiple-choice questions, there will be four options for answers for each such question. Answers will have to be provided by filling in the correct option on an OMR sheet. Incorrect answers for MCQs will incur negative marks, with a value amounting to one-third of the full marks of the corresponding question being deducted.

PG Admission Test	Examination Outline
Bengali	Mixed : MCQ (30 x 1 mark), Written : Analysis of picture (20 marks), analysis of poem (20 marks), Essay (40 marks).
English	Mixed : Part 1 will consist of 20 MCQs. There will be negative marking. Part 1 is only a qualifying test; marks obtained will not be carried over to Part 2. Part 2 will consist of one essay (50 marks) and two questions on an unseen poem (25 + 25 marks). The Part 2 section of the scripts of only those candidates who qualify in Part 1 will be examined.
Hindi	Written : pieces including appreciation of a poem; descriptive short essays.
History	Written : two groups with essay-type questions. Group A will have an excerpt followed by questions. Group B will have individual options.
Philosophy	MCQ : 50 questions of 2 marks each.
Political Science	Written. Essay : 40 marks, Picture Analysis: 20 marks. Short Notes (8 x 5 marks each): 40 marks
Sociology	Written : 4 questions out of which a candidate has to answer any 2. The test will be based on undergraduate knowledge of the discipline.
Biological Sciences	MCQ : from the following common branches of Biology and will cover the Honours undergraduate syllabus of Botany, Zoology and Human Physiology, namely Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Biochemistry, Instrumentation, Ecology and Environmental Biology.
Chemistry	MCQ : 50 questions of 2 marks each.
Applied Economics	MCQ : 50 questions of 2 marks each.
Geography	Mixed : Group A: 40 MCQ. Group B: Written-Nine questions.
Applied Geology	MCQ : 80 questions
Mathematics	Written Test : 20 questions of 5 marks each
Physics	MCQ : 25 questions, 4 marks each
Statistics	Written test : 10 questions. Random variables and probability distributions, sampling distributions, multivariate analysis, theory of estimation, parametric and non-parametric methods of testing, large sample theory, ANOVA and design of experiments, regression analysis, sample survey.

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