Exam Pattern

Paper I will be a screening test and will consists of 2 sections. Section ‘A’ will have 30 objective type questions on general information on Science and its interface with society to test candidates’ awareness of Science, aptitude for science research and quantitative reasoning and also a few question from common elementary computer science. Section ‘B’ will have 70 objective type questions from the subject area chosen by the candidates. Each question will carry 2 marks. However, in subject “Mathematical Science” the candidates will have to attempt any 50 questions out of the given 70 questions in section ‘B’; each carry 2.8 marks. The answers to these multiple choice questions have to be marked on a separately provided OMR Answer (sample given in this bulletin).
Negative marking will be made for wrong answers.