Karnataka PGCET or Karnataka Post Graduate Common Entrance Test is administered by Karnataka Examination Authority every year. Karnataka PGCET acts as the gateway exam for admission into PG courses including MBA, MCA, M.E., M.Tech. and M.Arch in the state of Karnataka. Karnataka PGCET is an offline exam with as many as 100 MCQs to be answered within 150 minutes. Read on to know about Karnataka PGCET, its application process, eligibility criteria, pattern, syllabus and more.
The table below mentions the key highlights of the Karnataka PGCET exam. Before heading on to know complete details of the exam, take a look at the highlights.
Features |
Details |
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Exam name |
Karnataka PGCET |
Karnataka PGCET full form |
Karnataka Post Graduate Common Entrance Test |
Conducting body |
Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) |
Exam level |
State-level |
Courses on offer |
MBA/ MCA/ME/MTech/MArch |
Karnataka PGCET 2021 exam dates (Released) |
13-Nov-2021 for ME/MTech/MArch 14-Nov-2021 for MBA/MCA |
Exam purpose |
Admission into PG courses offered by over 178 institutes in Karnataka |
Mode of exam |
Offline (Pen and Paper) |
Duration of test |
150 minutes |
Language of the test |
English |
Official website |
http://kea.kar.nic.in/ |
MBA admission based Karnataka PGCET exam is done for full-time and part-time programmes. Karnataka PGCET eligibility criteria for MBA admission is as follows.
Candidates should have studied and passed from a government recognised educational institution located in Karnataka for a minimum period of seven academic years commencing from 1st standard continuously or in broken period and must have passed class 10th or class 12th from a government recognized institution located in Karnataka.
OR
The candidate should have passed the qualifying examination from Karnataka. In addition, either of the parents must have studied for a period of seven years in Karnataka
OR
Children of ex-servicemen who had declared a place in Karnataka as their home town at the time of joining the defence services. In addition, such candidates should have passed the qualifying exam from a University or Board located anywhere in India.
As already discussed, Karnataka PGCET 2021 will have four sections. Karnataka PGCET question paper will have questions from the following four topics.
Sections |
Number of Questions and Marks |
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Proficiency in English Language |
25 |
General Knowledge |
25 |
Test of Reasoning and General Intelligence |
25 |
Quantitative Analysis |
25 |
Total |
100 |
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Official Website | : | http://www.kea.kar.nic.in |