CUSAT Exam Pattern 2014 Eligibility, Paper Pattern and Qualifying Criteria

The CUSAT (Cochin University of Science & Technology) conducts the common entrance exam, also called as the CAT (Common Admission Test) to provide admissions in different courses including the following: LLM, LLB, B.Tech, B.Com, MA, MCA, M.Sc and Phd courses respectively. The candidates preparing for the concerned entrance exam should go through the complete details of the eligibility, paper criteria and marking scheme etc.

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Name of Exam: Common Admission Test

Conducting Authority: Cochin University of Science & Technology

Courses of Admission: PG Courses in Engineering

Eligibility for Exam:

The candidates in order to participate in the concerned entrance exam should have passed Bachelor of Technology (Civil/ CSE/ Electronics/ Electrical/ IT/ Mechanical/ Safety and Fire/ Polymer Science/ Instrumentation/ Marine engineering) with a minimum of 60% marks obtained in the following subjects- Physics/ Mathematics/ Chemistry and/ or English respectively.

Paper Pattern:

The Common Admission Test shall consist of objective type multiple choice questions on the following main subjects:

Mathematics (125 Questions)

Physics (75 Questions)

Chemistry (25 Questions)

Total Number of Questions: 250

Duration of Exam: 3 Hours

Marking Pattern:

3 Marks will be added for every right attempt made by the applicants. There will be negative marking in the exam in the form of 1 mark deducted for every wrong attempts made by them respectively.

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Syllabus of Study:

There will be two papers in the exam – Paper I: Mathematics and Paper II: Physics and Chemistry respectively. The candidates preparing for the concerned entrance exam should refer the syllabus of the Class 11^th and 12^th respectively for qualifying in the concerned entrance exam.

Mathematics:

Sequences and Series/ Vector Algebra/ Co-Ordinate Geometry/ Integral Calculus/ Matrices and Determinants/ Differential Equations/ Sets, Relation and Functions/ Statistics and Probability/ Mathematical Reasoning/ Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations etc

Physics:

Current Electricity/ Laws of Motion/ Atoms and Nuclei/ Gravitation/ Optics/ Physics and Measurement/ Communication Systems/ Current Electricity/ Oscillation and Waves/ Thermodynamics/ Kinetic Theory of Gases/ Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism etc

Chemistry:

Equilibrium/ Atomic Structure/ Solutions/ Hydrogen/ Hydrocarbons/ Environmental Chemistry/ Chemical Kinetics/ States of Matter/ Block Elements/ Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure/ Surface Chemistry/ Purification and Characterization of Organic Chemistry etc

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