AHMEDABAD: About 95% of the 1.17 lakh candidates who had registered for the Gujarat Common Entrance Test took the state-level exam on Friday.
Students were all smiles as 70% of the questions were from the syllabus, said sources. The Gujarat State Higher Secondary Education Board is now working to prepare the results and declare them at the earliest, the sources further said.
GUJCET is held annually for science students seeking admissions to degree engineering, diploma engineering, and pharmacy courses in government, grant-in-aid, and self-financed institutions in Gujarat.
In all, 5,932 blocks in 574 buildings within 34 zones were earmarked for the examination in the state. Only 20 students were accommodated per classroom.
The examination was conducted over four hours in four main subjects after reducing the syllabus by 30%. The timing of the examination was 10am to 4pm.
The questions were in the MCQ format. A combined test for physics and chemistry was held for two hours. It carried 80 marks or 40 marks for each subject. Biology and mathematics were held as separate exams for an hour with 40 marks accorded to each.
A committee which has finalized the norms for engineering admissions, including for those who have cleared Class 12 science with B Group or biology, has fixed the 50:50 weightage for Class 12 marks and the GUJCET score.
Earlier, college admission merit lists were drawn up by giving 40% weightage to the percentile in the GUJCET and 60% weightage to the Class 12 (science) board exams percentile. This rule has been changed due to Covid-19 this year.
