GUJCET 2025 Exam Pattern (OUT): Number of Questions, Marking Scheme, Exam Duration

As per GUJCET pattern set by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB), candidates from the general category are required to score at least 54 marks to qualify for the GUJCET participating institutes 2023 while for the reserved candidates, the GUJCET passing mark is 48. The total marks for GUJCET question paper is 120. The paper has 120 questions.

The GUJCET question paper will have questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology as per the prescribed syllabus. Each Subject will have one section with Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs). Students have to answer every questions and there will be no internal choices. 

The GUJCET exam has a total of 120 questions from all three subjects. The exam has 40 questions each from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. All the 120 questions will be multiple choice questions. Students need to complete all the 120 questions in 3 hours.

GUJCET paper have negative marking of one fourth mark for every incorrect answer. In GUJCET exam, each question is of 1 marks and for every incorrect answer, one-fourth (O.25) mark is deducted. No marks are deducted for unattempted questions. For any question, if none of the options is found correct or a question is found to be wrong or  dropped, then full marks will be awarded to all candidates irrespective of the fact whether the question has been attempted or not attempted by the candidate.

It is not compulsory to attempt all the question in exam. Students can attempt any number of questions out of total 120 questions in the exam.

Students are advised to attempt only those questions for which they can arrive at the answer/solutions. Questions for which the answer is not sure should be left as incorrect answer would lead to negative marking.

Students must note that there are no minimum marks in GUJCET that students need to score. Students gets All India Rank based on the marks they secure in exam and gets admission based on that rank.

Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) conducts GUJCET exam in offline mode as a pen-paper test. GUJCET exam is conducted for admission to two different courses; BTech and BPharma. The exam for both BTech and BPharma is completely online. The exam is held across various test cities in India and abroad.

The difficulty level of GUJCET is similar to class 12 board exams. Also, the syllabus of GUJCET is similar to class 11 and 12 syllabus. However, the questions asked in GUJCETs are tricky and required in-depth understanding of the subjects. Students need to have conceptual understanding of each topics to get a good score in the exam. Students who studies NCERT and have good understanding of topics can get a decent score in GUJCET.

Question paper during the exam will be visible in English, Hindi, Gujarati. Candidates can switch the language of question paper between the default languages which is English, Hindi, and Gujarati. In total, GUJCET is conducted in 3 languages and candidates have the option to select any language out of the available options.

Candidates can check here the important chapters for GUJCET Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Physics

• Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism (Equal importance)
• Modern Physics
• Optics
• Heat and Thermodynamics and Waves, Sound
• Measurement and errors

Chemistry

• Gaseous State
• Chemical Kinetics
• Organic Chemistry
• Reactions of Benzene
• Ores and Metallurgy
• Thermodynamics
• Polymers
• Environmental Chemistry

Mathematics

• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Analytical Geometry
• Differential Calculus
• Integral Calculus
• Vectors

The high weightage topics from class 11 and 12 Physics as per previous year paper analysis are Current Electricity, Waves, AC, Magnetism, Laws of Motion, Work, Power and Energy. In Chemistry, the high weightage topics are s and p block elements, Coordination compounds, Thermodynamics, Gaseous state, Chemical bonding, Atomic structure, Polymers, Environmental chemistry, Organic chemistry. In Mathematics, the high weightage topics are Sequence and Series, Vectors and 3D, Integral and Differential Calculus, Definite and Indefinite Integral.

The syllabus of GUJCET is similar to class 11 and 12. However, some topics may be extra in GUJCETs syllabus which are not covered in class 11 or 12. Students preparing for the GUJCET exam need to study as per the official syllabus which is released by the Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB). Also, students can follow NCERT textbooks as the base for studying the syllabus of GUJCET. For complete details related to GUJCET syllabus and topics covered in the exam, candidates can check Shiksha page.

Candidates can check the exam pattern of GUJCET from the official website of Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB). The details exam pattern of GUJCET exam is also given on Shiksha page. As per the exam pattern, there will be a total of 120 questions in the exam of 1 mark each. There will be negativ marking of 0.25 marks for every incorrect answer.

GSEB conducts GUJCET exam in a total of 3 languages. The languages in which paper is conducted are Hindi, English, and Gujarati. Students can select the language of their choice from the available options while filling the application form. The language of GUJCET question paper during the exam will be available in a total of 3 languages, English, Hindi, and the language selected by the candidates. The language of paper can be switched among these 3 languages during the exam.

The Gujarat Secondary and Higher Secondary Education Board (GSEB) conducts GUJCET exam once a year. The exam is conducted every year in the month of April/May. Application forms for GUJCET exam is released in January. More details regarding exam pattern, number of attempts, syllabus, and registration process can be checked on Shiksha page.

The total duration of GUJCET exam is 3 hours and the exam is conducted continuous without any break. Candidates are allowed to enter the exam hall as per the scheduled time and can leave only after the completion of paper. The exam will have a total of 120 questions from 3 subjects, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Students have to answer all 120 questions in 3 hours without any break. Also, there is no separate time for subjects and students can appear any subject based on his/her choice.