UPCATET MTech Pattern 2024: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration

UP Combined Agriculture and Technology Entrance Test 2024 ( UPCATET )

This exam is conducted for courses given below:
Updated on Feb 6, 2019 12:16 IST
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UPCATET 2019 exam pattern for MTech courses is such that the question paper will contain a total of 200 multiple choice questions of 600 marks that candidates need to complete in a duration of three hours.

Marking scheme: Candidates will be awarded three marks for each correct answer. There will also be negative marking of one mark for each incorrect answer.

For MTech course admissions, there will be different papers for different programmes as mentioned below:

Programme

Abbreviation

MTech – Agricultural Engineering/ Process and Food Engineering

MTA

MTech – Mechanical Engineering

MTM

MTech/ MSc – Biotechnology

MTB

Exam pattern for each programme is as mentioned below:

For MTA Programme

Section

Subject

Number of Questions in Each Subject

Number of Questions in Each Section

Marks for Each Section

A

General Studies

25

25

75

B

Milling of Agricultural Produce

26

100

300

Storage Engineering

26

Engineering Properties of Biomaterial

26

Heat and Mass Transfer

22

C

Dairy and Food Engineering

26

75

225

Farm Machinery and Power

22

Soil and Water conservation and Irrigation Engineering

27

Total

200

200

600

For MTM Programme

Section

Subject

Number of Questions in Each Subject

Number of Questions in Each Section

Marks for Each Section

A

General Studies

25

25

75

B

Thermodynamics, IC Engine

24

97

291

Power Plant Engineering

24

Refrigeration and Air Conditioning

24

Heat and Mass Transfer

25

C

Fluid Mechanics

25

78

234

Machine Design

26

Production Engineering Industrial Engineering

27

Total

200

200

600

For MTB Programme

Section

Subject

Number of Questions in Each Subject

Number of Questions in Each Section

Marks for Each Section

A

General Studies

25

25

75

B

Molecular Biology & Genetic Engineering

23

92

276

Cell Biology

23

Pathology & Microbiology

23

Immunology/ Animal Biotechnology

23

C

Biochemistry & Physiology

23

83

249

Commercial Biotechnology

23

Recombinant DNA Technology

23

Bioinformatics

14

Total

200

200

600

UPCATET Syllabus for MTech Courses

UPCATET 2019 syllabus is not out yet. However, for the academic year, 2017-18, the official website informed that UPCATET syllabus for MTech course admissions was the same as the syllabus for undergraduate courses in the concerned subject.

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