BITS Pilani - Birla Institute of Technology and Science Answered Questions

Hello Suman,
Firstly, admission is available only if you have passed your 12th from Bihar. Information about opening and closing ranks of OBC is not available. However, it's learnt that in some cases it was higher than general category. For general category, it varies from 6000 to 35000.

Marks eligibility criteria at BITS is as follows: "The candidate should have obtained a minimum of aggregate 75% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects (if he/she has taken Mathematics in BITSAT) or a minimum of aggregate 75% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects (if he/she has taken Biology in BITSAT) in 12th class examination, with at least 60% marks in each of the Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics / Biology subjects". Therefore if you do not get 75% marks in PCM you will not be eligible for seeking admission in any of BITS University colleges.

BITS has provision for direct entry for toppers of different board of examination 10+2. Eligibility criteria is as follows:
"To be eligible for admission under the 'Direct admission to Board toppers' scheme, the candidate should be the topper from the science stream having taken physics, chemistry, mathematics subjects in 12th. To identify the topper, the following criteria is adopted.
The topper is the student who fulfills the following criteria:
a) has taken physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects in 12th class examination and
b) has obtained the highest aggregate percentage of marks in 12th class among all the students who have taken physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects in 2016 from the board. For the purpose of calculating, the aggregate percentage, the aggregate marks should include the marks of physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects in addition to other subjects which are required to pass the 12th class examination from the board under consideration. Further, the physics, chemistry, mathematics subject marks should be included in the aggregate, irrespective of whether the physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects are identified as main/ optional/ elective in his mark sheet(s)".