PAU Entrance Exam Pattern 2020: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration

Updated on May 21, 2020 02:25 IST

Students need to know the exam pattern and marking scheme before appearing for the PAU Entrance Exam. By knowing the exam pattern and marking scheme, students can know what to expect and be more confident in their preparation stratergy. Also, by knowing the marking scheme, students will not have any difficulty in wasting time while giving the entrance exam.

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Exam Highlights
PAU Entrance Exam Pattern
PAU Entrance Exam Marking Scheme
Important Points to Remember

Exam Highlights

Name of Exam	PAU Entrance Exam
Conducting Body	PAU - Punjab Agricultural University
Exam Mode	Offline (Pen and Paper Test)
Exam Medium	English
Exam Duration	3 Hour
Exam Format	MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions)
Official Website	http://www.pau.edu/

PAU Entrance Exam Pattern

There are three different exams – PAU CET (Common Entrance Test), PAU MET (Masters Entrance Test) & Agriculture Admission Test (AAT).

The PAU Common Entrance Test will be conducted for the following courses:

BSc (Hons) Agriculture	BTech (Food Technology)
BTech (Biotechnology)	BSc (Hons) Community Science
BSc (Hons) Nutrition and Dietics	5-year Integrated MSc (Hons) in Biochemistry
5-year Integrated MSc (Hons) in Botany	5-year Integrated MSc (Hons) in Chemistry
5-year Integrated MSc (Hons) in Zoology

The PAU MET will be conducted for the following courses:

Agricultural Meteorology	Agronomy
Entomology	Extension Education
Food Technology	Forestry
Horticulture	Plant Breeding and Genetics
Plant Pathology	Soil Science
Biotechnology

The PAU AAT will be conducted for the following courses:

B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture 2+4 year at Institute of Agriculture, Bathinda and Gurdaspur.

PAU Entrance Exam Marking Scheme

Section	Topic	No of Questions
Section-I	Agriculture Aptitude	50
Section-II	General Science	30
Section-III	General English	10
Section-IV	Mathematics	10
Total – 4	-	100

Important Points to Remember

Only those candidates who are residents of Punjab or Union Territory of Chandigarh are eligible for seeking admission to all Undergraduate, Masters’ and Diploma programmes except for MBA Programme for which 85% seats are filled from candidates with state domicile and 15% from other states.
Candidates should reach the venue mentioned in the Admit Card at 9.00 A.M. sharp on the day of the Entrance Test. Candidates will not be allowed to enter the Examination Centre without Admit Card and original identity proof.
Date of entrance test/counselling/document verification/interview will not be ordinarily changed even if the University is closed on that day on any account. If any change, it will be notified on PAU website.
If the number of admitted candidates is less than 30% of the admission capacity in any Self-supporting programme, that programme will be suspended and the application fee will be refunded to the candidates.
No MET examination will be held if the number of applications are less than or equal to three in any of the Master’s programme. If the students are admitted without MET then the PAU Fellowship in case of such programmes will be awarded from the 2nd semester of the academic year on the basis of OCPA of the students.