KEAM

• The office of the Commissioner for Entrance Examinations, has been conducting thirteen entrance examinations, both for undergraduate and postgraduate professional courses.
• These examinations are conducted in a time bound manner and cater to the needs of aspirants of professional courses.
• Kerala Engineering Agricultural Medical Entrance Examinations (KEAM) is a major entrance exam, in which, nearly one lakh seventy thousand candidates participate every year.
• The other courses for which the CEE conducts entrance examinations are three year LLB, five year LLB, LLM, MD Homoeo, MDS, MD Ayurveda, M.Sc Nursing, PG Medical and PG Super Speciality.

Particulars	Details
Number of papers	2
Subjects	Paper 1: Physics and Chemistry (common) Paper 2: Mathematics (Engineering) (or) Paper 2: Biology of Medical Entrance Examination (For Agricultural courses and Veterinary courses) (or) Paper 2:  Mathematics of Engineering Entrance Examination (For Agri Engineering, Food Engineering and DSc and Tech Engineering)
Type of questions	Objective MCQs
Total marks per paper	480
Exam duration for each paper	2.5 hours
Total number of questions per paper	120
Marking scheme	4 marks for the right answer -1 for the wrong answer

Nationality :

• All the candidates appearing for KEAM 2019 entrance examination should be of Indian nationality.
• Person of Indian Origin (PIO) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) are also eligible to appear for examination but they willn’t be considered for any reservations.
• Candidates will be further categorised as Keralite, Non- Keralite Category I (NK I) and Non- Keralite Category II (NK II).

01. Keralite :

Candidates of Kerala origin are categorised as a Keralite.

Children of All India Service (AIS) officers (Non-Keralites) allotted to Kerala cadre are also considered as Keralites but they will not be eligible for any Communal/ Special/ Persons with Disabilities reservation.

02. Non-Keralite Category I (NK I):

The candidate who is not of Kerala origin but fulfill the following criteria will be categorised into Non-Keralite category I (NK I ).

• Those candidates who have undergone qualifying course in Kerala and who is a son/daughter of a Non-Keralite person belonging to some government sector or in Defence sector posted in Kerala.
• Those candidates who have undergone qualifying course in Kerala and who is a son/daughter of a Non-Keralite person is serving or served the government of Kerala for a minimum period of 2 years.
• A candidate who is not an origin of Kerala but is a resident of Kerala State for a duration of 5 years within the period of 12 years of study.
• A candidate who is not of Kerala origin but has undergone his/her studies in Kerala from Standard 8th to 12th.

Note :

• In order to prove that the candidate is a Non-Keralite Category I (NK I), he/she has to produce the relevant proof along with the printout of the application.
• Non-Keralite Category I candidates will be considered against ‘State Merit’ seats for Engineering/Architecture/B.Pharm/Medical & Allied courses.
• But they will not be eligible for Communal/Special/Persons with Disabilities reservation or any fee concession

03. Non-Keralite Category II (NK II):

• Candidates who do not come under ‘Keralite’ or 'Non Keralite Category I' will be categorised as ‘Non-Keralite Category II'.
• Such candidates are eligible for admission to government seats and management quota seats in engineering courses in government controlled self financing colleges.
• However, the ‘Non-Keralite Category II’ (NK II) candidates will be considered for admission to the government seats in government controlled self financing engineering colleges only when the Keralite and Non-Keralite I (NK I) candidates are not available for admission.
• Non-Keralite Category II’ (NK II) candidates are not eligible for admission to Medical and Allied Courses including MBBS/BDS and for admission to government engineering colleges.

Age

• You should have completed 17 years of age during the time of admission. There is no upper age limit for KEAM 2019.
• A few seats will be reserved for various categories as per government regulations.

Eligibility criteria for engineering courses

For B.Tech (Ag Engg), B.Tech (Food Engg) and B.Tech (Dairy Science and Technology) candidates:

• You should have cleared the HSC exam of Kerala or equivalent from a recognised board.
• You should have secured a minimum of 50% marks in Mathematics as well as 50% aggregate marks in Physics and Chemistry
• Marks from either Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biology or Computer Science will be used depending on which subject is applicable.

For B.Tech (DSc and Tech)

You are eligible to apply under this category if:

• You have secured an aggregate of 50% in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics or Biology
• You have passed Kerala’s HSC exam or its equivalent with 50% marks in Mathematics or Biology

Step 1: KEAM 2019 registration

• A system generated application number will be given to you at the time of registration, note it down.
• You then need to generate a strong password, to create a secure login.
• The login is required to proceed through all other stages of online submission.
• In order to login, you should provide your application number and password.

Step 2: Upload images

Students are required to upload the following:

• Passport size photograph
• Signature
• Left hand thumb impression

They should be in .jpeg format of given specifications.

Step 3: Filling the application form for KEAM

You need to fill in the following information

• Name
• Education
• Date of birth
• Email id
• Phone number

Once you have filled the application completely, press save, preview and submit.

Step 4: Payment of KEAM application fee

• At this step, you have to provide payment details of application fee.

Step 5: Printout of the application

• Take a printout of the submitted application form.
• You should also get the Course Certificate and Nativity Certificate provided in the application.

Step 6: Send the printout of your application and supporting documents to CEE

• You need to affix your photograph of 3.5 x 4.5 cm size.
• Which is same as the photograph uploaded on the online application form, duly attested by the head of the institution, at which you have studied last, or by a gazetted officer.
• This should be sent to:

Details

Office of the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations,

5th Floor, Housing Board Buildings,

Santhi Nagar, Thiruvananthapuram – 695 001.

The application fee for all candidates will be as follows:

Course	General	SC
Engineering only / Pharmacy only / both	INR 700	INR 300
Architecture only / Medical & Allied only / both	INR 500	INR 200
Both (a) & (b)	INR 900	INR 400

*ST candidates are exempted from payment of application fee.

The admit card will be issued after submission of the application forms. Admit card for the exam can be downloaded from the official website from the first week of April 2019, by following these simple steps:

1. Go to the official website of CEE Kerala.
2. Click on the link of ‘KEAM 2019 Admit Card’
3. Enter your application number, date of birth and captcha
4. Admit card will appear on screen
5. Take a print out of the admit card.

Events	Dates
Submission of online application	06th to 26th February 2019*
KEAM Admit card	4th April 2019*
KEAM paper 1	23rd April 2019*
KEAM paper 2	24th April 2019*
KEAM 2019 Results	28th May 2019*

* Dates are tentative and subject to change.

• The results of the examinations will be declared on 28th May 2019 (tentative).
• Results can be checked at the official KEAM website.
• You can download the score card for KEAM 2019 when it is available online.

• Soon after the results of KEAM have been released, the authority will release cut-off marks.
• This score will indicate the least marks that you must have secured in order to qualify the test.
• The cut-off will also carry the opening and closing ranks of various institutes.
• Only the students who have qualified and fall into the cut-off range, will be able to take part in the counselling process.

• Practice is the key: Practice as much as you can. 70% of your KEAM preparation comprises of practice. Toppr offers over 3.5 lakh questions in our question bank to help you learn and strengthen concepts in each chapter.
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• Revision is important: When you go through a formula or concept, maintain revision notes in the form of bullet points. Revision will be useful when the exam is close and a good revision pattern will take less time. Normally, without these notes, you would have to go through the entire chapter to understand important points once again.

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