MHT-CET

MHT - CET is conducted by the Department of Technical Education, Maharashtra

• It facilitates admission to full time degree courses of health sciences and technical education in colleges of Maharashtra.
• It includes courses like: MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, Engineering and Technology, Pharmacy and Pharm. D.

MHT-CET consists of two papers:

Paper 1: Physics and Chemistry

Paper 2: Mathematics

Paper 3: Biology (Botany and Zoology)

Paper 1
Particulars	Details
Subjects	Physics and Chemistry
Duration	90 minutes
Questions	100 (50 each)
Marking scheme	1 mark for every correct answer
Negative marking	No negative marking

Paper 2
Particulars	Details
Subjects	Mathematics
Duration	90 minutes
Questions	50
Marking scheme	2 mark for every correct answer
Negative marking	No negative marking

Paper 3
Particulars	Details
Subjects	Biology (Botany and Zoology)
Duration	90 minutes
Questions	100 (50 Each)
Marking scheme	1 mark for every correct answer
Negative marking	No negative marking

• Age:

  Minimum age requirement is 17 years on or before 31st December of the year of admission.

  The age limit is 25 years for a general category candidate.

  The age limit for SC and ST category student is 30 years.

• Subjects:

  Compulsory subjects include Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics/Biology.

• Score in 12th standard or equivalent examination:

  As a general category candidate, you must have scored a minimum of 50% in your 10+2 or equivalent examination.

  As an SC, ST or OBC candidate, you must have scored a minimum of 45%.

• Education:

  You must have passed or must be appearing for your 12th standard or equivalent examination.

• Number of attempts:

  You can only attempt MHT-CET 3 times.

• Domicile

  You must have a domicile certificate of Maharashtra.

• You can register for MHT-CET online
• Submissions of the online application will begin in the second week of January, 2019
• You can go to the official MH-CET exam website to fill in the application form

Category	Fee	Bank Charges
General and OBC	Rs. 800	Rs. 60
SC, ST and PH	Rs. 600	Rs. 60

Registration Deadlines
Submission of admission forms	7th January to 29th March 2019*	00:01 AM
Edit and update details in the Application Form	25th to 29th March 2019*	11:59 PM
Extended date for submitting the Application Form (With late registration fees)	7th to 10th April 2019*	3:00 PM
Online Admit Cards available for download	25th April to 6th May 2019*	11:59 PM
Exam Dates
MHT-CET examination	6th May 2019*
Result Dates
Submission of documents	2nd week of May 2019*	11:59 PM
Online display of question papers	3rd week of May 2019*	00:00 AM
Online display of provisional Answer Keys	22nd May 2019*	00:00 AM
Availability of scanned OMR Sheets	26th May to 30th May 2019*	00:00 AM
Dates for challenging questions	26th to 28th May 2019*	00:00 AM
Declaration of results	11th June 2019*	00:00 AM

* Dates are tentative and subject to change.

As such there is no cut-off for the counselling procedure. But in order to get admission in good colleges your score must be 150+ out of 200.

Here's the department-wise closing rank for MHT-CET 2018:

Department	Closing Rank
Chemical Engineering	86,527
Computer Engineering	1,02,308
Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering	1,02,386
Electronics Engineering	1,01,124
Food Engineering and Technology	87,535
Information Technology	1,02,176
Mechanical Engineering	1,02,447
Oil, Oleochemicals and Surfactants Technology	1,855
Polymer Engineering and Technology	1,376
Pharmaceuticals Chemistry and Technology	1,472

• Most of the CET paper is based on Maharashtra Board textbooks. Maths and Chemistry are easy targets to score. Physics can be a bit tricky if your fundamentals are not clear.
• Try to solve questions of different types from reference books. This will help you clear concepts and improve your performance. Toppr offers 3.5 lakh questions for unlimited practice to make your concepts in each chapter strong.
• Practice as much as you can. Most of the questions asked in the exam are of easy to medium level.
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• Maharashtra State Board Mathematics Book for Theory
• Target Publications Books for Problem Practice

• Maharashtra State Board Physics Book for Theory
• Pradnya Publication Books for Appropriate Problems

• Maharashtra State Board Chemistry Book for Theory
• Target Publications Book for Problems

Previous years’ papers are an essential component in the preparation of any exam. They will help you judge the level of questions generally asked, and also give you a general idea of the paper pattern followed in an exam.