PUMDET 2023 Syllabus

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2.2 Syllabus of the Test: The syllabi for the admission test on various paper are given
below.

Paper/ Syllabus
Subject
Bengali Under Graduate Bengali (Major/Honours) syllabus of

English Under Graduate English (Major/Honours) syllabus of

Hindi Under Graduate Hindi (Major/Honours) syllabus of

History Under Graduate History (Major/Honours) syllabus of

Philosophy/ English Language (40 marks) and Logical Reasoning (60
Sociology/ marks) of UG Pass Course level.
Performing Arts

Political Science Under Graduate Political Science (Major/Honours)
syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any
recognised Indian University.

Chemistry Under Graduate Chemistry (Major/Honours) syllabus of

Applied Under Graduate Economics (Major/Honours) courses in
Economics Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Mathematical
Economics, Statistics and Econometrics syllabus of

Geography Under Graduate Geography (Major/Honours) syllabus of

Applied Under Graduate Geology (Major/Honours) syllabus of
Geology Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised

Life Science Common Topics of the BSc (Major/Honours) level in
various division of Life Science.

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Mathematics Under Graduate Mathematics (Major/Honours) syllabus of

Physics/ Under Graduate Physics (Major/ Honours) course of
Astrophysics Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised

Statistics Under Graduate Statistics (Major/Honours) syllabus of

Health Sciences Syllabus of the Undergraduate Course in Biological Science
(Biotechnology (CBCS: Major/Honours)(80 marks) and Chemistry in
/ Virology and graduation level (minor/GE/pass course)(20 marks).
Immunology/
Molecular
Microbiology)

2.3 Schedule of PUMDET-2023

Date of
Time schedule
Examination
09.07.2023

(Sunday)
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm
(Tentative and may be changed in
extra ordinary circumstances)

No further test shall be held under any circumstances for those who will be unable to
appear on the above date and time of PUMDET-2023.
2.4 Pattern of Question Papers
In every paper, all questions will be of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) type,
with four options against each of the questions. There will 50 (fifty) questions in each
paper with full marks 100 and time allotted will be 90 minutes.
2.5 Mode of answering in the examination
a) Questions are to be answered on specially designed optical machine-readable
response (OMR) sheet, which will be evaluated by Optical Mark Recognition
method. Thus, it is very important to follow the correct method of marking.
b) Candidates will indicate response to the questions by darkening the
appropriate circle/bubble completely with blue/black ink ball point pen.
c) Any other kind of marking e.g., filling the circle/bubble incompletely, filling
with pencil, cross mark, tick mark, dot mark, circular mark, over writing,
scratching, erasing, white ink, marking outside the circle/bubble etc. may lead
to wrong/partial/ambiguous reading of the response. WBJEEB will be, in no
way, responsible for such eventuality and this may lead to cancellation of

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OMR sheet.
d) Response marking cannot be edited/changed/erased/modified.
2.6 Scoring Methodology
a) All questions will have four answer options.
b) Only one option is correct.
c) Correct response will yield 2 (two) marks.
d) Incorrect response will yield -1/2 (25% negative) marks.
e) For any combination of response with more than one option, even if it contains
the correct option, the answer will be treated as incorrect and will yield -1/2
(25% negative) marks.
f) Zero mark will be awarded for not attempting any question.
2.7 Ranking Methodology and Rank Card

WBJEEB will prepare merit ranks based on the candidates’ score in the entrance test.
Individual candidates will be able to view and download his/her Rank Card, which will
contain score and rank. WBJEEB does not publish any general ranks/score list to
ensure confidentiality to each individual candidate.

a) The rank shall be in the name and style of ‘GMR’ (General Merit Rank).
b) Ranking shall be done in the descending order of marks scored in the entrance
test.
c) However, there may be ties and the tie-breaking rule mentioned in section 2.8
below shall be applicable for determining the merit rank.
d) Separate reserved category merit position will also be indicated for respective
category of students e.g. SC Rank, ST Rank, OBC-A Rank, OBC-B Rank, PwD/EWS
Rank as applicable.
e) Counselling/allotment of seat/provisional admission will be done based on
GMR only (not on category ranks). Category ranks are only for information to
candidates.
f) Category ranks are generated based on information given by the candidates
during online application. If during verification, any candidate’s claim is found
invalid, his/her category rank will be cancelled and the candidate will be
considered in General category only with his/her GMR. Category ranks of other
candidates will not be revised.

2.8 Tie–breaking Methodology
a) In case of tie, the candidate obtaining less negative score will have better rank.
b) If tie exists still thereafter, all such candidates will be awarded the same rank and
will be considered for counselling and admission with bunching effect.
2.9 Rules of the examination (PUMDET-2023): Rules to be followed during the
examination is given in APPENDIX-3.

3.0 Eligibility and academic qualification criteria

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3.1 Eligibility criteria for application
a) Candidates must have passed the Graduation with Honours/Major in relevant
subject, as listed, from any recognized University/Institute in India.
b) There is no upper or lower age limit.
3.2 Eligibility criteria for admission in OPEN quota (Non-PU quota) seats through
PUMDET-2023
a) The candidate must have passed (not before 2022) or appeared in B.A.
(Hons/Major)/B.Sc. (Hons/Major) examination in 2023 from any recognized
University.
b) Candidates, who have appeared for their B.A. (Hons/Major)/B.Sc. (Hons/Major)
examination and have their final results at the time of counselling will have to
mandatorily produce all original mark sheets/grade cards of all semester/annual
examinations passed at the Bachelor’s level. Such candidates must fulfill the
academic eligibility norms for their applied courses tabled below for admission.
c) Candidates, who have appeared for their final B.A. (Hons/Major)/B.Sc.
(Hons/Major) examination, but do not have their final results at the time of
counselling, will be given provisional admission, on the basis of production of
their mark sheets/grade cards of all previous semester/annual examinations at
their Bachelor’s level.
However, they must submit their final mark sheet by 31st August 2023,
demonstrating that they fulfil the minimum conditions of eligibility tabled below,
failing which their admission will stand cancelled.
d) Therefore, the candidate must secure the minimum required percentage of
marks/CGPA in Hons/Major subject as per the following table in his/her B.A.
(Hons/Major)/B.Sc. (Hons/Major) examination for final and confirmed
admission.

Minimum required percentage of
marks/CGPA in Hons./Major
subject
Hons./Major
PG Courses General SC/ST OBC-A/B PwD
subject
Bengali Bengali 50%/5.5 ‘a’ ‘c’ ‘e’
English English 50%/5.5 ‘a’ ‘c’ ‘e’
Hindi Hindi 50%/5.5 ‘a’ ‘c’ ‘e’
History History 50%/5.5 ‘a’ ‘c’ ‘e’
Performing
Any subject 50%/5.5 ‘a’ ‘c’ ‘e’
Arts
Philosophy Any subject 50%/5.5 ‘a’ ‘c’ ‘e’
Political
Political Science 50%/5.5 ‘a’ ‘c’ ‘e’
Science
Sociology Any subject 50%/5.5 ‘a’ ‘c’ ‘e’