BCECE 2018 – Exam Date, Application Form, Syllabus

Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination- 2018 will be conducted by Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) is constituted under Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Act, 1995. It conducts competitive examinations every year for admissions to various professional courses of Medical, Engineering and Agricultural streams in the Institutions of the state of Bihar. The entrance exam will be conducted in two phases. First phase might take place in 02nd week of June 2018 and the second phase might be conducted in 02nd week of May 2018. The level of questions asked is usually of 12th or intermediate level in both the phases.

First Phase is qualifying in nature which denotes that only those who obtain a minimum set of marks in it will proceed to Second Phase. Candidates who complete the application form by the last date will get the opportunity to sit in the qualifying paper. Question paper will be in English and Hindi as well. In First Phase there will be four parts.

Schedule for BCECE 2018

Event	Date
Online registration begins	02nd week of February 2018
End of registration	01st week of March 2018
Last date of payment through challan	02nd week of March 2018
Last date of payment through Net Banking/Debit Card/ Credit Card	02nd week of March 2018
Last date to send the hard copy of the application form with desired attachments	03rd week of March 2018
Dates to do Modifications in Application Form	01st week of June 2018
Last date to get the hall ticket by going to board	01st week of June 2018
Date of preliminary exam	02nd week of June 2018
Date of Main exam	03rd week of June 2018

Eligibility Criteria

Before applying, the candidates must go through the eligibility criteria

• Nationality- Candidate must be an Indian National
• Domicile Requirement- an applicant must be a local resident of Bihar
• Age Criteria- the candidate must complete 17 years of age as on 31st December 2018.
• Subjects- The candidate must have passed necessary subjects as per his/her subject group such as- Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biology and technical vocational subject.
• Minimum Marks requirement- A candidate must have obtained a minimum of 45% marks for General and 40% for reserve categories.
• Final Year Appearing Candidates- candidates in their final year of the qualifying examination can also apply provided that they pass the qualifying exam by the time of counselling begins.

Exam Pattern

First Phase
Subjects	Maximum marks	Duration
Qualifying paper	600	2 hours 15 minutes

In First Phase the question paper will have 200 objective type questions of 4 marks each for a correct answer. Whereas 1 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. The candidate will appear for the exam according to his subject group:-

• PCM- Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
• PCB- Physics, Chemistry, Biology
• PCMB- Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology
• CBA- Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture

Second Phase
Subjects	Maximum marks	Duration
Physics	400	1 ½ hours
Chemistry	400	1 ½ hours
Mathematics	400	1 ½ hours
Biology	400	1 ½ hours
Agriculture	400	1 ½ hours

In Second Phase the question paper will have 100 questions of 4 marks each. For each incorrect response 1 mark will be deducted.

Reservation

• SC (Scheduled Caste)-16%
• ST (Scheduled Tribe)- 01%
• EBC (Extremely Backward Class)- 18%
• BC (Backward Class)- 12%
• RCG (Reserved Category Girls) -03%
• General Category- 50%

Application form and submission after Payment

Registration for BCECE might begin in or around 02nd week of February 2018. It is a 4 steps procedure which starts with filling the One Time Registration form, Paying the fees, filing Personal Information and finally Educational Information.

Amount Paid as per Last Year
Group	General, BC and OBC	ST/SC
PCM/PCB	Rs. 660/-.	Rs. 330/-
PCMB	Rs. 730/-	Rs. 365/-

Application fee would be paid through net banking/credit card/debit card or through the bank Challan in any of the SBI branch. Post completing the both the parts of the application form, you will be required to download the form and send the Hard Copy along with the required list of enclosures in a 17 cm x 30 cm yellow envelope to the

Controller of Examination,
B.C.E.C.E. Board,
I.A.S. Association Building,
Near Patna Airport,
P.O.-B.V.College, Patna – 800014

List of Enclosures

Doument	To be obtained from
Marksheet or Admit Card of I.Sc in case of candidates who are appearing for the qualifying examination	Relevant University / Council / Board or its equivalent
Matric/ equivalent certificate and Admit Card as proof of age and Identity	Principal of the Institution concerned
Caste certificate	Concerned C.O. countersigned by DM / SDO (Civil) of permanent residence
Character certificate	. Head of the Institution last attended.
Income certificate	Concerned C.O. countersigned by DM / SDO (Civil) of permanent residence
Application Form (Part-A)	Duly filled in by the candidate and photo pasted on specified place on it
Photograph	Self attested by the candidate.
Nativity certificate	Concerned C.O. countersigned by DM / SDO (Civil) of permanent residence
Refugee Registration certificate	Concerned DM (or ADM authorised by the DM) / Refugee Registration Officer

Books recommended for BCECE

14 Years’ Solved Papers BCECE Mains Medical and Engineering Entrance Exam	Buy Online
Previous Years’ Solved Papers and 5 Mock Tests of BCECE Engineering	Buy Online
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Trueman’s Elementary Biology – Vol. 1 for class XI With Solved Value Based Questions	Buy Online
Trueman’s Objective Biology set of Vol. 1 & 2 with free solved Exemplary Questions	Buy Online
Trueman’s Elementary Biology – Vol. 2 For Class XII	Buy Online

BCECE Quick Links

• Application Form – 2017
• Application Form Correction
• Admit Card
• Answer Key
• Result
• Counselling
• Information Brochure
• Syllabus
• Exam Pattern
• BCECE Previous Year Question Papers
• Bihar UGMAC for MBBS / BDS Admission – 2017

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