MP PAT previous year question papers of the Pre Agriculture Test for 2016 to 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025 are free to download here, with shift-wise Agriculture, PCM, PCB and PCA papers for 2016 to 2019 and answers marked in every year except 2025. Each MP PAT paper has 200 questions for 200 marks in 3 hours, so the 2024 papers, which have answers and the current two-shift format, are the best start for MP PAT 2027.
MP PAT Previous Year Question Papers
Pick a year to open its MP PAT papers; for 2016 to 2019, choose the shift paper of your own subject group.
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MP PAT Question Papers by Year
| Year | Papers | |
|---|---|---|
| MP PAT 2025 | 1 paper | View papers |
| MP PAT 2024 | 1 paper | View papers |
| MP PAT 2023 | 1 paper | View papers |
| MP PAT 2021 | 1 paper | View papers |
| MP PAT 2019 | 4 papers | View papers |
| MP PAT 2018 | 4 papers | View papers |
| MP PAT 2017 | 5 papers | View papers |
| MP PAT 2016 | 4 papers | View papers |
MP PAT Paper at a Glance
| Questions | 200 multiple-choice questions per paper |
|---|---|
| Marks and time | 200 marks, 3 hours |
| Marking | 0.25 mark deducted for each wrong answer |
| Groups | Agriculture group (Agriculture One and Two) in one shift; PCM, PCB, PCA and, in 2025, BCA in the other |
| Medium | The 2024 papers print every question and option in English and Hindi |
| Mode | Online, computer-based test, by MPESB Bhopal |
| Papers on this page | 17 shift papers for 2016 to 2019, combined PDFs for 2021, 2023 and 2024 with answers, and five 2025 papers without answers |
| Next exam | MP PAT 2027: May 2027 (expected). Application: March 2027 (expected) |
How the MP PAT Papers Changed (2016–2025)
- 2016 to 2018: the test ran over two days in April or May (set by Vyapam in 2016), with a separate shift paper for each group. PCA papers start in 2017.
- 2019: one day, 29 June 2019. The Agriculture group sat a morning paper in two parts, Agriculture I and II, and PCM, PCB and PCA sat in the afternoon.
- 2021 to 2024: two shifts a day. In 2023 and 2024, under MPESB, the science groups took shift 1 and the Agriculture group took Agriculture One and Two in shift 2.
- 2025: held on 26 July 2025. The Agriculture group sat at 9:00 AM and the PCB, PCA, BCA and PCM groups at 3:00 PM, 200 questions each.
What an MP PAT Paper Looks Like
The 2024 PDF is MPESB’s printout of the question papers for all four shifts of 8 and 9 June 2024. Each question has a question number and ID, the question and options in English and Hindi, the correct answer and the subject. On 9 June, shift 1 had only Physics, Chemistry and Biology, and shift 2 had the two Agriculture papers. The four questions below are from this PDF, with the answers printed in it.
| 9 June 2024 paper | Questions | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Shift 1: Chemistry | 1–50 | 50 |
| Shift 1: Physics | 51–100 | 50 |
| Shift 1: Biology | 101–200 | 100 |
| Shift 2: Agriculture Two & Three | 1–100 | 100 |
| Shift 2: Agriculture One | 101–200 | 100 |
Q1. ROOR' + H₂O (HCl) → RCOOH + ROH. What type of reaction is this ?
- Second order
- First order
- Pseudo first order
- Third order
Answer: (3) Pseudo first order
MP PAT 2024, 8 June Shift 1, Q2 (Chemistry) · answer printed in the paper
Q2. If n is the orbit number of the electron in a hydrogen atom, the correct statement among the following is-
- Electron energy increases as n increases
- Hydrogen emits infrared rays from the electron transition from n = ∞ to n = 1
- Electron energy is zero for n = 1
- Electron energy varies as n²
Answer: (1) Electron energy increases as n increases
MP PAT 2024, 9 June Shift 1, Q62 (Physics) · answer printed in the paper
Q3. Movement in plants that occurs in response to light intensity is known as-
- Photo philia
- Photonasty
- Photo sensitivity
- Photo motorism
Answer: (2) Photonasty
MP PAT 2024, 9 June Shift 1, Q108 (Biology) · answer printed in the paper
Q4. Maximum area and production of grape in India is-
- Uttar Pradesh
- Madhya Pradesh
- Maharashtra
- Bihar
Answer: (3) Maharashtra
MP PAT 2024, 9 June Shift 2, Q5 (Agriculture Two & Three) · answer printed in the paper
The 8 June 2024 shift 1 printout lists Chemistry, Agriculture, Maths, Physics and Biology questions together, about 350 in all, because it covers every science group. Solve only the subjects of your own group from it.
How to Use MP PAT Previous Year Papers?
- Keep to 54 seconds a question. 200 questions in 3 hours leaves little spare time. Do the one-line recall questions first and come back to numericals.
- Guess when you can rule out an option. With 0.25 mark lost for a wrong answer, a blind guess among four options averages about +0.06 mark. Ruling out one option raises that to about +0.17, and ruling out two to about +0.38.
- Pick the paper for your group. PCB students should start with the 9 June 2024 shift 1 paper, Agriculture group students with either 2024 shift 2 paper, and PCM students with the Maths questions in the 8 June 2024 shift 1 paper.
- Check 2025 answers yourself. The 2025 PDF has no answers, so solve 2024 first, where the answers are printed, and use 2025 for timed practice.
- Plan for May 2027. That is about six months away. One full 200-question paper a week covers every year on this page for your group before the exam.