Punjab Agricultural University Admission – PAU Entrance Exams

The Punjab Agriculture University conducts the PAU entrance exam for admission to all Undergraduate, Masters’ Diploma and Ph.D. programmes. Candidates who are residents of Punjab or Union Territory of Chandigarh are eligible for seeking admission to Punjab Agriculture University. The application forms for PAU Entrance Exam is available in both online and offline mode.

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Punjab Agricultural University

The Punjab Agriculture University conducts entrance tests such as AAT, CET, MET etc for admission to Undergraduate and Master’s programs. Tentative Schedule for PAU Entrance Exam is provided below.
Schedule of PAU exams  

Name of the Entrance Test	2019	2020 (Expected)
CET	11 Jun 2019	Second Week of Jun 2020
AAT	14 Jun 2019	Second Week of Jun 2020
MET	19, 21, 26 Jun, 01, 05 Jul 2019 06 Jul 2019 – (Home Science)	Jun 2020

The entrance tests are conducted for admission to the following courses

Entrance Test	Courses
AAT (Agriculture Aptitude Test)	B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture 6(2+4) years programme at Bathinda and Gurdaspur (after matric)
CET (Common Entrance Test)	B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture  4-year, B.Tech. (Biotechnology) 4-year B.Tech. (Food Technology)4-years B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science B.Sc. (Hons) Community Science 4-year B.Sc. (Hons) Nutrition and Dietetics 4-year 5-yr Integrated M.Sc. (Hons) in Biochemistry, Botany, Chemistry, Microbiology, Zoology programmes
MET (Master’s Entrance Test)	Agricultural Meteorology Agronomy Entomology Extension Education Food Technology Forestry Horticulture (Floriculture & Landscaping) Horticulture (Fruit Science) Horticulture (Vegetable Science) Plant Breeding & Genetics Plant Pathology Soil Science Biotechnology

Eligibility Criteria

Exam Pattern

For Agriculture Aptitude Test (AAT)

The test shall be of one and half hour duration comprising of 100 multiple choice questions each of one mark to be attempted on OMR sheet. Each correct answer will carry one mark whereas 1/4 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. The medium of question paper will be both in English and Punjabi. The question paper shall have four sections as under:
Section-I: Agriculture Aptitude: It will consist of 50 questions.
Section-II: General Science: It will consist of 30 questions.
Section-III: General English: It will consist of 10 questions.
Section-IV: Mathematics: It will consist of 10 questions.

For Common Entrance Test (CET)

The test shall comprise one paper of three hours’ duration. The question paper will have three sections as under:

• Compulsory sections:
  Physics: 66 questions of one mark each.
  Chemistry: 66 questions of one mark each.
  These two sections are compulsory for all candidates.
• Section with option Mathematics/Biology/Agriculture/Home Science 68 questions of one mark each for Biology or Agriculture or Home Science or 34 questions of two marks each for Mathematics.
• The candidate can opt for any of these four options. The optional subject in which the candidate wants to appear must be mentioned at Sr, No. 6 of the application form.
•  Each correct answer will carry one mark whereas 1/4 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer. The weightage for the correct and incorrect answer will be double in case of Mathematics subject.
• The medium of question paper will be English only.

For Masters’ Entrance Test (MET): To check the details of MET Test Structure Click Here

Syllabus

AAT (Agriculture Aptitude Test)
(For admission to B.Sc. (Hons) Agriculture 6(4+2) year programme)

Section-I: Agriculture Aptitude
Knowledge of candidates in vernacular language about the land measurements, cultivation of various Rabi and Kharif crops, fruits and vegetables, important fertilizers, farm hand tools, implements, weeds and also about general agriculture and allied activities.
Section-II: General Science
The syllabi will be the same as the syllabus for 9th and 10th standard of Punjab School Education Board/ Central Board of Secondary Education / Indian Certificate Secondary Education.
Section-III: General English The syllabi will be the same as the syllabus for 9th and 10th standard of Punjab School Education Board/ Central Board of Secondary Education / Indian Certificate Secondary Education.
Section-IV: Mathematics The syllabi will be the same as the syllabus for 9th and 10th standard of Punjab School Education Board/ Central Board of Secondary Education / Indian Certificate Secondary Education.

CET (Common Entrance Test)
The syllabi of Common Entrance Test (CET) will be the same as the syllabi of 10+2 of Punjab
School Education Board (both years i.e., +1 and +2).

MET(Master’s Entrance Test)

Punjab Admissions Agricultural Entrance Exams