The date of MHT-CET exam may change in due course. This has happened frequently in the past. Hence students and parents are requested to keep themselves updated by periodically checking the website of DMER.

Coming back to out topic of discussion – Alertness – is equally needed in MHT-CET exam. In a tough and competitive exam where over 2lakh students compete for just 2000 seats in MBBS & BDS, even a slight edge over others can be your “Seat-saving medicine”. There are a no. of MCQ practice books available in the market. To add to it, your coaching class may also burden you with “20,000 MCQs question bank”. My experience is that not all students who attend CET coaching programmes are serious about it. On an average, less than 25% of students, or even less, are self-motivated. Other do so under pressures from teachers, students, peers, etc. Those self-motivated ones will not restrict themselves to just one or two books. They will go much beyond it. These “hard-working” students will have read all the 9 sanctioned textbooks and also practiced MCQs from atleast 3 MCQ books.

This article is directed, or, written for the benefit of those “self-motivated and hard-working” students. The human brain has a property by which it responds subconsciously to habitual things. You get into the “habit” of it without thinking about it actively. Similarly, when you solve the similar kind of MCQs repeatedly, you are likely to answer it subconsciously because you feel that you already know that answer. This is the “side-effect” of over-practicing MCQs. I have myself committed such an mistake in my actual MHT-CET exam. Hence, take my words without a doubt that you too are susceptible to this.  this For ex, consider the below question:

100 DNA molecules are are replicated for two generations in medium containing 14N isotope. In the third generation, percentage of DNA molecules containing 14N isotopes is

a) 20 %

b) 25 %

c) 33.33%

d) 100 %

The above seems related to the Meselson-Stahl experiment which proved that DNA replication is semi-conservative and you would then proceed to the calculations. However, you must notice that the question here says that we have used “14 N” isotope, which is actually the “normal” or common isotope. Hence the answer for this question is 100%. You may have been a victim of over-practice if you failed to notice and differentiate that the questions mentions 14 N, whereas the experiment used 15 N. MCQs based on this are very common, so you may have developed a “habit” of it.

The best way to avoid this would be patience. Read the question statement twice, word-by-word, with eyes and mind wide open. In Biology, you will have ample excess time unlike physics and chemistry. So there is no need to hurry. Always be double-cautious when you feel “super-confident” about an twisted question/answer. When we are super-confident or over-confident, we fail to see things that are right in front of our eyes. Let that not happen with you.

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For biology, all the MCQs are asked from the 9 sanctioned textbooks only. No MCQs that are beyond the 9 sanctioned textbooks are asked. MCQs are not lifted from CBSE/ICSE/NCERT/etc. books if they are not covered in our syllabus. Chapterwise, the constitution is fluid to some extent. The exact contribution of each chapter may not be known because MHT-CET question papers are not allowed to be taken out of the examination hall. The question papers have to be submitted back to the supervisor. The only information this is available is memory-based information from students who appeared at the exam, which may not be accurate.

Chapter-wise MCQ contribution:

1. Natural resources and conservation— 4 MCQs
2. Biotechnology— 9 MCQs
3. Biofertlizers and medicinal plants— 8 MCQs
4. Plant water relations— 3 MCQs
5. Photosynthesis— 5 MCQs
6. Respiration— 4 MCQs
7. Reproduction in angiosperms— 9 MCQs
8. Plant growth— 5 MCQs
9. Human population— 4 MCQs
10. Human health and disease— 3 MCQs
11. Types of diseases— 4 MCQs
12. Immunity system— 4 MCQs
13. Biomedical technologies— 4 MCQs
14. Bioinformatics— 3 MCQs
15. Vermiculture and fisheries— 3 MCQs
16. Circulation in animals— 6 MCQs
17. Osmoregulation and excretion in animals— 6 MCQs
18. Nervous co-ordination— 6 MCQs
19. Hormonal co-ordination— 5 MCQs
20. Reproduction and development in animals— 8 MCQs

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• 15% seats of the college are reserved from AIPMT candidates
• Remaining 85% seats are available for MHT-CET candidates.
• 70% of the 85% seats are reserved for candidates from the region(ROM/Marathwada/Vidharbha) in which the college is located.
• Remaining 30% of the seats are reserved for candidates from regions other than that of the medical college.
• Both 70 and 30% are then divided in approx 50% for common(open) category and the remaining 50% is divided among Constitutionally reserved categories like SC, ST, OBC, NT,VJ, etc.
• Apart from these constitutionally reservations special reservations such as Govt. of India(GOI), HA, MKB, Def, etc. are applied.

The above scheme may vary on yearly basis. For latest and accurate information, please refer the MHT-CET Health Science brochure.

1. Declaration of final merit lists: Provisional merit lists are declared within 45 days of the MHT-CET exam. After settlement of any requests for verification of marks, the final merit list is declared, usually within a week from declaration of provisional merit list.
2. Issue of mock-copy of preference form and preference information brochure: During the next week, DMER issues notification in the press and website for filling up of preference forms. Students are requested to come at divisional centers with their original mark-sheet. A mock-copy of the preference form along with a preference information brochure is given to them. The preference information brochure contains information on important dates, preference form-filling instructions, declaration of selection round results, payment of fees, confirmation/cancellation of admission, service bond, etc.
3. Actual submission of preferences: SML-wise, batches of candidates are called to submit their preferences for courses and colleges.
4. Seat allocation rounds: After preferences of all students are collected and analyzed by the system, “seat allocation” lists(rounds) are declared.
5. Confirmation of admission: The candidate should contact the office of medical college where his seat has been allocated and confirm the admission by completing the formalities before due date.

Important to note:

If a student who is allocated a seat in the first selection round does not confirm his admission, the student will not be considered for next selction rounds, thus barring the student completely from the admission process. Thus, if a student gets admission in a less-preferred college, he must confirm the admission so that he will be considered for the next rounds for betterment.