Madhya Pradesh Pre-Medical Test (MPPMT) 2013 examination was held on Sunday. More than 6,500 candidates appeared in the entrance examination from 19 examination centers of State capital.
The entrance exam is conducted for various courses which include Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)/ Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) in government, autonomous, unaided private medical and dental colleges of Madhya Pradesh.
Madhya Pradesh Professional Examinations Board (MPPEB) Public Relation Officer (PRO) Sunil Shrivastava said that more than 90 per cent of the 40,000 applicants appeared in the entrance examination. The examination was held in the examination centres of 14 cities of the State.
Shrivastava further said that invigilation teams caught three fake candidates in the examination centres of Sagar, nine in Rewa district and five in Indore district.
Also one more suspicious candidate was questioned in an examination centre of Rewa but he did not enter the examination hall. Board has introduced bar code and biometric system in the examination for catching fake candidates.
The entrance test consists of two papers- paper one was of Physics and Chemistry and paper Two of Zoology and Botany. Each paper comprised of 100 objective-type questions. There are four options available in each question in front of the candidates in which they have to choose the correct answer. Both the papers have to be completed by the candidates within two hours duration each.
There is no provision of negative marking in MP PMT. All the questions and instructions in the papers are only in English medium of language.
Rashmi Pathak, a MP-PMT aspirant, after the examination told The Pioneer that the papers were very easy in comparison to previous year papers. Straight questions were asked in both the papers.
Ajay Mulchandani, another MP-PMT aspirant, said that Physics and Chemistry questions were very easy comparatively to the bio section. The cut-off is expected to go high this year due to the easy papers.