Around 35,000 students from the State on Sunday appeared at the All India Pre-Medical/Pre-Dental Entrance Test (AIPMT).
Examination centres were made in three cities, Bhubaneswar, Rourkela, Brahmapur. The three-hour test, conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), was held for shortlisting candidates for admissions to Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)/Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS) programmes.The test was conducted in a multiple choice paper pattern consisting of 180 objective type questions from Physics, Chemistry and Biology (Botany and Zoology).
The candidates have the option to choose the medium of the language of the question paper, Hindi or English.While counselling for successful candidates for the 15 per cent of the all-India quota of seats will be conducted by the Director General of Health Services (DGHS), the counselling for admission to seats under the control of other participating States, universities and institutions would be conducted by their respective authorities.