Madhya Pradesh Pre Polytechnic Test (MP-PPT) 2013 was held in the State capital on Sunday. More than 1,30,000 candidates from all over the State appeared in the entrance examination for diploma in engineering.
It is worth mentioning that the demand for diploma engineers have increased by many folds in last two years with increase in intake of diploma engineers by the public and private sector industries.
This year the popularity of diploma engineering has increased so much that the number of aspirants of PPT surpassed Pre Engineering Test candidates. While just above a lakh candidates appeared in Pre Engineering Test (PET) 2013, more than 1.3 lakh candidates appeared in PPT.
Madhya Pradesh Professional Examination Board (VYAPAM) Public Relations Officer Sunil Shrivastava said that more than 1.4 lakh students filled the application form, among them 95 per cent appeared in the entrance examination for 15,300 seats in government and private institutions. Examination was conducted in 23 towns and cities of state. Candidates wrote the paper in over 430 examination centres.
Total 150 questions were asked in the objective type paper and Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics paper. Manoj Kumar Singh, a PPT aspirant from Betul district after writing the paper, said that the paper was easy, physics section questions were comparatively tough rest the paper was easy. There was no negative marking and that is why all the questions were attempted.
Singh said, “I wish to serve in Indian Air Force as an Airman X trade that is why I am opting for civil engineering.” After the results are declared of PPT, online off-campus counseling will be carried out by the Department of Technical Education (DTE).