The MHT-CET or Common Entrance Test is an annual entrance exam conducted by the
Government of Maharashtra.
It is conducted by the
Directorate of Technical Education
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. The degree courses of the following streams are mainly accounted for in this entrance exam:
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Engineering
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Pharmacy
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Law
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Management
Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a Government agency, government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business.
Management includ ...
Earlier the test scores were also used for admissions to Medical degree courses. After the
Supreme Court of India insisted that only
NEET
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can be used for undergraduate medicine admissions all over India, MHT-CET has been scrapped for medical colleges.
The test is conducted in online mode for the first time in 2019. The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra released the syllabus and marking scheme for the
Computer Based Test
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(CBT).
References
Sources
https://www.mahacet.org/cetcell/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Draft-Copy-of-MHT-CET-2019-Information-Brochure-for-Engg_Tech_Pharmacy_Pharm.D..pdf MHT-CET 2020 Brochure
External links
* Engineering MHT-CET -
Times of India news article*https://www.indiatoday.in/education-today/notification/story/mht-cet-2019-exam-divd-1390422-2018-11-17
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