Important Dates: PDPU Entrance Test 

• Forms available from 18^th December 2020
• Last date of applying for Admission: May,3rd week  2020
• Written Test and Personal Interview in PDPU and other listed cities: may last week 2020
• Personal Interview for Ahmedabad / Gandhinagar candidates for PDPU center
• (and other centers if required) may last week 2020
• Display of Admission list to be announced
• Admission formalities, fees collection & enrollment up to be announced
• Operating Waiting List to be announced
• Semester commences on to be announced

PDPU Eligibility Criteria

• B.A. (Hons.)/B.B.A. (Hons.) is required to have passed the 12th standard examination or equivalent from any discipline.
• B.Com. (Hons.) is required to have passed 12th standard examination or equivalent from Commerce stream or should have studied accounting and/or commerce related subjects in 12^th standard.
• B.Sc. (Hons.) should have passed 12th standard examination or equivalent from science stream or with minimum any 2 of the following subjects – Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology.

Candidate must have passed any of the following qualifying examinations; with English as one of

the subjects:

• The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/State Board of Secondary Education, including Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi.

• Intermediate Science or Two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/University.

• Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defense Academy.

• General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level with minimum passes of 2/3 subjects.

• High School Certificate Examination of Cambridge University

• International Baccalaureate Diploma Program with the minimum passes of 6 subjects (3HL and 3SL) with 24 points.

• Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.

• Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum five subjects.

• H.S.C. Vocational Examination

PDPU ET Exam Pattern & Syllabus

Selection Procedure

Written Test and Personal Interview:

Merit for admissions will be based on the total marks obtained in the entrance exam. The candidate has to appear for all the three sections - Written Test: comprising of Aptitude test + creative writing, and Personal Interview to qualify for the Merit List.

Aptitude Test will have 100 MCQs (90 minutes)

Test sections: Total marks: 50 Mark

• English
• Verbal Abilities &
• Reading Comprehension
• Quantitative Aptitude
• Logical Reasoning
• General Knowledge

Creative Essay (30 minutes)

Test Sections: Total marks: 25 Mark

• Language
• Presentation
• Creativity & Thought Process

Personal Interview for 25 Marks

• Communication skills 
• Approach & Attitude 
• Co-achievements in co-curricular & sports activities

There will be no negative marking. An essay can be written in English, Hindi or Gujarati; as well as in prose or in poetry.

For detailed Syllabus please refer to the SLS Admission Policy available on PDPU College Website

Study tips for PDPU Entrance Test

• Increase Speed: Manage your time properly; give an appropriate amount of time to each section. Try to improve your time by practicing as many online tests as possible. Youth4work provides online mock tests with a time limit attached to each question; this way one can learn to finish the entire exam within the time limit.

• Improve Accuracy: Whatever new concepts you learn; make it a habit of practicing them regularly so you do not forget key topics. Because you will not have enough time to prepare all the syllabus topics proficiently, so you must master those you are comfortable with.

• Use Time Intelligently: Studying in a stretch for hours can be tedious and hard and also not so good. Therefore, try to study several times in regular sessions during a day. This will make learning easy and fun, also you will have enough time to brush up the already studied topics in between intervals.

• Previous Years’ Papers: Try to get your hands on as many previous years’ question papers as you can. There is a certain type of question pattern you will find useful for your preparation and also get familiar with past exam paper trends.  

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