MCAER PG CET Eligibility Criteria 2024: Marks & Direct Admission Check at @mcaer.org

Dinesh

Senior Content Specialist | Updated On - Apr 11, 2024

Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PG CET) will be conducted by the Maharashtra Council of Agricultural Education and Research (MCAER) for admissions to various postgraduate courses in agriculture, horticulture and related areas, offered by agricultural universities of Maharashtra state, India The MCAR PGCET is a competitive exam, which has 150 MCQ questions based on agriculture across the subjects like agronomy, entomology, plant pathology, animal husbandry and biotechnology.

Annually, more than 25,000 candidates appearing for the MCAET PG-CET for approximate 3,800 seats across Maharashtra. The examination is mostly conducted in the second week of May and the results are declared in the third week of June as well. For MCAER PG CET 2024 admissions process, the exam date is likely to be in middle of May 2024. MCAER PG CET 2024 is tentatively scheduled to declare results by the end of June 2024, approximately two weeks after the specified period. As the result of the MCAER PG CET score, applicants who qualify will be members of the counselling rounds which take place state-wide. The purpose of the exercise will be to secure a space in the various university courses available in Maharashtra state.

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MCAER PG CET Exam Highlight 2024

Feature	Details
Exam Mode	Offline (Pen and paper-based test)
Medium of Instruction	English
Type of questions	Objective type (Multiple Choice Questions)
Number of questions	200
Exam duration	2 hours
Total marks	200
Marking scheme	1 mark for each correct answer, no negative marking
Sectional cutoff	Yes

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MCAER PG CET Qualifying Exams 2024

Exam	Eligibility Criteria
MCAER PG CET 2024	Passed Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree or its equivalent examination in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Forestry/ Food Science and Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Fisheries Science/ Veterinary Science from a recognized university.
ICAR AIEEA PG 2024	Passed Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree or its equivalent examination in Agriculture/ Horticulture/ Forestry/ Food Science and Technology/ Dairy Technology/ Agricultural Engineering/ Fisheries Science/ Veterinary Science from a recognized university.
Other State Level Entrance Exams	Candidates can also apply for MCAER PG CET admission through other state level entrance exams, such as KEAM (Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical Entrance Examination), TANCET (Tamil Nadu Common Entrance Test), and PGD CET (Postgraduate Diploma in Computer Engineering Common Entrance Test). The eligibility criteria for these exams vary from state to state.

MCAER PG CET Reservation of Seats 2024

Category	Reservation of Seats (%)
Scheduled Castes (SC)	15%
Scheduled Tribes (ST)	7.5%
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	27%
Persons with Disabilities (PwD)	5%
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)	10%