UPCATET Exam Pattern 2025 (OUT): Marking Scheme, Exam Day Requirements & Total Marks

The UPCATET exam pattern 2025 for the Undergraduate & Postgraduate courses states that the entrance test will be conducted for a period of 180 minutes through offline Optical Mark Recognition (OMR) mode, wherein the question paper will consist of different sets of questions, depending on the program.

A total of 200 Multiple Choice Questions will be asked in the exam paper for a total of 800 marks. The exam medium will be English & Hindi. Each question carries 4 marks & -1 mark will be deducted from the total marks for every wrong answer.

Students can read this article to get detailed information about the UPCATET exam 2025 pattern including medium & mode of test, course-wise & subject-wise pattern, exam duration, distribution of marks, marking scheme, total number of questions & marks, and a lot more.

The exam pattern of the UPCATET is designed by the Chandra Shekhar Azad University of Agriculture & Technology, Kanpur. Students who wish to score well in the entrance test & take admission in the UG, PG, and Ph.D courses of the Agricultural Universities of the Uttar Pradesh must be through with the UPCATET exam pattern 2025.

Candidates can go through the below-outlined table that highlights the UPCATET 2025 exam pattern:

According to the UPCATET exam pattern 2025, each Undergraduate, Postgraduate, & Ph.D program that is offered through the entrance test is placed under a particular Group of Paper which has a specific exam code. The details of the same are given in the tables below:

For Undergraduate Programs

The Group of Paper of each UG course is given in the table outlined below:

Note: The exam code for PCB is 01, 02 for PCM, 03 for PAG, and 04 for PHS, respectively.

For Postgraduate Programs

The group of paper & the exam code for each Postgraduate program is mentioned in the table below:

As per the UPCATET exam pattern 2025, the courses are divided among 4 groups of paper namely, PCB, PCM, PAG, PHS. The exam pattern for each of these groups is discussed below in detail:

For PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) & PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) Group

Students who are opting for the PCB Group of Paper can go through its respective pattern for the UPCATET which indicates the subjects, number of question & marks in each subject; the same is given in the table below:

*According to the UPCATET paper pattern 2025, each of the above-mentioned subjects & their respective questions are segregated under Group A, B, C, D, respectively.

*In the table, Biology subject is for the PCB group & Mathematics subject has to be opted for the PCM Group of Papers, respectively.

For PAG (Agriculture) Group

Applicants who have opted for the courses that come under the PAG Group of Paper can go through its respective UPCATET pattern 2025 given below:

For PHS (Arts Stream with Home Science) Group

The subjects & its respective questions along with marks distribution for the same in the UPCATET 2025 exam paper are outlined in the table below:

The UPCATET exam pattern 2025 for some of the PG programs is given below:

For M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) Program

Students who desire to take admission in the M.Tech (Mechanical Engineering) course through the entrance test must be well versed with its specific UPCATET paper pattern 2025 that is as follows:

For MBA (Agri-Business Management) Program

For the MBA (Agri-Business Management) Program, the UPCATET exam 2025 pattern varies in comparison with the other courses in terms of exam duration and total number of questions & marks.

The exam duration for the MBA course will be of 2 hours wherein a total of 100 questions will be asked for a total of 400 marks; refer to the below table for more details:

*It is to be noted that the questions asked in the General English Section for the MBA course will be of High School Level.

*Applicants can also read about the UPCATET Eligibility Criteria 2025 and the UPCATET Registration 2025.

The UPCATET marking scheme is decided by its exam conducting body i.e., SVBP University through which the test scores of the students are calculated. According to the UPCATET exam pattern 2025, the marking criteria is as follows:

• 4 marks will be given to the candidates for every question they answer correctly.
• -1 mark will be deducted for each wrong attempted / answered question.

The exam conducting authority designs the UPCATET exam pattern 2025; the questions in the test paper will be included on the basis of the syllabus. Students willing to take admission in the Undergraduate courses have to prepare as per the syllabus of the Intermediate exam of Uttar Pradesh State Board. Candidates who are preparing for admission in the Postgraduate courses need to prepare the respective subjects in Graduation.

Aspirants need to note that they should be well versed with the UPCATET Syllabus 2025 as it will assist them in scoring well in the entrance test.