STATE CET CELL STATE COMMON ENTRANCE TEST CELL

GOVERNMENT OF MAHARASHTRA

STATE CET CELL

INFORMATION BROCHURE

ONLINE

CBT- (Computer Based Test) COMMON

ENTRANCE TEST FOR

FIRST YEAR OF THREE / FOUR YEAR FULL TIME UNDER GRADUATE

DEGREE COURSE in Bachelor of Computer Application

(BCA)/Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)/ Bachelor of

Management Studies (BMS)/Bachelor of Business Management

(BBM)

MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET 2024-25

STATE COMMON ENTRANCE TEST CELL

8th Floor, New Excelsior Building, A.K. Nayak Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400 001.

Helpdesk Numbers:

Toll Free Number: 18002090191

DID numbers 7969134403, 7969134404.

Help Desk Email ID

helpdesk@mahacet.in

Official Webstie :- www.mahacet.org

Activities and Scheduled Dates

INDEX

Introduction

Page No.

1.0

Introduction

2.0

Competent Authority

3.0

Eligibility for Appearing MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET 2024-25

4.0

MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM Examination Schedule

5.0

Examination Fees for CET

6.0

Procedure for Online Application Form Filing and Registration for

MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET

7.0

Download Hall Ticket & Identity Verification

8.0

Test Centre For CET

9.0

Syllabus and Marking Scheme for MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM

CET 2024

10.0

Guidelines for persons with disabilities using a scribe

11.0

Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct/ use of unfair

means

12.0

General Instructions & Sample Questions

Sr.

No.

ACTIVITY

SCHEDULE

From

Online registration for MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM

CET 2024 on the website

www.mahacet.org

21/03/2024

11/04/2024

The schedule displayed above is provisional and may change under unavoidable circumstances.

The revised schedule, if any, will be notified on website www.mahacet.org

1.0 Introduction

Government of Maharashtra has established a State Common Entrance Test Cell (CET CELL)

under Admission Regulating Authority (ARA) as per the provision in Section 10 of Maharashtra

Unaided Private Professional Educational Institutions (Regulation of Admissions and Fees) Act,

2015, (Herein after called the Act). The Competent Authority shall conduct the ENTRANCE

TEST FOR FIRST YEAR OF THREE / FOUR YEAR FULL TIME UNDER GRADUATE

DEGREE COURSE in Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)/Bachelor of Business

Administration (BBA)/ Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS)/Bachelor of Business

Management (BBM) for A Y 2024-25.

2.0 Competent Authority

“Commissioner, State CET Cell' is the Competent Authority to conduct the MAH-

B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET as per the Provisions of 2(e) and Section 10(2) of the Act.

3.0 Eligibility for Appearing for Appearing MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM -CET 2024

 Passed 10 + 2 (HSC) or its equivalent examination (As per the AICTE APH 2024 - 2027)

 Candidates appearing for 10 + 2 (HSC) or its equivalent examination are also eligible to

appear for CET

Note:



Aggregate marks means the grand total of marks obtained by the candidate in subjects on

which the class declaration is made in the particular Board from which the candidate is

passing the qualifying examination.



In case the candidates are awarded grades/CGPA instead of marks, the conversion of

grades/CGPA to percentage of marks would be based on the procedure certified by the

Board from where they passing the qualifying examination.



The percentage of marks shall be calculated by rounding off to two places after decimal.



The candidates belonging to SC, VJ/DT (NT (A)), NT (B), NT(C), NT (D), OBC and

SBC categories should produce “Caste Validity Certificate” issued by Scrutiny

Committee of Social Welfare Department and the Candidate belonging to ST category

should submit “Tribe Validity Certificate” issued by Scrutiny Committee of Tribal

Department and valid Non Creamy Layer certificate except SC, ST candidates at the time

of verification of documents.

4.0 MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET Examination Schedule: -

Detailed Examination Scheduled will be shared in due course of time on the home

page of respective course.

5.0 Examination Fees for CET

Application form processing fees as stated below is to be paid through online system only by

Internet Payment, Credit Card/ Debit Card (RuPay/Visa/MasterCard/Maestro), Internet Banking,

IMPS, Cash Cards/UPI, Mobile Wallets/UPI for which the service charges, as per rules, shall be

applicable in addition to the application form processing fees. No other mode of payment shall

be permitted. This fee is non-refundable and non-transferable under any circumstances.

For Open Category Candidates from Maharashtra State, Outside Maharashtra

State (OMS), J & K Migrant candidates

₹. 1000/-

For Candidates of Backward Class Categories [SC, ST, VJ/DT- NT(A),

NT(B), NT(C), NT(D), OBC, EWS] & Persons with Disability Candidates

(PWD) belonging to Maharashtra State only.

₹. 800/-

 Candidates will be required to submit the Caste Certificate, Caste Validity

Certificate and Non Creamy Layer Certificate if applicable at the time of filling

CAP Application form to be considered under category.

 Candidates will be required to submit Economically Weaker Section Certificate

if applicable at the time of filling CAP Application form.

 Candidates will be required to submit Persons with Disability (PWD)

Certificate if applicable at the time of filling CAP Application form

6.0 Procedure for Online Application Form Filling and Registration for MAH- B. BCA/

BBA/BMS/BBM CET 2024 :- Please refer user manual

7.0 Download Hall Ticket (Admit Card) : -

As per the schedule, Candidates will have to visit the website www.mahacet.org for

downloading Hall Ticket for online test. Intimation for downloading Hall Ticket will also

be sent through email/SMS. Once the candidate clicks the relevant link, he/she can access

the window for Hall Ticket download. The candidate is required to use (i) Registration

Number/Roll Number (ii) Password/Date of Birth for downloading the Hall Ticket.

Candidate needs to affix recent recognizable photograph on the Hall Ticket preferably the

same as provided during registration and appear at the examination center with (i) Hall

Ticket (ii) Photo Identity Proof as stipulated below and also specified in the Hall Ticket

and Photo Identity Proof as brought in original. Refer Hall Ticket download guidelines

available on CET CELL website

7.1 Identity Verification

In the examination hall, the Hall Ticket along with original of the candidate’s currently

valid photo identity (bearing the same name as it appears on the Hall Ticket) such as PAN

Card/ Passport/ Permanent Driving Licence/ Voter’s Card/ Bank Passbook with

photograph/ Photo identity proof issued by a Gazzetted Officer on official letterhead along

with photograph / Photo identity proof issued by a People’s Representative on official

letterhead along with photograph / valid recent Identity Card issued by a recognized

College/ University/ Aadhaar card/E- Aadhaar card with a photograph/ Employee ID/ Bar

Council Identity Card with photograph should be submitted to the invigilator for

verification. The candidate’s identity will be verified with respect to his/her details on the

Hall Ticket, in the Attendance List and requisite documents submitted. If identity of the

candidate is in doubt the candidate may not be allowed to appear for the Examination.

Ration Card & Learning Driving License are not valid id proof.

Candidates Reporting Late i.e. after the reporting time specified on the Hall Ticket for

Examination will not be permitted to take the examination. The reporting time mentioned

on the Hall Ticket is prior to the Start time of the test. Though the duration of the

examination is 90 minutes, candidates may be required to be at the venue for about 180

minutes including the time required for completion of various formalities such as

verification and collection of various requisite documents, logging in, giving of

instructions.

Note: Candidates have to produce in original the photo identity proof along with

Examination Hall Ticket while attending the examination, without which they will not be

allowed to take up the examination. Candidates must note that the name as appearing on

the Hall Ticket (provided during the process of registration) should match the name as

appearing on the photo identity proof. Female candidates who have changed

first/last/middle name post marriage must take special note of this. If there is any mismatch

between the name indicated in the Hall Ticket and Photo Identity Proof the candidate will

not be allowed to appear for the examination. In case of candidates who have changed their

name, will be allowed only if they produce original Gazette notification / their original

marriage certificate / affidavit in original.

8.0 Test Centre for CET

MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET 2024 will be conducted in the selected cities

in Maharashtra State. The cities in which MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET

2024 will be conducted are designated as "Centre" for the CET.

Each centre may have many "Venues" depending upon the number of candidates

appearing at that centre.

A candidate appearing for CET shall give his/her preference for the centre,

however the Competent Authority reserves the right to allocate the centre and

venue.

The examination will be conducted online at venues given in the respective Hall

Ticket.

No request for change of centre/venue/date/session for Examination shall be

entertained.

Competent Authority, however, reserves the right to cancel any of the Examination

Centres and/ or add some other Centres, at its discretion, depending upon the

response, administrative feasibility, etc.

Competent Authority also reserves the right to allot the candidate to any centre

other than the one he/she has opted for.

Candidate will appear for the examination at an Examination Centre at his/her

owns risks and expenses and Competent Authority will not be responsible for any

injury or losses etc. of any nature.

Choice of centre once exercised by the candidate will be final.

10.

If sufficient number of candidates does not opt for a particular centre for "Online"

examination, Competent Authority reserves the right to allot any other adjunct

centre to those candidates OR if the number of candidates is more than the capacity

available for online exam for a centre, Competent Authority reserves the right to

allot any other centre to the candidate.

9.0 Syllabus and Marking Scheme for MAH-B.BCA/BBA/BMS/BBM CET 2024.

Note: Detailed Syllabus and marking scheme is available in download section of State

CET Cell Website (www.mahacet.org)

The On Line test will have 100 Questions based on Reasoning (Verbal as well as Arithmetic),

English Language & General Awareness including questions on culture, current national,

international affairs, trade & commerce, sports, scientific inventions and discoveries, Computer

Basics etc.

Topics

No of

Questions

Mark/s per

Question

Maximum

Marks

Total

Marks

English Language

100

Reasoning (Verbal and Arithmetic)

General Knowledge & Awareness

Computer Basics

The test will comprise of multiple choice objective type questions (Four Options)

There is no negative marking System for this test.

Test Duration: 90 minutes

Medium of CET: English

Mode of Examination - Online

10.0 Guidelines for persons with disabilities using a scribe

The visually impaired candidates and candidates whose writing speed is adversely affected

permanently for any reason can use their own scribe at their cost during the online

examination, subject to limits as in (ii) and (iii) below. In all such cases where a scribe is

used, the following rules will apply:



The candidate will have to arrange his/her own scribe at his/her own cost.



The scribe arranged by the candidate should not be a candidate for the same examination.

If violation of the above is detected at any stage of the process; candidature of both the

candidate and the scribe will be cancelled. Candidates eligible for and who wish to use the

services of a scribe in the examination should invariably carefully indicate the same in the

online application form. Any subsequent request may not be favorably entertained.



A person acting as a scribe for one candidate cannot be a scribe for another candidate.



The scribe may be from any academic stream.



Both the candidate as well as scribe will have to give a suitable undertaking confirming

that the scribe fulfils all the stipulated eligibility criteria for a scribe mentioned above.

Further in case it later transpires that he/she did not fulfill any laid down eligibility criteria

or suppressed material facts the candidature of the applicant will stand cancelled,

irrespective of the result of the online examination.



Those candidates who use a scribe shall be eligible for compensatory time of 20 minutes

for every hour of the examination.



Only candidates registered for compensatory time will be allowed such concessions since

compensatory time given to candidates shall be system based, it shall not be possible for

the Competent Authority to allow such time if he / she is not registered for the same.

Candidates not registered for compensatory time shall not be allowed such concessions.



Scribe should not answer on his/her own. Any such behavior observed will result in

cancellation of candidature.

(i)

Guidelines for Candidates with locomotors disability and cerebral palsy

A compensatory time of twenty minutes per hour or otherwise advised shall be

permitted for the candidates with locomotors disability and cerebral palsy where

dominant (writing) extremity is affected to the extent of slowing the performance of

function (minimum of 40% impairment).

(ii)

Guidelines for Visually Impaired candidates



Visually Impaired candidates (who suffer from not less than 40% of disability) may opt

to view the contents of the test in magnified font and all such candidates will be eligible for

compensatory time of 20 minutes for every hour or otherwise advised of examination.



The facility of viewing the contents of the test in magnifying font will not be available to

Visually Impaired candidates who use the services of a Scribe for the examination.

The details of applicability of Scribe and/or Extra Time for various types of Disabilities are

given in the following table.

Types of Specified

Disability

Sub Type

Whether scribe is

allowed

Whether Extra

time

is allowed

1)Physical Disability

Locomotor Disability

Visual Impairment

Hearing Impairment

1)Leprosy Cured

Person

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

Cerebral Palsy

Dominant

Arm/Both Arms

affected

Stiff Back & Hips

YES

3)Dwarfism

4)Muscular Dystrophy

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

5)Acid Attack Victims

6)Blindness

YES

7)Low Vision

YES

Speech &

Language

Disability

8)Deaf

9)Hard of Hearing

10)Speech & Language

Disability

a)Laryngectomy/Aphas

Intellectual Disability

Specific learning

disabilities

Autism Spectrum

Disorder

11)Dyslexia

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

12)Dysgraphia

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

13)Dyscalculia

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

14)Dyspraxia

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

15)Developmental

aphasia

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

16)Autism

Spectrum

disorder

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

3)Mental Behaviour

17)Mental Illness

If opted by

candidate

If opted by

candidate

Disability Caused due

to: -

Chronic

Neurological

Conditions

Blood Disorder

18)Multiple Sclerosis

YES

19)Parkinson's Disease

YES

20)Haemophilia

21)Thalassemia

22) Sickle cell disease

These guidelines are subject to change in terms of GOI guidelines/ clarifications, if any,

from time to time.

11.0 Action against candidates found guilty of misconduct/ use of unfair means

Candidates are advised in their own interest that they should not furnish any

particulars that

are false, tampered with or fabricated and should not suppress

any material information while

submitting online application. At the time of examination or in a subsequent admission

procedure, if a candidate is (or has been) found guilty of –

(i)

Using unfair means or

(ii)

Impersonating or procuring impersonation by any person or

(iii)

misbehaving in the examination hall or disclosing, publishing, reproducing,

transmitting, storing or facilitating transmission and storage of contents of the test (s)

or any information therein in whole or part thereof in any form or by any means, verbal

or written, electronically or mechanically for any purpose or resorting to any irregular

or improper means in connection with his/ her candidature or

(iv)

Obtaining support for his/ her candidature by unfair means, or

(v)

Carrying mobile phones or similar electronic devices of communication in the

examination hall, such a candidate may, in addition to rendering himself/ herself

liable to criminal prosecution, be liable to be disqualified from the examination for

which he/ she is a candidate

12.0 General Instructions & Sample Questions

The possibility of occurrence of some problem in the administration of the examination can

not be ruled out completely which may impact test delivery and/or result from being

generated. In that event, every effort will be made to rectify such problem, which may

include movement of candidates, delay in test. Conduct of a re-exam is at the absolute

discretion of test conducting body. Candidates will not have any claim for a re-test.

Candidates not willing to move or not willing to participate in the delayed process of test

delivery shall be summarily rejected from the process.

Decision of State CET Cell in all matters relating to conduction of CET will be final and

binding on the candidate. No correspondence or personal enquiries shall be entertained by

the State CET Cell in this behalf.

If the examination is held in more than one session, the scores across various sessions will

be equated to adjust for slight differences in difficulty level of different test batteries used

across sessions. More than one session are required if the nodes capacity is less or some

technical disruption takes place at any center or for any candidate.

State CET Cell would be analyzing the responses (answers) of individual candidates with

those of other candidates to detect patterns of similarity of right and wrong answers. If in

the analytical procedure adopted by State CET Cell in this regard, it is inferred/ concluded

that the responses have been shared and scores obtained are not genuine/ valid, State CET

Cell reserves right to disqualify the candidature of the concerned candidates and the result

of such candidates (disqualified) will be null & void.

Instances for providing incorrect information and/or process violation by a candidate

detected at any stage of the admission process will lead of disqualification of the candidate

from the entire admission process.

SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Q.1 Some leaders are dishonest. Satyapriya is a leader. Which of the following inferences

definitely follows from these two statements?

(1) Satyapriya is honest.

(2) Satyapriya is dishonest.

(3) Leaders are generally dishonest.

(4) Some leaders are honest.

Q.2-3 Read the information given below and answer the questions.

Six plays (A), (B), (C), (D), (E)& (F) of a famous playwright are to be staged one on each

day from Monday to Saturday. The schedule of the plays is to be in accordance with the

following

(1) A must be on the previous day of the day on which E is staged.

(2) C must not be staged on Tuesday

(3) B must be on a day which follows the day on which F is staged.

(4) D must be staged on Friday only and should not be immediately preceded by B.

(5) E must not be staged on the last day of the schedule.

Q.2 Which of the following is the schedule of plays with the order of their staging from

(1) EABFDC (2) FBAEDC (3) AFBCDE (4) FABEDC

Q.3 Play D is between which of the following pairs of play’s ?

(1) C & E (2) E & F (3) A & E (4) B & E

Q.4 If n is odd integer, which of the following must be odd?

I. 2n+n II. n+n III. n x n x n

(1) I only. (2) II only (3) III only (4) I and III only.

Q.5 The strength of BBA class is 42 of whom 33.3% are experienced and others freshers.

There are 20 females in the class of whom 80% are freshers. How many experienced male

students are there in the class?

(1) 4 (2) 10 (3) 12 (4) 16.

Q.6 Tourist wishing to visit some famous sea-beaches in India should be advised to visit --

(1) Uttaranchal (2) Goa (3) Jammu & Kashmir (4) Pune

Q.7 Which of the following is known as Pink city?

(1) Bangalore (2) Gwalior (3) Jaipur (4) Agra.

Q.8 Daal Batti and Churma is a famous and popular dish of ------

(1) Gujarath (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Himachal Pradesh (4) Rajasthan.

Q.9 The famous Khajuraho temples are located in -------

(1) Gujarath (2) Uttar Pradesh (3) Madhya Pradesh (4) Bihar

Wish You Best Luck !