PUMDET Pattern 2025: No. of Questions, Marking Scheme and Time Duration

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Updated on Oct 28, 2025 15:12 IST

By Porishmita Paul, Associate Senior Executive

PUMDET 2025 Pattern: WBJEEB prescribes pattern of PUMDET in information bulletin of exam. Pattern of PUMDET mentions important details about structure of the exam: time duration, total questions, total marks, mode of exam, language medium, etc. PUMDET pattern informs us that questions asked in this state-level entrance test are multiple-choice questions. Students are given 90 minutes to attempt all the questions. Candidates must be familiar with the test pattern before starting PUMDET preparations. PUMDET 2025 pattern includes more such information like: marking scheme, number of questions, etc. Read on to learn more about PUMDET 2025 pattern.

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PUMDET 2025 Exam Highlights
PUMDET 2025 Exam Pattern
PUBDET 2025 Marking Scheme
PUMDET 2025 - Points to Remember
PUMDET 2025 Syllabus
FAQs Related to PUMDET Pattern

PUMDET 2025 Exam Highlights

Some key information about the PUMDET 2025 pattern is provided in the table below.

Exam Particulars	Exam Details
Exam Name	Presidency University Master’s Degree Entrance Test (PUMDET)
Conducting Body	Presidency University, Kolkata
Level	University
Mode	Offline (Pen & Paper Test)
Duration	90 minutes
Medium	English (Bengali, Hindi papers in respective languages)
Official Website	https://wbjeeb.nic.in/PUMDETCMS/public/home.aspx

PUMDET 2025 Exam Pattern

All exam questions will be Multiple Choice Questions. There will be four options with each question, you just have to choose one correct. Each paper got total 50 questions and full marks will be 100. Time given for the test is 90 minutes only, so you must try to complete all in time. Exam pattern is simple MCQ type, so you need to practice well and read questions carefully.

PUBDET 2024 Exam Pattern
No. of Questions	Total Marks	Time Duration
50 (MCQs)	100 marks	90 minutes

PUBDET 2025 Marking Scheme

The marking scheme of PUMDET 2025 is explained in the table below.

Questions	50
Marks for a correct answer	2 marks
Marks deducted for the wrong answer	0.5 marks
Marks for not answering	0 marks

PUMDET 2025 - Points to Remember

Some important points in the context of the PUMDET pattern are provided below.

Candidates are advised to go through the subject syllabus carefully before appearing for the PUBDET entrance exam.
Questions are to be answered on the OMR sheet. Candidates are advised to fill in the answer dots correctly.
Candidates have to darken the circle with a black/ blue ballpoint pen.
If the circle is not filled correctly, the answer will be deemed invalid.
Candidates cannot mark more than one circle in the OMR sheet.
Candidates are advised to reach the exam venue well before time and carry their admit cards along with them.

PUMDET 2025 Syllabus

The subject-wise syllabus of PUMDET 2025 is provided in the table below.

Paper/ Subject	Syllabus
Bengali	Undergraduate Bengali (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
English	Undergraduate English (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Hindi	Undergraduate Hindi (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
History	Undergraduate History (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Philosophy/ Sociology/ Performing Arts	English Language (40 marks) and Logical Reasoning (60 marks) of UG Pass Course level.
Political Science	Undergraduate Political Science (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Chemistry	Undergraduate Chemistry (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Applied Economics	Undergraduate Economics (Major/ Honours) courses in Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Mathematical Economics, Statistics and Econometrics syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Geography	Undergraduate Geography (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Applied Geology	Undergraduate Geology (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Life Science	Common Topics of the BSc (Major/ Honours) level in various division of Life Sciences.
Mathematics	Undergraduate Mathematics (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Physics/ Astrophysics	Undergraduate Physics (Major/ Honours) course of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Statistics	Undergraduate Statistics (Major/ Honours) syllabus of Presidency University or its equivalent of any recognised Indian University.
Health Sciences (Biotechnology/ Virology and Immunology/ Molecular Microbiology)	Syllabus of the Undergraduate Course in Biological Science (CBCS: Major/ Honours) (80 marks) and Chemistry in graduation level (minor/ GE/ pass course) (20 marks).