UPCATET MBA Pattern 2024: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration

UP Combined Agriculture and Technology Entrance Test 2024 ( UPCATET )

This exam is conducted for courses given below:
Piyush Dixit
Updated on Feb 6, 2019 12:17 IST

By Piyush Dixit, Deputy Manager

Table of contents

UPCATET exam pattern for MBA Agribusiness is such that there are a total of 100 objective questions of 300 marks. Candidates need to complete the exam in two hours duration.

For further clarification candidates can refer the table below:

Subject

Number of Questions

Marks

General Knowledge

70

210

Reasoning & Aptitude

General English (of High School Standard)

30

90

Total

100

300

Marking scheme: Three marks are allotted for each correct answer. One mark is deducted for each incorrect answer. 

UPCATET Syllabus for MBA Agribusiness

UPCATET 2019 syllabus is not out yet. However, in 2017 questions in the written exam came from the below-mentioned subjects:

General Knowledge

Reasoning & Aptitude

General English of High School standard

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