Exam

RPF SI exam centres are released along with the notification. Candidates can select three exam cities while filling the application form. The exam centres should be selected carefully by candidates. The exam centres selected by candidates cannot be changed. The details regarding the exam centres are mentioned in the admit card.

WBCS exam has the following stages. Each stage has uncommon exam pattern. The three stages of the exam are as follows.

• Prelims
• Mains   
• Personality Test

The candidates need to qualify in each of the stage to get finally select.

The list of RPF SI exam centres is given below.

The WBCS main exam is mix of objective and descriptive type papers. The Commission mentions in the official notification that all the compulsory papers will be objective type and the optional subjects are descriptive type papers.

The candidates need to select one optional subject from the given list of optional subjects and prepare according to the syllabus of each paper.

The WBCS prelims exam is qualifying in nature only. The marks secured in the WBCS prelims exam are not considered for the final merit list. The details of the WBCS prelims question paper is as follows.

Yes, there is negative marking in the WBCS preliminary and main exams. 

In the WBCS prelims exam, the quantum of negative marking is one by third. The negative marking makes the exam difficult. For each incorrect answer, the Commission will deduct 1/3 of the marks assigned for correct answer.

In the main exam, the quantum of the negative marking is 10% of the marks assigned to the question.

Yes, the WBCS main exam has some papers which are objective paper and other papers are subjective. The out of six compulsory papers, four are objective type multiple choice questions based paper. The other two papers and optional subjects are descriptive type conventional papers. The four objective type MCQs are  

• Paper III: General Studies - I
• Paper IV: General Studies - II
• Paper V: The Constitution of India and Indian Economy including role and functions of the Reserve Bank of India.
• Paper VI: Arithmetic and Test of Reasoning.

SMEAT is a national level entrance exam conducted by the Srishti Manipal Institute of Art, Design and Technology. For the current academic session, the entrance exam has three admission rounds. Note that for each round, the application process will be conducted separately. 

The 1st round of admission process is currently over. The application form for Round I was open from January 10 to March 27, 2024. The entrance exam was conducted from April 6-7, 2024.

Numerical Ability section of the BMAT question paper is tough. The important topics of this section include Arithmetic, Algebra Modern Math, Geometry, Number System Average, Ratio and Proportion, Percentage, Profit and Loss, Time, Speed and Distance, Mensuration Permutation and Combination, Quadratic Equation, Logarithm, Probability Statistics Pie Chart, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Mixture and Allegations, Time and Work, etc. The Numerical Skills in BMAT exam tests the mathematical ability of the students. 

According to students, SMEAT exam is in the range of average, which is neither too easy and nor too tough. The candidate, however, has to know the syllabus and its core subjects thoroughly in order to score well.

Candidates appearing for SMEAT can also appear in other popular private entrance exams like MITID DAT, Pearl Academy, and FDDI AIST.

There are then the top-tier entrance exams like NIFT, NID, and UCEED.