PU-CET (PG) MSc, MSc (Hons) Pattern 2025: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration

MSc (Industrial Chemistry)

• The duration of the Entrance Test will be of 1 hour 30 minutes
• The paper will consist of 75 multiple-choice questions
• Each question will carry one mark each consisting
• The break-up of questions will be as follows: 

Section	Questions
Physics	20
Chemistry	20
Industrial Chemistry	20
Math	15

MSc (Hons) Mathematics/ MSc (Hons) Physics/ MSc (Hons) Physics & Electronics/ MSc (Hons) Biophysics/ MSc (Hons) Chemistry/ MSc (Hons) Biotechnology

• The question paper will be on the concerned subject for which the admission to MSc (Hons) is being sought by the candidate
• It will consist of 75 Objective Type Questions (Multiple Choice with four responses i.e. A, B, C & D) carrying a total of 75 marks
• The question paper will be of 1 hour 30 minutes duration
• The standard of the question paper shall be based on latest syllabus prescribed for Bachelor‘s degree of Panjab University (1st, 2nd and 3rd Year together) in the relevant subject 

Msc (Hons) Computer Science

• The Entrance Test will be of 75 marks
• It will be of 1 hour 30 minutes duration consisting of 75 multiple choice questions of Computer Science subject at the level of qualifying examinations 

MSc Microbial Biotechnology

• The Entrance Test will be of 1 hour 30 minutes duration
• It shall comprise 75 multiple-choice questions (with only one right answer) of one mark each
• The questions will be based on fundamentals of Microbiology and Biotechnology

MSc (Environment Science)

• The Entrance Test will be of 1 hour 30 minutes duration
• It shall comprise 75 multiple-choice questions (with only one right answer) of one mark each from the Botany, Chemistry, Geography, Geology, Mathematics, Physics, Sociology, Statistics, Zoology and General Awareness subjects of graduation level
• It shall attempt to test the intelligence, comprehension of the scientific principles and general knowledge expected of a science graduate 

MSc (Human Genomics)

• The Entrance Test will be of 75 marks
• It will be of 1 hour 30 minutes duration consisting of 75 multiple choice questions (with only one correct answer) of 1 Mark each from six disciplines representing Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences and Medicine 

MSc (Systems Biology and Bioinformatics)

• The question paper will consists of 75 objective type questions (Multiple choice with four responses i.e. A, B, C & D) carrying a total of 75 marks
• The question paper will be of 1 hour 30 minutes duration
• The syllabi and standard for the question paper shall be the one as currently prescribed for Bachelor‘s Degree of Panjab University (1st, 2nd and 3rd Year together)

MSc Bioinformatics

• The question paper will consists of 75 objective type questions (Multiple choice with four responses i.e. A, B, C & D) carrying a total of 75 marks
• The question paper will be of 1 hour 30 minutes duration
• The syllabi and standard for the question paper shall be the one as currently prescribed for Bachelor‘s Degree of Panjab University (1st , 2nd and 3rd Year together) 

MSc Forensic Science & Criminology

• The question paper will comprise of Section A and Section B carrying a total of 75 marks
• The question paper will be of 90 minutes duration
• Section A will have 25 questions of General Sciences at 10+2 level to test the knowledge of fundamentals.
• Section B will have four sub-sections namely, Biology, Chemistry, Forensic Science and Physics with 25 questions each from graduation level
• The candidate has to select ANY TWO of the four sub-sections from Section B for answering questions