PUCAT Pattern 2025: Know Marking Scheme & Exam Duration
Purvanchal University Common Admission Test 2025 ( PUCAT )
PUCAT 2026 Pattern: Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University (VBSPU) decides the PUCAT pattern. They'll publish the PUCAT pattern 2026 along with the exam's notification. PUCAT 2026 pattern tells us about the mode of the examination, types of questions, number of questions, marking scheme, and more. It is important that the applicants familiarise themselves with the test pattern to prepare for it well. PUCAT is an offline test (pen and paper type) that is conducted in English, except for language courses that are conducted in their respective languages. Read on to learn more about the PUCAT 2026 pattern.
VBSPU conducts PUCAT annually for various UG and PG courses at the university. The schedule for the exam has not been announced yet, but it can be estimated that it will be conducted in July 2026.
Also Read -
- PUCAT Pattern 2026 - Exam Highlights
- PUCAT 2026 - MA Exam Pattern
- PUCAT 2026 - MSc Exam Pattern
- PUCAT Pattern 2026 - Marking Scheme
- FAQs Related to PUCAT Marking Scheme
PUCAT Pattern 2026 - Exam Highlights
Some key information about the exam is provided in the table below.
| Particulars |
Details |
|---|---|
| Name of Entrance Exam |
PUCAT |
| Conducting Body |
|
| Exam Level |
State-level |
| Exam Mode |
Offline |
| Exam Medium |
English |
| Exam Duration |
2 Hours |
| Type of Questions |
MCQs |
PUCAT 2026 - MA Exam Pattern
PUCAT 2026 pattern for MA Programmes:
| Objective |
Questions |
Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Journalism (BA Level Purvanchal University Syllabus) |
20 |
20 |
| General Studies |
20 |
20 |
| Reasoning |
20 |
20 |
| General Hindi and General English |
20 |
20 |
| Indian Constitutions, Ancient Indian History, Indian Economy, General Geography |
20 |
20 |
| Total |
100 |
100 |
MA in Applied Psychology
| Objective |
Questions |
Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Reasoning |
20 |
20 |
| Arithmetic |
20 |
20 |
| General Studies |
20 |
20 |
| General English Grammar |
20 |
20 |
| Psychology (Fundamental of Psychology and Human Brain Physiology) |
20 |
20 |
| Total |
100 |
100 |
Commonly asked questions
PUCAT 2026 - MSc Exam Pattern
The common question paper will be for admissions to M.Sc. Biotechnology, M.Sc. Microbiology, M.Sc. Biochemistry and M.Sc. Environmental Sciences. The PUCAT 2026 pattern for the same is provided in the table below.
| Objective |
Questions |
Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General Science, General Knowledge, Reasoning, General Mathematics |
25 |
25 |
| Zoology (from B.Sc. syllabus of VBS Purvanchal Univ., Jaunpur) |
25 |
25 |
| Botany (from B.Sc. syllabus of VBS Purvanchal Univ., Jaunpur) |
25 |
25 |
| Chemistry (from B.Sc. syllabus of VBS Purvanchal Univ., Jaunpur) |
25 |
25 |
| Total |
100 |
100 |
Commonly asked questions
PUCAT Pattern 2026 - Marking Scheme
The PUCAT marking scheme is such that the entrance exam has a total of 100 marks. Check the following table:
| Total Number of Questions |
100 |
| Total Number of Marks |
100 |
| Negative Marking |
No |
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FAQs Related to PUCAT Marking Scheme
Some important FAQs on the PUCAT pattern are provided below.
Commonly asked questions
PUCAT Exam
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 days ago
PUCAT is usually conducted in an offline, pen-and-paper-based mode at designated exam centres by VBSPU.
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Answered 2 days ago
The PUCAT 2026 application form is expected to be released in May 2026 on the official website of VBSPU.
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1 Institutes accepting PUCAT
Veer Bahadur Singh Purvanchal University [VBSPU]
Jaunpur • Public
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