AP PGECET Exam Pattern 2021 encloses exam duration, question weightage etc. Andhra Pradesh Postgraduate Engineering Common Entrance Test known as AP PGECET is a state-level entrance test administered by JNTU, Kakinada on behalf of A.P. State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE). Candidates qualifying this exam shall be granted admission in various PG courses in Engineering, Technology, Pharmacy, etc. The relevant information regarding the AP PGECET 2021 Exam Pattern is furnished in this article.
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AP PGECET Exam Pattern 2021
AP PGECET Exam shall be held in the 1st week of May 2021 through online mode. Candidates willing to apply for the AP PGECET 2021 examination can check out the exam pattern provided by the authority. The exam pattern of AP PGECET 2021 is specified below:
- Candidates clearing the entrance test shall fetch admission into ME/M.Tech/M.Pharmacy Courses.
- The examination shall be supervised through online mode (Computer Based Mode).
- The exam is planned to be handled in two sessions, i.e., forenoon and afternoon.
- The exam duration is 2 hours (120 minutes).
- 120 multiple choice questions shall be asked in the examination.
- Each MCQ question is provided with four answer options.
- The medium of the entrance test paper is English.
- AP PGECET question paper is set for 120 marks, and each MCQ question carries 1 mark.
- The negative Marking system is not applied in this examination.
AP PGECET Hall Ticket 2021 can be obtained through online mode in the last week of April 2021. Authority shall not send the hall ticket separately to the candidates by postal means.
Exam Pattern for AP PGECET 2021
| Paper | Paper Code | Number of Questions | Total Marks |
| Aerospace Engineering | AS | 120 | 120 |
| Bio-Technology | BT | 120 | 120 |
| Chemical Engineering | CH | 120 | 120 |
| Civil Engineering | CE | 120 | 120 |
| Computer Science & Information Technology | CS | 120 | 120 |
| Electrical Engineering | EE | 120 | 120 |
| Electronics & Communication Engineering | EC | 120 | 120 |
| Food Technology | FT | 120 | 120 |
| Geo-Engineering and Geo-Informatics | GG | 120 | 120 |
| Instrumentation Engineering | EI | 120 | 120 |
| Mechanical Engineering | ME | 120 | 120 |
| Metallurgy | MT | 120 | 120 |
| Nano Technology | NT | 120 | 120 |
| Pharmacy | PY | 120 | 120 |
AP PGECET Syllabus
AP PGECET 2021 Syllabus differs for different courses opted by the candidates. Exam syllabus for differed courses are listed below:
Chemical Engineering
- Engineering Mathematics: Topics include Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics, Numerical Methods.
- Chemical Engineering: Topics include Process Calculations and Thermodynamics, Fluid Mechanics and Mechanical Operations, Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer.
Nano Technology
- Engineering Mathematics: Topics include Differential Equations, Probability and Statistics, Numerical Methods.
- Engineering Mechanics & Strength of Materials: Topics include Torsional vibration, Simple Stresses & Strains, Stresses on Inclined Plane, Principal Stress & Principal Planes, Mohr’s Circle, Shearing Force & Bending Moment, Types of Loads, 2 -Dimensional Stress Systems, Torsional Vibration.
- Elements of Material Science: Topics include Indices for Planes & Directions, Structures of Common Metallic Materials, Crystal Defects, Point, Line and Surface Defects, Crystal Systems, Space Lattice & Unit Cells.
Aerospace Engineering
- Engineering Mathematics: Topics include Linear Algebra, Differential Calculus, Numerical methods.
- Numerical Methods: Topics include Atmosphere, Airplane Performance, Static Stability, Dynamic Stability.
- Space Dynamics: Topics include Determination of Trajectory and Orbital Period in Simple Cases, Orbit Transfer.
- Aerodynamics: Topics include Basic Fluid Mechanics, Air Foils and Wings, Wind Tunnel Testing, Structural Dynamics.