PESSAT Exam: Application, Eligibility, Syllabus & Pattern

The Exam schedule will be different for B. Tech and other courses:

For B. Tech Courses:

For Other Courses:

Eligibility Criteria refers to the requirements which a candidate should meet in order to be eligible to take PESSAT:-

•    Candidates who want to appear in this exam must be an Indian citizen.
•    The general category applicants must have got a minimum of 60% in their 12th
•    The reserve category applicants should have got 50% in 12th.
•    For B Tech courses, the applicants should have at least 60% in physics, chemistry and maths in 12th.
•    For all other courses eligibility criteria are different as per the University norms.
•    Candidates who are appearing in 12th can also give the exam.
•    Age range for this exam is between 17 to 25 years.

• Application Form is provided through online mode from the official link.
• The application form is available from the 21st September. For B. Tech courses, the registration will be closed on 10th April.
• The last date for the registration of other courses will be July.
• The exam fee is Rs.1050 for all candidates.

After the submission of the application form, candidates have to send the application form through both the modes given below :-

• Online mode: - Candidates can pay the fee via Credit Card/Debit card/ Net banking offline process.
• Offline mode: - DD has to be paid in favour of “PES University General Fund” payable at Bangalore and send via post along with printed application form to the following address:

Manager – Admissions
Office of Admissions,
PES University,
100 Ft Ring Road, BSK 3rd Stage,
Bangalore – 560085
Ph: +91 80 2672 9391

• Entrance Test will be conducted through online mode.
• The B. Tech Exam will be held in the month of May.
• All other courses entrance exam will begin from the 7th January to July. The exam pattern of B.Tech & MBA programme is given below.

For B. Tech Course:

• Duration of Exam: The time duration is 2 ½ hours.
• Number of Questions: The question paper will contain 180 questions.
• Subjects: The question paper will comprise of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics & English Grammar. 60 questions will be asked from the Physics and Mathematics, 40 from Chemistry and 20 from English Grammar.
• Negative Marking: There is no negative marking in the examination.
• Syllabus: The syllabus of PESSAT will consist of class 11th and 12th level.

For MBA Course:

• Duration of Exam: The time duration is 2 hours.
• Number of Questions: The question paper will comprise of 120 questions.
• Subjects: The question paper will consist of English Comprehensive/Verbal Ability, Analytical & Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Reasoning and General Awareness. 30 questions from English Comprehensive/Verbal Ability, 40 questions will be asked from Analytical & Logical Reasoning & Quantitative Reasoning and 10 from General Awareness.
• Negative Marking: There is no negative marking in the examination.

In the procedure of slot booking, candidates can reserve their test date and time. Once after the registration is closed, the slot booking process will be started from 21st April for B. Tech Courses. The procedure will be done on a first-come-first-serve basis. After the slot booking, candidates can take the printout of the PESSAT Admit Card. If the candidate reserves the test date and time there will be no changes will be permitted.

Results will be declared on the last week of May for B. Tech Course. The Result will be announced in the official site of PES University. Candidate can get their result by entering their roll number and Date of Birth. After the result announcement, merit list will be published. On the bases of the merit list candidates will be called for the counselling process.

Counselling will be held in two rounds:-

• PESSAT First Round Counselling for B. Tech programme will be beginning in the month of June PESSAT Second Round Counselling will be started in the month of July.
• The counselling fee is Rs.5000. Candidate Parents/guardian will also represent the candidate at the time of counselling.

Documents required at the time of counselling:-

• 10+2 Mark sheet and Passing Certificate
• Class 10th Marks card/ Birth Certificate
• Migration Certificate (If other than PU Board)
• Transfer Certificate / College leaving Certificate
• PEESAT Admission Order & Rank Card MQT Admission Order
• 6 Copies each of colour passport size and stamp size photographs
• Copy of Fees Receipt

Candidates must be very careful while selecting the exam centres as the centres chosen by them must be very near to the city where they are living. Centre once selected by a candidate or allotted by PES University (examination authority) cannot be changed later.

List of PESSAT Exam Centres:

PES University
100 Feet Ring Road,
BSK III Stage,
Bangalore-560085
Ph : +91 80 26721983, +91 80 26722108
Email : admissions@pes.edu
Website: - www.pes.edu/pessat

I want to know the complete structure of PESSAT Exam Pattern for Btech program?

Details on PESSAT Exam Pattern:

• PESSAT exam will be scheduled Online i.e. Computer Based Test.
• PESSAT exam will have 4 sections such as: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English. 
• For PESSAT exam pattern, The Total Number of questions is 180.
• The duration of PESSAT exam is 3 Hours. 
• There is no negative marking system for PESSAT exam.

For Btech program, I want to know the PESSAT Eligibility Criteria Details?

Details on PESSAT Eligibility Criteria for Btech program: 

• Qualification criteria: PESSAT Aspirants should be qualified in their 10th, 12th exam from a recognized University in order to fulfill PESSAT Eligibility Criteria.
• Percentage criteria: 60% marks aggregate.
• The candidates should have a valid PESSAT score or KCET scores for the PESSAT Btech admissions.

May I know the procedure to fill PESSAT Application form?

Steps to fill PESSAT Application Form:

• PESSAT Aspirants are required to visit the official website and register themselves by filling the complete details.
• PESSAT Application form has to be filled via online mode.
• If there are any errors committed by aspirants in Application form, then PESSAT Application form will be rejected. 
• After the PESSAT Application Process is completed, Aspirants need to keep the copy of filled PESSAT Application form for the future use.

how should I check my PESSAT Result?

Steps to check PESSAT Result:

• The candidates need to visit the official website in order to check the PESSAT Result.
• Then they must visit the PESSAT Result page via online mode. 
• Aspirants need to enter their Registration number and DOB.
• Then they must click on the submit button. 
• Then PESSAT Result will be displayed on the screen.

I want to know, what is the PESSAT Application form fee cost?

Details on PESSAT Application Form Fee:

• The candidates need to pay the PESSAT Application form fee after filling up the PESSAT Application Form
• PESSAT Application Form fee costs Rs 1050. 
• The payment can be done via online mode i.e. Debit/Credit card/net banking or via offline mode i.e. Challan or DD.