UPCATET Syllabus Exam Pattern

Highlights of Uttar Pradesh Combined Agricultural and Technology Entrance Test (UPCATET) 2021

UPCATET Exam Pattern

For Undergraduate Programs

Name of Papers	PCB, PCM, PAG, PHS
Total Number of Questions	200 Questions
Type of Questions	Multiple Choice-Based Questions
Duration of Exam	3 Hours
Admission Under PCB Group	Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Home Science, Veterinary Science and Forestry.
Admission Under PCM Group	Agriculture, Home Science, Horticulture, and B.Tech programs.
Admission Under PAG Group	Agriculture, Horticulture, Fisheries, Forestry, Home Science, B.Tech in Agriculture Engineering and Biotechnology subjects
Admission Under PHS Group	B.Sc Home Science

Detailed exam Pattern for Under Graduate Programs

Group	Subjects	Total Questions	Total Marks
PCB	Physics Chemistry Biology General Studies	200	600
PCM	Physics Chemistry Mathematics General Studies	200	600
PAG (Agriculture)	Agriculture Physics Agriculture Chemistry Agriculture Botany Agriculture Zoology Agronomy Agriculture Statistics and Mathematics Agriculture Engineering Animal Husbandry and Dairying Horticulture General Studies	200	600
PHS	Home Science English Hindi Sociology Geography Economics General Studies	200	600

Exam Pattern for Post Graduate Programs (UPCATET) 2021

Exam Details	Subject	Total Number of Questions
MHS	General Studies Home Management       Child Development         Clothing and Textiles Food and Nutrition          Home Science Extension Education Statistics	200
MAG	General Studies Agricultural Economics  Seed Technology              Soil Conservation             Statistics              Biotechnology Genetics and Plant Breeding Entomology        Plant Pathology and Nematology Agronomy and Agrometeorology              Horticulture        Extension Education       Soil Science        Agriculture Engineering Animal Husbandry and Dairying Agricultural Biochemistry                             Forestry	200
MVS	General Studies               Veterinary Microbiology            L.P.M.   Surgery and Radiology        Animal Nutrition               Physiology and Biochemistry Animal Genetics and Breeding                    Pathology Epidemiology and Public Health Gynecology        Pharmacology and Toxicology     Parasitology Medicine Extension        Veterinary Anatomy Livestock Products Technology	200
MTA	General Studies                                                Storage Engineering        Engineering Properties of Bio-material    Farm Machinery and Power Heat and Mass Transfer Dairy and Food Engineering Milling of Agricultural Produce   Soil and Water conservation and Irrigation Engineering	200
MTM	General Studies                 Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Heat and Mass Transfer Fluid Mechanics                Thermodynamics, I.C. Engine      Power Plant Engineering Machine Design Production Engineering Industrial Engineering	200
MTB	General Studies                 Recombinant DNA Technology                   Immunology / Animal Biotechnology       Commercial Biotechnology Bioinformatics Biochemistry and Physiology Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering          Cell Biology         Pathology and Microbiology	200
MFS	General Studies                 Aquatic Animal Health Management       Aquaculture       Fisheries Resource Management                              Fisheries Engineering Aquatic Environment Management Fish Processing Technology         Fisheries Extension, Economics and Statistics	200
MAF	General Studies                                Wood Science and Technology Principles of Silviculture                 Agroforestry                        Social Forestry Silvicultural Systems       Forest Mensuration        Fundamentals of Forest Protection Forest Ecology and Management              Forest Nursery and Afforestation Techniques	200
MBA	General Knowledge, Reasoning and Aptitude General English of High School Standard	100

Note: Exam Pattern for MBA in Agricultural Business is different from other programs mentioned above.

The selection procedure for MBA program is a written test of 2 hours duration comprising 100 questions.

Candidates qualify in this test will have to appear for group discussion and Interview.

Exam Pattern for PhD Programs UPCATET

Name of the program	Subjects	Total Number of Questions	Total Marks
PDA	General Studies Statistics Agriculture	100	300
PDH	General Studies Statistics Horticulture	100	300
PDHS	General Studies Statistics Home Science	100	300
PDV	General Studies Statistics Veterinary Science	100	300
PDT	General Studies Statistics Agricultural Engineering	100	300
PDAF	General Studies Statistics Agroforestry	100	300

Detailed Syllabus of (UPCATET) 2021

Syllabus of UG Programs             

• Higher Secondary (Class 11 and Class 12) syllabus of concerned subjects.

Syllabus of PG Programs              

• Prescribed Graduation syllabus of concerned subjects.

Syllabus of Ph.D. Program (Statistics as Common Subject)

• Test of significance
• Regression and correlation
• Skewness and kurtosis
• Measures of central tendency and dispersion
• Probability
• Normal distribution (properties only)
• Sampling theory with reference to crop estimation survey
• Analysis of variance
• Principles of experimental designs
• Latin Square Design
• Factorial Experiments (23 factorial experiments)
• Split Plot design
• Completely Randomized Design
• Randomized Block Design
• Analysis of Covariance
• Missing plot Technique (in R.B.D. and L.S.D. with one value missing)

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