Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB) conducted PGMAT entrance exam for granting admission to the medical courses like MD/MS/PGD, MDS & MD (Ayurveda).

Key dates
Application Form Release date Second week of January, 2017
Application Form Last date Last week of January, 2017
Last date of payment through challan Last week of January, 2017
Last date of payment through credit card/debit card/Net banking Last week of January, 2017
Online Editing of Application Form First week of February, 2017
Receiving of hard copy of filled application with enclosures & challan Third week of February, 2017
Admit card Downloading date Third week of February, 2017
Examination date First week of March, 2017

Eligibility
Students must have passed MBBS examination from MCI recognized medical college of Bihar.
Students must be the permanent resident of India and must be Bihar domiciled.

Exam Pattern

The entrance examination is conducted in pen and paper mode.

It is the single paper containing questions in two portions, i.e. Portion – I and Portion – II. The examination pattern for each course group is given below:
For MD/MS/PG Diploma Courses Group:

The duration of the entrance examination will be 3 hours 15 minutes.
Portion – I contains the questions from Pre/Para-clinical subjects while Portion – 2 comprising the questions from clinical subjects. There are total 100 questions in Portion – I and 150 questions in Portion – 2. The question paper will be prepared from the MBBS syllabus and covers all the subjects of MBBS course. The question paper will be designed in English medium only.

Portion – I
Subjects No. of Questions
Anatomy 10
Physiology+Biophysics 10
Biochemistry 10
Pathology 15
Microbiology 10
Pharmacology 15
Preventive & Social medicine 20
Forensic Medicine and Toxicology 10
Total 100

Portion – II
Subjects No. of Questions
Medicine including Paediatrics/
Dermatology,STD & leprosy and
Psychiatry
50
Surgery including orthopaedics, PMR &
other sub-specialities e.g. Anaesthesia,
Radio Diagnosis and Radiotherapy
50
Ophthalmology 13
Otorhinolaryngology 12
Obstetrics & Gynaecology 25
Total 150
For MDS Course Group:

It has the duration of 3 hours 15 minutes.
The syllabus will consist of the subjects of BDS course. The question paper will be asked in English medium only.

Portion – I:-
Subjects No. of Questions
General & Oral Anatomy 20
Physiology & Biochemistry 10
Dental Materials 10
General & Oral Pathology & Microbiology 20
General & Dental Pharmacology & Therapeutics 20
General Medicine 10
General Surgery 10
Total 100

Portion – II:-
Subjects No. of Questions
Prosthodontics 40
Conservative Dentistry 20
Pedodontics
15
Oral Surgery 15
Periodontics 15
Orthodontics 15
Oral Medicine & Radiology 15
Community & Preventive Dentistry 15
Total 150
For MD (Ayurveda) Course Group:

The examination medium will be English as well as Hindi.

The syllabus comprising the subjects of BAMS or its equivalent course. The time duration for this examination will also 3 hours 15 minutes.

Portion – I:-
Subjects No. of Questions
Ayurveda Ka Itihas 10
Sanskrit 10
Astang Sangrah
10
Oral Surgery 10
Rachna Sharir 10
Kriya Sharir 10
Swasthya Vritta 10
Dravyagun Vigyan 10
Ras Shastra Bhaishaya Kalpana 10
Agad Tantra Vyavahar Ayurveda Avam
Vidhi Vaidyak
10
Total
100

Portion – II:-
Subjects No. of Questions
Rog Vigyan Avam Vikriti Vigyan 30
Prasuti Tantra Avam Stri Rog 15
Kaumar Bhritya
15
Kaya Chikitsa 30
Shalya Tantra 30
Shalakya Tantra 30
Total 150