Can you tell me about the total marks of the question paper of APICET - Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test? Provide me the paper pattern of APICET - Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test?

APICET- Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test is the Integrated Common Entrance Test for admission in to MBA and MCA regular Courses offered by State Universities and Professional Colleges under the Jurisdiction of A.P State Council of Higher Education.

The APICET-2016 will be conducted by Andhra University, Visakhapatnam on behalf of APSCHE.

APICET Exam Pattern

It has been designed to measure the candidate’s ability to think systematically, to use the verbal and mathematical skills and to assess their aptitude for admission into MBA program.
The test is held in offline mode.
The candidates will be required to mark their answers in an OMR sheet.
A total of 200 questions will be asked in the test, divided into 3 sections.
The language will be English and Tamil for section A and B and only English for section C.
The duration of APICET is 2.5 hours.

The table below furnishes the APICET 2016 Exam pattern in detail –

Section No. of Questions

Section A – Analytical Ability
1. Data Sufficiency 20
2. Problem Solving 55

Section B – Mathematical Ability
1. Arithmetical Ability 35
2. Algebraical and Geometrical Ability 30
3. Statistical Ability 10

Section C – Communication Ability
1. Vocabulary 10
2. Business and Computer Terminology 10
3. Functional Grammar 15
4. Reading Comprehension 15

Total 200

APICET Exam – Marking Scheme

The candidates will be awarded with 1 mark each for marking a correct answer.
However, there is no negative marking in this exam.
The total mark of the test is 200, wherein section A & B will carry 75 marks while section C will carry 50 marks.
If the candidate gives more than one answer to any question, such answers will be ignored while awarding marks.
The qualifying percentage of marks in APICET is 25% (i.e. 50 marks out of total 200 marks). However, for candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, no minimum qualifying percentage of marks is prescribed.