Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur notify Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test (AP ICET) 2024 for admission to first year MBA/MCA Courses, Apply online
AP ICET 2024 – Sri Krishnadevaraya University, Anantapur on behalf of A.P. State Council of Higher Education invites applications for Andhra Pradesh Integrated Common Entrance Test (APICET) 2024 for admission into First year of Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Applications (MCA) in University constituent and affiliated colleges for the academic year 2024-25.
Interested candidates can check details of AP ICET 2024, like application form, eligibility criteria, exam pattern and more from this page below.
Important Dates
- Commencement of submission of Online applications : 06-03-2024
- Registration & Submission of Online application without late fee : 06-03-2024 to 07-04-2024
- Submission of online application with late fee (Rs. 1000/- + Registration Fee) : 08-04-2024 to 12-04-2024
- Submission of online application with late fee (Rs. 2000/- + Registration Fee) : 13-04-2024 to 17-04-2024
- Submission of online application with late fee (Rs. 3000/- + Registration Fee) : 18-04-2024 to 22-04-2024
- Submission of online application with late fee (Rs. 5000/- + Registration Fee) : 23-04-2024 to 27-04-2024
- Corrections, if any, to be submitted online application : 28-04-2024 to 29-04-2024
- Downloading of Hall-tickets from the ICET website : 02-05-2024 onwards
- Examination Date : 06-05-2024 & 07-05-2024
- Examination Timings : 09.00 AM to 11.30AM & 02.30 PM to 05.00 PM
- Release of Preliminary Key : 08-05-2024 – 06.00 PM
- Last Date for receiving of objections on Preliminary Key : 10-05-2024 – 06.00 PM
- Release of final key, declaration of Results & Ranks : 20-06-2024
Eligibility Criteria
- The candidates seeking admission should be Indian Nationals and should satisfy local/non-local status requirements laid down in the Andhra Pradesh Educational Institutions (Regulations of Admission) Order, 1974 as amended.
- The candidates shall satisfy the rules of the concerned universities where they take admission.
- The candidates seeking admission –
- Should have studied and passed a 3/4 year Degree course in any faculty conducted by the Universities or its equivalent Degree Examination in 10 + 2 + 3/4 pattern as recognized by U.G.C. (University Grants Commission). For recognized universities please log on to https://www.ugc.ac.in/recog_College.aspx For degrees / Universities permitted by distance education bureau, please log on to https://www.ugc.ac.in/deb and follow the link for Recognition information.
- MBA – Degree of 3/4 years duration from any recognized University or its equivalent.
- MCA – Degree of 3/4 years duration with “Mathematics” as one of the subjects at Intermediate or Degree level.
- Note: Candidates who passed all the subjects of the three years of any Degree Course in one sitting are not eligible for admission into MBA or MCA courses.
- Candidates with aggregate marks of 50% (45% in case of reserved categories –SC, ST and BC) are alone eligible to take admission through APICET.
- Candidates shall fulfil the eligibility criteria laid down in relevant Government Orders in vogue at the time of admissions.
- The qualifying Degree obtained by the Distance Mode Program should have recognition by the Joint Committee of UGC, AICTE and DEC/DEB.
- The candidates who are appearing for the final year degree examination shall also be eligible to appear for AP ICET-2024.
Application Process
- The candidates who satisfy eligibility criteria stated above can apply for AP ICET-2024 by filling an application online only through web site https://cets.apsche.ap.gov.in.
- Detailed information for filling the online application is given in the user manual available in the portal.
Registration Fee
- For OC Candidates : Rs. 650/-
- For BC Candidates : Rs. 600/-
- For SC/ST Candidates : Rs. 550/-
- Mode of payment : through online by using credit/debit card or Net banking
AP ICET 2024 Exam Pattern
- The test will be conducted on 06-05-2024 (Monday) and 07-05-2024 (Tuesday) in two sessions each day from 09:00 AM to 11:30 AM & 02.30 PM to 05:00 PM. Candidates applied for the test can be allotted to any of the sessions.
- MEDIUM OF TEST: For Section-B, Examination will be held only in English medium, whereas for Section A & Section C, the examination will be held in both English and Telugu mediums.
- This Exam is an objective type test and the questions are of multiple choice. Out of the given options, the candidate has to choose the correct answer.
- PATTERN OF THE TEST: The test consists of 200 questions of one mark each in the following topics.
- Section A (Analytical Ability) – (i) Data Sufficiency (20) (ii) Problem Solving (55)
- Section B (Communication Ability) – (i) Vocabulary (15) (ii) Business and Computer Terminology (15) (iii) Functional Grammar (20) (iv) Reading Comprehension (20)
- Section C (Mathematical Ability) – (i) Arithmetical Ability (35) (ii) Algebraical and Geometrical Ability (10) (iii) Statistical Ability (10)
- DURATION OF THE TEST : 150 MINUTES
Syllabus
Section-A: Analytical Ability:
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- 1. Data Sufficiency: A question is given followed by data in the form of two statements labeled as (i) and (ii). If the data given in (i) alone is sufficient to answer the question then choice (1) is the correct answer. If the data given in (ii) alone is sufficient to answer the question then choice (2) is the correct answer. If both (i) and (ii) put together are sufficient to answer the question but neither statement alone is sufficient, then choice (3) is the correct answer. If both (i) and (ii) put together are not sufficient to answer the question and additional data is needed, then choice (4) is the correct answer.
- 2. Problem Solving
- a) Sequences and Series: Analogies of numbers and alphabet, completion of blank spaces following the pattern in a:b::c:d relationship; odd thing out: missing number in a sequence ora series.
- b) Data Analysis: The data given in a Table, Graph, Bar diagram, Pie Chart, Venn Diagram ora Passage is to be analyzed and the questions pertaining to the data are to be answered.
- c) Coding and Decoding Problems: A code pattern of English Alphabet is given. A given word or a group of letters are to be coded or decoded based on the given code or codes.
- d) Date, Time & Arrangement Problems: Calendar problems, clock problems, blood relationships, arrivals, departures and schedules, seating arrangements, symbol and notation interpretation.
Section-B: Communication Ability:
- Objectives of the Test: Candidates will be assessed on the ability to:
- 1. Identify vocabulary used in the day-to-day communication (Vocabulary).
- 2. Understand the functional use of grammar in day-to-day communication as well as in the business contexts (Functional Grammar).
- 3. Identify the basic terminology and concepts in computer and business contexts (letters, reports, memoranda, agenda, minutes etc. (Business and Computer terminology).
- 4. Understand written text and drawing inferences (Reading Comprehension (4 Passages)).
Section -C: Mathematical Ability
- I. Arithmetical Ability:
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- Laws of indices, ratio and proportion; surds; numbers and divisibility, l.c.m. and g.c.d; Rational numbers, Ordering; Percentages; Profit and loss; Partnership, Pipes and cisterns, time, distance and work problems, areas and volumes, mensuration, modular arithmetic.
- II. Algebraical and Geometrical Ability:
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- Statements, Truth tables, implication converse and inverse, Tautologies-Sets, Relations and functions, applications – Equation of a line in different forms.
- Trigonometry – Trigonometric ratios, Trigonometric ratios of standard angles, (0°, 30°, 45°, 60°, 90°, 180°): Trigonometric identities: sample problems on heights and distances, Polynomials; Remainder theorem and consequences; Linear equations and expressions; Progressions, Binomial Theorem, Matrices, Notion of a limit and derivative; Plane geometry – lines, Triangles, Quadrilaterals, Circles, Coordinate geometry-distance between points.
- III. Statistical Ability:
- Frequency distributions, Mean, Median, Mode, Standard Deviation, Correlation, simple problems on Probability.
For more details and to apply online, please visit the official website