Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test

Himachal Pradesh Common Entrance Test

HPCET 2025 Exam Pattern: Marking Scheme, Sections, & Question Types

Himachal Pradesh exam for UG and PG admissions in engineering, management, and pharmacy programs.

Here candidates can check the exam pattern for HPCET 2025 below:

Particulars Details
Exam Mode Offline (Pen and paper based)
Number of questions
  • BTech/ BPharm: 150
  • MCA: 100
  • MBA: 75
Total marks
  • BTech/ BPharm: 600
  • MCA: 400
  • MBA: 300
Type of questions MCQ
Medium English
Duration
  • BTech/ BPharm: 3 hours 15 minutes
  • MCA and MBA: 2 hours
Marking Scheme + 4 marks for correct, 0 for unattempted
Negative Marking -1 mark

HPCET 2025 Section and Subject Wise Exam Pattern for UG Courses

Subjects Section Number of Questions Total Marks
Physics Section A 20 80
Section B 40 120
Chemistry Section A 20 80
Section B 40 120
Mathematics OR biology Section A 20 80
Section B 40 120
Total – 150 600

HPCET 2025 Section and Subject Wise Exam Pattern for MCA

Subject Section Number of Questions Total Marks
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) Section A 25 100
Quantitative Ability (QA) Section B 25 100
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) Section C 25 100
Computer Awareness Section D 25 100
Total - 100 400

HPCET 2025 Section & Subject-Wise Exam Pattern for MBA/ MBA (T&HM)

Subject Section Number of Questions Total Marks
Verbal Ability and Reading Comprehension (VARC) Section A 25 100
Data Interpretation and Logical Reasoning (DILR) Section B 25 100
Quantitative Ability (QA) Section C 25 100
Total - 75 300