What is GCET?

There are several competitive tests held at the national or regional levels for selection of the candidates for admission into educational institutes. GCET (Gujarat Common Entrance Test) is a type of competitive test conducted every year on behalf of the universities of the Gujarat. It was introduced in 2002 to provide a single window system of admission in MBA (Master of Business Administration) / MCA (Master in Computer Application) for the universities of the state. Based on the marks obtained by the candidate, merit list is prepared which paves the way to get admission into various educational institutions of the state. Questions in this competitive test are of multiple-choice objective type, each question carry an equal mark/marks. The entrance test will be conducted at the following centers: Ahmedabad, Bhavnagar, Patan, Rajkot, Surat, Vadodara, Vallabh Vidyanagar, Kherva, and Bhuj-Kachchh.

For the Candidates pursuing the GCET MBA - the durations of the test will be 80 minutes that will consists of 100 questions of objective nature. And for those who are willing to appear for both GCET MBA and MCA, the duration of the test will be 96 minutes and there would be 120 questions. Both type of tests will carry a negative marking i.e. 25% for each wrong answer. Different patterns are designed that aim to measure the competency of the candidate that suits to his/her discipline. The following areas will be tested:

The Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) was introduced for the first time in the year 2002 to get admission to all the Master of Business Administration (GCET MBA) programmes conducted by the Universities in Gujarat State. This was done to provide a single window system of admissions to GCET MBA and GCET MCA programmes of different universities of the State. This system of single window was introduced by the Government of Gujarat, which has done pioneering work in providing such facilities to professional courses such as Engineering, Medicine, etc., for quite some time, which was then emulated by other States.

The effort of the Gujarat government for GCET has resulted in uniformity in the admission process and has also made the process of admissions to professional courses student-friendly in terms of time, money and efforts. This is the nine year since the introduction of the Gujarat Common Entrance Test (GCET) for GCET MBA and GCET MCA. While there are national level entrance tests for MBA such as CAT, MAT, XAT, etc., now GCET at the state level has also found a firm footing.

For GCET MBA (Master of Business Administration):

1. Critical & Logical Reasoning and data sufficiency
2. Language Proficiency & Reading Comprehension
3. Numerical Ability and Data interpretation
4. General Knowledge/General Business Environment

For GCET MCA (Master of Computer Application):

1. Quantitative ability
2. Analytical and Logical Reasoning
3. Language Ability
4. Mathematics/Business Mathematics/Statistics up to the 12th standard