Rajasthan Pre-Engineering Test

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Before 2021, Rajasthan Pre-Engineering Test (RPET) was the state-level entrance examination being conducted for admission to the first year of undergraduate programs leading to a bachelor's degree in different disciplines of engineering (B.Tech. and B.E.) in various government-aided and private unaided technical institutions of Rajasthan (except BITS Pilani, MNIT Jaipur and other deemed private universities).^[1][2]

Online applications (registration) for RPET were invited by the Board of Technical Education, Rajasthan from eligible candidates of Rajasthan domicile, including the wards of Kashmiri Migrants.^{[citation needed]}

Structure[]

RPET-2014 consisted of a single examination of three hours duration containing 40 objective type questions in each subject i.e. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.^[3] The total number of questions were 120 carrying one mark each. There were no negative marking for wrong answers.^[4]

Eligibility criteria for admission[]

• The minimum academic qualification for admission to B.Tech./B.E. program in Rajasthan was a pass with at least 45% marks (40% marks in case of candidates belonging to "SC/ST/ Non Creamy Layer OBC/ Non Creamy Layer SBC" of Rajasthan state) in the subjects combination as given below taken together, in the final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) of Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan or any other examination recognized equivalent thereto by Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan/ Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).^{[citation needed]}
• Subject combination required in the qualifying examination for admission to B.Tech. / B.E course shall be as under:
  • Compulsory subjects: Physics and Mathematics
  • Any one of the optional subjects:
    • Chemistry
    • Bio-technology
    • Computer Science
    • Biology

Recent Development[]

This exam has been now replaced (in 2021) by REAP (Rajasthan Engineering Admission Process).^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• No More RPET 2015