16,000 students appear for PMET

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, June 11 

As many as 16,000 students appeared for the Punjab Pre-Medical Entrance Test (PMET) 2016 held today in 33 examination centers across the state. The exam was conducted in two shifts 10 am - 1:00 pm and 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm. The candidates are competing for about 700 MBBS and 500 BDS seats in the medical and dental colleges.

The paper had 200 questions (100 from biology and 50 each from physics and chemistry) to be attempted in three hours. Most students found the biology and physics section of the paper difficult.

Dr Arvind Goyal, PMT trainer, said unlike the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test-1 (NEET-1), the biology section was not based on the NCERT textbooks and some questions were out of syllabus.

Some of the questions of the biology and physics paper were very difficult. Students and their parents are planning to start a campaign for leniency in evaluation once the university uploads the answer key. The result is expected by June 15.