Most medical seat aspirants who wrote Common Entrance Test (CET) on Wednesday without knowing its validity felt that the biology paper was much easier than Sunday’s National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) phase 1 exam.
Harini S., a class twelve student of Delhi Public School (East), said, “The questions were a lot more direct and the test was easy. Also, there is no negative marking.”
Asked if she thought students who will write the NEET phase 2 exam on July 24 will be at an advantage as they will have three months more time to prepare, she said, “I have been studying for the All India Pre-Medical and Pre-Dental Test for two years. I do not think candidates who study for three months can be at an advantage.”
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Students complained about having to write both CET and NEET. Ishrat Jahan, a student, hoped that the apex court would pass an order that CET would be a valid exam.
“This year, I prepared only for CET. If it gets cancelled, I am not sure of cracking NEET,” she said.
Gowthami, who had enrolled with Deeksha Network, said, “Since I had not revised the first PU syllabus thoroughly, I found those questions tough to answer. I felt the AIPMT exam was comparatively easier and am expecting phase 2 to be little tough.”
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Many engineering seat aspirants had a tough time completing the mathematics paper. Vijaylakshmi P. of ASC Independent PU College said found the paper difficult and did not have enough time to finish it.
Analysis by BASE coaching class revealed ambiguity in two questions each in the mathematics and biology papers.
Nearly half a dozen students were not able to appear for the exam as they were late. Students appeared for the test in 391 centres across the State. The physics and Chemistry papers are scheduled for Thursday.
Though over 1.78 lakh candidates registered for the CET, 1.34 lakh appeared for the biology paper and 1.67 lakh for the maths paper