Eamcet students find Maths paper tough

Eamcet students find Maths paper tough
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The candidates who appeared for Telangana Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (Eamcet) had to go through a tough time cracking the questions in the Mathematics paper of engineering stream. The Telangana government conducted its maiden Eamcet for admissions into professional courses offered

Of 139,682 candidates, who registered for engineering stream, 128,174 appeared for the exam held at 251 centres across the state in the morning

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Hyderabad: The candidates who appeared for Telangana Engineering, Agriculture and Medical Common Entrance Test (Eamcet) had to go through a tough time cracking the questions in the Mathematics paper of engineering stream. The Telangana government conducted its maiden Eamcet for admissions into professional courses offered by the universities and colleges on Thursday.
The candidates who appeared for the examination lamented that the Mathematics part was too lengthy and it consumed maximum time. However, they said that Physics and Chemistry paper was little easy in comparison with the Mathematics paper.
Hundreds of students gathering outside an Eamcet centre in Hyderabad on Thursday
While in the agriculture and medical stream, the students found Botany and Physics paper to be tough in contrast with Zoology and Chemistry. The academic experts felt that compared to Andhra Pradesh Eamcet, Telangana Eamcet was found to be 25 per cent more difficult. However, in contrast to the last year’s question paper in erstwhile Andhra Pradesh, the difficulty level remained the same, they said.

Of 139,682 candidates, who registered for engineering stream, 128,174 appeared for the exam held at 251 centres across the state in the morning. Similarly, 84,678 of 92,362 candidates in agriculture and medical streams wrote the test at 172 centres in the afternoon. About 1.13 lakh students in both streams appeared for the exam in Hyderabad.

The preliminary key would be declared on May 16, while the last date for receiving objections to the key is May 23. The results would be announced on May 28. It was reported that at some places, the candidates who were late by a minute were not allowed into the centres.

Earlier in the day, Telangana Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Kadiyam Srihari selected set code ‘Q’ for engineering stream whereas Minister for Health and Medical, Ch Laxma Reddy chosen set code ‘S’ for agriculture and medical stream.
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