MHT CET Question Paper Analysis: Chapters, Topics You Should Study The Most

MHT CET Question Paper Analysis: Chapters, Topics You Should Study The Most

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Team Careers360Updated on 18 Mar 2022, 09:10 AM IST

The Maharashtra Common Entrance Test, or MHT CET, is an entrance test used to select students for admission to undergraduate Engineering and Pharmacy programmes in Maharashtra's colleges. The Maharashtra State Common Entrance Test Cell conducts the test every year and around 400 colleges accept MHT CET results for admission to BTech, BPharma. Candidates from Maharashtra as well as other Indian states are eligible to take the exam which is also known as “MAH CET” or “MahaCET” colloquially.

MHT CET Question Paper Analysis: Chapters, Topics You Should Study The Most
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MHT CET Previous Year’s Question Papers

Practising on previous year’s question papers of exams gives the student a head start. It helps the students understand the structure and minor details of the exam which, in turn, helps students score more. Plus, questions are often repeated and familiarity with questions asked before helps as well.

Knowing the weightage assigned to different sections of the exam or different topics in a subject of different sectors of the exam helps students focus on topics that are important from the exam point-of-view.

MHT CET Syllabus: Class-Wise Weightage

A total of 750 questions were analysed from the past five years which included 50 questions each from Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry . For Physics and Chemistry, 1 mark is awarded for every correct answer and for Mathematics 2 marks will be awarded for every correct answer. There is no negative marking in any section, meaning no marks will be deducted from the total for getting an answer wrong.

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PHYSICS

From the table below we can conclude that Mechanics has greater weightage than any of the other sections of Physics. While this implies that a large number of chapters need to be covered, the initial chapters of Mechanics in NCERT Physics textbooks are easier and there are many questions from those.

MHT CET Physics Unit-Wise Analysis

MHT CET Physics Unit-Wise Analysis


The table below shows the number of questions asked from each of the topics in MAH CET over the last five years, indicating each chapter's relevance. Among the many chapters covered, the most questions came from Wave Optics and Mechanical Properties of Solids and Fluids – 36 questions – in the last five years. In the Class 12 Physics syllabus, Electricity and Magnetism are most important. These are formula-based, easy to cover and score good marks in.

MHT CET Physics Questions By Chapter

Chapter Name

Class

No. Of Questions

Alternating Current

12

7

Atoms

12

8

Communication Systems

12

3

Current Electricity

12

15

Dual Nature Of Radiation And Matter

12

12

Electric Charges And Fields

12

1

Electromagnetic Induction

12

6

Electromagnetic Waves

12

2

Electrostatic Potential And Capacitance

12

8

Gravitation

11

10

Kinetic Theory

11

4

Laws Of Motion

11

3

Magnetism And Matter

12

5

Mechanical Properties Of Fluids

11

16

Mechanical Properties Of Solids

11

8

Motion In A Plane

11

8

Motion In A Straight Line

11

3

Moving Charges And Magnetism

12

14

Nuclei

12

2

Oscillations

11

18

Ray Optics And Optical Instruments

12

9

Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices And Simple Circuits

12

9

System Of Particles And Rotational Motion

11

15

Thermal Properties Of Matter

11

6

Thermodynamics

11

5

Units And Measurement

11

6

Wave Optics

12

18

Waves

11

19

Work, Energy And Power

11

10

CHEMISTRY

The weighting of each branch of Chemistry – Physical, Organic, and Inorganic – Chemistry is shown in the table below. Although all three are vital, study of the MHT CET question paper pattern shows that Organic and Physical Chemistry hold more weight. Nevertheless, students who do well with Mathematics and struggle to remember details, should focus on Physical Chemistry. While Inorganic Chemistry may require more memorisation, questions from it take far less time to answer.

MHT CET Chemistry Unit-Wise Analysis

MHT CET Chemistry Unit-Wise Analysis


A large number of questions are asked from Class 12 Physical Chemistry from the chapter The P-Block Elements. P block and General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements which is commonly known as Metallurgy are an important part of the MHT CET’s Inorganic Chemistry section, together accounting for 31 questions over the past five years. Other important chapters to focus on are Thermodynamics , Equilibrium and Coordination Compounds

MHT CET Chemistry Questions By Chapter

Chapter Name

Class

No. Of Questions

Alcohols, Phenols And Ethers

12

8

Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids

12

16

Amines

12

9

Biomolecules

12

9

Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structure

11

9

Chemical Kinetics

12

10

Chemistry In Everyday Life

12

12

Classification Of Elements And Periodicity In Properties

11

2

Coordination Compounds

12

10

Electrochemistry

12

15

Environmental Chemistry

11

1

General Principles And Processes Of Isolation Of Elements

12

10

Haloalkanes And Haloarenes

12

6

Hydrocarbons

11

9

Hydrogen

11

1

Organic Chemistry- Some Basic Principles And Techniques

11

11

Polymers

12

13

Redox Reaction

11

7

Solutions

12

18

Some Basic Concepts Of Chemistry

11

5

States Of Matter

11

4

Surface Chemistry

12

3

The D And F Block Elements

12

10

The P-Block Elements

11

21

The S-Block Elements

11

6

The Solid State

12

7

Thermodynamics

11

18

MATHEMATICS

The relative weightage assigned to each part of Mathematics – Algebra, Calculus, Geometry, 3D and Vectors – is shown in the table below. Algebra and Calculus are the most significant sections of Mathematics, accounting for 64 percent of the total questions.

MHT CET Mathematics Unit-Wise Analysis

MHT CET Mathematics Unit-Wise Analysis


A large number of questions are asked from Calculus, from chapters such as Integrals and Their Application and Differential Equation. A total of 52 questions were asked from these two chapters over the past five years. Probability also has a large weightage, accounting for 22 questions. Some other important chapters are Three Dimensional Geometry, Trigonometric Functions, Application of Derivatives and Mathematical Reasoning but questions from these are usually easy.

MHT CET Mathematics Questions By Chapter

Topic

Class

Number of Questions

Application Of Derivatives

12

15

Application Of Integrals

12

6

Complex Numbers And Quadratic Equations

11

2

Conic Section

11

6

Continuity And Differentiability

12

13

Determinants

12

2

Differential Equations

12

18

Integrals

12

28

Inverse Trigonometric Functions

12

7

Limits And Derivatives

11

10

Linear Programming

12

9

Mathematical Reasoning

11

15

Matrices

12

10

Permutations And Combinations

11

1

Probability

11

22

Relations And Functions

11

3

Sequences And Series

11

6

Sets

11

2

Straight Lines

11

17

Three Dimensional Geometry

12

28

Trigonometric Functions

11

19

Vector Algebra

12

12

MHT CET: How To Prepare

Instead of focusing on single chapters, students should focus on entire units like Calculus, Mechanics, Inorganic Chemistry . Focusing on a unit will help the student score more as each chapter in a unit is well connected to others. However, some of the stand-alone chapters are also important. Questions from them are usually direct because at this level, the topics are not connected to others in the syllabus. These include the Probability, Physical Chemistry chapters.

Preparation tips for MHT CET

  • Waves and Oscillations should be prepared thoroughly as these account for many questions but aren’t related to other topics.
  • Formulae should be revised again and again as most of the questions asked in Physics are formula-based. Preparation tips for
  • Chemistry is all about learning the concepts as a large amount of question are directly from the NCERT Chemistry textbooks.
  • Physical Chemistry chapters should be done first as they are easy and are not related to other chapters. Preparation tips for
  • In Geometry, Conic Section and Straight Line are absolutely critical for MHT CET. Questions related to them should be practised.
  • Mathematics is all about practising different types of questions.
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Hello aspirant,

Congratulations for getting such a pretty marks in MH CET 2020. As you are not mentioned any category so I am answering according to general category. As your marks are very good so as per last some years data your rank should be in between 200 to 300 so with this rank you will get admission into some very good colleges.

As per our college predictor you have very good chances in below some colleges:

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