BCECE 2016 Stage 1 begins from April 17

Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination (BCECE) 2016 for Stage 1 has begun on April 17, 2016. The entrance exam is being conducted by Bihar Combined Entrance Competitive Examination Board (BCECEB), for admissions to undergraduate engineering programmes available across the engineering colleges and institutes of Bihar. BCECE 2016 is conducted in two stages – Stage 1 and Stage 2. BCECEB will conduct BCECE 2016 for Stage 2 on May 15, 2016.

In order to secure a B. Tech seat at one of the participating institutes of BCECE 2016, the aspiring candidates have to clear both stages of BCECE 2016.

Stage 1 Paper of BCECE 2016 comprises of a total of 150 questions (50 each from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics). The duration of BCECE 2016 Stage 1 is 2 hours and 15 minutes. With total 600 marks, the questions in the exam were Multiple Choice (MCQ) in nature. For each correct answer, the examinees will be awarded 4 marks, while for every incorrect answer one mark will be deducted.

Only those candidates will be eligible to appear in BCECE 2016 counselling, who will qualify Stage 1 and Stage 2 test of BCECE 2016. Candidates will be able to appear in Stage 2 of BCECE 2016 only if they have cleared Stage 1. The result of Stage 1 of the state level engineering entrance examination is expected to be declared by the first week of May, while Stage 2 result will tentatively be declared in the first week of June 2016.

Last year, BCECE Stage 1 exam was conducted by BCECE board on April 19 (11 AM to 1:15 PM). Around 80,000 candidates had appeared for this state level engineering entrance exam to compete for nearly 1,900 seats in eight government institutions of Bihar.

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