GCET 2017 - Application Form, Exam Dates, Syllabus

GCET 2017 - Goa Common Entrance Test is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Government of Goa. The applicants will find admission in the Government, Government-aided and unaided colleges in Goa. The courses offered will be the Bachelor’s Degree in Architecture, Dentistry, Engineering, Medicine (Allopathic & Homoeopathy), Pharmacy, Allied Health Sciences and Nursing. However in this article, the Medical courses will be brought into focus. In the year 1986, the Government of Goa had formed the Directorate of Technical Education to enable new technical educational institutions and courses in Goa.

GCET 2017 is the prerequisite examination for admission into any professional degree courses in the state of Goa. All the notifications related to the admission regarding GCET will be released in the five newspapers of the State of Goa, which are, Navhind Times, Herald, Gomantak (Marathi), Tarun Bharat (Marathi) and Sunaparant (Konkani). The rights regarding these press releases regarding GCET lies with the Director of Technical Education.

GCET 2017 Application Form

The application procedure of GCET can be carried out in the offline mode. One must download the Application Form from the website www.dtegoa.gov.in. It needs to be filled with authentic details and then, submitted. The Application Fee is INR 1500/-. It can be paid via a Demand Draft, addressed to “Director of Technical Education”, payable at Panaji. The documents should be submitted in person at the said Application Reception Centre, which will be in correspondence with the opted centre.

GCET 2017 Eligibility Criteria

• Indian Nationals are allowed to apply for GCET. However, there are NRI reservations too. The minimum age requirement for applicants applying for Medicine, Dentistry, Homoeopathy Allied Health Sciences and Nursing is 17 years.
• The applicants must have passed in their 12^th grades. Their 10+2 Examinations must have been passed from a Board / University that is accepted as an equivalent to the H.S.S.C. Examination of Goa Board.The subjects studied must have been Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English. The minimum aggregate scored must have 50% (40% for the applicants applying against SC / ST / OBC quotas and 45% for applicants belonging to PH) in PCB combined.

GCET 2017 Exam Pattern

• The GCET syllabus matches with that of the Goa Board of Secondary & Higher Secondary Education, Porvorim, 12^th grade, Science Stream Examination for the corresponding year.
• There will be 4 Question Papers on Physics, Chemistry, Biology and Mathematics. Two papers on two days will be held. Every MCQ will have 4 options.

GCET 2017 Syllabus

Physics:

• Electrostatics
• Current Electricity
• Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
• Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
• Electromagnetic Waves
• Optics
• Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
• Atoms and Nuclei
• Electronic Devices
• Communication Systems

Mathematics:

• Relations and Functions
• Algebra
• Calculus
• Vectors and Three-Dimensional Geometry
• Linear Programming
• Probability

Chemistry:

• Solid State
• Solutions
• Electrochemistry
• Chemical Kinetics
• Surface Chemistry
• General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Elements
• P-Block Elements
• D And F Block Elements
• Coordination Compounds
• Haloalkanes and Haloarenes
• Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers
• Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids
• Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
• Biomolecules
• Polymers
• Chemistry in Everyday Life 

Goa CET 2017 Exam Dates
Exam Events	Dates
Availability of Application Form	3rd week of March, 2017
Deadline for submission of Application Form	April, 2017
Last Date of Application Receipt	April, 2017
GCET 2017 Admit Card Availability	April 2017 (2nd week)
Goa CET 2017 Examination Date	May, 2017
GCET Result Publishing	June 2017 (1st week)

Note: Official notification for application forms are yet to come, they will be updated soon.