IPU CET exam is organized by the Indraprastha University every year for admission in NICFS. Every year thousands of students appear for this exam to take admission in Masters in Forensic Science at NICFS.
In this article, we will discuss the IPU CET Exam Pattern and Syllabus for M.Sc in Forensic Science aat NICFS.
Number of Questions, Time and Negative Marking
First of all, IPU CET is of 150 questions generally and its offline. But in 2020, it was a Computer based test (CBT) and consisted of 100 questions. The time given to the students is 2.5 hours and negative marking of -1 mark is there for every wrong answer.
Type Of Questions for M.Sc Forensic Science
Coming to the distribution of questions, there are usually 15 questions each from Physics, Chemistry, Maths, Biology and Forensic Science. The remaining 25 questions are from English and Quantitative Aptitude.
Difficulty Level
About the nature of questions, they are very basic. Majority of the questions of PCMB are from NCERT syllabus of class 11 and 12.
Physics section is mainly theory based with quite a few easy numericals which could be derived using formulae.
For eg. Sound is a ____ wave.
Chemistry consists mainly of questions based on theory, Oxidation numbers, coordination compounds, and balancing equations.
Maths section mainly have calculus problems, applications of calculus and some from trigonometry. There are usually no to less questions based on sets, relations and functions, probability, statistics, or other such topics.
Biology section consists of questions which are mainly focused on Animal Kingdom, general botany, biotechnology and genetics.
Talking about Forensic science section, the questions are usually from some of the most important branches of FS, viz, Fingerprints, General forensic science, Questioned documents, Forensic toxicology, Crime scene management.
A few questions are a bit more specific from these topics.
Eg. Which fingerprint technique is particularly effective on paper that is wet, soaked in petrol and chip wrapper?
Ans. Physical developer.
Aptitude, Reasoning ability and General English.
The last and the final section consists of relatively simple questions from aptitude, reasoning ability and general English. Topics like direct and indirect speech, active and passive voice, tenses, use of articles along with comprehension (reading the passage given and answering questions) are included in English section.
Difficulty Level of IPU-CET for M.Sc Forensic Science (NICFS)
Overall the exam difficulty level is between average and difficult. None of the questions, according to me were too tricky or too difficult. If basics are strong, it’s very easy to clear this test .
Few Tips
To ace the exam, I would recommend some of the following points
– being thorough with basic concepts
– Not answering questions which one is not sure of (negative marking)
– practicing few mock tests based on reasoning and aptitude in order to get a hang of those questions.
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