Does DU has entrance test for BA(ENG) hons also?
Eng Hons, and most Science, Arts and Commerce courses are merit based and depends on the class 12th score of the student, from whichever school board.
Only a few courses like Journalism and Business Management employ entrance exams.
Hope this answers your question. Good luck.
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Hi, The Department of English, Delhi University, conducts an entrance test every year - DU CATE Exam. The test is also known as Delhi University Common Aptitude Test for English. The University conducts this entrance test for the admission of students to its undergraduate level programme – BA (Hons) English. The entrance test is conducted at 12 affiliated colleges of the University. The SC/ST/PH/foreign students need not appear for this entrance test, because they are admitted directly to the course, according to the rules of the University. For the final selection, candidates’ marks in the qualifying examination are also determined along with the merit in the common aptitude test.
There are some eligibility criterion that you need to follow i order to be eligible to appear for the test:
- Candidates should have passed 10+2 from a recognised board.
- Candidates must pass 10+2 with not less than 60% marks in English; 45% marks in aggregate in the qualifying exams for general category and 40.5% for OBC
Syllabus for the test is as follows:
- Vocabulary
- Passage
- Meanings
- Idoms etc
The exam is divided into 2 parts. First part consists of Objective Questions with no negative markings. Candidates whopass part one of the test are eligible for part 2 which included Subjective/Descriptive Questions. The exam is set to be conducted in first week of June and the results for the same will be out a week later.
Here's a list of colleges that take admission in B.A English Hons through CATE:
- Delhi college of arts and commerce
- IP college for women
- LSR
- Bharti College
- Hindu college
- Maharaja Agrasen college
- Janki Devi Memorial College
- Kamla Nehru
- Kirorimal college
- Miranda House
- Swami Shraddhanand College
- Rajdhani College
- Vivekanand college
- Satyawati(Morning and Evening)
- Shaheed Bhagat Singh college
- Shivaji College
- Shyam Lal college
- Shyama Prasad Mukherjee college
- Zakir Hussain Delhi College(morning)
Good luck
