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Hi there, Hope you are doing well. Due to the difference in Maximum Marks of other state boards, the concept of best four subjects percentage was developed. Even if the maximum marks in Punjab Board is 75, you can still easily calculate your percentage as follows:- Percentage = ( Sum of highest marks in 4 subjects/ (4* 75) ) *100
or simply:- Percentage = ( Sum of highest marks in 4 subjects / 3) Hope it would help. Thank You
Concept of DU Best of Four Subjects
Candidates can follow the guidelines below to get an overview of the DU Best of Four Subjects concept and know how to calculate the Best of Four Subject Marks
The Best of Four subjects need to include the following –
One language (Core/Elective/Functional)
One subject in which admission is sought – A candidate needs to include the subject in Best of Four, in for the Honours programme in which admission is being sought, otherwise a disadvantage of 2.5% will be applicable to the calculates Best of Four percentage
Any two other academic/elective subjects as per List A – If a candidate doesn’t include the subject as enlisted in List A, then a disadvantage of 2.5% will be imposed to the Best of Four calculated
List A includes the following disciplines offered by the University of Delhi for admissions to the three-year undergraduate programmes must be treated as Academic/Elective subjects. All the disciplines subjects must have at least 70% component of theory and 30% component of practical. Theory component doesn’t include internal assessments or continuous evaluation
Arabic
Bengali
Botany
Chemistry
Commerce#
Computer Science
Economics
English
French
Geography
Geology
German
Hindi
History
Home Science
Italian
Mathematics
Music*
Persian
Philosophy
Physical Education*
Physics
Political Science
Psychology
Punjabi
Sanskrit
Sociology
Spanish
Statistics
Urdu
Zoology
Legal Studies
#Accountancy will be considered equivalent to Commerce wherever the examination board does not offer Commerce as subject
*Music and Physical Education will be treated as academic/elective only for Honours in Music and Physical Education, respectively
Biology, Biotechnology and Business Studies will be treated as academic/elective subjects
Candidates interested in taking admissions for an Honours Programme in the University will have to include the subject (the subject in which admission is sought) in Best of Four subjects (One Language and Three subjects), failing to do so will result in a disadvantage of 2.5% in the best of four marks
Accountancy will be treated as equivalent to Commerce wherever any board does not offer Commerce as subject
Biology, Biotechnology and Business Studies will be considered as academic/elective subjects
Candidates seeking admissions in Honours programme of subjects – Music and Physical Education will have to include the respective subjects in their best of four, failing to do so will result in a disadvantage of 2.5% in the aggregate of marks of the best four subjects
The subject ‘Information Practices’ will be considered equivalent to Computer Science for admissions to B.Sc (Hons.) in Computer Science only
Candidates seeking admissions to any Honours language course will be offered a 2% advantage over others if they have studied the elective language
In case, the candidate has studied both elective and core in any languages, the core language will be treated as a language, while elective language will be considered as an academic/elective subject
Admissions to BA (Hons.) in Hindi Patrakarita and BA (Hons.) in Journalism will be based on ‘Best of Four’ subject’s percentage as in BA (Hons.)Hindi and BA (Hons.)English, respectively
Business Mathematics will be treated as equivalent to Mathematics for admissions to B.Com (H) / B.Com only
In case, if more than one no-listed elective/academic subject as notified by DU is included for 'Calculation of Best of Four', a disadvantage of 2.5% each in 'Best of Four' will be levied for admissions to BA/B.Com, besides a disadvantage due to change of stream
Legal Studies will be treated at par with academic/elective subjects for the purpose of admissions to BA (H) Political Science
Mass Media Studies will be treated at par with academic/elective subjects for purpose of admissions to BA (H) Journalism (English/Hindi)
Admissions to BA (Hons.) Applied Psychology will be based on ‘Best of Four’ subject’s percentage as in BA (Hons.) Psychology
Admissions to BA (Hons.) Social Work will be based on ‘Best of Four’ subject’s percentage including one language and three academic/elective subjects as per List A
Candidates will only need to have studied and passed Mathematics at the qualifying exam level for admissions to Honours in Economics and Commerce
If a candidate seeks admissions to Honours in any language programme, which he has studied as the elective language at the qualifying exam level, an advantage of 2% over the other candidates will be offered in the ‘Best of Four’ subjects
In case, a candidate has not studied the language at the qualifying exam level and is seeking admissions to Honours in that language will be liable to a disadvantage of 5% in ‘Best of Four’ subjects
Candidates seeking admissions to Honours in English and Hindi, the candidate need to have studied and passed the respective language in the qualifying exam and will need to include the same for calculating in ‘Best of Four’ percentage
If there is any case of change of stream, a disadvantage of a maximum of 5% may be imposed on the ‘Best of Four’ percentage. Moreover, the college will have to notify the actual deduction of a maximum of 5% on their websites and intimate the same to the University
If any candidate seeks admission into BA Vocational only, related vocational subjects will be treated at par with academic/elective subjects
A maximum of two vocational subjects can be included for 'Calculation of Best of Four', for admissions to Vocational Courses
If a candidate opts for Modern Indian Languages (MIL) except Hindi as a programme, an advantage of a maximum of 10% may be given in the ‘Best of Four’ percentage in the colleges where MIL is being offered as a programme
Likewise the last year, the basis of selection for Mathematical Sciences, Science, Home Science programmes remains unchanged. However, subjects to be included for the Basis of Selection, i.e., PCM/PCB/PCMB need to have at least 70% component of the theory exams, which don’t include the internal assessments and continuous evaluation in the qualifying exam, otherwise a disadvantage of 10% of the maximum marks may be levied on each subject
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