Hi Shreya ,

DU BEST OF 4 SUBJECTS CONCEPT IS A BIT COMPLICATED PROCESS  AND REQUIRES HIGH ASSISTANCE .

• 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 (For example, if candidates are seeking admission in B.A. Hindi, they must have Hindi as a subject in their Class XII. If candidates belong to, say, PCB stream, they will have to bear a deduction of 2.5% from their ‘Best of four’ aggregate marks.

• 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 on the Best of Four calculated.

• List A includes the following disciplines offered by the University of Delhi for admission to the three-year undergraduate programmes must be treated as Academic/Elective subjects. All the discipline subjects must have at least 70% component of theory and 30% component of practical. Theory component doesn’t include internal assessments or continuous evaluation.

LIST OF SUBJECTS :

https://university.careers360.com/articles/delhi-university-admissions-how-calculate-best-of-four-marks#DU-Best-of-Four-Subjects--Concept

IMPORTANT POINTS TO KEEP IN MIND WHILE CALCULATING BEST OF 4 MARKS :

1. 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

2. Accountancy will be treated as equivalent to Commerce wherever any board does not offer Commerce as subject.

3. Biology, Biotechnology and Business Studies will be considered as academic/elective subjects.

4. 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

5. The subject ‘Information Practices’ will be considered equivalent to Computer Science for admission to B.Sc (Hons.) in Computer Science only

6. Candidates seeking admissions to any Honours language course will be offered a 2% advantage over others if they have studied the elective language

7. 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

8. Admission 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

9. Business Mathematics will be treated as equivalent to Mathematics for admissions to B.Com (H) / B.Com only

10. 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

11. Legal Studies will be treated at par with academic/elective subjects for the purpose of admissions to BA (H) Political Science

12. Mass Media Studies will be treated at par with academic/elective subjects for purpose of admission to BA (H) Journalism (English/Hindi)

13. Admission to BA (Hons.) Applied Psychology will be based on ‘Best of Four’ subject’s percentage as in BA (Hons.) Psychology

14. 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

15. Candidates will only need to have studied and passed Mathematics at the qualifying exam level for admission to Honours in Economics and Commerce

16. If a candidate seeks admission 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

17. In case, a candidate has not studied the language at the qualifying exam level and is seeking admission to Honours in that language will be liable to a disadvantage of 5% in ‘Best of Four’ subjects

18. Candidates seeking admission 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

19. 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

20. If any candidate seeks admission into BA Vocational only, related vocational subjects will be treated at par with academic/elective subjects

21. A maximum of two vocational subjects can be included for 'Calculation of Best of Four', for admissions to Vocational Courses

22. 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 DU 2020 colleges where MIL is being offered as a programme

23. 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..

Good Luck..!

Hello,

Best of four in Delhi University can be calculated by taking into account the following;

One language which can be Core/Elective/Functional

One subject for Honours programme in which admission is sought

Any two other academic/elective subjects as per List A amidst the following;

• Arabic
• Bengali
• Botany
• Chemistry
• Commerce(Accountancy will be considered equivalent to Commerce wherever the examination board does not offer Commerce as subject)
• Biology
• Computer Science
• Economics
• English
• French
• Geography
• Geology
• German
• Hindi
• History
• Home Science
• Italian
• Mathematics
• Music( as academic/elective only for Honours in Music)
• Persian
• Philosophy
• Physical Education( as academic/elective only for Honours in Physical Education)
• Physics
• Political Science
• Psychology
• Punjabi
• Sanskrit
• Sociology
• Spanish
• Statistics
• Urdu
• Zoology

Failure of include the subjects listed above will lead to deduction of 2.5% on best of four calculation, for more details regarding this visit our page at https://university.careers360.com/articles/delhi-university-admissions-how-calculate-best-of-four-marks/amp

hey,

i hope you are doing well

for every course in delhi univeristy there are sets of subject which you may include while calculating your best four percentage , if you don't include those subjects then there may be deduction of either 2.5 percent or 5 percent in your total aggregate , those subjects mainly consist one language subject and the subjects related to your degree.

to know about list of subjects prescribed for each course , kindly go through the link mentioned below

https://university.careers360.com/articles/du-eligibility-criteria

good luck!

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