Directorate of Distance Education
Courses Offered, Duration,
Eligibility and Entrance Test

Note:
1. In case of lateral entry admission to MBA, the degree shall be awarded on the basis of aggregate of marks obtained in 3rd and 4th semester including project based on internship and viva-voce examination. The fees will be the same as charged from MBA students of Directorate of Distance Education in their 3rd and 4th semester.
2. In case of lateral entry of MBA regular students-
a) Their request should be recommended and forwarded by the Director, HSB giving the certificate on the application that the student has left the regular course of MBA;
b) The students will have to submit the passing proof of their 1st and 2nd semester of regular classes of MBA up to 31 December of the relevant year as per rule;
c) The students will have to deposit the fee of Distance Education
afresh and their fee already deposited for regular course will not be adjusted.

ENTRANCE TEST
As a mandatory requirement of DEC, entrance tests will be conducted for admission to MBA, MCA (3Yrs.) and MCA (5 Yrs. Integrated). The Entrance Test will comprise of objective type multiple choice questions on (A) General English (B) Numerical Ability (C) Reasoning (D) General Awareness.

SYLLABUS
The students desirous to take admission in the MBA and MCA programmes of DE will have to appear in an entrance test and clear the same with a valid score. The Entrance Test will comprise of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from the subjects covering English, Numerical Ability, Reasoning and General Awareness.
There will be 90 questions in the entrance test with no negative marks for wrong answers. The time limit for entrance test will be 90 Minutes. The purpose of this test is to judge the mental, analytical and general ability of the students for management and computer programmes. The contents of the subjects in the entrance test are as follows:
Part I :
General English: Vocabulary, Synonyms, Antonyms, Odd-One Out, Idioms and Phrases, Spotting Errors, Word Usage, English Structure etc.
Part II:
Numerical Ability: Numbers, Percentage, L.C.M. & G.C.F., Fractions, SimpliƒOcation, Square Root and Cube Root, Simple Interest, Compound Interest, Area, Time, Speed and Distance, Linear Equation and Quadratic Equation etc.
Part III:
Reasoning: Analogy Test, Coding-Decoding, Blood Relation Test, Analytical Reasoning, ClassiƒOcation etc.
Part IV
General Awareness: Social, Political (national and international), Cultural, Sports and other general issues etc. Note: The Question Paper for MBA and MCA (3 Years) will be same and MCA (5 Years Integrated) will be different.k2