The Kerala Engineering Architecture Medical (KEAM) entrance examination, a state-level entrance test conducted by the Commissioner of Entrance Examinations (CEE), Kerala, is set to be held from June 1 to 9. The entrance exam is held for admission to various undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, and medical courses offered by colleges in Kerala.
A major change is being introduced in the Kerala entrance exam this year, as it will be a computer-based test.
Last year, it was an OMR sheet-based test with two papers of two-and-a-half hours duration each. While Paper 1 was conducted in the morning, Paper 2 was held in the afternoon. This year, there will be a single paper of three-hour duration. Candidates will receive instructions to attend one among the several sessions to be conducted from June 1 to 9.
Timetable of entrance exam
June 1: 2.30 – 5.30 pm
June 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7: 9 am to 12 pm and 2.30-5.30 pm
June 8 and 9: Reserve days.
Things to notice while attending the test
- Candidates should reach the venue two hours before the exam (7 am and 12.30 pm). There will be a biometric verification before sitting in the exam hall. The candidate has to ensure that the seat number displayed on the left-bottom corner of the computer screen is the same as the number allotted.
- Candidates are allowed to carry only the following items in the exam hall: Admit card, a photo-affixed identity card and a transparent ball pen.
- Pencils and calculators will not be allowed.
- Candidates will be given blank papers for rough work. Computer keyboards should not be used for the purpose. If necessary, the virtual keyboard on the screen could be utilized.
- If there are any complaints to the computer or mouse, they will be replaced immediately.
- A mock test will be conducted 15 minutes before the actual test. When the time of the mock test is completed, the computer will take the candidate to the real test.
- There will be 150 multiple-choice questions, to be answered in 180 minutes. The engineering entrance will have 75 questions from Mathematics, 45 from Physics and 30 from Chemistry. Candidates have to choose the best answer from five choices given. One correct answer will attract four marks and a wrong answer, one negative mark. No marks will be deducted for not attempting a question.
- Candidates who have applied only for BPharm have to answer the 75 questions in Physics and Chemistry within 90 minutes.
- The standard of questions is likely to differ as the exam will be conducted in various sessions. The ranking will be carried out after normalizing the scores.
- Questions will be of class 12-level and the syllabus is given in the prospectus.
There are exam centres in all 14 districts of Kerala, Delhi, Mumbai and Dubai.