Organisation : Dayalbagh Educational Institute, DEI
Entrance Exam : M.Phil Research Entrance Test (RET) Admissions In December 2017
Date of Examination : 21-12-2017
Notification : http://www.indianjobtalks.com/uploads/77675-ret.pdf
Home Page : https://www.dei.ac.in/dei/

M.Phil. Research Entrance Test (RET) :
Candidates possessing the minimum qualifications with the requisite percentage of marks and academic record as mentioned below shall be eligible to appear in the M.Phil. RET & Interview.

Details of Qualifying Examinations:
- Master’s degree in the concerned subject with at least 55% in the aggregate or equivalent CGPA 5.5/10 in the qualifying examination (first post-graduate degree).
- There shall be a relaxation of 5% marks (or equivalent grade point average) for Scheduled Castes (SC)/Scheduled Tribes (ST)/ Backward Castes (BC)/ Physically Challenged (PC) candidates in the minimum marks (or CGPA) required in the qualifying examination.

(i) M.Phil. R.E.T. December 2017 for admission to M.Phil. programme will be conducted in following disciplines only:
Drawing & Painting; English; Hindi; Home Science; Music; Sanskrit; Theology; Commerce; Botany; Chemistry; Mathematics; Physics; Computer Science; Zoology; Economics; Management; Political Science; Psychology; Sociology.

Such candidates, who have obtained P.G. degree in some other, or a more specialized, area/discipline, are required to indicate one of the above disciplines that is closest to their area of research interest, and with their P.G. degree/specialization.

They are advised to indicate the discipline in their application form itself. Such candidates will be required to qualify Ph.D. R.E.T. in the said discipline only, failing which their candidature will be cancelled.

(ii) LAST DATE FOR RECEIVING FILLED ONLINE APPLICATION FORMS: NOVEMBER 30, 2017.

(iii) There may be separate M.Phil. Research Entrance Test (RET) for each faculty or Groups of Departments.
(iv) In case, a large number of applications are received by a department, only a limited number of candidates will be called for M.Phil. Research Entrance Test (RET) from the list prepared on the basis of marks (or CGPA) obtained in various pre-qualifying and/or qualifying examinations.

(v) M.Phil. RET – December 2017 Exam will be held as per the following schedule:
** Date: 21-12-2017 (Thursday)
** Venue – Multi-media Extension Building, DEI,
** Timing – Written Test – 09:00 am – 10:30 am, Interviews – 11:30 am onwards

(vi) The written test will be of 1.5 hours duration and will have the following 3 sections:
** Section A – Question of (i) General Awareness, (ii) Logical Reasoning, (iii) Quantitative Ability, and (iv) Computer Awareness. . (15 questions of 1 marks each)
** Section B – Questions to assess the research-related reasoning and writing skills of the candidate. (15 questions of 1 marks each)
** Section C – Subject related questions of specialized nature related to particular discipline of Faculty. (30 questions of 1.5 marks each)
All the questions will be of multiple-choice in nature.

(vii) There shall be no negative marking. No re-evaluation of the answer books of the written test will be allowed.
(viii) The Institute reserves the right to modify the pattern of conduct of M.phil. RET as well as minimum qualifying marks.
(ix) The reservation will be applicable as per norms for the M.Phil. seats of every department for SC/ST/BC/PC categories.
(x) The M.Phil. RET written exam will be of 75 marks, and the interview will be of 25 marks. Final merit list will be made out of a total of 100 marks.
(xi) For those candidates who are M.Phil. RET Exempt, the interview marks will be multiplied by 4 to bring all candidates on a common scale of 0 to 100.

(xii) For the interview, the candidates are required to produce their all relevant original certificates, such as, NSS, Games & Sports, other co-curricular activities, Community service, Additional Academic Qualification, Participation in Workshops/Seminars/Conferences, Publications in journals/proceedings, etc.

(xiii) If a candidate has any specific queries/issues regarding the screening or selection process of M.Phil. Admissions, the same may be addressed to the Chairman, Arbitration Committee of the Institute by submitting an application on plain paper at Window No. 1 of the Central Administrative Office of the Institute.

(xiv) If a candidate who has been admitted after selection and payment of all dues, remains absent continuously for more than seven days without permission, during the first two weeks, his/her admission will be cancelled.

(xv) Admission granted to a student in the Institute shall be cancelled if it is discovered at a later date even after the completion of the course of study, that the student had obtained admission by fraudulent means or by misrepresentation of facts. In such a case, he/she shall forfeit all the accruing benefits and if the degree/diploma has been awarded, it shall be cancelled.

(xvi) All such candidates for whom the result of final year of the qualifying degree (M.A./M.Com., etc.) in the concerned subject is still awaited or those who have not attached final year mark sheet, may be given provisional permission to appear in the M.Phil. R.E.T. based on the details submitted in the application form.

They are required to show the final year’s/semester’s mark sheet (original) up to one hour before the commencement of the Written Test /Interview, failing which their candidature will be cancelled.

(xvii) The result of M.Phil. RET – December 2017 will be declared by December 27, 2017, and registration and fee submission will take place on December 28-30, 2017. The regular schedule for research work will commence immediately after registration in the respective departments.