MET exam syllabus, pattern and marking scheme for B.Tech

How MET fits into Manipal admission

MET is the university's own entrance for B.Tech, and your rank in it is used for seat allotment across branches and campuses during counselling. Reports say MAHE sets no age limit for MET. For B.Tech you need physics, mathematics and English in class 12, with a combined 50 percent in physics, mathematics and one optional subject such as chemistry, biology or computer science.

Because the test is short, every question weighs heavily. Forty five of the sixty items are MCQs where a slip costs you, so accuracy decides your rank as much as coverage.

MET exam pattern and section split

The full paper runs 120 minutes with no fixed time per section. One report notes that a submitted section is locked, so finish each block fully before you leave it. Mathematics alone makes up a third of the questions.

MET marking scheme

• Correct MCQ: plus 4
• Wrong MCQ: minus 1
• Correct NAT answer: plus 4
• Wrong NAT answer: zero, no deduction
• Unattempted: zero

Reports say the penalty on MCQs arrived only in recent cycles, so older advice to attempt everything no longer holds. For NAT questions, though, always enter your best numerical answer, since a wrong value costs nothing.

MET exam syllabus for maths and physics

Mathematics

• Sets, relations and functions, trigonometric ratios and identities
• Complex numbers, quadratic equations, permutations, binomial theorem, progressions
• Matrices, determinants and their properties
• Limits, continuity, differentiability and integral calculus
• Differential equations and methods to solve them
• Coordinate geometry of lines, circles and conics, with 3D geometry
• Vector algebra, then statistics and probability

Physics

• Physical world and measurement, motion in a line and a plane, friction, power, systems of particles, gravitation
• Mechanical properties of solids and fluids, thermal properties, thermodynamics, gas theory, SHM and sound
• Charges and fields, circuits and cells, moving charges and magnetism
• Induction, alternating current and electromagnetic waves
• Light (ray and wave), matter waves and photons, atomic and nuclear physics, semiconductor devices

Chemistry and English chapters

Chemistry

• Physical: basic concepts, structure of the atom, bonding, chemical thermodynamics, solutions, equilibrium, redox with electrochemistry, kinetics
• Inorganic: periodic properties, p block, d and f block, coordination compounds
• Organic: purification and characterisation, basic principles, hydrocarbons, halogen derivatives, oxygen containing and nitrogen containing compounds, biomolecules
• Practical chemistry: salt analysis and titration principles

English

• Grammar and usage, including clauses and conditionals
• Error spotting and sentence correction
• Word meanings and opposites, idioms, phrasal verbs and confusable words
• Punctuation and reading comprehension

The practical chemistry unit is often skipped by students, yet salt analysis questions are short and predictable once you learn the standard tests.

Chapters that tend to carry weight

Analyses of past papers suggest that calculus and vectors carry the most weight in mathematics, while electrostatics with current electricity, magnetism, induction and optics lead in physics. In chemistry, coordination compounds, electrochemistry and kinetics come up often. These are trends from earlier papers, not an official allocation, but they are a sensible place to put extra hours.

English has only 10 questions, all MCQs. That makes it the quickest 40 marks on the paper if you are careful, and an easy place to lose 10 marks if you rush.

Preparing for MET with JEE Main

The chapter lists are close to the JEE Main syllabus, so most students prepare for both together. The difference is that MET questions are fewer, more direct and include an English block, so quick, clean working counts for more than stamina on long problems.

1. Until boards: finish NCERT for all three sciences and solve objective questions chapter by chapter.
2. After boards: sit a 60 question timed mock every other day and review every wrong MCQ.
3. Last week: revise formulas, named reactions, practical chemistry tests and English rules.

Other private university tests with a similar style include VITEEE and BITSAT, and our entrance exams section lists more.