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Organisation : Health & Family Welfare (ME) Department Tamil Nadu Medical Education
Announcement : Mode Of Selection & Admission
Entrance Exam : M.D Siddha Entrance Examination 2015

Notification : https://www.entrance.net.in/uploads/4245-M.D(SIDDHA)%20%20GENERAL%20Prospectus%2015-16.pdf
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Mode Of Selection And Admission :
ENTRANCE EXAMINATION :
Admission to the course will be made purely on merit, based on the marks obtained in the Entrance Examination together with the post –BSMS experience marks that will be calculated as below:
Maximum marks for Written Entrance Examination 90 marks
Maximum marks for post – BSMS clinical Experience 10 marks
Total : 100 marks

** The Entrance Examination for admission to the Post Graduate M.D (Siddha) course will be conducted as per 2006 new norms/ syllabus / notification including Microbiology and Modern Pathology subjects.

** All Differently abled candidates, the Special Category candidates, Foreign Country Candidates and Government of India Nominee should appear in the Entrance Examination 2015-2016 session for admission as per Government of India guidelines.

** The Entrance Examination will primarily assess the depth of knowledge and depth of understanding of the candidate of all medical subjects both theory and clinical, taught at the undergraduate level (BSMS).

** The questions will be of objective multiple choice type for which four answer options A, B, C, D will be offered.

** Only one of the options will be the nearest and most correct answer and this alone should be selected.

** The other three answers will be wrong.

** The correct answer has been verified by a team of Experts by reference to relevant texts.

** Each correct answer will be awarded one mark and if a question is not answered, zero mark will be awarded.

** If more than one answer is indicated or any item is marked very faintly or illegibly as seen during the machine scan of answer sheets, the question will be deemed to have not been answered and zero mark will be awarded.

** It is reiterated that all questions carry equal marks.

** The total marks awarded will then be computed to a maximum of 90 marks.

** The question paper will have Two hundred objective-type questions comprising Section A containing a maximum of One hundred self-contained objective-type questions based on the seventeen theory subjects taught in the BSMS Course and Section B containing a maximum of One hundred questions based on a short passage / paragraph which will be given and 3 – 5 objective type questions set based on the paragraph.

** The candidates should answer questions based on the material available and directly analyzable or based on its direct implications.

** The candidate should not assume any data that is not contained in the passage or which is not directly derivable from the information contained in the passage.

** The decision of the Selection Committee on the content, implications and answer for each type of question is final since much care has been exercised in the formulation of questions and answers.

** All the 200 questions carry equal marks.

** The Entrance Examination for MD(Siddha) will be conducted tentatively on 29-08- 2015 at 09.30 a.m. in one session of 31/2 hours duration at Arignar Anna Govt. Hospital of Indian Medicine Campus, Arumbakkam, Chennai 600 106 .

** Candidates should be present and seated in their allotted places as per their Application Register number, thirty minutes prior to the commencement of examination in order to fill out all examination and identification particulars.

** Therefore, the total duration of the examination including identification is three and half hours (3 ½ hours).

** Hall Tickets will be sent only to eligible candidates.

** Admission to the entrance examination does not confer on the candidate the right of admission to the course if found ineligible later.

** Candidates will not be allowed to appear for the Entrance Examination unless he/she holds the Hall Tickets.

** The candidate should fill his/her name , mailing address (in block letters) in the hall tickets ( in triplicate)and in the identification slip and affix passport size photographs on the application form etc., and the photographs should be identical i.e one and the same.

** Any candidate who has not received the Hall Ticket on time may contact the Secretary, Selection Committee, Directorate of Indian Medicine and Homoeopathy, Arumbakkam, Chennai 600 106 two days prior to the entrance examination and verify the fact of their eligibility and Application Register Number for the examination and attend the examination on this basis.

** Candidates admitted for entrance examination will have to come to the examination center on their own expense and make their own arrangement for stay.

** Candidates coming 30 minutes after the scheduled time for commencement of the examination will not be permitted to appear for the examination.

** No candidate shall be allowed to carry any textual materials printed or written bits of paper, electronic and telecommunication devices with or without remote sensing like pagers, cellular phones, I phones, Pen scanners or electronic diary etc. inside the examination hall.

** No candidate shall be allowed to leave the hall before the end of half an hour after opening of question papers or one hour after commencement.

** Candidates shall not leave their seats even for using the Restroom without permission.

** Repeated visits to the Restroom cannot be permitted and unduly long absences as judged by the Hall Superintendent or Inspection team are not acceptable.

** Once a candidate leaves the Hall for any other reasons, he/she will not be permitted to re-enter the hall.

** Candidate shall maintain strict silence.

** Any misconduct found out by the Hall Superintendent will result in the forfeiture of the right to continue the examination.

** His/ Her answer sheets will not be considered for valuation.

** Further he/she will not be allowed to apply for the PG course for two consecutive years.

** The decision of the Hall Superintendent in this connection shall be final.

** Answers should be shaded with their blue or black ball pen (NOT GEL), in the OMR sheets as per the instructions given in the OMR Sheet.

** The question paper, Blank sheets (if any), OMR answer sheets, etc. are the property of the Committee and no part or whole shall be retained by a candidate under any circumstances.

** Any attempt to retain or take away these materials by a candidate shall be construed as serious misconduct and the candidate will be immediately disqualified and his/her paper will be seized and not evaluated.

** Candidate should bring Hall Ticket at the time of examination.

** The Hall Superintendent will verify the identity of the examinee with reference to his/her photograph affixed on the Identification card.

** The candidate will also be required to sign in full various forms as part of the identification process.

** Failure to follow instructions will result in expulsion of the candidate.

** Admission to the Entrance Examination does not confer upon the candidate any right for admission to the course.

** There will be no rechecking, revaluation or recount of answer sheets.

** The Selection Committee’s decision on this matter is final.