IIT Madras HSEE 2016 Pattern : Humanities & Social Sciences Entrance Examination

Organisation : Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) (hsee.iitm.ac.in)
Announcement : HSEE-2016 Humanities and Social Sciences Entrance Examination Pattern

Pattern : https://www.entrance.net.in/uploads/65-InformationBrochureHSEE-2016.pdf
Home Page : http://hsee.iitm.ac.in/index.html

Pattern :

Type of Question Paper :
HSEE-2016 examination is of three hours duration and has two parts.

Related : IIT Madras HSEE 2016 Sample Question Paper : www.entrance.net.in/421.html

Part I consists of objective type multiple choice questions for 2½ hours duration (150 Minutes), administered through computer.
Part II involves essay writing for 30 Minutes to be written on answer sheet distributed to the candidates at the end of Part I.

Part I covers the following topics :
(i) English and Comprehension Skill;
(ii) Analytical and Quantitative Ability;
(iii) General Studies covering the areas of Indian Economics (since Independence), Indian Society, Contemporary World Affairs (post-World War II); and
(iv) Environment and Ecology.

Part II requires the candidate to write an essay on general topic involving description, or/and reflection or/and discussion.

Language of Question Paper: English.

Items Prohibited in the Examination Hall:
** Electronic devices like mobile phone, calculator, iPod, iPad and head phones etc. are NOT PERMITTED in HSEE-2016.
** Further, items such as log table, abacus, slide rule, book, notebook, geomentry box etc. and any other means of calculation are also strictly prohibited in the examination hall.

Schedule Of HSEE-2016 :
** The examination will be held on Sunday, April 17, 2016 between 10:00 and 13:00 hours in select cities throughout India.
** The above date will remain unaltered even if this date is declared as a public holiday.

Nationality :
Candidates who are NOT citizens of India at the time of registering for HSEE-2016 (by birth or naturalized) are treated as foreign nationals.

Reservation Of Seats :
Indian nationals belonging to certain categories are admitted under the seats reserved for them in accordance with the rules of the Government of India.

The categories and the extent of reservation are as follows :
Other Backward Classes belonging to Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL).
Scheduled Caste (SC)
Scheduled Tribe (ST)
Persons with Disabilities (PwD)

Cities for HSEE-2016 :
The entrance examination will be conducted in the following 10 cities:
** Bangalore, Bhopal, Chennai, Coimbatore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Mumbai, New Delhi, and Thiruvananthapuram.
** A candidate has to give 2 choices for exam centre.
** Every attempt will be made to allot the centre of your first choice.
** In extreme cases, you may be allotted the centre / city of your second choice.
** If sufficient number of candidates are not available at any of the above listed cities, the same may be dropped, and the candidates will be allocated to a centre of second choice in the other city.
** The address of an Examination Centre for a candidate will be mentioned in the Admit Card, which can be generated online.
** Request from a candidate for change of city/town allotted to him/her will NOT be entertained under any circumstances.