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Eligibility Criteria (M.A. in English) For Post Graduate Courses 2014-2015

• Students who passed Honours Examination in 2014 from Calcutta University with minimum 50% marks in Honours subject will be eligible to apply in General category.
• Students passed from Universities other than the Calcutta University in the year 2014 securing minimum 50% marks in the Honours subject and passed Examination in 2014 will be eligible to apply in General category.
• For SC/ ST /OBC A/OBC B and Physically Challenged (PC) candidates who have passed from the University of Calcutta or from Other Universities with a minimum of 45% marks in Honours Subject will be eligible to apply.
• For admission to this courses an SC/ST/PC candidates getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination, qualifying marks not lower by more than 25% of marks obtained by the last candidate of the General category.
• For admission to this courses an OBC A/OBC B candidates getting admission should have obtained in the previous examination, qualifying marks not lower by more than 10 % of marks obtained by the last candidate of the General category.
• 60% of the approved seats will be filled up directly on the basis of merit from Calcutta University students in General, PC, SC and ST, OBC-A ( one seat) and OBC-B ( one seat) categories
• Rest 40% seats will be filled up from General, SC, ST and OBC A categories selected through Admission test.
• The Admission Test will be of one hour duration having full marks 100 containing 30 MCQ questions, each having 2 marks ( for 4 incorrect attempts and/or multiple attempts 1 mark will be deducted ) and a short essay (in 400 words) of 40 marks.Candidates who have applied for 60% category but have not been selected in the merit list will have to sit for the Admission test.
• In case of a tie, University Honours marks followed by marks obtained in Pass/General papers will be considered.
• Total approved seat for M. A. in English is 24 (14 General + 5 SC+ 1 ST + 1 PC + 2 OBC A + 1 OBC B). If there is no PC applicant for 60% category the seat will be filled up from General category candidates from 60% category.
• 60% of 14 General category seats ( i.e., 08 seats) and 1 seat from PC candidates are for direct admission from the General category merit list of CU students.
• 40% of 14 General category seats ( i.e., 06 seats) will be filled up on the basis of the marks obtained in the Admission Test.
• Similarly 60% of 5 SC category seats ( i.e., 03 seats) are for direct admission from the merit list of CU students for SC category and remaining 2 seats ( 40% category) will be filled up on the basis of the sum of marks obtained in the Admission Test.
• For ST Category, 1 seat will be filled up directly from the merit list of CU students. If there is no applicant in 60% category the seat will be filled up from the merit list of 40% category.
• 1 seat each of OBC A and OBC B categories are for direct admission in the 60% category and 1 seat of OBC A will be filled up from 40% Category selected through Admission Test. The candidates selected in the merit list of 60% category need not to appear in the Admission Test.
• If a student cancels his/her admission, the vacancy will be filled up from the waiting list of the respective categories.