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

• Students who passed Honours Examination in 2014 from the Calcutta University or from other Universities with minimum 45% marks in Honours subject will be eligible for apply in General, Physically Challenged (PC), SC, ST, OBC A and OBC B categories.
• 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, ST, OBC-A (one seat) and OBC-B (one seat) categories.
• 40% of approved seats will be filled up from the candidates selected through Admission Test in General, SC, ST, OBC A (one seat ) and OBC B (one) categories.
• The Admission Test will be of one hour duration having full marks 100 containing 50 MCQ questions, each having 2 mark ( for 4 incorrect attempts and/or multiple attempts 1 mark will be deducted ). 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 Urdu is 35(20 general + 8 SC+ 2 ST + 1 PC + 2 OBC A + 2 OBC B). If there is no PC applicant for 60% category the seat will be filled up from General candidates from 60% category.
• 60% of 20 General category seats (i.e., 12 seats) and 1 seat from Physically Challenged candidates are for direct admission from the General category merit list of CU students.
• 40% of 20 General category seats (i.e. 8 seats ) will be filled up on the basis of the sum of marks obtained in the Admission Test.
• 5 SC category seats (60% category) are for direct admission from the merit list of CU students for SC category and remaining 3 seats ( 40% Category) will be filled up on the basis of the sum of marks obtained in the Admission Test.
• For ST Categories 1 seat will be filled up directly from the merit list and remaining 1 seat will be filled up on the basis of the sum of marks obtained in the Admission Test.
• 1 seat each of OBC A and OBC B categories are for direct admission in the 60% category and 1 seat each of OBC A and OBC B will be filled up from 40% Category selected through Admission test.
• Candidates from CU who have applied for 60% category but have not been selected in the merit list will have to sit for the Admission test. The candidates selected in the CU merit list in the 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 respective category.