Minimum Eligibility Criteria and Formula for INDEX MARKS calculation
For GENERAL Category students | ||||
HONOURS SUBJECT | Subject(s) Required at 12th level | Minimum Eligibility | Formula for INDEX MARK | |
Aggregate | Subject Marks | |||
Bengali | Bengali, English | 55% | Bengali - 60% English - 50% |
Aggregate(%)+ 2´Bengali(%) |
English | English | 75% | English – 85% | Aggregate(%)+ 2´English(%) |
History | English | 50% | English - 50% | Aggregate (%) + Bengali/ English (%) (whichever is higher) |
Philosophy | English, Philosophy / Psychology | 50% | Philosophy/Psychology – 55% English – 50% |
Aggregate (%) + English/ Bengali (%) (whichever is higher) + 1/4th of Philosophy/Psychology (%) (whichever is higher) |
Political Science | English | 50% | English – 50% | Aggregate (%) + Bengali/English (%) (whichever is higher) |
Psychology | English | 60% | English – 60% | Aggregate (%) + 2 x English (%) |
Sanskrit | Sanskrit, English, Bengali | 50% | Bengali – 55% English – 50 % |
Aggregate (%) + Bengali (%) + English (%) |
Hindi | Hindi, English | 50% | Hindi – 50% English – 45% |
Aggregate (%) + Hindi (%) |
Botany | Botany / Biology, Chemistry & English | 60% | Botany / Biology – 65% Chemistry – 55% English – 50% |
Aggregate (%) + 2 x Botany / Biology (%) (whichever is higher) + Chemistry (%) |
Chemistry | Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics & English | 60% | Chemistry – 65% Mathematics – 60% Physics – 50% English – 50% |
Aggregate (%) + Chemistry (%) + Physics (%) + Mathematics (%) |
Computer Science | Mathematics, Physics/ Comp. Sc./ Statistics & English | 60% | Physics/ Computer Science/ Statistics – 60% Mathematics – 60% English – 50% |
Aggregate (%) + Mathematics (%) |
Economics | Mathematics & English | 60% | Mathematics – 65% English – 50% |
Aggregate (%)+ 2 x Mathematics (%) + 2 x English (%) |
Mathematics | Mathematics, Physics & English | 60% | Mathematics – 65% English - 50% |
Aggregate (%) + 2 x Mathematics (%) |
Physics | Physics, Mathematics & English | 60% | Physics – 65% Mathematics – 60% English – 50% |
Aggregate (%) + Physics (%) + Mathematics (%) |
Zoology | Zoology / Biology, Chemistry & English | 60% | Zoology/Biology – 65% Chemistry – 55% English – 50% |
Aggregate (%) + 2 x Zoology / Biology (%) (whichever is higher) + Chemistry (%) |
Statistics | Mathematics, English | 60% | Mathematics – 65% English - 50% |
Aggregate (%) + Mathematics (%) |
For SC, ST, OBC-A and OBC-B Category | ||||
All Honours Subjects | Same as above. | 40% marks in aggregate or 40% marks in the subject or related subject. | Index marks formula is same as mentioned above for each subject |
The College reserves the right to modify the above criteria as and when necessary. Please follow the website regularly for updated information.
Special condition (as per Admission and Examination Regulations (CSR/3/18 dated 07.05.2018) of the University of Calcutta) which is applicable to all categories of applicants :
A candidate shall be allowed to take up the subject under heading “A” if she had passed the subject(s) under heading “B” at the previous qualifying examination.
A | B |
Mathematics | Mathematics/Business Mathematics |
Statistics | Statistics/Business Mathematics/Mathematics |
Physics | Physics and Mathematics |
Chemistry | Chemistry |
Botany | Biology/Botany/Bio-Technology |
Zoology | Biology/Zoology/Bio-Technology |
Computer Science | Mathematics and any one of Physics/Statistics/Computer Science |