MHT CET syllabus
Maharashtra's computer-based entrance test for engineering, technology, pharmacy, agriculture and related first-year degree courses: a PCM group and a PCB group, each 180 minutes in two timed parts, with no negative marking.
MHT-CET 2026, PCM group
Physics
50 questions (10 from Std XI (Class 11), 40 from Std XII (Class 12)), 1 mark each, 50 marks · Shares the first 90 minutes with Chemistry
Four options, one correct. No negative marking. Physics and Chemistry together make Paper II of 100 marks.
- Motion, rotational dynamics and gravitation
- Fluids, kinetic theory, thermodynamics and radiation
- Oscillations and waves
- Optics
- Electrostatics and current electricity
- Magnetism, electromagnetic induction and AC circuits
- Dual nature, atoms, nuclei and semiconductors
Chemistry
50 questions (10 from Std XI (Class 11), 40 from Std XII (Class 12)), 1 mark each, 50 marks · Shares the first 90 minutes with Physics
Four options, one correct. No negative marking.
- Mole concept, atomic structure, solid state and solutions
- Ionic equilibria and chemical thermodynamics
- Redox, electrochemistry, kinetics and surface chemistry
- Bonding, p-block, d- and f-block elements and coordination compounds
- Hydrocarbons, halogen derivatives, alcohols, phenols and ethers
- Carbonyl compounds, acids, amines, biomolecules and polymers
Mathematics
50 questions (10 from Std XI (Class 11), 40 from Std XII (Class 12)), 2 marks each, 100 marks · 90 minutes, after Physics and Chemistry are submitted
Four options, one correct. No negative marking. This is Paper I of 100 marks.
- Mathematical logic, matrices and linear programming
- Trigonometric functions and inverse trigonometry
- Straight lines, pairs of lines, circles and conics
- Vectors, lines and planes
- Complex numbers, permutations and combinations
- Limits, continuity, differentiation and its applications
- Integration, area and differential equations
- Probability and probability distributions
MHT-CET 2026, PCB group
Physics
50 questions (10 from Std XI (Class 11), 40 from Std XII (Class 12)), 1 mark each, 50 marks · Shares the first 90 minutes with Chemistry
Four options, one correct. No negative marking.
- The same Physics syllabus as the PCM group
Chemistry
50 questions (10 from Std XI (Class 11), 40 from Std XII (Class 12)), 1 mark each, 50 marks · Shares the first 90 minutes with Physics
Four options, one correct. No negative marking.
- The same Chemistry syllabus as the PCM group
Biology
100 questions (20 from Std XI (Class 11), 80 from Std XII (Class 12)), 1 mark each, 100 marks · 90 minutes, after Physics and Chemistry are submitted
Four options, one correct. No negative marking. This is Paper III of 100 marks; the CET Cell sets its difficulty at the level of NEET.
- Std XI (Class 11): biomolecules, respiration and energy transfer, human nutrition, excretion and osmoregulation
- Std XII (Class 12): the whole SCERT Maharashtra Biology syllabus (botany and zoology)