Combined Entrance Examination (CEE), Kerala - Kerala Engineering Agricultural and Medical (KEAM)
Entrance Test

The Entrance examination(s) for Medical and Engineering streams and Paper I of the Aptitude test in Architecture, will be objective type with Multiple Choice Questions and based on single response.

For Engineering and Medical Entrance Examinations, each Paper will have 120 questions to be answered in 120 minutes. For the Aptitude test in Architecture, Paper I will have 100 questions to be answered in 120 minutes.

Scoring

For the Engineering and Medical Entrance Examinations, for each correct response, the candidates will be awarded FOUR marks, and for each incorrect response, ONE mark will be deducted from the total score.

For Paper I in Architecture, for each correct response, the candidates will be awarded ONE mark, and for each incorrect response, 1/4th of a mark will be deducted from the total score.

For all these papers, in the event of failure to answer a question, (that is, no response is indicated against a question in the answer-sheet) no deduction from the total score will be made. More than one answer indicated against a question will be deemed as incorrect response, and will be negatively marked.

Therefore the candidates are advised not to attempt an answer, should they not be sure of the response, because mere guessing may lead to choice of wrong answers, with the consequent penalty of negative marking.

There is no negative marking for Paper II of the Aptitude test in Architecture