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PROSPECTUS 2023

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR THE ADMISSION -2023

Please note that aggregate obtained in class XII shall be calculated by adding the marks in top four subjects in order of marks
secured by a candidate. Marks in compulsory Environmental Education / Environmental Science / Environmental Studies shall
not be taken into account for calculation of aggregate marks. If the Environmental Science is studied as an elective subject of
100 marks, it may be taken into account for the purpose of determining the aggregate marks.

Students with compartmental or fail result in class XII board are not eligible to apply in any courses.

There are five (05) types of student categories General, SC, ST, OBC-A & OBC-B. (Certificate issued by WB Govt. only should
be produced)

B.A. - 4 YEARS (Honours and Honours With Research)

Subject (B.A.) Category Eligibility Criteria For Form Fill Up Additional Index Marks Calculation for
Criteria Merit List
Bengali Major General / Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in Bengali OR 55% in
(Hons) OBC-A / Bengali if aggregate below 50% but more than 45% Must have Aggregate (% of Bo4)
OBC-B passed in
English

Education Major General / Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in Education OR 55% in Must have Aggregate (% of Bo4)
Education or related subject if aggregate below 50% but passed in
(Hons) ** OBC-A / more than 45%. Related subjects are Psychology, Philoso- English
phy, Mathematics, Sociology, Economics, Political Science,
OBC-B History, Statistics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology.

English Major General / Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in English OR 55% in - Aggregate (% of Bo4)
(Hons) ** OBC-A / English if aggregate below 50% but more than 45% Aggregate (% of Bo4)
OBC-B Aggregate (% of Bo4)
Hindi Major Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in Hindi OR 55% in Hindi Must have Aggregate (% of Bo4)
(Hons) General /
OBC-A / if aggregate below 50% but more than 45% passed in
History Major OBC-B
(Hons) ** English
General /
Journalism and OBC-A / Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in History or English OR Must have
Mass Commu- OBC-B
nication Major 55% in History or English if aggregate below 50% but more passed in
(Hons) General /
OBC-A / than 45% English
OBC-B
Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in English OR 55% in -
English if aggregate below 50% but more than 45%

Political Science General / Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in Political Science or Must have Aggregate (% of Bo4)
Major (Hons) ** OBC-A / English OR 55% in Political Science or English if aggregate passed in
OBC-B below 50% but more than 45% English

Sociology Major General / Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in English OR 55% in Students from Aggregate (% of Bo4)
English if aggregate below 50% but more than 45% Commerce
(Hons) OBC-A / background are
not eligible to
OBC-B apply for Soci-
ology Honours.

Candidates belonging to the SC / ST communities should obtain a minimum of 40% marks in the aggregate OR 40% marks in
the subject or related subjects. SC & ST communities recognised by Govt. of West Bengal are only eligible for the exemption
mentioned above.

Reservation of seats for OBC-A & OBC-B as per University rules.

** Related subject wil be considered only in the absence of the main subject in class XII Marksheet

For selection of Minor subjects, candidates should ensure the following:

i) Must have passed in the subject at Class-XII (both Theory & Practical)

ii) It is preferable that these two minor subjects are included in the Best of Four subjects (Class XII)

B.Sc. - 4 YEARS (Honours and Honours With Research) Additional Index Marks Calculation
Criteria for Merit List
Subject (B.SC.) Category Eligibility Criteria For Form Fill Up Aggregate (% of Bo4)
Must have
Botany Major General / Minimum 50% aggregate AND 45% in Botany or Biology or passed in Aggregate (% of Bo4)
(Hons) ** OBC-A / Biotechnology AND 45% in Chemistry English
OBC-B
Minimum 50% aggregate and 45% marks in the Chemistry Must have
Chemistry Major General / OR 55% in Chemistry if aggregate below 50% but more passed in Eng-
than 45% lish, Physics &
(Hons) OBC-A / Mathematics

OBC-B

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