The Common Entrance Test - Maharashtra (CET) is conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education and is accepted by over 80 Institutes in Maharashtra. Last year around 27000 students took up the CET. 1. CET stands for “Common Entrance Test” – conducted by the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra. 2. In case you need to pursue an MBA Degree course from any of the affiliated universities in Maharashtra, you need to take this test. 3. The Universities affiliated to this exam, the number of seats etc. are as follows: University No. of Institutes No. of Seats Degree offered Mumbai 17 1200 MMS Pune 25 1950 MBA Nagpur 16 940 MBA Amravati 3 160 MBA North Maharashtra 2 180 MBA Shivaji 13 900 MBA Marathwada 3 180 MBA Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar 3 150 MBA SNDT Womens University 1 60 MMS TOTAL 83 5720 1. The candidate should either be a graduate with minimum 45% marks or in the final year graduation. 2. In case he/she is in the final year graduation, he/she should be in a position to submit his final mark sheet by the September of the year of the CET. Every year CET is held in the Month of February. The written test is held in May or June and GD / PI Interviews are conducted in the Month of May. The Total marks are 240 and the distribution is as follows Written Test 200 marks Group Discussion 17 marks Personal Interview 17 marks Academic record 4 marks Work experience 2 marks   CET 2006 was a 2-½ hour paper consisting of 200 questions. Each question carried 1 mark, with no negative marking. It tests the following areas: Reading Comprehension Verbal Ability Logical Reasoning Quantitative Ability Analytical Reasoning Mathematical Reasoning Visual Reasoning Data Interpretation Data Sufficiency