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RGUHS entrance test goes off smoothly

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Two cases of impersonation detected; some students say they expected a difficult paper

— Photo: K. Murali Kumar

FOCUSSED: Students writing the entrance test at a centre in Bangalore on Sunday.

Bangalore: As many as 10,043 students appeared for the Post Graduate Common Entrance Test (PGCET-2008) conducted by the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences (RGUHS) here on Sunday, for admissions into medical and dental colleges in the State.

The test was held in 13 centres in Bangalore, two in Mysore, three in Hubli and one centre in Bellary. Students writing the examination will be vying for admissions into four medical and one dental colleges.

Apart from these government colleges, students will be eligible for 33 per cent seats in all private medical and dental colleges, which have been allocated under the Government quota. The Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka held an examination on Sunday last for admission into private colleges.

Speaking to The Hindu, Vasanth Kumar, Registrar of RGUHS, said that the examination went off smoothly except for two cases where students were caught for impersonation. Cases will be registered on Monday after looking into the matter in detail, he said.

Students happy

After appearing for the test, K.P. Shabnam said that the paper was not tough. “I was expecting a much tougher paper. I have been preparing since the time I finished my MBBS last year,” she said.

Prapti Murthi, who is doing her internship in Mangalore, said that she had prepared for the test by working out the previous year’s papers. “It was a fairly decent paper. I hope to get a good ranking so that I can get to choose the course and the college of my liking,” she said.

Dhanalakshmi R., who works at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, said she hoped to get a good rank and take up a post-graduation in paediatrics. “The paper was good. I worked hard preparing for it by reading entrance examination books and working out the model papers,” she said.

Santhosh Malashetti, who completed his MBBS degree in 2006, said that the test had more questions about HIV, tuberculosis, diabetes and syphilis.

“One is expected to know these subjects thoroughly. With developments every six months, it is a challenge. I was expecting a much tougher paper. The test was fairly easy, compared to those of the previous years’,” he said.

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