Reference
Previous year papers
Honest answer first: State CET Cell does not publish MCA CET question papers on its website. What exists is your own paper in the candidate login, and papers that other sites have collected. Here is what each source actually contains, what kinds of questions past papers show, and how to use one with this site.
Where to find them
| Source | Years | Type | Access |
|---|---|---|---|
| Your own official paper (candidate login) After the exam, State CET Cell shows each candidate their question paper, response sheet and provisional answer key in the login, during the objection window. This is the only official source. It may not stay available after the result, so download it while you can. If a senior appeared last year, ask them for theirs. |
The year you appeared | Official | Free, with your CET login Open ↗ |
| CollegeDekho: MAH MCA CET 2023 We opened this PDF. It is titled “Memory-Based”: about 20 questions recalled by candidates after the exam, with answers. Some questions are incomplete or garbled, so use it to see question styles, not as a full timed paper. |
2023 | Memory-based (unofficial) | Free PDF, no login Open ↗ |
| Testbook: MAH MCA CET papers The site calls these official papers; we have not been able to verify that. Older papers may follow a different pattern, so count the questions before you time yourself. |
2014, 2015, 2016 | Unofficial copy, not verified | Free, login with mobile number or email Open ↗ |
Unofficial papers can contain wrong answers or incomplete questions. If an answer key disagrees with your working, trust your working and check the topic here.
What past papers actually ask
Question types seen in the 2023 memory-based paper, with the topic on this site that teaches each one.
| Question type | Learn it here |
|---|---|
| A passage (on dolphins) followed by main-idea and inference questions | Reading Comprehension |
| Synonym and antonym of a single word | Synonyms and Antonyms |
| Meaning of a word used in a sentence | Vocabulary: One-word Substitution and Confused Words |
| The correct preposition after a noun | Articles and Prepositions |
| Choosing the right tense for “… for five years” | Parts of Speech and Tenses |
| Improving part of a sentence | Sentence Correction and Error Spotting |
| Odd one out among words, shapes and kinds of computers; putting words in logical order (city → state → country → world) | Analogy & Classification (Odd One Out) |
| Finding a letter by its position from the end of the alphabet | Letter & Alphanumeric Series |
| Next term of a series, and the wrong number in a series | Number Series |
| Coding by rearranging the letters of a word | Coding–Decoding |
| Forming numbers from given digits with a divisibility rule; the dictionary rank of a word | Permutations and Combinations |
| Melting a cuboid into a sphere and finding the radius | Mensuration 3D: Cube, Cuboid, Sphere, Cylinder, Cone |
| Counting elements of sets defined by a rule (odd numbers below 200) | Sets, Relations and Functions |
| General computer awareness: the parts of an email address, why HTML pages work in every browser | Computer Awareness: Internet, Email, Web and Software |
How to practise with a past paper
- Set exam conditions. Print it or open it full-screen, put your phone away, and set a timer: 90 minutes for 100 questions, or about 54 seconds per question if the paper is shorter.
- Answer in one sitting. No checking answers midway. Leave nothing blank: there is no negative marking.
- Mark, then sort your mistakes. For every wrong or skipped question, write down which topic it belongs to.
- Fix the topic, not the question. Open that topic here, read the analogy again, and redo its practice set until all four are right.
- Repeat with a fresh paper. Alternate past papers with the mock test here, which draws a new paper every time.