HYDERABAD: A total of 2.32 lakh students will appear for the maiden EAMCET exam to be conducted by the Telangana government at 423 centres across the State on Thursday. About 1,39,636 candidates are taking the test in engineering stream and 92,362 in agriculture and medical streams, according to a report of Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad, which has been assigned the task of conducting EAMCET – 2015.

The engineering test will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and the agriculture/medicine from 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. The question paper for both the tests will consist of 160 questions with answers in multiple choices. As many as 251 out of the 423 centres in the State are for engineering and the remaining 172 for agriculture/medicine. There are 111 centres for engineering and 78 for agriculture/medicine in the eight zones of Hyderabad. About 1.13 lakh students in both streams will appear for the exam in Hyderabad.

The preliminary key will be declared on May 16, while the last date for receiving objections to the key will be May 23. The ranks will be declared on May 28.

Preparation Tips for EAMCET:

One day before the examination

• Students of your age need atleast 6-8 hours of sound sleep for the brain to work efficiently. So take a good sleep before the examination to keep yourself fresh while solving questions.
• Take a light meal the night before so that you do not feel drowsy or lethargic during the paper.
• Revise only those topics that you have studied earlier. Do not start reading any new topics just before the examination, since this will be a waste of time and you may lose the information you have already grasped.
• You should reach the test center at least an hour before the exam and if you haven't seen the center before, then you must go and visit the center on the day before the exam.
• Choose a corner in the house where there is pin drop silence.
• Never go to the center on an empty stomach. Have something light.
• Due to anxiety, you may have the feeling of nausea, keep a medicine handy.
• Carry a wristwatch to your centre, your admit card, a pen, two pencils, an eraser, a sharpener and other relevant stationery.

On the day of the examination

• Read the General Instructions on your answer script or question paper clearly.
• Keep the admit card ready as the examiner will like to see it when he/ she starts distributing the answer sheets.
• Do not use a red pen.
• Start attempting the question paper only after reading the instructions given on it very carefully.
• While attempting questions, go on segregating them by the A, B, C method, questions which are from topics that you have prepared well, and you can clearly comprehend the meaning of these questions. You have done questions containing similar concept earlier and you are confident that you will be able to solve these. B :You know you can solve these questions but they are time-consuming, however you are confident you will be able to solve or attempt them when you come back to them. These questions should be attempted in the second round of question attempting, i.e. when you have solved all questions marked with a B. C :You don't know head or tail of these questions and you should not waste time attempting them.
• Attempting to solve all questions in a hurry increases the chances of error.
• If you need a diagram to understand questions in physics or coordinate geometry etc., do make one.
• Use the value of constants given in the paper in solving a numerical. If the value is not mentioned, use the one you remember.
• Give all three subjects equal time.
• Never attempt two questions at the same time. Concentrate on one question at a time.
• Carry out all rough work only in the space given in the paper.
• While attempting the answers, do not shade the answer key immediately. Instead, tick your response with a pencil on the answer key.
• Keep marking questions with A, B, C in the first round of solving the paper. All questions should be segregated into one of these three categories. This saves valuable time later.
• Fill out the answer key 30 minutes before final time. Fill out the responses to questions attempted after this directly in the answer key.
• In the last few minutes, fill out all the unattended questions with some random option, preferably a or c for obvious reasons.