Rajasthan Master of Computer Application (MCA) Admission Test (RMCAAT) 2012
RMCAAT 2012 Date: 20th May, 2012 (Sunday) from 10.00 AM to 12.00 Noon
RAJASTHAN MCA ADMISSION TEST (RMCAAT-2012)
ADMISSION TO FIRST YEAR OF MCA COURSE FOR THE SESSION 2012-2013
Application are invited from eligible candidates of Rajasthan Domicile and from the wards of Kashmiri Migrants for the registration of RMCAAT-2012 for admission to first year of MCA programmes in Government Aided and private Un-aided institutions of Rajasthan running MCA courses (except BITS pilani, MNIT jaipur and others Deemed, Private Universities) for the session 2012-2013.
RMCAAT 2012 FORM:
The set of RMCAAT-2012 form consists of the following:
(a) RMCAAT-2012 Application Form – It is in the form of OMR sheet as well as separate form which are to be filled in by the candidates using BLACK BALL POINT PEN in their own handwriting. It should neither be folded nor to be stapled in any case. The data recorded on this form would be used subsequently for generation of admit card for the test, and the result. Therefore, it should be filled very carefully & neatly, and according to the detailed instruction given in the information booklet.
(b) Information Booklet – This booklet consists of 14 printed pages. It contains Instructions, Sample Questions and Sample answer sheet etc., for the guidance of the candidates about RMCAAT-2012. It is to be retained by the candidate for their own use.
Note : The candidate should read the booklet carefully before filling up the application form and Examination Scheme carefully to prepare for RMCAAT-2012 accordingly.
(c) Acknowledgement Card - The candidate should write his/her address on it and affix postage stamps worth Rs. 6/-. This acknowledgement card will also convey deficiency (if any) in the filled application form.
(d) One Big Envelope - Duly filled RMCAAT-2012 Form along with the enclosures should be put into this envelope and sent to the:
Office of the Coordinator, RMCAAT-2012,
Govt. College of Engineering & Technology Bikaner
(An Institute of Govt. of Raj.)
Karni Industrial Area, Pugal Road,
Bikaner, Rajasthan-334004.
by Registered post / Speed post only (not by courier in any case). The same can also be dropped in the locked box kept outside RMCAAT office, Govt. College of Engineering & Technology Bikaner, Rajasthan. In any case, the Application Form should not be handed over to any person.
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION:
A candidate must ensure that he / she is eligible for admission to various Government aided and private unaided institutions of Rajasthan conducting MCA course before filling up the RMCAAT-2012 Application Form. If a non-eligible candidate is admitted due to any reason then the admission of such a candidate will be cancelled as soon as the mistake is detected even at later stage. Coordinator may cancel such type of admissions on behalf of coordination committee and no further legal action may be executed in such type of cases. Various eligibility criteria for admission to MCA course shall be as under:
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION:
The candidates must possess (10+2) at school level with mathematics and Graduation (3 years duration) in any subject from any recognized University or Graduation (10+2+3 years duration) in any subject with mathematics as one subject from any recognized University, with at least 50% marks in aggregate (45% in case of SC/ST and Non creamy layer OBC / SBC candidates), without any approximation in the Graduate Examination. Candidates with BCA, B.Sc. (IT) & B.Sc. (Comp. Science) degrees are eligible for the requirements of mathematics. However, the candidate appearing for the Graduation qualifying examination (Enclosed certificate-6) will also be permitted to appear in the admission test but their admission will be provisional, subject to furnishing the degree of qualifying examination with the prescribed eligibility by 31st July, 2012 or as decided by Govt. of Rajasthan from time to time.
DOMICILE CRITERIA:
The RMCAAT-2012 is open to the candidates of Rajasthan Domicile only. The domicile status of Rajasthan of any candidate will be ascertained as per any one of the following criteria.
Domicile Category – A: The candidate himself / herself or any of his / her natural parents (father / mother) is a bonafide resident of Rajasthan.
OR
Domicile Category - B: Candidate has studied continuously as a regular student in recognized educational institutions in Rajasthan for the preceding five years up to and including the year in which he/she has passed the qualifying examination.
OR
Domicile Category - C: Candidate is a son/daughter of either a serving employee or of a retired employee of any of the following:
(i) Government of Rajasthan (including officers of All India Service borne on the State cadre of Rajasthan).
(ii) Undertakings/ Corporations/ Improvement Trusts/ Municipal Boards/ Panchayat Samities / Cooperative Bodies duly constituted by the Government of Rajasthan.
(iii) Statutory Bodies and Corporations formed under the Indian Companies Act incorporated in Rajasthan.
OR
Domicile Category - C: Candidate is a son/daughter of an employee of the Universities in Rajasthan or Board of Secondary Education, Rajasthan or Government aided Engineering Colleges of Rajasthan who has put in at least three years service on the date of submission of application in any of the above bodies.
OR
Domicile Category - C: Candidate is a son/daughter of an employee of Central Government or Institutions of the Central Government including Public Sector Undertakings or Corporations and who is on the regular rolls and is serving in the State of Rajasthan on the date of application.
OR
Domicile Category - C: Candidate is a son/daughter of an employee of Rajasthan origin, serving in Defence/Central Government services/Public Sector undertakings/National Institutes of Government of India, who has put in at least three years service on the last date for submission of application irrespective of his/her place of posting provided a certificate is submitted by the employee from the employer to this effect stating the State of origin and the home town as given by him/her at the time of his/her entry into service.
RESERVATION OF SEATS:
As prescribed by the Govt. of Rajasthan (except in case of Private unaided Institutions and 50% seats in the self finance course of the aided institutions) the reservation of seats will be made subject to the prevalent statutory provisions of the State of Rajasthan viz. 16% for SC candidates, 12% for ST candidates and 21% for candidates belonging to non-creamy layer OBC category and 1% for non-creamy layer SBC candidates. Provision will also be made for horizontal reservation of 3% for candidates belonging to physically handicap, 25% for women category and 3% for dependants of Defence Killed/Ex-servicemen / Gallantry award winners.
Priority for Category of Defense Persons will be as follows:
| Code | Category |
| EXS1 | Killed in action |
| EXS2 | Disabled in action and boarded out from service/Died while in service with death attributable to military service/Disabled in service and boarded out with disability attributable to military service |
| EXS3 | Gallantry award winners |
| EXS4 | Ex-Servicemen |
Reservation of girls in this category: 50% of the reserved seats in this category are earmarked for the girls.
KM Category:
5% of total intake capacity over and above the sanctioned strength in each of the institutions will be reserved for Kashmiri migrants. Sons/daughter of the displaced persons from Jammu & Kashmir shall be eligible for admission through RMCAAT-2012. The candidate has to submit a certificate from the competent authority as a proof to being son/daughter of displaced person from Jammu & Kashmir.
Acronyms of various categories are as follow:
| Category-I | Category-II |
| GEN – General | Ex-S – Ex Serviceman |
| SC – Scheduled Caste | PH – Physically Handicapped |
| ST – Scheduled Tribe | KM – Kashmiri Migrants |
| OBC – Non creamy layer Other Backward Classes | |
| SBC – Non creamy layer Special Backward Classes | |
Definition of SC / ST / Non creamy layer OBC / Non creamy layer SBC Category: The benefit of reservation under SC / ST / Non creamy layer OBC / Non creamy layer SBC category shall be available only to the candidates of the castes as notified under Presidential order for the State of Rajasthan, for which, the certificate should be issued by the competent authority as mentioned in Certificate No. 2 in this booklet. However for claiming the benefit in non creamy layer OBC/SBC category, the candidate will also have to furnish an undertaking in the prescribed Performa as given in Certificate No. 2.
It is further clarified that candidates belonging to creamy layer OBC / SBC category are not entitled for reservation benefits and shall be treated in General category, therefore, creamy layer OBC / SBC candidates should fill General category in their OMR application form.
Exact number of seats (Seat Matrix) will be notified through web site before counseling.
Note: For seeking the benefit of reservation in any category, sufficient documentary proof must be submitted along with the Application Form (the formats of certificates for various reservation categories are prescribed in this booklet). Category once indicated at the time of submission of application form along with documentary proof will not be changed afterwards in any case.
COST OF RMCAAT-2012 APPLICATION FORM
i. The cost of RMCAAT-2012 Application Form is
Rs. 1000 (Rupees One Thousand Only).
ii. This amount deposited for RMCAAT-2012 is neither refundable nor transferable nor adjustable for future RMCAAT.
iii. A plea that the candidate failed to receive the information for appearing in the RMCAAT-2012 will not be accepted as a ground for the refund of this amount or any other dues.
SUBMISSION OF RMCAAT 2012 APPLICATION FORM:
The complete RMCAAT - 2012 Application Form duly filled in by candidate's own handwriting shall be submitted through any one of the following modes so as to reach the RMCAAT-2012 office, on or
before 05.00 P.M. of 17th March, 2012 irrespective of the fact whether 17th March, 2012 is a working day or not.
(i) By Registered Post/ Speed Post only (not by courier in any case) to
Office of the Coordinator RMCAAT - 2012,
Govt. College of Engineering & Technology Bikaner
(An Institute of Govt. of Raj.)
Karni Industrial Area, Pugal Road, Bikaner, Rajasthan– 334004
(ii) In the drop box placed at the RMCAAT-2012 office.
In any case, the Application Form should not be handed over to any person. No other institute/agency is authorized to collect the form on behalf of RMCAAT-2012.
REMOVAL OF DEFECIENCY (if any) IN APPLICATION FORM:
i. In case the Application Form received from the candidate is found to be incomplete in any respect, such deficiencies will be conveyed to the candidate by Acknowledgement Card.
ii. The information pertaining to deficiencies will also be displayed on the website. Candidates are advised to visit the web site regularly in order to avoid any difficulty that may arise due to postal delay.
iii. For the removal of deficiency (ies), candidates are required to submit requisite documents along with a fee in the form of a D.D. of Rs. 250/- (Rs. Two hundred fifty only) in favour of
“Coordinator RMCAAT- 2012” payable at Bikaner.
ADMISSION CARD FOR RMCAAT-2012:
Admission Card for RMCAAT-2012 will be sent to the candidate at his/her address as mentioned in RMCAAT-2012 Application Form. The Coordinator RMCAAT-2012 reserve the right to withdraw the permission granted by mistake to a candidate who is not eligible to appear at the RMCAAT-2012 even though the Admission Card has been issued and produced by the candidate before the Centre Superintendent of RMCAAT-2012.
In case the admission card is not received by the candidate till
14th May, 2012, the candidate should immediately visit website for latest/related information.
EXAMINATION SCHEME:
RMCAAT-2012 shall consist of single examination of 2 (two) hours duration containing total number of 200 objective type questions as shown in the following table. Each question will carry one mark each. There is no negative marking for wrong answer. The questions in the test booklet will be in English only.
Test Coverage:
| S. No. | Coverage | No. of Questions |
| 1 | Elementary Computer Knowledge | 60 |
| 2 | Mathematical Ability | 60 |
| 3 | Reasoning and Aptitude | 80 |
| Total | 200 |
It is not necessary that the above order/ sequence are maintained in the question paper.
The Medium of RMCAAT-2012 will be English.
SCHEDULE OF EXAMINATION:
The RMCAAT-2012 will be held on 20th May, 2012 (Sunday) from 10.00 A.M to 12.00 Noon.
The Schedule of the Test will be:
i. Candidates should report to the test centre: 09.30 A.M.
ii. Commencement of the examination: 10.00 A.M.
iii. No Candidate will be permitted after: 10.15 A.M.
iv. Candidates will not be allowed to leave the Examination Hall before: 12.00 Noon
DECLARATION OF RESULT:
1. The final merit list would be prepared strictly on the basis of aggregate marks obtained in the written test. The merit list will be displayed on the notice board of the Coordinator’s office and will also be available on the RMCAAT website.
2. If two or more candidates secure equal marks in the written test, then the relative merit will be decided on the basis of their percentage of marks obtained in RMCAAT-2012 exam in order of computer ability, mathematics and reasoning and aptitude sections respectively. If even after this, two students have equal marks, then one who is born earlier will be given preference.
3. If there still remains a tie, the coordinator reserves the right to consider the marks obtained in Graduation examination / senior secondary (if Graduation Examination result is not declared) as a tie breaker.
RE-EVALUATION / RE-TOTALLING:
The candidates will have to make request on plain paper giving details such as Roll No, Name, Centre etc. to the Coordinator RMCAAT-2012 within 07 days (Seven days) from the display of ANSWER KEY of RMCAAT-2012 (on RMCAAT Notice Board and website) and on payment of Rs. 500/- by Bank Draft in favour of the Coordinator RMCAAT-2012 payable at Bikaner.
i. The answer sheets of the test shall not be subject to production before any Court (Civil or Criminal) or before the candidate or any body else on his / her behalf or before any internal or external authority.
ii. The answer sheets of candidates shall be preserved only for 3 months from the date of publication of the RMCAAT-2012 merit list after that no legal proceeding will be made.
ADMISSION PROCEDURE:
Candidates eligible for admission will have to fill an Online Option Form on website along with a demand draft of Rs. 10,000/- in favour of Coordinator RMCAAT-2012 payable at Bikaner. No Option Form will be valid without such fees. The detailed instructions regarding Online Option Form will be available on website. The admissions will be carried out on the basis of merit in RMCAAT-2012 and the order of options filled in by the candidates in the Option Form. The candidates are advised to exercise their options very carefully on website before locking the final choices.
The allotment of institute will be carried out manually/ through the computer software by strictly following the order of merit, seats available and the order of options filled in by the candidate in the Online Option Form. No one can change his/her options in Online Option Form once submitted. No admission shall be made after the date as fixed by Chairperson, Coordination Committee RMCAAT-2012.
Candidates are advised in their own interest to secure information regarding the admission from the authorized web site of RMCAAT ( www.rmcaat2012.com ) and Notice Board of Coordinator RMCAAT-2012. The non-receipt of communication to the candidate from Coordinator RMCAAT-2012 will not be accepted as a ground for not submitting the Online Option Form or non-reporting in the allotted institute on the scheduled time and date. The candidate's allotment shall stand automatically cancelled if he/she does not report IN PERSON to the allotted institute as per schedule display on website. In such case his/ her registration with RMCAAT-2012 will be cancelled.
Candidates who have appeared at the qualifying examination (Graduate Degree) of 2012 will have to submit the attested photocopy of the mark sheet of passing the qualifying examination with Online Option Form, failing which his/her Option Form will not be accepted and the candidature will be cancelled automatically.
Adjustment of the amount Rs. 10,000/- deposited with the Online Option Form:
a. This amount will be adjusted against fees for those candidates who have been allotted a seat by RMCAAT-2012 and reported in the allotted institute.
b. This amount will be refunded to only those candidates who have not been allotted any institute by RMCAAT-2012 (Choice Exhausted).
c. If a seat is allotted to a candidate as per his/her options & merit and if he/she does not report in the allotted institute, then this amount will be forfeited (i.e. not refunded in any case).
Note: In case of any other mode of counseling, separate instructions / guidelines will be provided to the students through Newspapers / Website etc.
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Contact Address:
Office of the Coordinator RMCAAT 2012
Govt. College of Engineering & Technology
Bikaner
(An Institute of Govt. of Rajasthan)
Karni Industrial Area, Pugal Road, Bikaner - 334001.
Phone: 0151-2250949
Fax: 0151-2250949
Email: coordinator@rmcaat2012.com
Website:
www.rmcaat2012.com
