General Pattern

  1. The University of Mumbai has introduced a Semester-wise Examination patter for UG and PG courses in phased manner from the A.Y. 2011-2012.
  2. The total credit value shall be 120 credits for all UG programme across all the faculties.
  3. The total credit value shall be 80 credits for PG programmes under the Facility of Arts and Commerce and 96 credits in case of Faculty of Science.

Faculty of arts

Scheme of Examination :

The performance of the learners shall be evaluated into two components. The learner’s Performance shall be assessed by Internal Assessment with 25% marks in the first component by conducting the Semester End Examinations with 75% marks in the second component. The allocation of marks for the Internal Assessment and Semester End Examinations areas shown below :

(A) Internal Assessment–25% – 25 Marks :

Sr. No.ParticularsMarks
1One periodical class test* 20 Marks
2Active participation in routine class instructional deliveries and overall conduct as a responsible learner, mannerism and articulation and exhibit of leadership qualities in organizing related academic activities05 Marks

(b) Semester End Examinations – 75% – 75 Marks :

    • Duration – These examinations shall be of 2.5 Hours duration
    • Theory question paper pattern –
      • There shall be five questions each of 15 marks.
      • All questions shall be compulsory with internal choice within the questions.
      • Question may be subdivided into sub-questions a, b, c… and the allocation of marks depends on the weight-age of the topic.

Passing Standard :

The learners to pass a course shall have to obtain a minimum of 40% marks in aggregate for each course where the course consists of Internal Assessment and Semester End Examination. The learners shall obtain minimum of 40% marks (i.e. 10 out of 25) in the Internal Assessment and 40% marks in Semester End Examination (i.e. 30 Out of 75) separately, to pass the course and minimum of Grade E, wherever applicable, to pass a particular semester. A learner will be said to have passed the course if the learner passes the Internal Assessment and Semester End Examination together.

Question Paper Pattern for Periodical Class Test for Courses at UG Programmes Written Class Test (20 Marks)

Sr. No.Evaluation type Marks
1Match the Column / Fill in the Blanks / Multiple Choice Questions (½ Marks each)05 Marks
2Answer in One or Two Lines (Concept based Questions) (1 Mark each)05 Marks
3Answer in Brief (Attempt Any Two of the Three) (5 Marks each) 10 Marks

Faculty of Science

Scheme of Examination :

The performance of the learners shall be evaluated into two components. The learner’s Performance shall be assessed by Internal Assessment with 25% marks in the first component by conducting the Semester End Examinations with 75% marks in the second component. The allocation of marks for the Internal Assessment and Semester End Examinations are as shown below :

(A) Internal Assessment–25% – 25 Marks :

Sr No Evaluation typeMarks
1One class Test* 20
2Active participation in routine class instructional deliveries Overall conduct as a responsible student, manners, skill in articulation, leadership qualities demonstrated through organizing co-curricular activities, etc. 05

Semester End Examination :
Undergraduate Programmes of F. Y. B. Sc. and S. Y. B. Sc.
Semester End Theory Assessment – 75% 75 marks

    • Duration – These examinations shall be of 2.5 Hours duration
    • Theory question paper pattern –
      • There shall be four questions.
      • On each unit there will be one question & fourth question will be based on entire syllabus.
      • Question number 1,2 and 3 will be of 20 marks each (40 marks with internal options), while Question 4 will be of 15 marks(30 marks with internal options).
      • All questions shall be compulsory with internal choice within the questions. v. Questions may be sub divided into sub questions as a, b, c, d & e, etc & the allocation of marks depends on the weightage of the topic.


Undergraduate Programmes of T. Y. B. Sc.
Semester End Theory Assessment – 75% 75 marks

    • Duration – These examinations shall be of 2.5 Hours duration
    • Theory question paper pattern –
      • There shall be five questions each of 15 marks (30 marks with internal option)
      • On each unit there will be one question & fifth question will be based on entire syllabus.
      • All questions shall be compulsory with internal choice within the questions.
      • Questions may be sub divided into sub questions as a, b, c, d & e, etc & the allocation of marks depends on the weightage of the topic.

Passing Standard :

The learners to pass a course shall have to obtain a minimum of 40% marks in aggregate for each course where the course consists of Internal Assessment and Semester End Examination. The learners shall obtain minimum of 40% marks (i.e. 10 out of 25) in the Internal Assessment and 40% marks in Semester End Examination (i.e. 30 out of 75) separately, to pass the course and minimum of Grade E in each project, wherever applicable, to pass a particular semester. A learner will be said to have passed the course if the learner passes the Internal Assessment and Semester End Examination together.

Question Paper Pattern for Periodical Class Test for Courses at UG Programmes Written Class Test (20 Marks)

Sr. No.Evaluation type Marks
1Match the Column / Fill in the Blanks / Multiple Choice Questions (½ Marks each)05 Marks
2Answer in One or Two Lines (Concept based Questions) (1 Mark each)05 Marks
3Answer in Brief (Attempt Any Two of the Three) (5 Marks each) 10 Marks
  • As per previous ordinance there will not be any internal examination for practicals.
  • It is noted that the amended regulation 8435 is to be implemented to all Semesters i.e. Semester I to Semester VI to all Undergraduate programmes, simultaneously, under faculty of Arts, Commerce and Science from the academic year 2014 – 2015.

Faculty of Commerce

Scheme of Examination :

The performance of the learners will be evaluated in two Components. One component will be the Internal Assessment component carrying 25% marks and the second component will be the Semester-wise End Examination component carrying 75% marks. The allocation of marks for the Internal Assessment and Semester End Examinations will be as shown below :

(A) Internal Assessment–25% – 25 Marks :

For Courses without Practical

Sr No Evaluation typeMarks
1One class Test* 20
2Active participation in routine class instructional deliveries Overall conduct as a responsible student, manners, skill in articulation, leadership qualities demonstrated through organizing co-curricular activities, etc. 05

For Courses with Practical

Sr. No.ParticularsMarks
1Semester End Practical Examination 20 Marks
Journal05 Marks
Viva 05 Marks
Laboratory Work 10 Marks
2Active participation in routine class instructional deliveries and overall conduct as a responsible learner, mannerism and articulation and exhibit of leadership qualities in organizing related academic activities 05 Marks

(B) Semester End Examination :
Semester End Theory Assessment – 75% 75 marks

    • Duration – These examinations shall be of 2.5 Hours duration
    • Theory question paper pattern –
        • There shall be five questions each of 15 marks.
        • All questions shall be compulsory with internal choice within the questions.
        • Question may be subdivided into sub-questions a, b, c… and the allocation of marks depends on the weightage of the topic.

Passing Standard :

The learners to pass a course shall have to obtain a minimum of 40% marks in aggregate for each course where the course consists of Internal Assessment and Semester End Examination. The learners shall obtain minimum of 40% marks (i.e. 10 out of 25) in the Internal Assessment and 40% marks in Semester End Examination (i.e. 30 Out of 75) separately, to pass the course and minimum of Grade E to pass a particular semester. A learner will be said to have passed the course if the learner passes the Internal Assessment and Semester End Examination together.

Question Paper Pattern for Periodical Class Test for Courses at UG Programmes Written Class Test (20 Marks)

Sr. No.Evaluation type Marks
1Match the Column / Fill in the Blanks / Multiple Choice Questions (½ Marks each)05 Marks
2Answer in One or Two Lines (Concept based Questions) (1 Mark each)05 Marks
3Answer in Brief (Attempt Any Two of the Three) (5 Marks each) 10 Marks

Carry Forward of the Marks In Case If the Learner Gets ‘F’.

 Grade In One Or More Subjects :

  1. A learner who PASSES in the Internal Examination but FAILS in the Semester End Examination of the course shall reappear for the Semester End Examination of that course. However his/her marks of the Internal Examinations shall be carried over and he/she shall be entitled for grade obtained by him/her on passing.
  2. A learner who PASSES in the Semester End Examination but FAILS in the Internal COE_EXAM Approved by A. C. & M. C. _Manual_Arts_June, 2011 Page 26 of 56 Assessment of the course shall reappear for the Internal Examination of that course. However his/her marks of the Semester End Examination shall be carried over and he/she shall be entitled for grade obtained by him/her on passing.
  3. – For Courses without practical’s (including Foundation Course Paper I & II) In case of a learner who is reappearing for the Internal Examination, the examination will consist of one project of 40 marks which will be divided into 20 marks for the documentation of the project, 10 marks for the presentation and 10 marks for the viva and the interaction.
    – For Courses with practical/field work. In case of a learner who is reappearing for the Internal Examination for subjects with Practical/ fieldwork, the examinations will consist of practical examination of 40 marks which will be divided into 20 marks for the laboratory work, 10 marks for the Viva Examination and 10 marks for the Journal.