A Specimen of the OMR answer sheet is available on our website .
Please study the specimen OMR answer sheet hosted on the KEA Website, download and
familiarize yourself. Take four to five photocopies of the specimen OMR sheet and practice
on them at home. By using blue or black ink ballpoint, candidates can practice with the OMR
answer sheet with regard to filling and shading of the required items. By doing so, you will
be very accurate in writing and shading the particulars such as Name, CET Number,
Question booklet version code, etc., in the required manner on the Original OMR answer
sheets, during actual conduct of the test
More details about precautions to be taken while filling the particulars on OMR answer
sheets are given below:
- (i) The OMR answer sheet comprises of two sheets.
- (ii) The upper sheet is to be used for the purpose of marking correct answers and later scanning & evaluation and the lower sheet will be returned to the candidates after completion of each session of the test. The lower sheet is coated with a special kind of chemical which acts as a Carbon paper. When the candidate shades the circles on the upper sheet, the pressure on the lower sheet will automatically create a replica of the top sheet.
IMPORTANT PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHILE WRITING / SHADING
TOP PORTION OF OMR ANSWER SHEET
In all the four sessions, the initial TEN minutes will be given for the candidates to
write / shade the particulars such as Name, CET Number, Version Code and Serial number
of the question booklet on the OMR answer sheets in the boxes provided. OMR answer
sheets in which the candidates do not write / shade the correct CET Number and
Version code on the OMR Answer Sheet will not be scanned and such candidates
will not be assigned any rank. The entries pertaining to ‘Name’, ‘CET Number’ and
‘Question booklet Version code’ are very crucial ones. Therefore, candidates are advised to
take extra precaution while writing and shading these three items accurately on the top
portion of the OMR answer sheet.The candidates will have to mark correct options on the Optical Mark Reader (OMR) answer
sheet, which will be supplied at the beginning of each session of the test. Each question will
have only one correct answer. The candidate shall mark the correct answer by completely
shading only one circle against a question number, using BLUE or BLACK ink ball point pen.
(B) NEXT 70 MINUTES:
Important precautions to be taken while shading answers on bottom portion of
OMR Answer sheet.
After the initial TEN minutes, 70 minutes will be given to a candidate for shading the
answers on the bottom portion of the OMR answer sheet. On the bottom portion, there will
be 60 rows corresponding to 60 questions. Against each question number, four circles will
be provided corresponding to four options of the question paper. The candidates are
required to shade only one circle corresponding to the correct answer.
The scanner is so sensitive to black and blue ink shades that even a slight
residual ink mark or an unintended ink dot within a circle on the OMR answer
sheet will be taken by it, as filled / shaded, at the time of scanning.
Consequently, the candidate may lose marks. Therefore, please do not make any
stray pen marks on the OMR answer sheets. As the scoring done by the scanner and the
computer in tandem is final, a plea for erasing or neglecting the ink mark on a circle cannot
be entertained. Therefore, candidates are advised to take extra precaution while shading the
circles on the bottom portion.
(C) END OF PAPER:
The candidates are required to COMPULSORILY AFFIX THEIR LEFT HAND THUMB
IMPRESSION in the space provided on the bottom portion of the OMR answer sheet of the
upper with the ink-pad provided by the room Invigilator, after completion of each Session of
the Test. However, they need not affix their thumb impression on the lower sheet i.e., the
replica of the OMR answer sheet. Thereafter, the invigilators will detach the lower sheet
from the upper sheet at the perforations and hand over the lower sheet replica to the
candidates and candidates are allowed to carry the same with them. The upper sheet will be
retained by the invigilator for returning the same to the Deputy Chief Superintendent of the
examination center and in turn to KEA.