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Timed DCET mock tests for diploma students, and VTU previous-year question papers for B.E. — pick your track.

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DCET

Diploma Common Entrance Test

Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) · Diploma holders entering engineering via lateral entry

100 MCQs · 3 hours · +1 mark · no negative marking

High-yield topics

59 questions · DCET 2023–2025

Where the marks actually are: the concepts that recur most across the official papers. Pick a section and revise from the top down.

  • Batteries & cells8Qevery year
  • AC fundamentals7Qevery year
  • Protection devices7Qevery year
  • DC circuits & Ohm's law6Qevery year
  • Digital electronics4Q2/3 yr
  • Electrical quantities & units4Q2/3 yr
  • Semiconductors & diodes4Qevery year
  • Transformers4Q2/3 yr
  • Motors & machines3Q2/3 yr
  • Sensors & transducers3Q2/3 yr
  • Wiring & earthing3Q2/3 yr
  • Resistor colour code2Q2/3 yr
  • Energy & power calculations1Q1/3 yr
  • Industrial automation1Q1/3 yr
  • Power supplies & rectifiers1Q1/3 yr
  • Safety & first aid1Q1/3 yr

Frequency across the digitized DCET papers, counted from the 20 questions this section carries every year. A concept marked “every year” has appeared in all 3 papers — treat those as must-knows.

Original question papers

6 PDFs · 3 years

Prefer the real thing? Download the original DCET booklets and KEA’s official answer keys. Every file opens at its source — nothing is rehosted here.

Question booklets are hosted by TTT Academy (paper + their worked solutions); answer keys are KEA’s own, off cetonline. Links verified live as of July 2026.

Question banks are built from official KEA past papers and answer keys, digitized and verified one paper at a time.