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27. To see if there was distortion of the results of the Written Examination and the results of the Qualifying Examination, on account of allotment of 40% marks for Interview, it is necessary to look at the admission procedure adopted by the Institution. According to the Institution, the process of admission is based on determining academic merit, by an All India Entrance Test, followed by a process of Test and Interview, including objective Tasks (Group Tasks and Individual Tasks). The Written Test covers five papers, one each on Biology, Physics, Chemistry, General Ability and Speed and Accuracy. Persons who had scored above 96 percentile are awarded Grade-A, persons who had scored above 89 percentile but below 96 are awarded Grade-B+, persons who had scored above 77 percentile are awarded Grade-B and those who had scored above 60 percentile are awarded Grade- C+. Those who had scored above 40 percentile are awarded Grade-C and those who scored between 23 to 40 percentile and between 11 to 23 percentile are awarded Grades C- and D and so on. Thus, the entire group of students who participate in the admission procedure, are divided into Nine Bands, based on the normalisation of the mark curve known as STANINE (Standard Nine System). This Stanine Grade is given for each of the five subjects, with the Grades A, B+, B, C+, C, C-, D, F and U, being converted into numerical scores of 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 9. Thereafter the numerical scores in all the five papers are totalled and again converted into a Final Grade called Final Composite Grade or Preliminary Test Average (PTA).