How to Score 99+ Percentile in MHT-CET Physics: A Practical Plan

By Er. Ajinkya Patil · B.Tech, M.Tech (VIT Vellore) · Ajinkya Physics Academy, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar · 09 Nov 2026

Every year our students ask the same question: what does it take to cross 99 percentile in MHT-CET? The honest answer is that Physics is the subject where most students lose the most marks, and also the one where a good plan gains the most. Here is the plan we follow with our batches in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar.

1. Know the paper before you prepare

In the PCM group, Physics is one of three sections of the paper. Questions are multiple choice, and Physics and Chemistry share one timed slot, so speed in Physics directly gives you time for Chemistry. Most of the paper comes from the Class 12 State Board syllabus, with a smaller share from selected Class 11 chapters. Always read the official State CET Cell notice for the year you appear, because the pattern can change.

2. Concepts first, tricks later

Short tricks only work when the concept behind them is clear. In class we first build the idea (why a formula is true, what each term means), then solve a few standard numericals slowly, and only then practise shortcuts. Students who skip this step make silly mistakes under exam pressure.

3. Previous year questions are the syllabus

MHT-CET repeats question types year after year. After every chapter, solve that chapter's previous year questions topic by topic. Mark the ones you got wrong and solve them again after a week. This one habit moves scores more than any new book.

4. Train speed with a timer

Practise sets of 25 questions in a fixed time. Track how many you attempted, how many were right, and how long the slow ones took. The goal is not to rush, but to recognise a question type in seconds.

5. Test every week, analyse every test

At the academy we hold a weekly test every Monday and full syllabus tests on Sundays. The test itself is only half the work. The other half is analysis: which chapter, which mistake (concept, calculation or reading), and what to fix before next week.

6. The last 60 days

Two to three full mock tests a week, in the same time slot as the real exam.
Revise formulas daily from one short sheet.
Re-solve your wrong PYQs instead of starting new material.
Sleep on time. A tired mind loses easy marks.

Preparing for JEE or NEET along with MHT-CET?

Most of our students write MHT-CET together with JEE Main (Maths group) or NEET (Biology group). The good news: the Physics concepts are the same. JEE Main needs deeper numericals, NEET needs NCERT-level clarity and fast MCQs, and MHT-CET needs speed. If you build concepts first and then practise in the style of each exam, one preparation covers all three. See our JEE Physics and NEET Physics batches.

A note for droppers

If you are taking a drop year, do not restart from page one of every book. Take a full-length test in the first week, list the chapters where you lost the most marks, and fix those first. Then follow the same weekly test and PYQ routine. Our dropper (repeater) batch is built around this.

Results this plan has produced

Our students have scored up to 99.78 percentile (Ketan Tamboliya, MHT-CET 2026), with many more above 98 percentile. See all results or the MHT-CET Physics batch.