(1.) A Combined Pre-Medical Test for admission to Graduate Medical Courses is held every year in Uttar Pradesh and one or the other University of the State is asked to hold the said test under sub-section (5) of Section 28 of U. P. State Universities Act. 1973. The Combined Pre-Medical Test in the year, 1997 was assigned to and was managed and held by Kanpur University now known as Sri Sahuji Maharaj Kanpur University, Kanpur. At that time. Dr. S. S. Katiyar was Vice-Chancellor of the said University.
(2.) In the Combined Pre-Medical Test (C.P.M.T.) the number of seats available in the Government Medical Colleges, were as follows : M.B.B.S. 782 Seats 1 . B.D.S. (Dental) 51 Seats 2 . B.H.M.S. (Homeopathy) 295 Seats 3 . B.A.M.S. (Ayurveda) 430 Seats 4 . B.U.M.S. [Unani) 80 Seats5 .
(3.) Besides these seats, this test was also held, for 50 free seats and 35 paid seats in M.B.B.S. and 20 free seats and 14 paid seats in B.D.S. In private medical colleges.