India, May 19 -- Questions are being raised over Maharashtra's Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted in 2025 for admission to the engineering stream. Doubts arose after social media users on Monday claimed that students in near-perfect CET percentiles had scored comparatively low marks in their Class 12 board examination.

The social media posts shared the purported merit list announced by the State CET. They also shared screenshots that purportedly showed students with 99 to 100 percentile in the CET and their marks in the Class 12 exam - 50-60% in physics, chemistry and mathematics in Class 12.

The State CET Cell categorically says the merit list being circulated is not authentic. Officials also said the cell cannot validate screenshots...