Bengaluru: The Karnataka Common Entrance Test (CET) 2015, which is the qualifying exam for admissions to professional courses in the State began on Tuesday.

The exam is being held across the State in 343 exam centres, for two days. On Tuesday, students appeared for Biology and Mathematics papers.

As many as 1,57,580 candidates appeared for the exam and of these 1,15,803 candidates appeared for Biology paper (73 per cent) and 1,48,177 candidates appeared for Mathematics (94 per cent).

The Karnataka Examinations Authority will conduct Physics and Chemistry exams on Wednesday.