B.A. (Honours - 3 years) 
Vidya Bhavana (Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences)
 
Subjects 
 
|| Bengali || English || Hindi || Oriya || Philosophy || Comparative Religion || 
|| Economics || Ancient Indian History, Culture & Archaeology (A.I.H.C&A.) ||
|| Mathematics || History || Geography ||
 
Eligibility criteria
 
Bengali
60% marks in aggregate and 55% marks in Bengali (either in 
General or Elective Bengali) at 10+2 level
 
English
60% marks in aggregate with 60% marks in General English at 10+2 level
 
Sanskrit
45% marks in the aggregate with 45% marks in Sanskrit at 10+2 level or 45% marks 
in aggregate at 10+2 level with Diploma in Sanskrit having 45% marks
 
Hindi
45% marks in the aggregate with 45% marks in Hindi at 10+2 level which 
should be a full paper of 100 marks.
 
Oriya
45% marks in the aggregate and at least 45% marks in Oriya optional (elective) 
or MIL (Oriya) at 10+2 level final examination
 
Philosophy
50% marks in aggregate and 50% marks in Logic/ Philosophy / Psychology
at 10+2 level
 
Comparative Religion
45% marks in aggregate at 10+2 level in Humanities stream
 
Economics
55% marks in aggregate with pass marks in Mathematics at 10+2 level. Candidates
who will be selected for admission to BA (Hons) in Economics must opt 
for Mathematics as subsidiary subject otherwise the admission is liable 
to be cancelled.
 
History
50% marks in the aggregate with 50% marks in History at 10+2 level
 
A.I.H.C. & A.
45% marks in the aggregate for candidates who had AIWH as one 
of the elective subjects at 10+2 level 
 
50% marks in aggregate for candidates who has History as an elective subject 
and/or Ancient Indian & World History/ History as the fourth 
subject at 10+2 level 
 
55% marks in aggregate for candidates who did not have either AIWH 
or History as a subject at 10+2 level
 
Geography
60% marks in the aggregate and 60% marks In Geography with a combination of 
and pass marks obtained in Mathematics/ Economics/ Statistics at 10+2 level or
 
Students from Science stream must have Geography in their 10+2 level as major 
subject having 65% marks and 60% marks in aggregate with pass 
marks in mathematics/Statistics
 
Mathematics
At least 60% marks in the aggregate and 60% marks in Mathematics at 10+2 level.
 
 
B.A. (Honours - 4 years : 1 year preparatory and 3 years specialisation)
Vidya Bhavana (Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences)
 
Subject
 
|| Persian || Tibetan || Chinese || Japanese ||
 
Eligibility criteria
 
Persian (For Preparatory Course ) 
H.S. or equivalent without Persian as a subject with 45% marks in aggregate
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Persian for Honours Course (without preparatory) 
45% marks in aggregate at 10+2 level with Persian as a subject
 
45% marks in aggregate at 10+2 level without Persian but holding Diploma 
in Persian from Visva-Bharati or its equivalent from any 
other recognised institution
 
Tibetan 
H.S. or its equivalent degree with at least a paper on Tibetan Language and 45% 
marks in aggregate. Candidates without having a paper on Tibetan language in 
H.S. may be admitted to 1 year preparatory course in Tibetan
 
Chinese
45% marks in the aggregate with 45% marks in English at 10+2 level
 
Japanese for Preparatory Course 
Candidates should have 50% marks in aggregate with 45% marks in General 
English at 10+2 level
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Japanese for Honours Course (without preparatory) 
Candidates should have 50% marks in aggregate with 45% marks in 
General English at 10+2 level
 
candidates should have 45% marks in Japanese course equivalent to Certificate 
Course of Visva-Bharati 
 
candidates who have passed the Japanese as an elective subject with 45% marks 
in Pre-degree examination of Visva-Bharati
 
 B.A. (Pass - 3 years) 
Vidya Bhavana (Institute of Humanities & Social Sciences) 
 
Subject
 
Vocational Functional Hindi
 
Eligibility criteria
 
45% marks in aggregate as well as in Hindi which should be a full paper of 100 
marks and English as subject at 10+2 level