The CET 2008 paper had 16 sets of question papers and more than 97 percent of registered candidates turned up for the test.
Here’s how KV Prabhu, Director and founder chairman, Viswha Bharathi Institute analysed the test, “The physics, chemistry combined paper would have been lengthy for average students but majority of well prepared students would have found it easier. Physics paper could be considered lengthy as certain questions were tricky and involved the derivation. This is based on the speed and accuracy of the students’’.
Maths and Biology was again upto the standards for well prepared students but of course, average students would have found Mathematics difficult, opined Prabhu. Students complained that the maths test was difficult because of the co-ordinate geometry questions which were time consuming. 
Talking about the merits of the CET paper, KV Prabhu pointed that, “The paper overall was a leveller for students from all the syllabus be it the state syllabus, the ICSE or the CBSE Board.” Some questions that were out of syllabus were not tough but answerable by all three syllabus students. The paper has been meticulously set by the authorities, he added.
Another view
Professor Chandrakant, Director and Principal of Southern Academy for Formal Education (SAFE) Institute said, “The CET exam was of normal standards, acceptable and no pressure on students. The questions were such that the well prepared candidates would have found it easier compared to the average students. On the whole it was a reasonably good paper.”