JEE (Main) is the first major challenge that you need to face on
road to securing a seat in top engineering colleges and IITs.
What is JEE (Main)?
Aspirants have the choice of appearing in any one of the two
types of papers, or both.
While Paper 1 is for those interested in BE/BTech courses, Paper 2 is for those who wanting to go in for architecture and planning.
JEE (Main) is for all engineering aspirants who have
appeared/passed Class 12 from national/state recognised boards. It is conducted
for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes at National Institutes of
Technology (NIT), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIT), other centrally-funded
technical institutions, and institutions funded by several participating state
governments. The number of attempts are restricted to three.
Mode of exam
Paper 1 will be conducted in two separate modes offline (pen
and paper-based examination) mode and online (computer-based examination) mode.
Paper 2 will be conducted only in pen and paper-based examination mode. A
candidate will opt for either pen and paper-based or computer-based examination
modes for Paper 1 only.
Structure of the exam
Paper 1:
It is a three-hour paper comprising three sections:
Part 1 - physics,
Part 2 - chemistry and
Part 3 - mathematics.
There are 30
questions in each of three subjects; which are of objective type-multiple
choice with single correct answer. In each section there are 30 questions of
four marks each. One should be very careful as there is one-fourth negative
marking for every question.
Paper 2:
This three-hour paper consists of
Part 1 -
mathematics,
Part 2 - aptitude and
Part 3 - drawing
The mathematics section
has 30 objective type multiple-choice questions with single correct option and
one-fourth negative marking. In this part, the syllabus for mathematics
includes common topics from Class 11 and 12 CBSE or state Boards. The aptitude
section has 50 objective, multiple-choice questions with four options and
one-fourth negative marking.
JEE (Main) 2013 Results
Held on April 7, 2013, (offline) and between April 8 and 25,
2013, (online), JEE was reportedly taken by about 14 lakh students in over 1500
centres in India and abroad. About 1.5 lakh top candidates, based on their
performance in the JEE (Main) 2013 (Paper 1) (including all categories) will be
eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2013 on June 2, 2013.
JEE (Main) 2013 analysis
Physics
In physics,
40% questions were easy,
50% were moderately
difficult, and
10% difficult.
More weightage was given to chapters like
mechanics (23.33%) and electrodynamics (30%), optics (13.33%), modern physics
(16.67%) and SHM and waves (10%), heat and thermodynamics (6.67%)
Mathematics
In mathematics,
60% questions were easy,
35% were moderately
difficult, and
5% difficult.
More weightage was given to algebra (33.33%),
calculus (30%), co-ordinate geometry (16.67%), vector and 3D geometry (10%) and
trigonometry (10%)
Chemistry
In chemistry,
40% questions were easy,
50% were moderately
difficult, and
10% difficult.
Weightage was given to chapters in physical
chemistry (40%). However, equal weightage was given to inorganic and organic
chemistry.
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