JEE: The New Test Pattern for
Engineering Exams-2013
Based
on the discussion held amongst the various stakeholders, it has been decided to
hold a Joint Entrance Exam from 2013 for admission to the undergraduate
programmes in engineering in two parts, JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced).
JEE at a glance:
a.
Name of the Exam shall be Joint
Entrance Examination (JEE).
b.
JEE shall be held in two parts - JEE
(Main) & JEE (Advanced).
c.
New test is an amalgamation of the
AIEEE and the IIT-JEE, where the JEE (Main) exam will be equivalent to AIEEE and
the JEE (Advanced) exam will be equivalent to the IIT-JEE.
d.
Now AIEEE will be known as JEE
(Main) and IIT-JEE as JEE (Advanced).
e.
JEE (Main) will be held by CBSE
whereas, JEE (Advanced) will be conducted by the IITs.
f.
All candidates shall take JEE
(Main).
g.
JEE (Main) shall be gateway for JEE
(Advanced).
h.
The
merit list for admission to NITs, IIITs, DTU, Delhi and other CFTIs will be
prepared by giving 40% weightage to class XII (or equivalent examination) or
other qualifying examination marks and 60% to the performance in JEE (Main)
Examination.
i.
In case any State opts to admit
students in the engineering colleges affiliated to State Universities and the
State require separate merit list to be provided based on some other weightages
for Class XII / equivalent examination & JEE (Main), then the merit list
shall be prepared with such relative weightages as may be indicated by States.
As on date Gujarat state has indicated its willingness to participate in JEE
(Main).
j.
Those students who have appeared in
the Class XII Board examinations / equivalent in 2012 and wish to improve upon
their performances for the purpose of JEE (Main) / JEE (Advanced) will be
required to appear in all subjects as per Scheme of studies again from their
respective Boards in 2013.
JEE briefly:
The JEE has been pioneered
with the sole objective of one common entrance exam for all engineering
aspirants across India. JEE will be held from 2013 and onwards for admission to
the undergraduate programmes in engineering in two parts – JEE (Main) and JEE
(Advanced). JEE (Main) will be gateway for JEE (Advanced). The JEE (Main), will be held during the month of April,
2013 (both offline & online). This test will be conducted by CBSE. For
B.E./ B. Tech courses, the exam will be
held in two modes, viz offline and online (CBT) and for B. Arch / B. Planning
courses offline only, whereas JEE (Advanced) will be held only in offline mode.
Only 1,50,000 of the top
rankers in JEE (Main) including all categories ( GE, OBC (NCL) SC and ST ) will
be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced). Admissions to IITs, IIT-BHU & ISM-Dhanbad will be
based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE (Advanced), subject to
condition that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile of
successful candidates of their Boards in applicable categories. Achieving entrance into an IIT is often considered the
pinnacle of achievement for a student of science.
Admission to NITs, IITs, DTU, CFTIs will be based on
40% weightage for performance in Class XII board marks (normalized) and the
remainder 60% weightage would be given to performance in JEE (Main) and a
combined All India Rank (AIR) would be decided accordingly. In case any State
opts to admit students in the engineering colleges affiliated to state
Universities where States require separate merit list to be provided based on
relative weightages adopted by the states, then the merit list shall be
prepared with such relative weightages as may be indicated by States. JEE for National Level Institutions shall be conducted in
English & Hindi languages. Where States intend to use the same examination
for admission to State engineering institutions, it could be conducted in the
regional language of the State(s) too on the requests of such
State(s).
JEE shall replace
IIT-JEE, which till 2012 will be used for admissions into 15 IITs and IIT-BHU,
Varanasi & ISMU, Dhanbad, IISERs, Institutes of Maritime Studies, IISc etc.
It also replaces AIEEE, which is used for admissions into 30 NITs, 5 IIITs
& several central & Pvt. /deemed Universities and ISAT for admissions
into IIST, 3 Indian Statistical Institutes (ISI) and State PETs for admissions
into Govt. /Pvt. Colleges of various states.
Leading Pvt.
Universities/Institutions at National level like BITS-Pilani, VITEEE, Manipal,
SRM, Amrita, Geetham, Amity etc. may continue with own entrance examinations. The
Pvt. Institutions may or may not use the JEE Score. However, state-level/smaller
Pvt. Colleges/Universities may use JEE score because of its wider acceptance. Approximately, 5.5
lac seats will become accessible through JEE whereas, approx. 2.5
thousand Institutes are participating in JEE.
JEE benefits:
1.
Single entrance exam for all engineering
aspirants in India to take admission
into most of the Engineering/Science institutions.
2.
No need to apply
for several entrance examinations.
3.
The
students will be free and relaxed after
appearing in only one exam.
4.
Stress-level will be considerably reduced.
5.
Avoid multiple exams which pose the challenge of
preparing for different syllabi and
patterns.
6. Substantial financial savings for parents.
7.
A
simultaneous preparation of School/Board examinations and JEE will yield better
results.
8.
JEE will stay away from unnecessary
wastage of time, effort and money.
JEE eligibility:
1.
Candidates of GE and OBC categories
must have been completed 17 years at the time of admission and is an
Indian National.
2.
The upper age limit for JEE
(Advanced) is 25 years for GE and
OBC categories and this upper age limit shall be relaxed by a period of 5 years for SC, ST and PD categories.
3.
Those appearing in 10+2
(Class XII) final or equivalent examination in 2013 may also appear in JEE
(Main) 2013 provisionally.
4.
The minimum academic qualification for
appearing in JEE (Main) 2013 is that the candidate must have passed in final
examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent referred to as the qualifying
examination.
5.
The qualifying examination will be Class-XII from any National/State or
‘Approved’ International Board. (a) For IITs, the student must in Top 20
percentile of their Class-XII boards. (b) For NITs, IIITs or CFTIs, normalized
marks of XII board will be considered and eligibility to be same as before,
which is minimum 60% marks in PCM in XII. (c) The student must have studied
Physics, Chemistry & Maths in Class-XII. Marks of 5 subjects will be
considered: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 1Language, 5th Optional
subject like ED, Comp Sc etc.
6.
Percentile will be
calculated based on rank of the student in his/her board. If someone has
secured Rank 3 in XII board exams and had 10000 students appearing for the
exam. Then the percentile would be {(10000-3)/10000] x 100] = 99.97
7.
Therefore students who
are above 80 percentile will be deemed eligible for IITs and their JEE (Advanced)
score will be considered final merit list.
8.
In addition to JEE
score, XII board marks to be considered for selection. Board percentage out of
a total of 500 marks will be considered.
9.
However, admission
criteria in the concerned institution/university will be followed as prescribed
by concerned university/institution and as per the guidelines & criteria
prescribed by AICTE.
10. For eligibility of admission in IITs and ISM
Dhanbad please refer JEE (Advanced) website.
11. A candidate can attempt twice
in consecutive years.
12. State code of
eligibility:
a.
State
Code of eligibility means the Code of the State from where a candidate has
passed +2 examination by virtue of which he/she becomes eligible to appear in
the JEE (Main) for admission to B.E/ B.Tech and B.Arch/ B. Planning Courses of
the institutions/ Colleges of the States/UT.
b.
Indian
nationals passing the equivalent qualifying examination from any institution
abroad, the State of Eligibility will be determined on the basis of permanent
address given in the Passport of the candidate. The list of state code of
eligibility is given on JEE (Main) website www.jeemain-edu.in.
JEE forms:
There will not be any
physical sale of forms. The forms will be filled up ‘Online’ only. The forms
will be available on JEE (Main) website www.jeemain-edu.in. The form will be
available from 1st Nov 2012
only. To help candidates fill up the application forms online, the CBSE will
release list of facilitation centres at the time of release of the form. The
candidates can avail services of these centres free of cost.
JEE dates:
JEE (Main) –
i.
Offline
Exam – 7th April 2013
ii.
Online
Exam – Between 8th April to
30th April 2013 (the exact dates will be announced later on)
JEE (Advanced) –
i.
Offline
Exam – 2nd Jun 2013.
There will not be any online exam for JEE (Advanced).
ii.
The last date to register for JEE (Advanced) – 13th May, 2013
The proposed changes shall be effective from the year 2013:
JEE (Main) – 2013
The JEE (Main) will
have two papers, Paper I and Paper II.
Paper-I: For B. E. / B.
Tech course will have one objective type
question paper with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics based
on Common Core Syllabus. Mode of the test is both offline and online. Duration of the test is 3 hours. A maximum mark
of the questions is 360. For
each incorrect response, one fourth (1/4)
of the total marks allotted to the question would be deducted.
Paper-II: For B. Arch /
B. Planning course will have objective type questions for Mathematics and
Aptitude Test and question to test drawing aptitude for Drawing Test. Mode of
the test is only offline. Duration
of the test is 3 hours. Test
as per past practice of AIEEE.
Exam structure of JEE
(Main):
Courses
|
Papers
|
Subjects
|
Type
of Questions
|
Duration
|
B.E./ B. Tech
|
Paper
I
|
Physics,
Chemistry,
Mathematics
|
Objective type questions with
equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry & mathematics
|
3
hrs.
|
B. Arch /
B. Planning |
Paper
II
|
Mathematics (Part-I) Aptitude Test
(Part-II)
Drawing Test (Part-III)
|
Objective Type
Objective Type
Qs for Drawing Test
|
3
hrs.
|
JEE (Advanced) - 2013
All the candidates aspiring to
take admission in the undergraduate programmes at IITs and ISM Dhanbad, for the
year 2013 will have to appear in the Paper-I of JEE (Main) - 2013, which will
be conducted by JEE Apex Board during the month of April, 2013 (both online and
offline). After the declaration of the scores of JEE (Main) - 2013, the top
1,50,000 candidates (including all categories) are required to register online
at http://jeeadv.iitd.ac.in to appear for the JEE (Advanced) – 2013.
A fee of Rs.1800/- (Rs.900/- for
SC, ST, PD and no fee for all female candidates) has to be deposited between 8th and 13th May, 2013 in any
branch of State Bank of India having Core Banking Services.
The last date to register for JEE
(Advanced) - 2013 (along with the required information and applicable fee) is
13th May, 2013.
Exam structure
of JEE (Advanced):
The JEE (Advanced)-2013 will have two objective type papers. Each paper
which will be of objective type will have separate sections in Physics,
Chemistry and Mathematics. It will test the comprehension, reasoning and
analytical ability of the candidates. Duration of each paper will be 3-hours.
Question papers will be in both English and Hindi.
Scheme of JEE (Advanced) Examination:
2nd
June, 2013
(Sunday) |
PAPER – 1:
PAPER – 2:
|
Physics,
Chemistry, Mathematics
|
9.00 – 12.00 Hours (IST)
14.00 – 17.00 Hours (IST)
|
Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
|
Pattern of AIEEE-2012
Test Pattern of AIEEE:
The question paper consists of 3 parts containing 90 objective questions with equal
weightage of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics i.e., 30 questions in each subject. The maximum marks will be 360 and there will be 1/4th negative marking for
incorrect response also. Each test will
be of 3 hrs duration. Each Part
consists of 2 sections i.e., Section-I:
Single Choice Multiple Type objective questions (25 Qs.) and Section-II: Assertion-Reason Type
Questions (5 Qs.) as per AIEEE pattern.
Paper
|
Courses
|
Subjects
|
Type
of Questions
|
Total
Marks
|
Duration
|
Paper 1
|
B.E./
B. Tech
|
Physics,
Chemistry & Mathematics
|
Objective type questions with
equal weightage to PCM
(Total 30 x 3 = 90 Qs) |
360
|
3
hrs.
|
Paper 2
|
B.
Arch /
B. Planning |
Mathematics, Aptitude Test,
Drawing Test
|
Objective Type
Objective Type
2 Qs for Drawing Test
|
390
|
3
hrs.
|
Notes: The All
India Engineering Entrance Exams consists of two papers i.e., Paper-1 having
with three parts of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of equal weightage with
Objective Type and Assertion–Reason Type Questions for B.E./B.Tech courses and
Paper-2 consisting of Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing Test for B.
Arch/B. Planning courses.
Pattern of IIT-JEE 2012
Test Pattern of IIT-JEE:
Paper-1:
Each
question paper consists of 3 Parts - Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with 3 separate Sections - I, II & III. It
contains total 60 questions consisting of 20 questions in each subject of 70 marks. The maximum marks are 210. Test will be of 3
hrs duration, 1 hr for each subject. In some sections, incorrect answers may be
awarded negative marks as per
IIT-JEE pattern.
Section- I: Single Correct Answer
Type
1. Question No.-1 to 10 (10 questions) carries (3, -1) marks each.
2. Multiple choice questions with 1 option correct.
3. There is negative mark awarded for incorrect Answer(s) in this section.
1. Question No.-1 to 10 (10 questions) carries (3, -1) marks each.
2. Multiple choice questions with 1 option correct.
3. There is negative mark awarded for incorrect Answer(s) in this section.
Section - II: Multiple Correct
Answer(s) Type
1. Question No.-11 to 15 (5 questions) carries (4, 0) marks each.
2. Multiple choice questions with one or more answers are correct.
1. Question No.-11 to 15 (5 questions) carries (4, 0) marks each.
2. Multiple choice questions with one or more answers are correct.
Section -III: Integer Answer Type
1. Question No. 16 to 20 (5 questions) carries (4, 0) marks each.
2. This section contains 5 questions having answer to each of the questions in a single digit integer ranging from 0 to 9 without any option.
1. Question No. 16 to 20 (5 questions) carries (4, 0) marks each.
2. This section contains 5 questions having answer to each of the questions in a single digit integer ranging from 0 to 9 without any option.
Section
|
Type
of Questions
|
Question
Nos.
|
No.
of Questions
|
Positive
Marks
|
Negative
Marks
|
I
|
Single Correct Answer Type
|
01-10
|
10
|
3 x 10 = 30
|
-1
|
II
|
Multiple Correct Answer(s) Type
|
11-15
|
5
|
4 x 5 = 20
|
0
|
III
|
Integer Answer Type
|
16-20
|
5
|
4 x 5 = 20
|
0
|
Total
|
1-20
|
20
|
70
|
Paper-2:
Each
question paper consists of 3 Parts - Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics with 3 separate Sections - I, II & III. It
contains total 60 questions consisting of 20 questions in each subject of 66 marks. The maximum marks are 198. Test will be of 3
hrs duration, 1 hr for each subject. In some sections, incorrect answers may be
awarded negative marks as per
IIT-JEE pattern.
Section– I: Single Correct Answer
Type
1. Question No.-1 to 08 (8 questions) carries (3, –1) marks each.
2. Multiple choice questions with 1 option correct.
3. There is negative mark awarded for incorrect Answer(s) in this section.
Section –II: Paragraph Type
1. Question No. 9 to 14 (6 questions) carries (3, -1) marks each.
2. This section contains 6 multiple choice questions related to 3 paragraphs with 2 questions on each paragraph.
3. Each question has 4 choices, out of which only one is correct.
4. There is also negative mark awarded for incorrect Answer(s) in this section.
1. Question No.-1 to 08 (8 questions) carries (3, –1) marks each.
2. Multiple choice questions with 1 option correct.
3. There is negative mark awarded for incorrect Answer(s) in this section.
Section –II: Paragraph Type
1. Question No. 9 to 14 (6 questions) carries (3, -1) marks each.
2. This section contains 6 multiple choice questions related to 3 paragraphs with 2 questions on each paragraph.
3. Each question has 4 choices, out of which only one is correct.
4. There is also negative mark awarded for incorrect Answer(s) in this section.
Section – III: Multiple Correct
Answer(s) Type
1. Question No.-15 to 20 (6 questions) carries (4, 0) marks each.
2. Multiple choice questions with one or more answers are correct.
1. Question No.-15 to 20 (6 questions) carries (4, 0) marks each.
2. Multiple choice questions with one or more answers are correct.
Section
|
Type
of Questions
|
Question
Nos.
|
No.
of Questions
|
Positive
Marks
|
Negative
Marks
|
I
|
Single Correct Answer Type
|
01-08
|
8
|
3 x 8 = 24
|
-1
|
II
|
Paragraph Type
|
09-14
|
6
|
3 x 6 = 18
|
-1
|
III
|
Multiple Correct Answer(s) Type
|
15-20
|
6
|
4 x 6 = 24
|
0
|
Total
|
1-20
|
20
|
66
|
Notes: Questions in these papers will be of
objective type (MCQs), which
are to be answered/darken the appropriate bubble on a specially designed
machine-gradable Optical Response Sheet (ORS) using black ball point pen
only. The candidate can opt for
question papers either in English or in Hindi.
Notes:
Importance of
top 20 percentile cut-off in JEE (Main) & JEE (Advanced)-2013
The new pattern for the IIT-JEE will be put into practice from next year
and has made it essential for students to figure in the top 20 percentile
bracket of the Class XII Boards. However, there is a wide variation in
the 20 percentile cut-off across the boards because of the difference in number
of students, syllabus, question papers and clemency in giving marks.
As per 12th Board Marks of 2012, students have to
score following State Board percentage to be eligible for IIT-JEE:
• Less than 50% :
Meghalaya & Nagaland.
• 50% - 60% :
Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa, Tripura, Uttarakhand,
West Bengal.
• 60% - 70% :
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu &
Kashmir, Karnataka, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, National Open School.
• 70% - 80% :
CBSE, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu.
•
Above
80% : Andhra Pradesh.
Note:
Till 2012, the minimum marks for eligibility were 60%. Maybe students are at a
loss with the change in scenario from 2013.
XII Board
Weightage in JEE (Main) & JEE (Advanced)-2013
- In addition to JEE score, XII Board
marks will be considered for selection.
- Marks of 5 subjects will be
considered: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 1st Language, 5th
Optional subject like ED, Comp Sc etc.
- Board percentage out of a total of
500 marks will be considered.
- Students who will appear in the Top
20 percentile of their respective XII board exam will be deemed qualified
for IITs.
- Percentile will be calculated based
on rank of the student in his/her board. If someone has secured Rank 3 in
XII board exams and had 10000 students appearing for the exam. Then the
percentile would be {(10000-3)/10000]x100] = 99.97
- Therefore students who are above 80
percentile will be deemed eligible for IITs and their JEE (Advanced) score
will be considered.
