Test Pattern of JEE (Main & Advanced)

Pattern of JEE

The admission to the undergraduate programmes at the JEE (Main & Advanced) is based on a two-tier test. The first test is called the JEE (Main) for NITs & IIITs shall be held during the month of April (both offline and online) conducted by CBSE/ MHRD. The second test, JEE (Advanced) for IITs & ISMU-Dhanbad shall be held on May (only offline) conducted by the IITs/ JEE body.  

Exam Structure of JEE (Main)-2014:

The JEE (Main) will be one test of 3 hours for B.E./ B. Tech & one test for B. Arch/ B. Planning aspirants. Paper-1 contains total 90 Multiple Choice (Objective and Assertion-Reason type with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics) Questions. Each correct answer will be awarded 4 marks whereas each incorrect answer will be awarded 1/4^th negative marks. Maximum mark is 360. Mode of the test is both offline and online for Paper-1 and only offline for Paper-2.

Exam Details of JEE (Main):

Courses	Paper	Subjects	No. of Questions	Full Marks	Negative Marks	Duration
B. E. / B. Tech	Paper-1	Physics	30	30 x 4 = 120	-1	3 hrs. (9:30-12:30)
		Chemistry	30	30 x 4 = 120	-1
		Mathematics	30	30 x 4 = 120	-1
		MCQs	Total - 90	MM - 360	1/4

Exam Structure of JEE (Advanced)-2014:

The JEE (Advanced) consist of two papers i.e., Paper-1 & Paper-2. Duration of each paper is 3 hours. Each paper contains multiple choice objective type questions of Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics. Some sections may be with negative marking. Question papers will be in both English and Hindi.

Exam Details of JEE (Advanced):

Paper-1:                                                                                                          MM: 180 (60x3)

Sections	Type of Questions	No. of Questions	Full Marks	Negative Marks	Duration
1	Only One Option Correct Type	10	10 x 2 = 20	0	3 hrs. (9:00-12:00)
2	One or More Options Correct Type	5	5 x 4 = 20	-1
3	Integer Value Correct Type	5	5 x 4 = 20	-1
	MCQs	Total - 20	MM - 60

Paper-2:                                                                                                          MM: 180 (60x3)

Section	Type of Questions	No. of Questions	Full Marks	Negative Marks	Duration
1	One or More Options Correct Type	8	8 x 3 = 24	-1	3 hrs. (14:00-17:00)
2	Paragraph Type	8	8 x 3 = 24	-1
3	Matching List Type	4	4 x 3 = 12	-1
	MCQs	Total - 20	MM - 60

Notes: Candidate should write his/her Name, Roll No. and the name of Centre and sign with pen in the boxes provided on the right part of ORS. They should darken the appropriate bubble under each digit of his/her Roll No. in such a way that the impression is created on the bottom sheet.

Eligibility for JEE

Eligibility Criteria for JEE

Candidates of GE and OBC categories must have been completed 17 years at the time of admission and is an Indian National.

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.

In addition to JEE score, the qualifying examination will be Class-XII from any National/State or ‘Approved’ International Board.

a.       For NITs, IIITs or CFTIs, normalized marks of XII board will be considered and eligibility to be same as earlier, which is minimum 60% marks in PCM in XII.

b.      For IITs, the student must be in Top 20 percentile of their Class-XII boards.

c.       Marks of 5 subjects will be considered: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, 1Language, 5^th Optional subject like ED, Comp Sc etc.Those appearing in 10+2 final or equivalent examination may also appear in JEE (Main) in the following year provisionally.

However, admission criteria in the concerned Institution / University will be followed as prescribed by the

concerned University/ Institution and as per the guidelines & criteria prescribed by the AICTE.

The aspirants for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, IITs and ISM, Dhanbad must ensure their eligibility for admission into

NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, IITs and ISM, Dhanbad.

For further details of the eligibility criteria for the admission into IITs and ISM, Dhanbad, please refer JEE

(Advanced) website.

Maximum number of attempts a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) shall be 03 (three) and for JEE (Advanced)

twice in uniformly in consecutive years.

State Code of Eligibility

It 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. The list of state code of eligibility is given on JEE (Main) website www.jeemain-edu.in.

Dates of JEE (Main & Advanced)-2014

Important Dates of JEE

·         Start of Online Application for JEE (Main): 15th November

·         Last date for Online submission of Applications: 16th December

·        JEE (Main) - Pen and Paper based Examination: 6th April, 2014

·         JEE (Main) - Computer based Examination: 6th April to 19th April, 2014

·         Declaration of JEE (Main) Score: 3rd May

·         Registration and payment of fee for JEE (Advanced): 4th May to 9th May, 2014

·         Downloading of Admit cards from IIT-JEE Portal: 10th May to 24th May, 2014

·         JEE (Advanced) - Entrance Exam: 25th May, 2014

·         Declaration of JEE (Advanced) Results through website: 19th June

·         Online registration for Architecture Aptitude Test: 20th June to 23rd June, 2014

·         Architecture Aptitude Test: 29th June, 2014

·         Start of Online Application for JEE (Main): 2^nd week of November

·         Last date for online submission of applications: 15^th December

·         Receipt of complete Confirmation Page, by Registered/Speed Post: 26^th December

·         JEE (Main) for Pen and Paper based examination: 1^st week of April

·         JEE (Main) for Computer based examination: 2^nd week of April to last week of April

·         JEE (Advanced) Exam: 1^st week of June

·         Declaration of JEE (Main) Score: 1^st week of May

·         Registration and payment of Registration fee for JEE (Advanced): 8^th May to 13^th May

·         Downloading of Admit cards from zonal IIT JEE (Advanced) Portal: 16^th May to 31^st May

·         Declaration of JEE (Advanced) Results through website: Last week of June

·         Declaration of All India Rank (AIR): First week of July

·         Online registrations open for registering Architecture Aptitude Test: 24^th June to 25^th June

·         Architecture Aptitude Test: Last week of June

Why JEE

Why JEE (Joint Entrance Exams)?

The new pattern of JEE aims to create an umbrella through single combined entrance exam for the admission to over 2500 Engineering Colleges (Govt. + Private) in the country. It minimizes over 50 different Engineering entrance examinations to one.

JEE body has decided to commence a Joint Entrance Examination from the year 2013 for admission to the undergraduate programs in Engineering in two phases, i.e. JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced). 

The first 1, 50,000 candidates (including all categories) based on their performance in JEE (Main) will qualify to appear in JEE (Advanced) examination. Admissions to IITs will be based on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE (Advanced) subject to conditions that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile categories. 

Admission to NITs will be based on 40 % weightage of the 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. The policy could also be adopted by other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) and the other participating institutions.

If a State seeks to admit students in the Engineering Colleges affiliated to that State Universities then that State requires separate merit list to be provided based on relative weightage adopted by the states, then the merit list shall be prepared with such relative weightage as may be indicated by the State. The examination will be conducted in the Regional Languages of the State(s) on the requests of such State(s).  

Institutes coming under JEE umbrella

·         IIT-JEE—till 2012 was conducted for admissions into 15 IITs and IIT-BHU & ISMU, Dhanbad, IISERs, Institutes of Maritime Studies, IISc come under JEE

·         AIEEE, which was conducted for admissions into 30 NITs, 5 IIITs & several central & Pvt. / deemed Universities has been merged with JEE from 2013 onwards 

·         ISAT for the admissions into IIST has been merged with JEE

·         Admission Test for 3 Indian Statistical Institutes (ISIs) has been merged with JEE

·         State PETs for admissions into Govt. / Pvt. Colleges of various states have merged with JEE     

Participating Institutes and their Seats

·        17-IITs + IIT-BHU + ISMU = 10000 Plus Seats

·        30-NITs = 20000 Plus Seats

·        5-IIITs = 2000 Plus Seats

·        6-IISERs +1-IISc = 2500 Plus Seats

·        1-IIST + 3-ISIs = 500 Plus Seats

·        100-ISITs + 1000-CFTIs = 5000 Plus Seats

·        1000-State Level Colleges = 5 Lac plus Seats

·        Overall 2500 Institutes are participating for a total of 5.5 Lac seats through JEE

Benefits of JEE

JEE, single entrance exam for all engineering aspirants in India to take admission into most of the Engineering/ Science institutions. 

No need to apply for several entrance examinations. 

The students will be free and relaxed after appearing in only one exam. 

Stress-level will be considerably reduced. Avoid multiple exams which pose the challenge of preparing for different syllabi and patterns. 

It is a substantial financial savings for parents. A simultaneous preparation of School/ Board examinations and JEE will yield better results. 

JEE eliminates unnecessary wastage of time, efforts & money.