JEE (Main & Advanced)-2015

Important Dates of JEE (Main & Advanced)

·         Start of Online Application for JEE (Main): Second week of November

·         Last date for Online submission of Applications: Mid of December 

·         Receipt of complete Confirmation Page, by Post: Last week of December

·         JEE (Main) - Offline Examination: First week of April 

·         JEE (Main) - Online Examination: 9^th to 19^th April 

·         Declaration of JEE (Main) Score: First week of May 

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

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

·         JEE (Advanced) - Entrance Exam (only Offline): Last week of May [24/05/2015 (Sunday)]

·         Declaration of JEE (Adv.) Results on website: Last week of June [18/06/2015 (Thursday)]

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

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

·         Architecture Aptitude Test: Last week of June

Eligibility Criteria for JEE

· Candidates of GEN and OBC-NCL categories must have been completed 17 years at the time of admission and should be an Indian National.

·         The upper age limit for JEE (Advanced) is 25 years for GE and OBC-NCL categories and this upper age limit shall be relaxed by a period of 5 years for SC, ST and PwD categories.

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     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, 1-Language, 5^th Optional subject like ED, Comp Sc etc.

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      Those appearing in 10+2 final or equivalent examination may also appear in JEE (Main) in the following year provisionally.

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    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.

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

·     For further details of the eligibility criteria for the admission into IITs and ISM-Dhanbad, please visit JEE (Advanced) website.

·         Maximum number of attempts a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) shall be three and for JEE (Advanced), two in uniformly in consecutive years.

    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. The list of state code of eligibility is given on JEE (Main) website: www.jeemain.nic.in

Test 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):

The JEE (Main) exam consists of 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 type questions with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. 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. Question papers are provided in both English and Hindi medium.

Exam Details of JEE (Main):

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

Exam Structure of JEE (Advanced)

The JEE (Advanced) consists 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 are also with negative marking. Question papers are provided in both English and Hindi medium.

Paper-1:                                                                                                           MM: 180 (60x3)

Sections	Type of Questions	No. of Questions	Full Marks	Negative Marks	Duration
1	One or More than One Options Correct Type	10	10 x 3 = 30	NO	3 hrs. (9:00-12:00)
2	One Integer Value Correct Type	10	10 x 3 = 30	NO
	MCQs	Total - 20	MM - 60

Paper-2:                                                                                                           MM: 180 (60x3)

Section	Type of Questions	No. of Questions	Full Marks	Negative Marks	Duration
1	Only One Option Correct Type	10	10 x 3 = 30	-1	3 hrs. (14:00-17:00)
2	Comprehension Type (3 Paragraphs)	3 x 2 = 6	6 x 3 = 18	-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. He/she 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.