Engineering Entrance Exams in Brief
Most of the entrance tests for IITs,
IIITs, NITs, CFTIs and other Engineering Colleges in India are held in the
months of April / May / June for the
academic year starting July / August and results of these tests are published
in the months of June/ July/ August.
Ministry
of Human Resource & Development (MHRD), Govt. of India had directed in 2013
to conduct combined entrance tests for all IITs, NITs, IIITs, and all other
State & IIT-JEE affiliated Engineering colleges in India in two phases
called – JEE (Main) & JEE (Advanced). There will be common
entrance tests for admissions in undergraduate degree programs in India's
government as well as private Engineering/Science
Institutions/Colleges/Universities including the IITs.
Generally
the syllabus of the engineering entrance test is based on the course outline of
the class XI and XII and as well as NCERT. The motto of the test is to assess the basic
knowledge and fundamentals of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. However in
some specific tests, questions are asked on MAT, English, Logical
Reasoning and Drawing etc.
In
case of JEE (Advanced), Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics are given equal
importance with 20 questions in each
subject of 60 marks along with
negative marks in some sections. Maximum marks are 180. Whereas in JEE (Main), 30 questions in each subject of 90 marks having Objective and
Assertion-Reason type questions with equal weightage of Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics. There is 1/4th
negative marking for incorrect response. Total marks are 360.
In
case of VITEEE, 40 questions in each
part with equal weightage of PART-I:
Physics, PART-II: Chemistry, PART-III: Mathematics/ Biology. Total no. of questions is 120. Each question carry
one mark whereas in case
of BITSAT, there are 4 parts as Part-I:
Physics-40, Part-II: Chemistry-40, Part-III: (a) English Proficiency-15 and (b)
Logical Reasoning-10, Part-IV: Mathematics-45 questions. Total 150 questions, each question carry 3 marks.
