A general note on JEE main entrance examination
About
JEE
The JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) is an
all India joint entrance examination which is conducted for the admissions in
various engineering courses. The JEE (joint entrance examination) is being
conducted in two parts, JEE-Main and JEE-Advanced. The central Board of
Secondary education (CBSE) is conducting the JEE-main examination.
The
JEE-main entrance examination is for the admissions in to the IIITs (Indian
Institute of Information Technology), National Institute of technology (NITs)
and CFTI (Central funded technical institute) etc. The candidates who clear the
JEE entrance-Main examination are eligible and seek admission in the IITs, NITs
and in other prestigious private and government engineering colleges.
Admission
Criteria
The admission criteria to the undergraduate
engineering programs in IIITs, NITs, and other centrally funded technical
institutions and the institutions funded by the participating state governments
and other institutions includes the
performance in the class 12th and in the Joint entrance examination
(JEE).
Pattern
of examination
The Joint entrance examination (JEE) has
two exam papers, paper-1 and Paper-2. The candidates may opt for either or both
of them. Both papers contain multiple choice questions.
The Paper-1 is for admissions in B.E/B.Tech
(online and offline)
The Paper-2 is for admissions in B.Arch and
B.Planning (offline only)
The
candidates are requested to read thoroughly the exam pattern to get
familiarised with the actual exam and its architecture. It will invariably
assist the candidates to devise a strategy that will help them to solve the
questions correctly in the given time frame.
The exam will be conducted in online and
offline mode as well. The JEE main entrance examination would be based on the
class XI and XII syllabus of Maths, chemistry and physics. The duration of the
examination is for three hours. Every correct answer will be awarded with one
mark and every wrong answer will be given a negative mark of ¼. The total marks
awarded for the entire set of questions is around 90 marks. The number of
questions is 90. The candidates will be given the multiple choice questions out
of which one has to select the correct option from the given set.
JEE Main
Entrance Application form
The candidates have to fill the application
form online. The candidates can access the official website to apply. It
requires the uploading of scanned images of photo, thumb impression and
signature for the processing of the application form. The candidates are
strictly advised not to send any documents to the JEE main entrance exam.
JEE
Reservation of seats
The candidates will be assigned All India
rank as per the respective categorical reservation policy. The categories are
given below.
NCL-OBC (Non-creamy layer) – 27%
Scheduled castes – 15%
Scheduled tribes- 7.5%
Persons with disability (PwD) – 3%
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