Joint Entrance Examination

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is an all India common engineering entrance examination of objective pattern which is conducted for admission in various engineering colleges and courses all over the country. It is regarded internationally as one of the most challenging engineering admission tests.

In 2012, the government-run Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) that earlier conducted the AIEEE, announced this common examination that replaced the AIEEE and IIT-JEE. JEE consists of two parts, JEE Main and JEE Advanced. JEE-Advanced is for admission to Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISERs), while the JEE-Main exam is for admission to National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs). Only the students selected in JEE Mains are eligible for appearing in JEE Advanced. Over 200,000 students are selected each year.

There are some institutes like the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs), Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, and the Indian Institute of Science which use the score obtained in JEE Advanced as the basis for admission. These are not participating institutes of central IIT JEE Advanced counselling of which all IITs are member. Any student who takes admission to IITs cannot appear for JEE-Advanced exam in the next year, but the same is not the case with IISc, IISER, RGIPT and other institutes as these institutes only use JEE Advanced score for admission.

In September 2013, the IIT Council approved the decision of the Joint Admission Board to continue with the two-phase JEE pattern ("Main" followed by "Advanced") for IITs in 2014.

Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2015 (JoSAA 2015) conducted the joint admission process for a total of 19 IITs, 32 NITs, 18 IIITs and 19 other Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs).[1][2][3]

JEE Mains

JEE Mains exam has two papers, Paper-1 and Paper-2. Candidates may opt for either or both of them. Both papers contain multiple choice questions. Paper 1 is for admission to B.E./B.Tech courses and is conducted in both online and offline modes. Paper-2 is for admission in B.Arch and B.Planning courses. It is conducted offline only.

JEE Mains, unlike JEE Advanced, has a fixed exam structure. Paper-1 is of three hours duration and consists of thirty multiple choice (single-correct) questions in each of the three subjects (physics, chemistry and maths). There is negative marking for incorrect answers. 4 marks are awarded for correct answers and 1 mark is deducted for incorrect answers.[4]

1.3 million candidates appeared for JEE Main in 2014.[5] In 2016, JEE Main was conducted on 3 April 2016 (offline mode) and April 9 and April 10, 2016 (online mode).

From 2013 to 2016, the marks obtained in the class XII school board examination used to be accorded a 40% weightage in deciding the JEE Mains all India ranks.[6][7]

JEE Main 2017

CBSE will conduct JEE Main 2017. Paper & Pen based exam on April 2, 2017, while the Computer Based Test (CBT) will be held on April 8 and April 9, 2017. Changes for 2017 include:

JEE Main 2016

To enter Aadhaar Card Number in online Application Form of JEE Main 2016 was optional.

Number of applicants by year

The number of applicants taking the JEE Main has varied over the years. In 2016, fewer aspirants registered as compared to the previous three years as shown in the table below:

Year No. of Students
2016 1,300,000
2015 1,300,000
2014 1,350,000
2013 1,400,000

JEE Advanced

See also: IIT-JEE

Students who qualify JEE-Mains can appear for JEE-Advanced examination. Approximately 200,000 students qualify to appear for JEE-Advanced examination.[8]

JEE Advanced 2017

IIT Madras has been selected to conduct JEE Advanced for the year. The JEE Advanced examination will be held on 21 May 2017.[9] Changes for 2017 include:

JEE Advanced 2016

In 2016, the JEE Advanced exam was held on May 22, 2016. The exam carried a total of 372 marks with each paper carrying 186 marks. The level of difficulty of questions was increased to a larger extent. Moreover number of integer type questions (which had no negative marking) were reduced. The paper was set up in collaboration of different IITs with the principal organizer being the IIT Guwahati. The Physics paper was set by IIT Madras, Mathematics by IIT Guwahati and the Chemistry portion was jointly set by IIT Bombay and IIT Delhi. These features made this paper the toughest ever JEE Paper till date. The paper had a huge surprise of partial marking in multiple correct choice where if a student marked some but not all correct answers without marking the wrong ones, he/she would be awarded one mark for each correct option.[11][12]

JEE Advanced 2015

JEE Advanced 2015 was held on May 24, 2015. The two papers were of 504 marks overall, a sharp increase from the regular trend of about 360 marks. Changes in examination pattern surprised students nationwide. There were no single-correct multiple choice questions at all; all of them were multi-correct. The level of negative marking was also increased.[13][14]

A student from Madhya Pradesh, Satvat Jagwani, topped the exam with 469 marks. According to the statistics released by IIT Bombay, which conducted the exam, 26,456 out of the 1,17,238 candidates who appeared in the test were shortlisted for admission to IITs. 23,407 male candidates qualified, outnumbering 3,049 female candidates.[15]

JEE Advanced 2014

JEE Advanced 2014 was held on May 25, 2014. The paper was of 360 marks. Praveen Tyagi, head of a coaching centre, said that the first paper was reminiscent of the old subjective JEE papers in terms of difficulty level. He noted that a major surprise was that there was no negative marking in the first paper, so students who did not read the instructions or attempted only selected questions would be at loss. Mr R L Trikha from another private coaching organisation stated that the physics paper was lengthier and chemistry was tougher than last year. The mathematics part of the paper was not well-balanced as there was 50% calculus, 30% algebra and just 20% coordinate geometry.[16]

The second paper was comparatively easier.[16]

119,581 students appeared for JEE Advanced in 2014 out of which 27,152 qualified of which 14,269 i.e. 52.55% qualified from 11 Indian cities.[17]

History

The JEE pattern has undergone many changes. Since 2010 candidates are given paper copies of their answers, and cutoffs are announced.[18] This transparency was achieved after a tenacious legal tussle waged by IIT Kharagpur professor Rajeev Kumar,[19] who was nominated for the National RTI Award 2010 for his crusade.[20] Since 2013-14, JEE has changed a lot and recently adopted new online admissions and application selection procedures which were not available in recent years.

JEE Mains counselling

Earlier, counselling for JEE main was conducted through CSAB but now officials have made changes in the counselling procedure. The JAB (Joint Admission Board), representing IITs and CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board), are making agreements on the behalf of NITs and other CFTIs, and are now united to conduct a counselling (common counselling) for the two exams of JEE. The memo for the same was signed on May 2, 2015. These two together will be known as the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA).[21]

Future

The JEE Board of conduct refreshes the pattern of the examination every year. This dynamic nature is built to ensure the merit-based selection and genuineness of the entrance test. This is also done to oppose the coaching culture widely followed as a means of preparation for this exam. To further clarify the process of admission by merit, JEE Admission Board plans to replenish the exam structure from 2017. As per decisions taken in December 2015-February 2016, JEE 2017 onwards will comprise a compulsory 'Science Aptitude Test' as the first phase of the exam and then the final objective paper as the rank-decider. JAB bets that this aptitude test cannot be gamed by coaching institutes and thereby is a true-merit process of selection.

See also

References

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  2. ↑ "JoSAA admission 2015 concludes; No Spot Round this time".
  3. ↑ "Only 591 seats vacant at IITs, ISM Dhanbad".
  4. ↑ "Know All About JEE Main 2015 Paper Pattern". JEE Mag. Placness. 14 July 2014.
  5. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/jee-mains-2014-14-lakh-candidates-appeared-for-the-exam/1/353322.html&lt
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  7. ↑ "Class 12 marks will not impact JEE Main rank: HRD ministry". Hindustan Times. April 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/education/story/jee-mains-2014-online-exam-begins-today/1/353681.html<
  9. ↑ "IIT JEE Advanced 2017 to be held on May 21". The Indian Express. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  10. ↑ "The qualifying marks for admission to NITs, IIITs and GFTIs have also been revised" (PDF).
  11. ↑ "JEE Advanced Examination to be held on 22 May 2016 from 09:00 AM".
  12. ↑ "JEE Advanced Examination to be held on May 22, 2016".
  13. ↑ Ankur Tewari (25 May 2015). "JEE Advanced 2015: Students fret over pattern change". Times of India.
  14. ↑ "JEE Advanced: Tougher paper, new marking scheme stump students". The Indian Express. 25 May 2015.
  15. ↑ "JEE (Advanced) results declared; Satvat Jagwani from MP is topper". Hindustan Times.
  16. 1 2 "10509 from state appear for JEE (Advanced)". The Indian Express. 26 May 2014.
  17. ↑ http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/jaipur-sends-highest-number-of-students-to-iits-delhi-is-second/
  18. ↑ Vinita Deshmukh (1 November 2012). "Irregularities in IIT JEE: Will the new HRD minister offer justice to this tenacious whistleblower?".
  19. ↑ Charu Sudan Kasturi (June 27, 2016). "For "unsung hero" behind IIT JEE transparency, some reprieve after years of torment". Hindustan Times. quote= Kumar, dubbed by the Supreme Court of India as an “unsung hero” responsible for much of the transparency introduced in the IIT entrance examination in recent years
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  21. ↑ "Joint Seat Allocation Authority 2016". Retrieved 26 August 2016.
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