JEE (Main) for IIT and JEE Admissions – Frequently Asked questions

Frequently Asked Questions about JEE (Main)

Q1. What is the new scheme of engineering entrance examination ?

Ans. It has been decided to hold a Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) from the year 2013 for admission to the undergraduate programmes in Engineering in two parts, JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED. Only the top 150000 candidates  based on performance in JEE MAIN will qualify to appear in the JEE ADVANCED examination. Admissions to IITs will be based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE ADVANCED, subject to condition that such candidates are in  the top 20 percentile (category wise) in their respective Boards/Qualifying Examinations.

Admission to NITs will be based on  40 % weightage for performance in Class XII board/ equivalent examination 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 participating Institutions. In case any State opts to admit students in the engineering Colleges affiliated to state Universities  and requires separate merit list to be provided based on relative weightages adopted by the states, the merit list shall be prepared with such relative weightages as may be indicated by States. For such participating states the examination will be conducted in the Regional Languages of the State(s) on request.

Q2. What are JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED examinations ?

Ans. The erstwhile AIEEE exam will now be called as JEE-MAIN exam and erstwhile IITJEE will now be called as JEE-ADVANCED exam. To appear in JEE-ADVANCED, one has to appear in JEE-MAIN first and should be in top 1.5 lakh candidates category wise.

Q3. What will be admission criteria for IITs and ISM Dhanbad ?

Ans. Only the top 150000 candidates (including all categories) based on performance in JEE MAIN will qualify to appear in the JEE ADVANCED examination. Admissions to IITs will be based only on category-wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE ADVANCED, subject to condition that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile  (category wise) in their respective Boards/Qualifying Examinations.

Q4. What will be admission criteria for NITs, IIITs and other CFTIs ?

Ans. Admission to NITs will be based on 40 % weightage for total marks  obtained in Class XII board/ equivalent exam (normalized) and 60 % weightage to performance in JEE Main. A combined All India Rank (AIR) would be decided accordingly. The policy could also be adopted by other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) and participating Institutions.

Q5. What will be admission criteria for State Engineering Colleges ?

Ans. In case any State opts to admit students in the engineering Colleges affiliated to state Universities  and  requires separate merit list to be provided based on relative weightages adopted by the states, the merit list shall be prepared with such relative weightages as may be indicated by States. As of now Gujarat state has opted for the  same.

Q6. What will be medium of examinations of JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED ?

Ans. Hindi and English. The JEE-MAIN examination will also be conducted in the Regional Languages of the State(s) on the requests of such State(s) who are participating in JEE(Main) for their State ngineering  Colleges/ Universities. However JEE-ADVANCED will be conducted in English/Hindi medium only.

Q7.What is minimum academic qualification for appearing in JEE-Main 2013 exam ?

Ans. The minimum academic qualification for appearing in JEE(MAIN) 2013 is that  a candidate  must have passed in  the  final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent referred to as the qualifying examination. Those appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent examination in 2013 may also appear in JEE(MAIN) 2013 provisionally.

Q8.What are qualifying examinations for JEE(Main)-2013?

Ans. LIST OF QUALIFYING EXAMINATIONS FOR JEE(Main)-2013 

i)  The +2 level examination in the 10+2 pattern of examination of any recognized Central/State Board of Secondary Examination, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi, and Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi

ii) Intermediate or two-year Pre-University Examination conducted by a recognized Board/University.

iii)  Final Examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.

iv) Any Public School/Board/University Examination in India or in foreign countries recognized by the Association of Indian Universities as equivalent to 10+2 system.

v)  H.S.C. Vocational Examination.

vi) A pass grade in the Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Open School with a minimum of five subjects.

vii) 3 or 4-year diploma recognized by AICTE or a State Board of Technical Education.

Q9. I want to improve my Class XII results. Can I do in two subjects ?

Ans. If you want to improve your performance in Board’s Exam, you can do so but for consideration of that year’s result  you have to appear in all the subjects  (as per the scheme of studies of your Board, 5 subjects in case of CBSE ) and not partially. You can not improve in one/two subjects and add them to previous years’ performance.

Q10. What will be pattern of examination for JEE-MAIN 2013 (both for B.E./B.TECH. and B.ARCH) please inform ? What will be the duration of exam ?

Ans. Subject combination for each paper and type of questions in each paper are given in the table below:

	SUBJECTS	TYPE OF QUESTIONS	Duration
Paper 1	Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics	Objective type questions with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics	3 Hours
Paper 2	Mathematics – Part I Aptitude Test – Part II & Drawing Test – Part III	Objective type questions Objective type questions questions to test Drawing Aptitude	3 Hours

 

Requirement of papers for different courses is given in the table below:

COURSE	PAPERS
B.E/B.TECH	Paper –1
B.ARCH/B. PLANNING	Paper –2

Q11. Will there be negative marking in JEE-Main exam 2013 ? What will be the typology of the questions therein ?

Ans. YES. There will be objective type questions with four options having single correct answer. For each incorrect response, one fourth (1/4) of the total marks allotted to the question would be deducted. No deduction from the total score will, however, be made if no response is indicated for an item in the answer sheet.

Q12. What is the syllabus for JEE-Main 2013 Exam ? Is this the same as last year’s AIEEE syllabus? What will be syllabus for JEE-Advanced ? Are both the syllabus same or different ?

Ans. The syllabus for JEE-Main 2013 exam is given on JEE-Main site www.jeemainedu.in. Yes it is same as last year’s AIEEE syllabus. For the syllabus of JEE(advanced) please refer JEE-Advanced site  http://jee.iitd.ac.in .  Both are almost similar but you must refer to official syllabi of both.

Q13.Last year I appeared for AIEEE exam. Will that be considered as attempt ? How many attempts I can take in JEE-Main ?

Ans. Yes if you appeared last year, that will be considered as an attempt in JEE-Main 2013 exam. The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE(Main) shall be limited to 03 (three) uniformly for all the candidates in consecutive years. The candidates passed +2 exam in  2011 or 2012 or appearing in +2 in  2013 are only eligible to appear in  JEE(Main)-2013.  Candidates passed +2 in 2010 or before or appearing in 2014 are not eligible to appear in JEE(Main)-2013.

Q14. What are dates of  exam ?

Ans.

JEE-Main	Offline Exam – 7 th April 2013 Online Exam – Between 8 th April to 30th April 2013 (the exact dates will be announced later on)
JEE-Advanced	Offline Exam – 2nd Jun 2013. There will not be any online exam for JEEAdvanced.

Q15. How to obtain information about JEE-Advanced ?

Ans. For  more information and queries about JEE(Advanced) please contact [email protected] or refer JEE-Advanced website http://jee.iitd.ac.in

Q16. When the forms will be available ?

Ans. There will not be any physical sale of forms. The forms will be filled up ‘Online’ only. The forms will be available on JEE-Main website www.jeemain-edu.in. The form will be available from 1st Nov 2012 only.  To help candidates fill up the application forms online , the CBSE will release list of facilitation centres at the time of release of the form.

The candidates can avail services of these centres free of cost.

Q.17 Will the JEE-Main will be conducted in online mode also ?

Ans. The JEE(Main) exam will  be conducted in mixed mode i.e. both Offline (Paper and  Pen Based Examination)  mode  and Online Exam (Computer Based Examination) mode. The centres for both  offline and online exam will be distinct.  JEE(advanced) will be conducted in offline (Pen and Paper based Examination) mode only.

Q.18 I am a blind student. Will I get amanuenses?

Ans. Provision has been made to provide amanuenses to the blind candidates. Candidate has to contact Executive Director, JEE(Main) for JEE(Main) exam one month before the examination along with medical certificate issued by the competent authority.
Amanuenses will be provided by the Center Superintendent.  Class XI student of Commerce/Humanities without Mathematics will only be provided as amanuenses.  One hour extra time will also be allowed to such candidates.

Q.19 Can I use calculator for calculations in the JEE-Main exam ?

Ans. Use of electronic devices like mobile phone, calculator, iPod, etc. is  NOT PERMITTED in JEE (Main) 2013. Also materials like log table, book, notebook, etc. should NOT be brought into the examination hall.

Q.20 What is the age limit to apply for JEE-Main exam?

Ans. Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1988 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and  Persons with Disabilities (PWD) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PWD candidates who were born on or after October 01, 1983 are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education board / University certificate only will be taken as authentic.

Q.21 What are the reservation rules for JEE-Main Exam 2013 ?

Ans. As per Government of India rules candidates belonging to certain categories are admitted to seats reserved for them based on relaxed criteria.

These categories are:

(i) Other Backward Classes (OBC) if they belong to Non-Creamy Layer (NCL)

(ii) Scheduled Castes (SC)

(iii) Scheduled Tribes (ST)

(iv) Persons with Physical Disability (PD)
Benefit of reservation shall be given only to those classes/castes/tribes which are in the  respective central list published by the Govt of India.

Q.22  What is state code of eligibility?

Ans.(i)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 JEEMain for admission to B.E/B.Tech and B.Arch/B. Planning Courses of the institutions / Colleges of the States/UT.

(ii) Indian nationals passing the equivalent qualifying examination from any institution abroad, the State of Eligibility will be determined on the basis of permanent address given in the Passport of the candidate.

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