The
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), New Delhi recently announced the conducting new Joint Entrance Exam (
JEE) from 2013.
The
students have to take the new Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) for admissions
in to IITs, NITs, IIITs, Deemed Universities and other central funded
technical institutions from April and June 2013. The Joint Entrance Exam
will be conducted in two parts, JEE Mains and JEE Advanced.
Admission to the NITs (National Institutes of Technology) will be
based on 40 % weightage for performance in Class XII board marks
(normalized) and the remainder 60 % weightage would be given to
performance in JEE Main 2013 and a combined All India Rank (AIR) would
be decided accordingly. This policy could also be adopted by other
Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) and participating
institutions.
Date of Examinations for JEE (Main) Exam 2013JEE (Main) Exam 2013 (Offline) –
7th April 2013JEE (Main) Exam 2013 (Online)– Between
8th April & 25th April 2013 (the exact dates will be announced soon)
JEE Main 2013 Syllabus
For Paper 1:
Mathematics
Physics
Chemistry
For Paper 2:
Paper 2
Eligibility Criteria for JEE (Main) Exam 2013
The
minimum academic qualification for appearing in JEE (MAIN) 2013 is that
the candidate must have passed in final examination of 10+2 (Class XII)
or its equivalent referred to as the qualifying examination (see
below). Those appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent
examination in 2013 may also appear in JEE(MAIN) 2013 provisionally.
However, admission criteria in the concerned institution/university will
be followed as prescribed by concerned university/institution and as
per the guidelines & criteria prescribed by AICTE.
List of Qualifying Examinations for JEE Main 2013i)
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.
Exam Pattern for JEE Main 2013
JEE Main 2013 would have the following exam pattern:
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SUBJECTS
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TYPE OF QUESTIONS
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Duration
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Paper 1
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Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics
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Objective type questions with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics
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3 hours
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Paper 2
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Mathematics – Part I Aptitude Test – Part II Drawing Test – Part III
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Objective type questions Objective type questions questions to test Drawing Aptitude
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3 hours
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If you’re applying for B.E or B.Tech then you should take Paper 1.
If you’re applying for B.Arch or B.Planning then you should take Paper 2.
Scoring and Negative Marking in JEE Main 2013There
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 be made if no response is indicated for an
item in the answer sheet.
Number of attempts in JEE (Main) Exam
You can attempt to clear the JEE (Main) Exam
three (3) times in consecutive years.
This
would mean that the candidates who passed their +2 exam in 2011 or 2012
or who are appearing for their +2 exams in 2013 are only eligible to
appear in JEE (Main)2013.
Candidates who passed their +2 in 2010
or before or who are appearing for their +2 exams in 2014 are not
eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2013.
JEE (ADVANCED)
The JEE (Advanced) will be held on 2 June 2013 (only offline).Only
the top 1,50,000 candidates (including all categories) based on
performance in JEE MAIN 2013 will qualify to appear in the JEE ADVANCED
2013 examination.
Admissions to the IITs & ISM, Dhanbad
will be based only on the category-wise All India Rank (AIR) of an
engineering aspirant in the JEE ADVANCED 2013 exam, subject to condition
that such candidates are in the top 20 percentile categories of their
respective class XII board or other qualifying examination. The
percentile will vary from year to year and across the Boards.
JEE Advanced 2013 Exam PatternThe
JEE (Advanced)-2013 will have two objective type papers. Each paper
will consist of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Duration of each
paper will be 3-hours. Question papers will be in both English and
Hindi.