Can anyone please explain me the pattern of jee mains exam
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Hey,
JEE Main exam is divided into two papers-
Paper 1 and Paper 2.
• Paper 1- for engineering courses in various NITs, IIITs etc
• Paper 2 is for architecture courses.
For B.tech admission, you have to appear in Paper 1.
The JEE Main 2018 exam pattern has been given for both Paper I & Paper II in the link below-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-exam-pattern
Following is the exam pattern for jee mains paper 1 and paper 2 in 2018:
->->->JEE Main Exam Pattern - Paper 1:
- Mode of Exam: Pen & Paper based (offline) or Computer Based Test (CBT/Online)
- Duration of the Exam: The total time given to candidates is 3 hours
- Subjects: Candidates will be tested in 3 subjects namely - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. Questions will be asked from the given JEE Main syllabus 2018
- Total Number of questions: A total of 90 questions will be asked in the JEE Main 2018 Paper 1. Each section will have 30 questions each
- Type of Questions: Only objective type questions will be asked. Each question will have four options out of which one will be correct
- Marking Scheme: Each correct answer will be awarded 4 marks. Every wrong answer will fetch -1 mark while any answer with no response will not be given any marks
- Total Marks awarded: The paper will be set for 360 marks.
- Language / Medium of question paper: All candidates will be given the option to write the JEE Main exam in English or Hindi except for candidates from Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli who can opt for Gujarati
->->->JEE Main Exam Pattern - Paper 2:
- Mode of Exam: The JEE Main 2018 exam will be held in pen and paper mode only.
- Duration of the Exam: The total time given to students to complete the exam is 3 hours.Subjects: Candidates will be tested in Mathematics, General aprtitude and drawing skills.
- Total Number of questions: The total number of questions asked in the exam are 82 out of which Mathematics will have 50 questions, Aptitude will have 20 questions and drawing will have 2 questions
- Type of Questions: While Mathematics and Aptitude will have objective type questions, drawing will have questions that will test the candidates in their drawing and sketching capabilities.
- Marking Scheme: While the objective questions will be awarded 4 marks for a correct answer and a negative mark of -1 for every wrong answer, the drawing questions will be for a total of 70 marks but the marks for each question will be mentioned along with the question only.
- Total Marks awarded: The question paper will be for 390 marks in total.
- Language / Medium of question paper: Candidates will have the choice of writing the paper in English or Hindi, candidates from Gujarat, Diu& Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli can choose to write the exam in Gujarati.
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