Tough Question paper in JEE may rise in cut-offs for IITs

The first level of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), for admission to Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and other engineering institutes conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) was tougher, says several student.

About 12 lakh students appeared for the examination at over 2,000 centres in 129 cities in India and abroad.

The cut-offs for Common Merit List (CML) in 2013, 2014, 2015 were 113,115 and 105 respectively.

“Few questions in the chemistry paper were ambiguous,” says a student.

“Paper 1, which had questions from physics, chemistry, and mathematics, was from within the syllabus but few were difficult to solve. Paper 2 that tested students in mathematics, aptitude, and drawing, was easier,” said another student.

“Few questions in physics were tricky and challenging. Compared to last year this section was a shade tougher,” said another student.

The online exam is scheduled for April 8 and 9.

Aman Verma, a student who appeared for the examination, also said the physics section was difficult. “The chemistry paper was easy. Mathematics section was a little tricky. I had difficulty in solving few physics questions,” he added.

Engineering institutes that accept the applicants of JEE (Main) admission include National Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Information Technology.

A total of 67 such institutes had participated in the joint seat allocation procedure conducted by JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) for 2015-2016.

The top 1.5 lakh candidates of the JEE (Main) exam are eligible to take the JEE (Advanced) for admission to IITs and Indian School of Mines, Dhanbad.