Q : What are JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced) examinations?
Ans : The erstwhile AIEEE exam will now be called as JEE (Main) exam
and erstwhile IIT-JEE 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
candidate category wise. Q : 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 admissionto 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, other Centrally Funded Technical
Institutions (CFTIs) and participating Institutions 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. Q : What will be medium
of examinations of JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced)? Ans :
Medium of examinations will be 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 Engineering Colleges/
Universities. However JEE (Advanced) will be conducted in English/Hindi medium only.
Q : Will there be negative marking in JEE (Main) exam 2016? What will be the
typology of the questions therein? Ans : Yes
there is. 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. Hence
the student has to be careful while answering questions.