Engineering Entrance Exam
Engineering Entrance Exams have always been the hot choice for millions of higher secondary students, who dream to pursue attractive careers in Engineering. Most of the national as well as state level Engineering Entrance Tests like JEE (Main & Advanced), IIITs, NITs, GFTIs and for other Engineering Colleges of India, are held in the months of April / May / June for the academic year starting from July / August of the following year.
Pattern of some Entrance Exams:
JEE (Main): There are two papers in JEE (Main), Paper-1 for B. Tech and Paper-2 for B.Arch. Paper-1, B. Tech which contains 90 questions; 30 questions from each in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Each question carries 4 marks with a total 360 marks. There is ¼ negative marking, means 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. Duration of the test is 3 hrs.
JEE (Advanced): There are two objective type papers i.e., Paper-I & Paper-II in this exam. Each paper contains 54 questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Each subject contains 18 questions. Max. Mark is 186 for each paper. There is also negative marking in some sections of this paper. Duration of each paper is 3 hrs. Questions are varies from section to section.
VITEEE: In the Vellore Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Exam, there are 3 parts–Part-I: Physics, Part-II: Chemistry and Part-III: Mathematics/Biology. Each part contains 40 questions with equal weightage. The total number of questions is 120. Each question carries 1 mark. Duration of test is 2.5 hrs. Max. Mark is 120.
BITS-Pilani: BITSAT entrance test consists of one paper containing 4 parts. Physics in Part-I contains 40 questions; Chemistry in Part-II also contains 40 questions; Part-III contains two sub-sections: (a) English Proficiency-15 questions & (b) Logical Reasoning-10 questions and Mathematics/Biology in Part-IV contains 45 questions. Total no of questions is 150, each question carries 3 marks. There is also -1 negative marking. Duration of test is 3 hrs. Max. Mark is 450.