FIITJEE expert Ramesh Batlish shares tips for aspirants taking the exam in January 2020 on how to get a winning score
The JEE Main 2020 will be conducted by The National Testing Agency (NTA) for admission to Undergraduate Programs in NITs, IIITs and other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) in 2020-2021 in two phases, the first phase for Admissions to BE/BTech(Paper-1) and BArch/BPlanning (Paper-2) from January 6-11, 2020. The second phase between April 3-9, 2020.
Students have the option to appear in one or both phases. The result will however consider the students performance in the best of the two phases. The NTA has recently announced changes in the JEE Main 2020 exam pattern. The exam pattern shows reduction in the number of questions and introduction of numerical questions. The number of JEE Main exam centres have been also decreased from 264 to 233.
The candidates aspiring to take admission to the undergraduate programmes will also have to appear in BE/BTech Paper of JEE (Main)-2020. Based on the performance in the BE/BTech. of JEE (Main)-2020, number of top candidates as per the requirement for JEE (Advanced) 2020 will be eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced)- 2020. Admission to IITs will be based on category — wise All India Rank (AIR) in JEE (Advanced),subject to the conditions as would be mentioned in JEE (Advanced)-2020 Website.
The question paper will be available in English, Hindi and Gujarati. Paper 1 will be conducted in two sessions per day and the candidates will be allotted slots randomly. For appearing in the JEE (Main) exam there is no age limit for the candidates. The candidates who have passed class XII equivalent examination in 2018, 2019 or appearing in 2020 irrespective of their age can appear in JEE (Main) exam — 2020.
New Pattern
The JEE Main Paper-1 (for BE/BTech) & Paper-2 (for BArch/BPlanning) examwill be held in CBT mode only, except that the drawing test for BArch which will be held in pen and paper (offline) mode. A candidate may appear in BE/BTech, BArch and BPlanning depending upon the course/s he wishes to pursue. According to the JEE Main 2020 exam pattern, Paper-1 will comprise of multiple choice questions and numerical questions whereas Paper-2 is now separate for BArch and BPlan aspirants.
Paper 1 for BE/BTech aspirants will comprise of three parts — Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry with 25 questions in each part. In each part there will be 20 multiple choice questions (MCQs) with one correct option and five questions with answer as numerical value. The marking scheme for MCQs will be +4 for the correct answer, -1 for incorrect answers and 0 for an unattempted question while that for numerical value questions will be +4 for a correct answer and 0 if incorrect or unattempted. The total marks for this paper will be 300. The duration of the paper will be three hours with total 75 questions including all three subjects. This paper will be conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only.
Students aspiring for BArch /BPlanning will have to appear in Paper-2 . The aspirants will have three parts. Part-I (Mathematics) of 100 marks with 20 MCQs with one correct option and five questions with answer as numerical value. Part-II (Aptitude) of 200 marks will have 50 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Part-III (Drawing) of 100 marks will have two questions. The marking scheme for MCQs will be +4 for the correct answer, -1 for an incorrect answer and 0 for an unattempted question while that for numerical value questions will be +4 for a correct answer and 0 if incorrect or unattempted. The total marks for this paper will be 400. The duration of the paper will be 3 hrs with total 77 questions including all three parts.
The Paper-2 for BPlanning aspirants will have three parts. Part-I (Mathematics) of 100 marks with 20 MCQs with one correct option and five questions with answer as numerical value. Part-II (Aptitude) of 200 marks will have 50 MCQs with one correct option and Part-III (Planning Based Objective Type MCQ) of 100 marks will have 25 MCQs with one correct option. The marking scheme for MCQs will be +4 for the correct answer, -1 for an incorrect answer and 0 for an unattempted question while that for numerical value questions will be +4 for a correct answer and 0 if incorrect or unattempted. The total marks for this paper will be 400. The duration of the paper will be 3 hrs with total 100 questions including all three parts.
Why appear both phases
- One more opportunity to the students to improve their scores in examination if they fail to give their best in first attempt without wasting their whole academic year.
- In first attempt, the students will get a first-hand experience of taking an examination and to know their mistakes which they can improve while attempting for the second time.
- This will reduce chances of dropping a year and droppers would not have to waste a full year.
- If anyone missed the exam due to reasons beyond control, then he won't have to wait for one full year.
- The student’s best of the two NTA scores will be considered for preparation of Merit List/ Ranking.
Prep Strategy
One must not start any new books at this stage. However, one can still refer to standard books for concept clearing. This stage should be utilised more for problem solving, developing short cuts and memorising formulae. Aspirants must take up mock tests in online/offline modes to develop confidence. Time management is crucial to score more marks in JEE (Main).Ramesh Batlish shares tips for aspirants taking the exam in January 2020 on how to get a winning score
