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Only 2 papers for Joint Entrance Examination - JEE, this year

Only 2 papers for Joint Entrance Examination - JEE, this year

New Delhi: In what could ease the exam blues for students taking the entrance examination to elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) this year, they will be required to appear for two papers and not three.

The IIT has decided to restructure the joint entrance examination (JEE) to be held on April 8, and the test will now comprise two papers.

Each paper will be of three hour’s duration and will consists of questions on physics, chemistry and mathematics, official sources said.

Earlier, students had to appear for three papers, one each dealing with the subjects of physics, chemistry and mathematics. The papers earlier were of two hour’s duration.

The questions will continue to be of objective type and there will be negative marking for incorrect answers, the sources said.

The JEE structure has been undergoing changes since lat year. Till 2005, there were two stages of tests in the IIT – JEE. First the students appeared for a screening test and those qualifying this test were allowed to sit for the main exam.

However, a one stage examination was introduced last year.

As many as three lakh students appeared for the tests last year. There are over 4,000 seats in seven IITs which are expected to increase to about 5,500 to implement reservation for OBC students.

Only 2 papers for Joint Entrance Examination - JEE, this year

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