A large section of students in Andhra Pradesh write both the national-level engineering entrance test, JEE Main, and the state-level AP EAMCET each year. Careers360’s analysis of AP EAMCET and JEE Main question papers shows which chapters in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics carry the most weightage in the exams. This can help applicants plan their preparation efficiently for best EAMCET and JEE Main results.
A large section of students in Andhra Pradesh write both the national-level engineering entrance test, JEE Main, and the state-level AP EAMCET each year. Careers360’s analysis of AP EAMCET and JEE Main question papers shows which chapters in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics carry the most weightage in the exams. This can help applicants plan their preparation efficiently for best EAMCET and JEE Main results.
A large section of students write both national and state level entrance tests for Engineering every year. At the national level, the main exam is the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) through which admission is granted to a large number of central technical institutions as well as engineering colleges in participating states. State “common entrance tests” such as the Andhra Pradesh Engineering Agricultural and Pharmacy Common Entrance Test (AP EAMCET) are for state public and private institutions only.
Since thousands prepare for both simultaneously and will eventually have to pick an institution through one over the other, it helps to compare the exam patterns, difficulty level and other aspects of the JEE Main and AP EAMCET. Clarity on the similarities and differences is critical for developing an efficient strategy for acing them.
The JEE Main is the national-level exam through which admission is granted to National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and Government-Funded Technical Institutions (GFTIs). It also serves as a screening test for admission to the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) as for final admission, the top rankers in JEE Main have to write another test, the JEE Advanced.
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These lead to admission to undergraduate (BTech) and integrated postgraduate (BTech-MTech) programmes. The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts the JEE Main. The JEE Advanced is organised by a different IIT each year – JEE Advanced 2021 was conducted by IIT Kharagpur and JEE Advance 2022 will be conducted by IIT Bombay.
The AP EAMCET is for admission to a range of BTech, BPharma, Veterinary Science degree courses including Engineering, Biotechnology, Dairy Technology, Agriculture, Food Science and Technology, Horticulture, and Pharmacy. There are around 320 colleges which admit through AP EAMCET for engineering and 72 colleges for BSc and BPharma. The top 10 colleges in which admission is via AP EAMCET are:
Koneru Lakshmaiah (KL) University, Guntur
Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam
Vignan's Foundation for Science Technology and Research, Guntur
Jawaharlal Nehru Technical University (JNTU), Kakinada
Velagapudi Ramakrishna Siddhartha Engineering College (VRSEC), Vijayawada
G Pulla Reddy Engineering College (GPREC), Kurnool
GMR Institute of Technology (GMRIT), Rajam
Gayatri Vidya Parishad College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam
Godavari Institute of Engineering and Technology (GIET ), Rajahmundry
Madanapalle Institute of Technology and Science (MITS), Madanapalle
The AP EAMCET includes two different exams – one for Engineering, the other for BSc and BPharma courses. Here, only the Engineering part is discussed.
The NTA has recently revised the JEE Main exam pattern, introducing Numerical Questions to a test that originally had only Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). In all, there are 90 questions, of which 75 are mandatory to attempt. The JEE Main question paper contains three sections, one for each of the following three subjects:
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
In JEE Main, each subject is divided into two sections. Section 1 has 20 MCQs that must all be answered; Section 2 has 10 numerical questions, of which only five must be answered. Each correct response fetches four marks; zero is awarded for an unanswered question; in case of MCQs, for every incorrect answer, one mark is deducted following the “negative marking” policy. In case of wrong answers to Numerical Questions, no marks are deducted.
The AP EAMCET Engineering exam is a three-hour test with a total of 160 questions. This paper, too, is divided into three sections:
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
A candidate has to answer all parts. There are 40 questions each from Physics and Chemistry, and 80 from Maths. All of them are MCQs, with one mark awarded for each correct response. The AP EAMCET does not have a negative marking policy.
Both JEE Main and AP EAMCET are computer-based. On behalf of the Andhra Pradesh State Council of Higher Education (APSCHE), Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada conducts the EAMCET once a year.
The NTA conducted the JEE Main twice in 2019 and 2020 and four times in 2021. For candidates who write the JEE Main multiple times in a year, the best score is considered for the JEE Main result and rank list.
The number of applicants for the JEE Main is many times the number writing the AP EAMCET. In 2021, more than 10.48 lakh students applied for JEE Main, with around 9.39 lakh students eventually appearing. Between JEE Main and JEE Advanced, admission is granted to 45,000 seats, including 16,053 seats at IITs and 31,652 seats at NITs, GFTIs, IIITs, and other colleges. The AP EAMCET test was taken by over 2 lakh candidates in 2020.
Both JEE Main and AP EAMCET - Engineering cover the same three subjects, Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. However, in the JEE Main, all three are equally important and carry equal weightage in marks. In AP EAMCET - Engineering exam, the weightage assigned to Mathematics is twice that of Physics and Chemistry individually.
The AP EAMCET question paper has questions in English and Telugu. JEE Main is held in over a dozen languages including English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
A student can write JEE Main for three consecutive years starting from when they are in Class 12. While there is no upper age limit for applying for AP EAMCET.
The rank card produced in the case of the AP EAMCET, contains significant information regarding a candidate's performance in the exam, including marks obtained, rank and qualification status. In the case of JEE Main, candidates are provided scorecards with percentiles for each component as well as the overall percentile.
The difficulty levels of AP-EAMCET and JEE Main differ. The questions in the JEE Main are more challenging. But the questions in the AP-EAMCET are more in number. Given below are detailed comparisons between questions from different subjects asked in the two exams.
Syllabus Compared
Except for experimental lab capabilities, the physics syllabus in AP EAMCET and JEE Main is nearly the same. The AP EAMCET does not ask about experimental lab abilities. However, the questions in the AP EAMCET are more formula-based and simpler than those in the jee Main.
Weightage Compared
The most common questions in the AP EAMCET are about Heat and Thermodynamics. After Heat, several topics from Mechanics are important, including Rotation, Work and Energy, and Laws of Motion. In the AP EAMCET, Mechanics makes up 40% of the Physics section.
Physics Chapters In Class 11 NCERT | JEE Main | AP EAMCET |
Units And Measurements | ✔ | ✔ |
Motion In A Straight Line | ✔ | ✔ |
Motion In A Plane | ✔ | ✔ |
Laws Of Motion | ✔ | ✔ |
Work, Energy And Power | ✔ | ✔ |
System Of Particles And Rotational Motion | ✔ | ✔ |
Gravitation | ✔ | ✔ |
Mechanical Properties Of Solids | ✔ | ✔ |
Mechanical Properties Of Fluids | ✔ | ✔ |
Thermal Properties Of Matter | ✔ | ✔ |
Thermodynamics | ✔ | ✔ |
Kinetic Theory | ✔ | ✔ |
Oscillations | ✔ | ✔ |
Waves | ✔ | ✔ |
Physics Chapters In Class 12 NCERT | JEE Main | AP EAMCET |
Electric Charges And Fields | ✔ | ✔ |
Electrostatic Potential And Capacitance | ✔ | ✔ |
Current Electricity | ✔ | ✔ |
Moving Charges And Magnetism | ✔ | ✔ |
Magnetism And Matter | ✔ | ✔ |
Electromagnetic Induction | ✔ | ✔ |
Alternating Current | ✔ | ✔ |
Electromagnetic Waves | ✔ | ✔ |
Ray Optics And Optical Instruments | ✔ | ✔ |
Wave Optics | ✔ | ✔ |
Dual Nature Of Radiation And Matter | ✔ | ✔ |
Atoms | ✔ | ✔ |
Nuclei | ✔ | ✔ |
Semiconductor Electronics | ✔ | ✔ |
Communication Systems | ✔ | ✔ |
Experimental Skills | ✔ | ✖ |
Syllabus Compared
Except for Experimental Lab Skills, the Chemistry syllabus in both examinations covers all topics and chapters included in the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) textbooks for Classes 11 and 12. The AP EAMCET does not ask questions on the Lab Skills. For Chemistry in the case of AP EAMCET the questions are easy to solve but higher in number than in the JEE but must be solved within the same time-frame.
Weightage Compared
In AP EAMCET, all sections of Chemistry – Organic, Inorganic and Physical – carry equal weight. The s - block, p - block, d and f - block elements are the most scoring topics in AP EAMCET. Questions from Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structures are few but the topic crucial as it is foundational for both Organic and Inorganic Chemistry. Following is the detailed chapter-by-chapter comparison of the JEE Main and AP EAMCET syllabus.
Chemistry Chapters In Class 11 NCERT | JEE Main | AP EAMCET |
Some Basic Concepts Of Chemistry | ✔ | ✔ |
Structure Of Atom | ✔ | ✔ |
Classification Of Elements And Periodicity In Properties | ✔ | ✔ |
Chemical Bonding And Molecular Structure | ✔ | ✔ |
States Of Matter | ✔ | ✔ |
Thermodynamics | ✔ | ✔ |
Equilibrium | ✔ | ✔ |
Redox Reactions | ✔ | ✔ |
Hydrogen | ✔ | ✔ |
The s - Block Elements | ✔ | ✔ |
The p - Block Elements | ✔ | ✔ |
Organic Chemistry Some Basic Principles And Techniques | ✔ | ✔ |
Hydrocarbons | ✔ | ✔ |
Environmental Chemistry | ✔ | ✔ |
Chemistry Chapters In Class 12 NCERT | JEE Main | AP EAMCET |
Solid States | ✔ | ✔ |
Solutions | ✔ | ✔ |
Electrochemistry | ✔ | ✔ |
Chemical Kinetics | ✔ | ✔ |
Surface Chemistry | ✔ | ✔ |
General Principle And Processes Of Isolation Of Elements | ✔ | ✔ |
The p-Block Elements | ✔ | ✔ |
The d-And f-Block Elements | ✔ | ✔ |
Coordination Compounds | ✔ | ✔ |
Haloalkanes And Haloarenes | ✔ | ✔ |
Alcohols, Phenols And Ethers | ✔ | ✔ |
Aldehydes, Ketones And Carboxylic Acids | ✔ | ✔ |
Amines | ✔ | ✔ |
Biomolecules | ✔ | ✔ |
Polymers | ✔ | ✔ |
Chemistry In Everyday Life | ✔ | ✔ |
Syllabus Compared
Mathematics is the most significant subject for AP EAMCET - Engineering as it contributes the most questions. Mathematics questions make up about 50 percent of the exam. In JEE Main, Mathematics consists of 33 percent of the questions. The AP EAMCET’s Maths questions are not easy but they are significantly less challenging than the JEE Main.
Weightage Compared
Students should focus on Trigonometric Equations, Triangle Properties, Complex Numbers, Calculus, and Probability, according to previous years’ questions and tests in the AP EAMCET.
Maths Chapters In Class 11 NCERT | JEE Main | AP EAMCET |
Sets | ✔ | ✖ |
Relations And Functions | ✔ | ✔ |
Trigonometric Functions | ✔ | ✔ |
Principle Of Mathematical Induction | ✔ | ✔ |
Complex Numbers And Quadratic Equations | ✔ | ✔ |
Linear Inequalities | ✔ | ✖ |
Permutations And Combinations | ✔ | ✔ |
Binomial Theorem | ✔ | ✔ |
Sequence And Series | ✔ | ✖ |
Straight Lines | ✔ | ✔ |
Conic Sections | ✔ | ✔ |
Introduction To Three Dimensional Geometry | ✔ | ✔ |
Limits And Derivatives | ✔ | ✔ |
Mathematical Reasoning | ✔ | ✖ |
Statistics | ✔ | ✔ |
Probability | ✔ | ✔ |
Maths Chapters In Class 12 NCERT | JEE Main | AP EAMCET |
Relations And Functions | ✔ | ✔ |
Inverse Trigonometric Functions | ✔ | ✔ |
Matrices | ✔ | ✔ |
Determinants | ✔ | ✔ |
Continuity And Differentiability | ✔ | ✔ |
Application Of Derivatives | ✔ | ✔ |
Integrals | ✔ | ✔ |
Application Of Integrals | ✔ | ✔ |
Differential Equations | ✔ | ✔ |
Vector Algebra | ✔ | ✔ |
Three Dimensional Geometry | ✔ | ✔ |
Linear Programming | ✖ | ✖ |
Probability | ✔ | ✔ |
AP EAMCET is simpler than JEE Main, but it has more than double the number of questions in JEE Main to be solved within the same time-frame.
However, if we compare the quality of questions, AP EAMCET questions are easier to solve. The AP EAMCET and JEE Main syllabuses are essentially identical, in terms of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, to those of Classes 11 and 12.
The biggest difference between the two exams is in the question paper pattern.It is a good idea to practise questions from a few different reference books. Previous years’ question papers and mock test questions can make a student become familiar with various types of questions, grading schemes, and essential themes.
Both examinations are essentially identical in terms of complexity. However, AP EAMCET contains a larger number of questions. Because the exam patterns differ, it is vital to prepare for both tests by practising on old question papers and sample test papers. Here’s what can work:
Make a study schedule that works for you.
Do not leave out any part of the syllabus
Solve all of the previous years’ tests and practise papers
If feasible, conduct group study
Work hard but also work smart
Avoid studying at odd hours or when tired
Read all course material carefully
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