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are there negative marks for wrong answer in jeemain exam?


Deep Debnath 1st Jan, 2020
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Prashant Singh 1st Jan, 2020

Yes there is negative marking for wrong answer in JEE Main 2020.

For MCQs - 4 Marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 1 Mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer

For answer with numeric value - 4 Marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 0 Mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer

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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 1st Jan, 2020
Hi


Yes there is negative marking in jee mains examination. 1 marks is deducted for choosing wrong option in mcqs

Check the marking scheme for jee mains 2020 provided below :-

  • For every correct answer, 4 marks will be awarded to you

  • 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect response for MCQs

  • But yes there is no negative marking for incorrect response for numerical value questions.

For detailed information go through our page for which link is provided below :-

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-exam-pattern


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