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Tejas Jaiswal 28th Jan, 2018
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Ankur Sehgal 29th Jan, 2018

Hey,

JEE Main exam is divided into two papers-
Paper 1 and Paper 2.
• Paper 1- for engineering courses in various NITs, IIITs etc
• Paper 2 is for architecture courses.
For B.tech admission, you have to appear in Paper 1.

The JEE Main 2018 exam pattern has been given for both Paper I & Paper II in the link below-

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

 

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Mayank kumar singh 28th Jan, 2018
Hello,
Following is the exam pattern for jee mains paper 1 and paper 2 in 2018:

->->->JEE Main Exam Pattern - Paper 1:

  • Mode of Exam: Pen & Paper based (offline) or Computer Based Test (CBT/Online)

  • Duration of the Exam: The total time given to candidates is 3 hours

  • Subjects: Candidates will be tested in 3 subjects namely - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. Questions will be asked from the given JEE Main syllabus 2018

  • Total Number of questions: A total of 90 questions will be asked in the JEE Main 2018 Paper 1. Each section will have 30 questions each

  • Type of Questions: Only objective type questions will be asked. Each question will have four options out of which one will be correct

  • Marking Scheme: Each correct answer will be awarded 4 marks. Every wrong answer will fetch -1 mark while any answer with no response will not be given any marks

  • Total Marks awarded: The paper will be set for 360 marks.

  • Language / Medium of question paper:  All candidates will be given the option to write the JEE Main exam in English or Hindi except for candidates from Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli  who can opt for Gujarati

->->->JEE Main Exam Pattern - Paper 2:

  • Mode of Exam: The JEE Main 2018 exam will be held in pen and paper mode only.

  • Duration of the Exam: The total time given to students to complete the exam is 3 hours.Subjects: Candidates will be tested in Mathematics, General aprtitude and drawing skills.

  • Total Number of questions: The total number of questions asked in the exam are 82 out of which Mathematics will have 50 questions, Aptitude will have 20 questions and drawing will have 2 questions

  • Type of Questions: While Mathematics and Aptitude will have objective type questions, drawing will have questions that will test the candidates in their drawing and sketching capabilities.

  • Marking Scheme: While the objective questions will be awarded 4 marks for a correct answer and a negative mark of -1 for every wrong answer, the drawing questions will be for a total of 70 marks but the marks for each question will be mentioned along with the question only.

  • Total Marks awarded: The question paper will be for 390 marks in total.

  • Language / Medium of question paper: Candidates will have the choice of writing the paper in English or Hindi, candidates from Gujarat, Diu& Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli can choose to write the exam in Gujarati.
Good luck.
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