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I'm a private candidate who secured 94% in 12 with pcm ?? so I want to give WBJEE.. some websites says I'm not eligible and some websites says I'm eligible..so plss Clear my doubt plssss


Shubhankar chakraborty 27th Feb, 2021
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 27th Feb, 2021

Hi

You are eligible for WBJEE even if you are a private Candidate.

This is because,

To be eligible there's no restriction that student should have passed 12th board examination  as a regular candidate or in the 1st attempt only.

So, even though you have passed 12th as a private candidate, you are still eligible for WBJEE examination provided you

-) must have passed your 12th from a recognised board with at least 45 %  or at least 40% in case of reserved category in aggregate of Physics and Maths and any one of the following subjects given below -

*Chemistry

*Biology

*Biotechnology

*Computer Science

*Computer Application

-) you must have studied and passed English in your 12th board examination and should have got at least 30% marks in it

-) you should be at least 17 years old by 31st December of the year of examination i. e 17 years old by 31st December 2021 in case of WB Jee 2021

-) there is no upper age limit except for Marine Engineering for which upper age limit is 25 years old as on 31st December of the year of examination

-) to be eligible for admission in government college or reserved seats in state aided and self financing college you must be domicile of West Bengal domicile .Non - domicile students can get admission in unreserved seats in state adided and self financing colleges , they cannot get admission in government college

*eligibility to be domicile of West Bengal

-) one should be the permanent residence of West Bengal for at least 10 years as on 31st December of the year of examination i. e 31st December 2021 in case of WB Jee 2021

-) one will be also considered domicile if his or her parents are permanent residents of West Bengal and also have permanent residential address  in the state the state of West  Bengal

For detailed information you can also visit our page the link for the same is provided below:-

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/wbjee-eligibility-criteria

Your WBJEE examination will be

-) conducted in offline mode

-) there will 2 papers i. e

->Paper I - Mathematics

->Paper II - Physics and Chemistry

-)examination duration will be 4 hours i. e 2 hours for each paper

-) MCQ type question will be there and number of Questions per subject given below:-

->physics - 40 questions

->chemistry - 40 questions

->Maths - 75 questions

Thank you


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