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Subhendu Maji 23rd Dec, 2020
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ARYAN SAGAR 23rd Dec, 2020
Dear student,

This year there is slight change in the exam pattern for jee mains.

  • This year the jee mains will be conducted in 4 sessions viz february, March, April and may.
  • The exam will be of total 300 marks.
  • The jee mains exam will have a total of 90 questions, 25 each from from Physics, Chemistry, and Maths. And you have to attempt only 75 questions.
  • Each subject will have 20 Multiple choice questions and 10 numerical questions ( +4 for correct and -1 for wrong answer ). Out of these 10 numerical questions you can attempts any five numerical answer question in each subject.
  • And the numerical questions will have no negative markings.
  • Also jee mains will be held in 13 different regional languages.

Also click on the following link to know more about jee mains 2021 :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-exam-pattern/amp
Hrisheekesh Singh 23rd Dec, 2020

Hi student,

The exam question pattern of JEE Main 2021 is as follows:-

  • Mathematics - 30 questions (20 MCQs + 10 numerical value)- 25 required to answer
  • Physics - 30 questions (20 MCQs + 10 numerical value)- 25 required to answer
  • Chemistry  - 30 questions (20 MCQs + 10 numerical value)- 25 required to answer

Total - 90 Questions (75 questions mandatory) = 300 marks.

Refer here for more info - JEE Main Exam Pattern 2021 (New)- Exam Mode, Duration, Marking Scheme (careers360.com)

Feel free to ask doubts in the Comment Section.

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!

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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 23rd Dec, 2020
Hi

PAPER -1 examination pattern

In your JEE Mains 2021 examination paper 1 , there will be a total of 90 question, out of which 75 questions are to be attempted

And these questions are from three sections/subjects :-

* 30 questions are from physics

* 30 questions are from Chemistry

* 30 questions are from maths

Out of 30 questions in each subject ,20 questions are MCQs and rest 10 questions are questions with numerical value as the answer , out of which only 5 questions are to be attempted.
So, out of 30 questions in each subject only 25 questions are to be attempted, so in total 25 x 3 = 75 questions out of 90 questions are to be attempted.

Each question carries 4 marks

Exam is conducted for a total of

= 75 x 4
= 300 marks

Marking scheme

*four marks is awarded for your every correct answer
* 1 mark in deducted for your every wrong answer MCQs
* no marks is deducted for your wrong answer in case of numerical value question

For detailed information about JEE Mains examination pattern you can visit our page the link for the same is provided below:-

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

PAPER -2

B.Arch

*Exam is conducted for a total of 400 marks

*there are a total of 82 questions

There are 3 sections

*Mathematics
There are a total of 30 questions in mathematics. 20 Questions are MCQs and rest 10 questions are questions with numerical value as the answer , out of which only 5 questions are to be attempted.

*Aptitude
50 MCQs are there

*Drawing
2 questions are there



B.Planning

*Exam is conducted for a total of 400 marks

*there are a total of 105 questions

There are 3 sections

*Mathematics
There are a total of 30 questions in mathematics. 20 Questions are MCQs and rest 10 questions are questions with numerical value as the answer , out of which only 5 questions are to be attempted.

*Aptitude
50 MCQs are there

*Planning
25 MCQs are there

For detailed information about JEE Mains examination pattern you can visit our page the link for the same is provided below:-

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

Thank you

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