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what is the waitage for mains in 2020


Mohan ranga srinivas 6th Sep, 2019
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ruchika.chauhan Expert 17th Oct, 2019

Hello

New changes has been announced in JEE Main 2020 exam pattern. According to the JEE Main 2020 exam pattern, Paper 1 will comprise of multiple choice questions and numerical questions whereas Paper 2 is now separate for B.Arch and B.Plan aspirants.


Total number of questions for paper 1 will be 75. Each subject (physics, chemistry, mathematics) will have 25 questions.

20 questions will be objective type- multiple choice questions (MCQs) and 5 Questions with answer as numerical value, with equal weightage to Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry.


Marking scheme is as follows:

For MCQs - 4 Marks will be awarded for every correct answer and there will be deduction of 1 Mark 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


Questions in the exam are asked from every topic covered by JEE Main. Refer the following articles for detailed information-


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

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-syllabus-weightage


Hope this helps.
Good Luck!

priyaankasarkar Student Expert 16th Oct, 2019

Dear Mohan, the changed JEE Mains 2020 pattern will have 75 questions in all. 20 MCQs from Physics, 20 MCQs from Chemistry and 20 MCQs from Mathematics. and 5 Numerical Questions in Each section are also asked. Each sections is for 100 marks and the paper in total is for 300 marks.  Each correct answer gets you 4 marks and a wrong answer takes away 1 mark. This negative marking is applicable only for MCQs and not Numerical Questions. You can check the weightage for each subject at our page:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-syllabus-weightage

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16th Oct, 2019
no this year pattren has changed and only 75 quations out of 90
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Student Expert 17th Oct, 2019
Mohan ranga srinivas Am sorry. I overlooked that part. Now the answer has been rewritten accordingly.
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