Over 1.20Lakh students take JEE (Main)

Hyderabad: The JEE (Main) off-line exam was held on Sunday in five cities across the state. Over 1.20 lakh students took the exam. After the exam the students gave mixed reactions about their performance.

The question papers did not throw up any surprises as the format was the same like last year, but some students found physics tougher, while others found Maths and Chemistry difficult.

The test had 90 questions carrying a maximum of 360 marks. The question paper had three parts consisting of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The order of subjects were different in different booklets. The options given for the questions were also shuffled.

“Each subject had 30 questions. All questions were objective with four answer choices. Each question carried four marks for the correct answer and one for wrong responses. There were no ‘Assertion Reasoning’ type questions in any of the subjects this time. All questions were “Single Correct Multiple Choice' type,” said Mr Ajay Antony, director, TIME, a prominent JEE (Main) coaching centre.

“The paper was similar to last year, but Physics had lengthy questions. The cut-off mark last year was 113 for open category, 70 for OBC, 50 for SC and 45 for ST candidates. It is likely to be same this year too,” said Mr Kondala Rao of Narayana IIT Academy.

“Physics was tougher than Maths and Chemistry. There were a few questions in Physics which were very tough and lengthy and took a long time to solve,” said P. Abhinav, who took the test at a Secunderabad centre.