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This year, due to several requests from JEE aspirants, the NTA reopened the online application window for JEE Main Session 2 exams and candidates were given time till 11 pm of July 12 to fill the application form for the session 2 exams, and the deadline for submitting the application fees was 1:50 pm of July 12, 2022. After the application window was closed, a senior official from the NTA told The Indian Express that the session 2 of JEE Mains exam has been deferred and will now be held from July 25 onwards. Earlier, the entrance exam was scheduled to be held from July 21 to July 30. “We need some buffer between two exam for adequate preparation. CUET ends on July 20 and it would have been difficult to start another exam the next day. Hence, JEE (Main) will now start from July 24,” the senior official added.
The result for JEE Main session 1 exams was declared in the early hours of July 12. This year, a total of 14 candidates scored a perfect 300/300 score and Sneha Pareek became the only female topper among them.
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The distribution of questions from the three branches was nearly equal with a slight edge to organic chemistry. Questions were asked from chapters like Chemistry in Everyday life, students said.
Chapters like Aldehydes, ketones and carboxylic acids and alcohols, phenols and ethers found good representation. Some of the questions from Physical Chemistry were considered difficult by a section of students, and questions from Inorganic Chemistry were of moderate levels As mentioned previously, students with a good understanding of NCERT books should be able to do well in this paper,' Ajay Sharma of Aakash Byju's said.
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The Physics paper was rated to be easy by most students. This paper was quite balanced as questions from class XI and class XII were equally distributed. Some numerical-based questions were involving elaborate calculations. ". A few students also reported that some questions were a bit tricky. About 6 questions from mechanics, at Atleast 2 from Heat and Thermodynamics, about 3 from electricity and magnetics and a good number of questions from Modern Physics and Waves and Sound were the mainstays of the physics portion." Ajay Sharma of Aakash Byju's said.
The math section continued to trouble candidates on the second day of JEE Main Session 2. A few students found the Mathematics section difficult as quite a few questions involved lengthy calculations.
Ajay Sharma, National Academic Director of Engineering at Aakash BYJU’ said that adequate importance was given to Calculus & Algebra. 'Questions from Coordinate Geometry were also present in adequate numbers. Three to four questions were from vectors and three-dimensional geometry and 2 from matrices and determinants. Questions generally involved the intertwining of two concepts,' he added.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) today released the admit card for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2022 session 2 for paper 2 (BArch and BPlanning). The admit cards for candidates who will take paper 1 (BTech/BE) at test centres outside India has also been released. Candidates appearing for the exam can download the admit card from the official website – jeemain.nta.nic.in / nta.ac.in.
This year, the NTA had reopened the application forms for JEE Main 2022 Session 2 (July 2022). Candidates were given a second opportunity of filling out the application forms for session 2. The application window were open till July 9, and candidates were given time till 11:50 pm of July 9 to submit their application fees online.
Punjab’s Mrinal Garg has secured the top rank by getting a perfect score of 300/300. Hailing from Bathinda, Mrinal’s father Charanjit Garg is a businessman and his mother Renu Bala is a homemaker. Read more
Meet the JEE Main toppers: Girl topper | Gujarat | West Bengal | Maharashtra | Uttarakhand | Punjab | Rajasthan | Karnataka | Bihar | Tripura
As per experts, the chemistry paper was easy to Moderate and NCERT based. An almost equal number of questions were asked from the Physical, Inorganic, and Organic branches of Chemistry. The majority of questions in the numerical value-based section were from Physical Chemistry. The whole of the paper was NCERT based. Covering NCERT and its examples would be the key to scoring good marks. Chapters like Biomolecules, Environmental chemistry besides regular topics found due represented in the paper.
For many students, the Physics paper was of easy to moderate difficulty level. Questions were asked from almost all chapters -not less than 6 questions from Mechanics, 2 or 3 questions from Heat and Thermodynamics,5 or 6 questions from electromagnetics, and questions were also asked from modern physics. There were questions on Semiconductors and communications in the numerical section of the paper. There were a couple of questions taken directly from the NCERT book
"As expected, numerical type questions were more in numbers than theoretical questions and almost all numerical were simple formula-based questions. Practicing a sufficient number of similar tests would keep students in good stead," Ajay Sharma of Aakash BYJU’S said.
For a large section of students, the Mathematics part was moderate. Some questions involved lengthy calculations. "There were 7 to 8 questions from calculus, not less than 6 questions from Algebra and 3 to 4 questions from Vectors, and 3 Dimensional not less than 4 questions were from Coordinate Geometry. Another noteworthy aspect was that there were 2 to 3 questions from differential equations, trigonometry and probability. Regular practice and solving mock tests would be of great help in scoring well on such a paper," Ajay Sharma of Aakash BYJU’S said.
"A majority opinion about the paper was that of a moderate difficulty level. Topic coverage in all three subjects was extensive. The paper contained some challenging questions. The mathematics part was moderate while Physics and Chemistry were of easy," Ajay Sharma, National Academic Director, Engineering, Aakash BYJU’S shared.
The results for the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET) 2022 will be announced on July 29 or 30, a senior official of the Karnataka Examinations Authority told The Indian Express. Once released, candidates will be able to check their score card at the official website — kea.kar.nic.in.
Boya Haren Sathvik, a student of Narayana PU College, Sahakar Nagar in Bengaluru, was actually surprised after learning that he secured 100 percentile in JEE Main 2022 with a score of 295/300.
“When we got the provisional answer key and the results I scored 290. However, one of the questions in Chemistry had four options which were all incorrect. I raised an objection to the question and it was decided the closest option would be given the marks. That’s how I got an extra five marks. If not for the objection, I don’t think I would have emerged as the state topper,” said Sathvik. Read more
States such as Bihar, Chandigarh, Delhi, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh do not conduct any engineering exam on their own, and thus rely on JEE Main scores. In Odisha, a special OJEE exam is conducted for the vacant seats remaining after admissions through the JEE Main exam. The admission in participating institutes of these states is conducted on the basis of JEE Main scores achieved by the candidates. Read more
As per the JEE Main 2022 paper pattern, the BTech, BArch and BPlanning paper will have multiple-choice questions (MCQs) and numerical questions. While the BE, or BTech, paper will consist of three sections -- Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, and will comprise 90 questions, the BArch paper, or JEE Main Paper 2A, will have three sections -- Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing.
This year, the NTA had reopened the application forms for the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2022 Session 2 (July 2022). Candidates were given a second opportunity of filling out the application forms for session 2. The application window were open till July 9, and candidates were given time till 11:50 pm of July 9 to submit their application fees online.
In the JEE Main 2022 Session 1 results declared on July 12, only one girl secured 100 percentile among the 14 toppers. Sneha Pareek of Guwahati secured 300/300 and is now preparing for JEE Advanced. She wants to pursue BTech in Computer Science but has not decided on the institute yet. "I am sure of joining an IIT but have not decided on any one particular. IIT-bombay would be a preference though," Pareek told indianexpres.com. Read her full story here
“After both Sessions of JEE (Main) – 2022 Examination, the ranks of the candidates will be released taking into consideration the best of the two NTA Scores in accordance with the policy already made,” the official release from NTA stated.
This year, a total of 8,72,432 candidates registered for the JEE Main Paper 1 (BE /B Tech) of which 769589 cleared it. While 13 boys scored 100, nine girls scored above 99.98, seven scored 99.99 and two girls scored 99.98 in JEE Main session 1 exam.
This year, JEE Main exams were conducted at 588 examination centres in 407 cities, including 17 cities outside India — Manama, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Kuwait City, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos/Abuja, Colombo, Jakarta, Vienna, Moscow, Port Louis, and Bangkok.
The Session 2 of JEE Main 2022 begins today after a recurrent postponement of exam dates. The exams will be conducted from July 25 to July 30. Candidates are advised to follow necessary guidelines and dress code at the exam centre. Stay tuned at this page for JEE Main exam analysis.