IIT JEE -- 2012

Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination-2012

The Indian Institute of Technology Joint Entrance Examination (popularly known as IIT-JEE or just JEE) is an annual college entrance examination in India. It is used as sole admission criterion by the sixteen Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) as well as other institutes. The examination is organised each year by one of the various IITs, using a round robin rotation pattern. It has a very low admission rate (about 1 in 50 in 2011).

History

The JEE was conducted for the first time in 1960, when it had four subjects including an English language paper. The examination has since evolved considerably from its initial pattern.The JEE was initially called as the Common Entrance Exam (CEE). The CEE coincides with the IIT Act of 1961,to later named as JEE.

In 1997, the JEE was conducted twice after the question paper was leaked in some centers.

Between 2000 and 2005, an additional screening test was used alongside the main examination, intended to reduce pressure on the main examination by allowing only about 20,000 top candidates to sit the paper, out of more than 450,000 applicants.

In September 2005, an analysis group of directors of all the IITs announced major reforms to the examination. These were implemented from 2006 onwards. The revised test now consists of a single objective test, replacing the earlier two-test system. In order to be eligible for the main examination, candidates in the general category must secure a minimum of 60% aggregated marks in the qualifying examination of the XII^th standard organized by various educational boards of India, while candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Physically Disabled (PD) categories must secure a minimum of 55%.

In 2008, the Director and the Dean of IIT Madras called for revisions to the examination, arguing that the coaching institutes were "enabling many among the less-than-best students to crack the test and keeping girls from qualifying". They expressed concern that the present system did not allow for applicants' 12 years of schooling to have a bearing on admissions into IITs.

In 2010 the Ministry of Human Resource Development announced plans to replace JEE by 2013 with a common entrance test for all government engineering colleges.

Institutes admitting through JEE

A total of seventeen colleges use JEE as sole criterion for admission to their undergraduate programs, namely the sixteen Indian Institutes of Technology, (including Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University) and the Indian School of Mines. In addition, the Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research, Indian Maritime University and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology also admit students via the JEE (Extended Merit List), and the Indian Institute of Science uses JEE scores as one of the possible admission criteria.

Candidates who qualify in the examination can apply for admission to the BArch (Bachelor of Architecture), BDes (Bachelor of Design), BTech (Bachelor of Technology), Dual Degree (Integrated Bachelor of Technology and Master of Technology), Integrated MSc (Master of Sciences) and Integrated MSc(Tech) (Master of Sciences and Technology) courses in the various institutes. According to the new IIT-JEE rules 2012, the board has set up a new rule that a boy candidate has to pay Rs. 1,800 as a entrance fee, while there is no fee needed for girl candidates.

Current examination format

The current pattern, which has been followed since 2006, consists of two objective-type papers each containing mathematics, physics and chemistry sections. The syllabus of the examination is predominantly based on topics covered by the CBSE Board Examination (AISSCE) and the ISC Board Examination. The pattern of questions in JEE is deliberately variable so as to minimize the chance of students getting selected by 'cramming' revision of probable questions. As the questions are objective, Optical mark recognition answer sheets have been used since 2006. The current pattern is intended to reduce stress on applicants; in previous years, there were separate maths, physics and chemistry papers, each of two hours' duration, that contained both subjective and objective questions.

Given the importance attached to the JEE by students all over India, the IITs follow a rigorous procedure when conducting it every year. The exam is set by the JEE Committee (consisting of a group of faculty members drawn from the admitting colleges) and kept confidential. Multiple sets of question papers are framed and the set that is to actually be used on the day of the exam is known to very few people.

The IIT Jee examination consists of 2 question papers each covering 3 subjects including Physics, Chemistry and Maths. While most questions are objective - there are different categories. A few questions have only one correct answer, whereas others may have one or more correct answers. There are also some match the following questions, and numerical response questions, whereby the candidates are required to calculate the answer (a numerical one) and enter the corresponding number by darkening the appropriate digits. In the past, the IITs have experimented with passage-based comprehension type questions, as opposed to a dry problem similar to that in other examinations. In these passages, the onus is on the elucidation of the underlying scientific principles behind a phenomenon or a theory, and it's application to other scenarios defined by the problems. While some of the concepts introduced may have already been studied by the students, this kind of question allows the IITs to introduce a higher, more complex topic which students would not have come across, thereby negating any advantage gained by rote learning.

The answer sheet is an ORS ie. Optical Response Sheet in which the candidate is required to darken the bubble with a black pen against the right answer. The ORS is actually a duplex sheet, with an underlying copy that takes impressions of the candidate's responses. This can then be retained by the candidate to check his response against the correct answers.

The marking scheme for the answers discourages random guessing by allotting a negative mark for wrong answers. The value of this penalty is usually about one-third the value awarded for a correct answer. Unanswered questions have always been awarded zero marks. The negative marking usually does not apply to numerical responses (where numbers near the correct answer are also credited - due to inherent errors in approximation - given that JEE candidates are not allowed the use of calculators), and match-the-following type questions.

Seats and attendance

The number of students taking the examination has increased substantially each year with over 485,000 showing up for IIT-JEE 2011. This represented an increase of 30,000 students (6.5%) from 2010.

The availability of seats in recent years is as shown below:

Institute	Intake (2003)	Intake (2007)	Intake (2008)	Intake (2009)	Intake (2010)	Intake (2011)
IIT Bombay	600	574	648	746	880	880
IIT Delhi	552	553	626	721	851	851
IIT Guwahati	350	365	435	498	588	615
IIT Kanpur	456	541	608	702	827	827
IIT Kharagpur	659	874	988	1138	1341	1341
IIT Madras	554	540	612	713	838	838
IIT Roorkee	546	746	884	1013	1155	1155
IIT Bhubaneshwar			120	120	120	120
IIT Gandhinagar			120	120	120	120
IIT Hyderabad			120	120	120	140
IIT Patna			120	120	120	120
IIT Rajasthan			120	120	120	160
IIT Ropar			120	120	120	120
IIT Indore				120	120	120
IIT Mandi				120	120	120
IT-BHU (Varanasi)	568	686	766	881	1057	1057
ISM Dhanbad	444	658	705	923	1012	1034
Total	4583	5537	6992	8295	9509	9618
Attendance						~485,000

From 2008, six new IITs have been opened with 120 seats each, increasing the total number of seats to almost 7000. For 2009, admissions have been made to two more IITs, namely IIT Indore and IIT Mandi (Himachal Pradesh) taking the seat count to almost 8300. As of 2011, with additional courses in several old and new IITs, the total seat count has crossed 9600.

Eligibility

The age limit for sitting the JEE is 25 years. For candidates belonging to SC, ST and PD categories, the relaxed age limit is 30 years.

Also, since 2007, candidates have been allowed to take the JEE a maximum of twice. This change was intended to reduce stress on applicants, and to discourage the concept of 'cram schools'. Also since 2007, students selected for admission to an IIT and paid the accepting fee, cannot attempt the examination again in the future.

Admission to other institutes based on IIT-JEE 2012 ranks:- Candidates should note that the institutes listed below will admit students based on the IIT-JEE 2012 ranks. They are advised to apply saperately to these insttutes and visit the respective website for more details. Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli for admission to the following B.Tech courses B. Tech in Petroleum Engineering (earlier called Petroleum Reservoir and Production Engineering) - 40 seats B. Tech in Chemical Engineering (earlier called Petroleum Refining Engineering) - 35 seats Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER) for admission to their 5 year integrated Master of Science (MS) program. Indian Maritime University to the following courses: 3-year B.Sc.(Nautical Science) degree course at T.S. Chanakya, Navi Mumbai, Mumbai campus. 4-year B.Tech. (Marine Engineering) degree course at Marine Engineering & Research Institute, Kolkata, Kolkata campus and National Maritime Academy, Chennai, Chennai campus. 3-year B.Sc. (Maritime Science) degree course at Marine Engineering and Research Institute, Mumbai, Mumbai campus. 4-year B.Tech. (Naval Architecture & Ocean Engineering) degree course at Visakhapatnam campus. photo galary:- ISEET 2013 - Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test will replace the engineering entrance exams such as AIEEE and IIT-JEE from 2013 onwards. This nation-wide, common engineering entrance examination will soon be implemented. It is said that the ISEET 2013 will be conducted by the CBSE in either March or April, 2013. The ISEET 2013 will be bifurcated into two objective type papers - Main Paper & Advance Paper.

IIT JEE 2012 Exam Dates

• Start of Online Application Process : Monday October 31, 2011

• Closing of Online Application Process : Saturday, December 10, 2011

• IIT JEE 2012 Examination Day : Sunday, April 8, 2012

• Declaration of IIT JEE 2012 Results : Friday, May 18, 2012

Here given IIT JEE 2012 Calendar.

• Start of Online application process: October 31, 2011 (Monday)
• Closing of Online application process: December 10, 2011 (Saturday)
• Start of Offline OMR Application Forms sale at Bank Branches: November 11, 2011 (Friday)
• Close of Offline OMR Application Forms sale: December 5, 2011 (Monday)
• Last date of receipt completed IIT-JEE 2012 Application Form: December 15, 2011 (Thursday)
• IIT-JEE 2012 examination day: April 8, 2012 (Sunday)
• Declaration of Results: May 18, 2012 (Friday)
• Online filling of CHOICES open to ALL the qualified candidates: May 19-June 10, 2012 (Saturday to Sunday)
• Last date for receiving category certificates: June 1, 2012 (Friday)
• Architecture/Design Aptitude Test: June 3, 2012 (Sunday)
• Medical examination and counselling for qualified PD Candidates (the schedule will be nnounced on the IIT websites): June 4-6, 2012 (Monday to Wednesday)
• Last date for receiving admission form and medical certificate at zonal IITs: June 8, 2012 (Friday)
• Web Release of First Course Allotment: June 14, 2012 (Thursday)
• Web Release of Second Course Allotment: June 25, 2012 (Monday)
• Web Release of Third Course Allotment: July 6, 2012 (Friday)

IIT JEE 2012 Exam Schedule 

Joint Entrance Examination JEE 2012 for admission into IITs, IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad shall be held on 8 April 2012. Following shall be the examination timinings.

• Paper I :  9:00 to 12:00 Hrs. (IST)
• Paper II : 14:00 to 17:00 Hrs. (IST)

Note: All candidates who qualify in IIT JEE 2012 and wish to take admission in architecture and design programs can register for Aptitude Test.

IIT JEE 2012 Admit Card

The Admit Card must be received latest by March 15, 2012. If the Admit Card is not received by March 15, 2012, then the candidate can get his/her registration number and examination centre from the institute of your zone through phone (IVRS – Interactive Voice Response System) / Website. 
Finally, the candidate must meet the IIT Representative with this paper on the day of examination (April 8, 2012) one hour before the commencement of the examination at the office of the Presiding Officer of the examination centre. For further information on IIT JEE 2012 Admit Card,

IIT JEE 2012 Exam Pattern

Birds Eye View - IIT JEE 2012 Exam Pattern

• IIT JEE 2012 is a two paper examination
• IIT JEE 2012 Paper I and IIT JEE 2012 Paper II shall ask questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
• IIT JEE 2012 shall examine the candidates’ abilities in three areas: comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability.
• IIT JEE 2012 Paper I and IIT JEE 2012 Paper II shall be Objective Type Test.
• In some sections of IIT JEE 2012, candidates shall be penalized for wrongly marked answers. Due information shall be provided in IIT JEE 2012 Question Papers.
• IIT JEE 2012 Paper I shall be of 3 Hour Duration.
• IIT JEE 2012 Paper II shall be of 2 Hour Duration.
• Both the test shall be held in a single day.

IIT JEE Exam Centres

Following is the list of various zones and details of IIT JEE Exam Centres where the IIT Joint Entrance Examination will be held namely, IIT Bombay Zone, IIT Delhi Zone, IIT Guwahati Zone, IIT Kanpur Zone, IIT Kharagpur Zone, IIT Madras Zone &  IIT Roorkee Zone.

IIT JEE Exam Centres

IIT JEE Exam Centres For IIT BOMBAY ZONE
State/City/Town	Code
IIT JEE Exam Centres in GOA
Panaji	101
IIT JEE Exam Centres in GUJARAT
Ahmedabad	102
Rajkot	103
Surat	104
Vadodara	105
IIT JEE Exam Centres in KARNATAKA
Belgaum	106
IIT JEE Exam Centres in MAHARASHTRA
Aurangabad	107
Latur	108
Mumbai	109
Nagpur	110
Nashik	111
Navi Mumbai	112
Pune	113
Thane	114
IIT JEE Exam Centres in RAJASTHAN
Ajmer	115
Bikaner	116
Jaipur	117
Jodhpur	118
Udaipur	119

IIT JEE Exam Centres For IIT DELHI ZONE
State/City/Town	Code
IIT JEE Exam Centres in DELHI
Delhi (East)	201
Delhi (West)	202
Delhi (North)	203
Delhi (South)	204
Delhi (Central)	205
IIT JEE Exam Centres in HARYANA
Ballabgarh	206
Faridabad	207
Gurgaon	208
IIT JEE Exam Centres in JAMMU & KASHMIR
Jammu	209
IIT JEE Exam Centres in MADHYA PRADESH
Indore	210
Ujjain	211
IIT JEE Exam Centres in UTTAR PRADESH
Aligarh	212
Gautam Budh Nagarâ  (Noida)	213
Ghaziabad	214
Mathura	215
IIT JEE Exam Centres in UAE
Dubai	216

IIT JEE Exam Centres For IIT GUWAHATI ZONE
State/City/Town	Code
IIT JEE Exam Centres in ARUNACHAL PRADESH
Itanagar	301
IIT JEE Exam Centres in ASSAM
Dibrugarh	302
Goalpara	303
Guwahati	304
Silchar	305
Tezpur	306
IIT JEE Exam Centres in BIHAR
Bhagalpur	307
Gaya	308
Katihar	309
Muzaffarpur	310
Patna	311
IIT JEE Exam Centres in MANIPUR
Imphal	312
IIT JEE Exam Centres in MEGHALAYA
Shillong	313
IIT JEE Exam Centres in WEST BENGAL
Siliguri	314

IIT JEE Exam Centres For IIT KANPUR ZONE
State/City/Town	Code
IIT JEE Exam Centres in MADHYA PRADESH
Bhopal	401
Gwalior	402
Jabalpur	403
IIT JEE Exam Centres in UTTARAKHAND
Nainital	404
Pantnagar	405
IIT JEE Exam Centres in UTTAR PRADESH
Agra	406
Allahabad	407
Gorakhpur	408
Jhansi	409
Kanpur	410
Lucknow	411
Raibareli	412

IIT JEE Exam Centres For IIT KHARAGPUR ZONE
State/City/Town	Code
IIT JEE Exam Centres in ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLAND
Port Blair	501
IIT JEE ExamCentres in ANDHRA PRADESH
Visakhapatnam	502
IIT JEE Exam Centres in CHHATISGARH
Bhilai	503
Bilaspur	504
Raipur	505
IIT JEE Exam Centres in JHARKHAND
Bokaro	506
Dhanbad	507
Jamshedpur	508
Ranchi	509
IIT JEE Exam Centres in ORISSA
Balasore	510
Berhampur	511
Bhubaneswar	512
Cuttack	513
Rourkela	514
Sambalpur	515
IIT JEE Exam Centres in SIKKIM
Gangtok	516
IIT JEE Exam Centres in TRIPURA
Agartala	517
IIT JEE Exam Centres in WEST BENGAL
Asansol	518
Barddhamanâ	519
Belur	520
Durgapur	521
Kharagpur	522
Kolkata (North)	523
Kolkata (Salt Lake)	524
Kolkata (South)	525
Maldaâ	526

IIT JEE Exam Centres For IIT MADRAS ZONE
State/City/Town	Code
IIT JEE Exam Centres in ANDHRA PRADESH
Bapatla	601
Guntur	602
Hyderabad	603
Nellore	604
Tirupathi	605
Vijayawada	606
Warangal	607
IIT JEE Exam Centres in KARNATAKA
Bangalore	608
Mangalore	609
Mysore	610
IIT JEE Exam Centres in KERALA
Kochi	611
Kozhikode	612
Palakkad	613
Thiruvananthapuram	614
Trissoor	615
IIT JEE Exam Centres in PUDUCHERRY
Puducherry	616
IIT JEE Exam Centres in TAMIL NADU
Chennai	617
Coimbatore	618
Madurai	619
Salem	620
Tiruchirapalli	621
Tirunelveli	622

IIT JEE Exam Centres For IIT ROORKEE ZONE
State/City/Town	Code
IIT JEE Exam Centres in CHANDIGARH
Chandigarh	701
IIT JEE Exam Centres in HARYANA
Ambala	702
Kurukshetra	703
Panipat	704
Rohtak	705
Sonipat	706
Yamuna Nagar	707
IIT JEE Exam Centres in HIMACHAL PRADESH
Mandi	708
Palampur	709
Shimla	710
IIT JEE Exam Centres in PUNJAB
Amritsar	711
Bhatinda	712
Jalandhar	713
Ludhiana	714
Patiala	715
IIT JEE Exam Centres in UTTARAKHAND
Dehradun	716
Roorkee	717
IIT JEE Exam Centres in UTTAR PRADESH
Bareilly	718
Meerut	719
Moradabad	720
Saharanpur	721
Varanasi	722

IIT-JEE 2011: Programs & Courses:-

IITs, IT-BHU and ISM Dhanbad offers following programs on the basis of All India Rank (AIR) in JEE-2011.

1. B.Tech. 4 Years
2. B. Pharm. 4 Years
3. B. Design 4 years
4. B. Arch. 5 years
5. M.Sc. Integrated 5 years
6. M.Tech. Integrated 5 years
7. M.Tech. Dual Degree 5 Years

Courses Offered: Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) and Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad offers various undergraduate programs in sciences, engineering and technology. Detailed list of such courses which shall be on offer on the basis of IIT-JEE 2011, shown below.

 

IIT JEE Courses Fee Structure in Different Institutes:-

Candidates who successfully qualify in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2012 conducted by IITs are offered admission into first semester under graduate courses. Following is given amount of fees in Indian Rupees which candidates require to deposit during registration.

Name of Institute	Fees for GE & Others	Fees for SC & ST
IIT Bhubneshwar	38900	13900
IIT Bombay	40076	15076
IIT Delhi	33985	8985
IIT Gandhinagar	40076	15076
IIT Guwahati	36044	11044
IIT Hyderabad	33367	8367
IIT Indore	40076	15076
IIT Kanpur	44442	19442
IIT Kharagpur	38400	13400
IIT Madras	32342	7342
IIT Mandi	39920	14920
IIT Patna	35778	10778
IIT Rajasthan	37900	12900
IIT Roorkee	39920	14920
IIT Ropar	33985	8995
IT-BHU	21285
ISM Dhanbad	30492	16192

IIT JEE 2012 Date of Birth Requirements: 

For General and OBC category: Candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 1, 1986 are eligible to appear in JEE-2012. 
There is 5 year relaxation available for reserved category candidates i.e. SC, ST and PD category candidates..
IIT JEE 2012 Educational Qualification: Candidates who have passed qualifying examination on or after October 1, 2009 are eligible to appear for JEE-2012. Candidates appearing in qualifying exam in 2012 are also eligible to apply.

IIT JEE 2012 Counselling

IIT JEE Counseling 2012 shall be held from May to June 2012

IIT JEE 2012 Courses

On the basis of Score in IIT JEE 2012 candidates shall be admitted in following IIT JEE Courses 2012

1. B.Tech. 4 Years
2. B. Pharm. 4 Years
3. B. Design 4 years
4. B. Arch. 5 years
5. M.Sc. Integrated 5 years
6. M.Tech. Integrated 5 years
7. M.Tech. Dual Degree 5 Years

IIT JEE 2012 QnA

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