Friday, September 18, 2015

JEE MAIN 2016: Application, Exam pattern and eligibility

The JEE Main 2016 is a national level entrance examination for admission to Engineering and technical courses offered by various Government, Private and funded institutions including the NITs and IIITs.  The JEE is a two tier exam.  The first stage is JEE Main which is a gateway to B.Tech courses offered by institutes including NITs and IIITs.  The candidate qualified in JEE Main is eligible for JEE Advanced 2016 which is gateway for admission to IITs.

As per the last year details the states as Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Uttarakhand, Nagaland & Odisha had participated in JEE Exam. The students seeking the admission in these states are advised to fill the JEE Main 2016 application form through online. These states were earlier admitting on the basis of state level entrance test.

Application Form

Before the application the candidates are suggested to get the Information Bulletin from the official site of the board and read carefully. The JEE Main application form 2016 will be available online only through the official website of the JEE Apex Board in the first week of November 2015. There is no other mode for applying except the online mode. The last date of the application will be on last week of December 2015.

Details of JEE ( Main ) 2016 Examination

There are two papers in JEE (Main) – 2015  -  Paper-1 (B.E./B. Tech.) and Paper-2(B. Arch./ B. Planning). Depending upon on the course (s) candidates are seeking admission, may take Paper- 1 B.E./B. Tech.), or Paper-2 B. Arch./ B. Planning), or both. Subject combination for each paper, type of questions in each paper and mode of examination available are given below.  

Paper - I ( B.E / B.Tech ) : 

  • Subjects :  Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
  • Type of Questions:  Objective type with equal weightage for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics
  • Mode of Exam : Pen and Paper based Exam OR Computer based Exam


Paper - II ( B. Arch / B. Planning ) : 

  • Subjects :  Mathematics - Part I
    • Mathematics - Part- I
    • Aptitude Test - Part-II
    • Drawing Test - Part-III
  • Type of Questions:  
    • Mathematics - Objective Type
    • Aptitude Test - Objective Type
    • Drawing Test - Questions to test drawing aptitude
  • Mode of Exam : Only Pen and Paper based Exam 
The requirements of papers for different courses is given below.
  • All other undergraduate courses ( B.E / B.Tech ) : Paper-I
  • B.Arch / B.Planning ( At institutes other than IITs ) : Paper-II

The scheduled of JEE Main 2016 will be announced soon.