JEE Main 2020: The JEE Main 2020 started on January 6, 2020, with Paper-II for BArch & B Planning held on the 1st Day in both sittings. The JEE Main Paper-I for BE/BTech is scheduled for 7th, 8th & 9th Jan in two sessions on each day at almost 233 cities across the country. The reporting time for students was 7:30 am however the exam started at 9:30 am. Students were supposed to carry their Aadhar card & admit card for verification.

JEE Main 2020: Paper had three parts with two sections each

The full marks of the JEE Main Paper-1 were 300, unlike last year which was of 360 marks. As per the new Pattern, there were questions involving numerical answers where students had to type the answer correct to two decimal places. These questions had no negative marking.

The paper had three parts & each part had two sections:

• Part-I- Physics with a total of 25 questions – Sec-I had 20 Multiple choice questions with Single correct answers & Sec-II had 5 Numerical based questions. The marking scheme for multiple-choice questions was +4 for a correct response, -1 for an incorrect response, 0 if not attempted. The marking scheme for numerical based questions was +4 for correct response and 0 in all other cases.
• Part-II- Chemistry with a total of 25 questions – Sec-I had 20 Multiple choice questions with Single correct answers & Sec-II had 5 Numerical based questions. The marking scheme for multiple-choice questions was +4 for a correct response, -1 for an incorrect response, 0 if not attempted. The marking scheme for numerical based questions was +4 for correct response and 0 in all other cases.
• Part-III- Mathematics with a total 25 questions – Sec-I had 20 Multiple choice questions with Single correct answers & Sec-II had 5 Numerical based questions. The marking scheme for multiple-choice questions was +4 for a correct response, -1 for an incorrect response, 0 if not attempted. The marking scheme for numerical based questions was +4 for correct response and 0 in all other cases.

Level of difficulty as per the students

The level of difficulty as per feedback from students on 7th Jan 2020 (Forenoon session).

• Mathematics – Easy to Moderate level. Some questions involved calculations. All chapters covered in Calculus and Coordinate Geometry. No question from Height and Distance in Trigonometry.
• Physics – Moderate level. All chapters covered. Students reported it was lengthy. A few questions were of mixed concept type.
• Chemistry – Easy. Students reported questions were largely from NCERT especially chapters of Inorganic Chemistry. They felt Class XI topics had more weight.

Overall the paper was of Easy to Moderate level as per students. As compared to last year paper was moderate to a difficult level as per students. Students felt one question in Physics had incomplete data. Rest no errors were reported as such from other subjects the students left the exam hall at 12:30 pm.

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