January 8 was the third day of JEE Main 2020 which started on January 6, 2020. The JEE Main Paper-I for BE / BTech is scheduled for January 7, 8 and 9 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 and admit card for verification.

Students were not allowed to carry anything inside examination hall except admit card and aadhar card. Those having proper medical prescription were allowed water bottles as informed earlier.

Metal detectors were used at the entry gate and no bags or wrist watches were allowed inside.

Ball point pens were given inside the examination hall and sufficient plain sheets for rough work.
Time clock on computer screen was provided inside the examination hall.

Immediate reactions from students after JEE Main Paper – 1 (Forenoon session on January 8, 2020)

1. The full marks of the JEE Main Paper-1 was 300 unlike last year which was of 360 marks.

2. 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.

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

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

4. The level of difficultly as per feedback from students on January 8, 2020 (Forenoon session).

• Mathematics – Moderate level. All chapters covered in Calculus and Coordinate Geometry. Students reported it to be the difficult section compared to Physics and Chemistry. Questions are reported lengthy. More weightage to class XII topics compared to XI.
• Physics – Easy to Moderate level. All chapters covered. Few questions were of mixed concept type. More Weightage to class XI.
• Chemistry – Easy. Students reported questions were largely from NCERT specially chapters of Inorganic Chemistry. The paper was balanced as per students covering questions from class 11 and 12.

5. Overall the paper was of Moderate level as per students but difficult compared to paper held on January 7, 2020.

6. As compared to last year paper was moderate to difficult level as per students.

7. No errors were reported today.

8. The students left the exam hall at 12:30 pm.

This news taken from indiatoday.in