JEE FAQs

Q. Which are the top engineering colleges in INDIA? Is there any ranking system for them?The ranking of engineering colleges changes every year but, the top institutes with stable ranking are IITs (Indian institute of technology), NITs (National institute of technology),BITS- Pilani etc.

Q. How to get admission in top engineering colleges?

Top engineering colleges may classified in two parts 1.Government engineering colleges like IIT’s, NIT’s

and other state/centre Government funded colleges.

To get admission in these colleges aspirants has to clear JEE.

2.Private engineering colleges like BITS- pilani etc. In order to get admission in these colleges aspirant has to clear JEE or the entrance test conducted by that institute.

Q. What is JEE?JEE stands for Joint Entrance Examination and it will held in two parts JEE (Main) and then JEE (Advanced).

Q. What is JEE (Main)?Previously it was called AIEEE (All india engineering entrance examination), now we call it JEE (Main). It will be conducted by Joint Apex Board located at CBSE Delhi.

Q. What is JEE (Advanced)?Previously it was called IIT-JEE now we call it as JEE (Advanced). It will be jointly conducted by IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT Guwahati, IIT Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Madras and IIT Roorkee or we can say by the zonal IITs.

Q. How to get admission in top engineering colleges except IITs and ISM Dhanbad?Aspirants fate to get admission in these colleges is decided by his/her performance in JEE (Main) and Board results.60% weight age will be given to JEE (Main) and 40% to the respective boards.The rank list of successful candidates including JEE (Main) and board performance will be declared in first week of July.

Q. How to get admission in IITs and ISM Dhanbad?An aspirant who want to take admission in IITs and ISM

Dhanbad, has to clear following hurdles 1. He/she has to qualify JEE (Main) and has to obtain rank

under 1,50,000 (Including all categories), here remember NO WEIGHTAGE will be given to BOARD marks.

2. He/ She has to qualify JEE (Advanced). 3. Admission to these institutes will be based only on

Category wise All India Rank (AIR), subject to the condition that such candidates have to be in top 20 percentile in their respective boards. THERE IS NO ROLE OF BOARD MARKS ONLY ASPIRANT HAS TO

BE IN TOP 20 PERCENTILE.

Q. How 1,50,000 Candidates are distributed across different categories?As you know that no THERE IS NO ROLE of board marks while selecting these candidates only performance in JEE (Main) will be the single criterion.The category wise distribution of candidates will be as follows: Top 75750 (50.5 %) Common Merit List Top 40500 (27%) Other Backward Classes Non creamy layer OBC (NCL) Top 22500 (15 %) Scheduled Caste (SC) Top 11250 (7.5 %) Scheduled Tribe (ST)3% of the total candidates in each category are reserved for PD candidates as per norms.

Q. Is Marks obtained in JEE (Main) and Board play any role for preparing AIR of JEE (Advanced)?NO, no weight age of JEE (Main) or Board will be given while Preparing rank for JEE (Advanced), but it is mandatory for an aspirant to be in top 1,50,000 in JEE (Main) to attempt JEE (Advanced) and to be in top 20 percentile of his/her respective board.

Q. How many attempts are there for taking JEE (Mains)?The maximum Number of attempts an aspirant can avail shall be Three in consecutive years.For an example if you appearing in XII Board- 2014 then you can avail three consecutive attempts i.e. 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Q. How many attempts are there for taking JEE (Advanced)?The maximum Number of attempts an aspirant can avail shall be Two in consecutive years.For an example if you appearing in XII Board- 2014 then, you can avail two consecutive attempts i.e. 2014 and 2015.

Q. Is there any relaxation in maximum number of attempts for reserved category student?

No

Q. Is there any reservation in IITs, NITs, CFTIs, SFTIs?Yes, as per Government of india rules candidates belonging to OBC in non creamy layer, Schedule castes (SC), Schedule Tribes (ST), Person with Disability (PwD) are admitted to seats reserved for them based on relaxed criteria.

Q. What is the role of Class XII Board in admission to top engineering colleges?Board plays important role to get admission in top engineering colleges in the following way:1. To get admission in top engineering colleges except IITs

and ISM Dhanbad, 40% weightage will be given to board marks while preparing final rank list of JEE (Main).

2. To get admission in IITs and ISM Dhanbad, candidate has to be in top 20 percentile of his/her respective board, but board marks will not be included in preparing rank list of JEE (Advanced) i.e. AIR of JEE (Advanced) will be prepared only on the basis of aspirants performance in JEE (Advanced).

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Q. What will be the language/medium for JEE?JEE (Main): The question paper will be in English or Hindi medium. Aspirant has option to opt, according to his/her convenience. For some state it may be in regional language for example in Gujarat, question paper will also be Gujarati. JEE (Advanced) : The question paper will be in English or Hindi only, there will be no option for regional languages.

Q. What will be the type of JEE paper?It will be of objective nature for both JEE (Main) and JEE (Advanced).

Q. What will be process to take admission in B.ARCH/B.PLANNING in institutes other than IITS?For this aspirant has to take paper-2 of JEE (Main), in paper-2 there will be question from Mathematics, Aptitude and drawing. This paper is only pen and paper based, no online option will be available for this.

Q. What will be process to take admission in B.ARCH/B.PLANNING in IITs?For this aspirant first have to qualify JEE (Advanced), only after that he/she can apply for aptitude test for B.ARCH and it will be held after one week of announcement of JEE (Advanced) result, However the seat allotment will be done based on the category wise all India Rank in the JEE (Advanced) -2013.

Q. What will be the mode to take JEE?JEE (Main) : Aspirant can opt for online or offline as per his/her convenience.JEE (Advanced): Only offline mode is available till now.

Q. When the score of JEE (Main) will be declared? and how do I know I will be able to take JEE (Advanced)?The score of JEE (Main) will be declared by first week of May, this score includes actual marks obtained by you in JEE (Main) along with information whether you are eligible for JEE (Advanced) or not. Please note to become eligible to take JEE (Advanced) board marks have no role.

Q. When results of JEE will be announced?JEE (Main): First result will be out on first week of May, this will contain marks obtained in JEE (Main) and eligibility for JEE (Advanced).Final rank list of JEE (Main) will be announced in first week of July, this will be prepared by giving 60% weigthage to JEE (Main) and 40% weight age to Class-XII performance.JEE (Advanced): The result of JEE (Advanced) will be announced on 3rd or 4th week of June, on the basis of performance in JEE (Advanced) only, but aspirant has to be in top 20 percentile of his/her respective board. There is no role of JEE (Main) or Board marks in preparation of rank list of JEE (Advanced).

Q. From where I will be remain updated for JEE?For this you can use websites For JEE (Mains) : http://jeemain.nic.inFor JEE (Advanced) : http://jeeadv.iitd.ac.in/OR You can contact us or visit : http://www.eduwave.in

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