Negative marking in JEE Advanced 2013 increases worries of students

Negative marking in JEE Advanced 2013 increases worries of students

JEE Advanced 2013 Result Details | Result Date JEE Advanced | JEE Advanced -ve Marking | JEE Advanced Negative Marking 2013

NEGATIVE marking may make things difficult for students appeared in JEE Advanced today. Over 1.5 lakh candidates have been shortlisted of those that took Joint Entrance Exam (JEE-Main 2013 ) held in April, only 1.26 lakh have registered for JEE (Advanced) to be conducted by Indian Institutes o( Technology (IITs). Of the students shortlisted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). over 28.000 students are girls. About 18% of the total students are female. When JEE (Main) registrations began, about 12.62 lakh students were registered. Result of JEE Advanced will be declared on June 23. In Nagpur around 3100 candidates have registered themselves. Out of those 2900 candidates appeared at six centers  There were Paper-I and Paper-II of 20 marks each. Until last year this examination was treated as IIT-JEE. In that examination the negative marking was 50 per cent but this year it has been increased to almost over 65 per cent, feel students. Some students said that Paper-II had completely negative marking.

According to a statement issued by CBSE. the cut-off for making it to the second round of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Advanced) was 391 marks for general category, 389 for OBC category. 350 for students from Scheduled Castes and 338 for those from Scheduled Tribes. Advanced examination for admission to the premier IITs was conducted on June 2 and the registrations were completed on May 13. The cut-off of Maharashtra State Board is 386 marks for General Category. 348 marks for OBC category, 343 marks for SC and 341 for ST.