Physics, mathematics lengthy: Aspirants

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, April 15

Candidates for the IIT-JEE Main appeared for the online Computer Based Test (CBT) in Sector 74, Mohali, on Sunday. They declared that the online exam was on a par with the offline exam which took place on April 8.

The online CBT is being held in three shifts.

The online entrance examination will facilitate admissions into the NITs and IIITs.

Anish, engineering aspirant from Mohali, said: “Physics was calculative and time consuming. The chemistry part was scoring with fundamentals from the organic section. Overall, I think the online paper was moderately difficult, but lengthy.”

Kapish Agarwal, a resident of Panchkula, said the mathematics section was lengthy and tough.

Kunal Singh, IIT-JEE physics expert, said: “We had mixed reviews from aspirants about the JEE Main Computer Based Test. Several claimed that the chemistry part was conceptual. The mathematics focused on Class XI with application-oriented problems and physics questions encapsulated strong analytical concepts. Many students found the physics and mathematics paper lengthy as apart from the calculations, scrolling between the questions was time consuming.” He added: “The physics part was a blend of Class XII and Class XI fundamentals which needed practice and conceptually efficient skills to solve the challenging questions.”

Abhay Mahajan , IIT JEE Mathematics expert said that many students found maths as the toughest section out of the three. “The exam included several questions of the conic section, which, according to some students, were tough. Altogether, students found the difficulty level of the online paper to be on a par with the offline exam,” he said.

The exam is held in two stages — JEE Main which is conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and JEE Advanced which is held by different IITs every year.

The results of phase-1 will be declared on April 30 and the selected candidates will take the JEE Advanced Exam on May 20.

Checking procedure same as offline test

Students went through the same checking procedure as conducted during the offline test. Belts, socks, and shoes, were not allowed and so were bangles. Watches, wallets and electronic devices were also not allowed inside the examination hall.