Experts’ Speak: Things to consider when preparing for IIT JEE 2020

By: Amit Sharma

Marks obtained in class XII play a significant role in your admission to prestigious engineering college. So it is suggested that you must concentrate on Class 12th preparations.

Lakhs of students prepare for Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) and look for important tips that can help them effectively prepare for IIT JEE. However, it's a challenge for students to associate with the best-learned guide or exhaust the best resources for preparation. Shiksha.com estimates an effective approach to make you go through your preparation process conveniently. Here are effective and efficient preparation tips, including information regarding reference books, recorded tutorials, mock tests, etc.

When individuals start preparing for IIT JEE 2020, he or she should keep considering the percentage of marks he/she got in class twelfth. Marks obtained in class XII play a significant role in your admission to prestigious engineering college. So it is suggested that you must concentrate on Class 12^th preparations. Here are some other significant points I would like you to consider while preparing for JEE.

When you are preparing for IIT JEE 2020, do remember that your marks in Class 12^th board exams will play a vital role. So, you must pay appropriate attention to your board exams. Here are some other valuable tips beneficial for JEE preparation. Initiate your IIT JEE preparation with your Class 12^th textbooks. NCERT books are the best effective means to prepare for the JEE exam. This is one of the economical and quality resources for the aspirants. As for other exams, for this exam also I would suggest you go for an early preparation strategy with appropriate content material. The following table depicts the useful books for JEE.  

It is suggested not to use too many books for preparation. That may lead you to confusion or may affect your study plan. Use the books which suit your learning pattern and cover maximum content. JEE has been particularly structured to asses the fundamentals of Class 12^th subjects. It is to evaluate whether the aspirant can implement his/her basic knowledge to solve the problem given in the question or not? Revision, as suggested in the previous article as well as the most important part of learning and exam preparation. The same suggestion goes for JEE as well. Do regular revision, use previous year papers and identify your weak areas. It is often suggested to go for the last three years' paper for conducting a mock test. Every exam is bounded by time limits and so as this. So it is advisable to use stopwatch while solving questions for practice.

A simple and effective plan for JEE preparation will take you a long way in gaining a healthy score. A plan should include your study time suits you (varies from person to person), your weak areas need to be identified and should have priority in your study plan. You should include revision time and time for recreation as well in your study plan. Do not compromise with your sleep.

How to prepare for JEE without coaching

Not every student can afford a huge amount of fee to be paid to coaching institutions for preparation. But your "will" most of the time decides your "way". Without coaching also you can prepare for the IIT JEE and you can clear the same provided you are preparing religiously. Resources and their proper utilization matters, not the coaching institutions. If you are willing to prepare at home try to fetch relevant and appropriate books for JEE preparation. Not only IIT previous year papers you can use previous year papers of AIEEE as well. Practicing these papers will develop time management skills, which I mentioned above is important for this exam.  So, if you want to study at home, you should get appropriate books for IIT preparation.  Besides mastering school books, you need to go through reference books and solve as many JEE model papers as you can. It is always suggested to approach your subject teachers available at school and clear your doubts as soon as possible to go for an advance study concerning the same topic. It is always advisable not to hesitate in asking questions. IIT JEE is an exam where it is expected that you grab the content enough to maintain engineering studies once you get the admission.

About the Author:

Amit Sharma is serving as an Assistant Professor at Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, since 2013. With an experience of seven years in academics, Sharma conducts faculty development programmes at school level and management development programmes at organisational level across the industry.