IITs Admit Major Errors in JEE Paper

Finally The Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) admitted major errors in Joint Entrance Examination. According to the institute question papers in JEE held last month, had errors of 36 marks thereby hanging fate of meritorious candidates in balance. IITs have offered marks in three questions to nearly 4.8 lakh candidates. On some occasions, IITs had awarded marks to some students and not to others. Students left these wrong questions out of fear of negative marking.

For the past four years, errors in Joint Entrance Examination were worth 28 marks in mathematics, which is more than the cut-off in the subject - 1, 5, 7 and 11. The cut-offs for physics - where the 2011 JEE had eight marks worth errors - were 4, 0, 8 and 19 for general candidates over the past four years.

The gravity of errors is evident from the fact, that just 85 marks or about three times the math errors of 28 - separated the math score of the 2010 JEE topper and the last selected student, was several thousands of ranks below.

The multiple-choice examination had two question papers. The first paper had 16 marks errors worth four math questions, and another error in a four mark physics question.

The second paper had four mark physics question and 12 marks of errors in two math questions, one of which was of valuable eight marks. Some questions were a result of typographical mistakes or carried logically inconsistent statements. On the other hand, questions which should have only one correct answer, had many options.

Source: Prachi Srivastava (Shiksha Team)

Date: 17^th May 2011