Soon after JEE Advanced 2017 concluded on May 21, various coaching institutes started releasing the JEE Advanced 2017 exam analysis. JEE Advanced 2017 comprised of two papers – Paper 1 and Paper 2. Paper 1 was held from 9 am to 12 pm. Paper 2 commenced at 2 pm and concluded at 5 pm.
While the exam pattern on JEE Advanced keeps changing every year, this year it was similar to the paper pattern of JEE Advanced 2016. Both the papers comprised of questions from three subjects – Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Check out JEE Advanced 2017 student reactions and JEE Advanced 2017 answer keys here.
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Take a look at JEE Advanced 2017 exam analysis by experts below.
JEE Advanced 2017 exam analysis by FIITJEE:
Analysis of Paper 1:
- Maximum marks: 183
- Duration: 3 hours
- The booklet had 36 printed pages and 54 questions in total.
- There were three parts of Paper-1. Marks for each subject was 61.
- In each part there were three sections- Section 1 (Maximum marks - 28), Section 2 (Maximum marks - 15) and Section 3 (Maximum marks 18)
- Section 1 had 7 questions with four options in which one or more than one options were correct. Marking scheme in this section is +4 in case all options are correct, +1 for each correct response, 0 marks for no response and -2 for all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 28.
- Section 2 had 5 questions with correct response being a single digit integer from 0 to 9 both inclusive. The making scheme was +3 for the correct response and 0 marks in all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 15.
- Section 3 had 6 questions of matching type. This section contained two tables (each having 3 columns and 4 rows). Based on each question, there were 4 options in which only one option was correct. With correct response being a single digit integer from 0 to 9 both inclusive. Marking scheme in this section was +3 if the correct option is marked, 0 marks if none of the options is marked and -1 in all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 18.
Immediate reaction of students after Paper-1:
- They found the overall level of paper moderate level but not easy. Chemistry was reported tougher compared to Maths & Physics.
- Distribution of questions:
Physics- 49% questions from class XII & 51 % from Class XI.
Chemistry- 46% questions from class XII & 54 % from Class XI
Mathematics- 51% questions from class XII & 49 % from Class XI
- No mistakes reported till now.
- Total no. of questions (54 questions) remains same as last year however total marks of Paper-1 has changed from 186 to 183 marks this year.
Analysis of Paper 2:
- Maximum marks: 183
- Duration: 3 hours
- The booklet had 36 printed pages and 54 questions in total.
- There are three parts of Paper-2. Marks for each subject was 61.
- In each part there are three sections- Section 1 (Maximum marks - 21), Section 2 (Maximum marks - 28) & Section 3 (Maximum marks - 12)
- Section 1 had 7 questions with four options in which only one option was correct. Marking scheme in this section was +3 in case the option was correct, 0 mark for no response, -1 mark for all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 21.
- Section 2 had 7 questions with four options in which one or more than one options were correct. Marking scheme in this section was +4 in case all options are correct, +1 for each correct response, 0 marks for no response and -2 for all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 28.
- Section 3 had 2 Paragraphs with two questions in each paragraph. Each question had four options with only one correct option. Marking scheme in this section is +3 if the correct option is marked, 0 marks in all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 12.
Immediate reaction of students after Paper-2:
- They found the overall level of paper moderate level. Physics & Chemistry was reported tougher than Mathematics section.
- Distribution of questions:
Physics- 52% questions from class XII & 48 % from Class XI.
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Chemistry- 54% questions from class XII & 46 % from Class XI
Mathematics- 79% questions from class XII & 21 % from Class XI
- No mistakes reported till now as complete paper is yet to be analysed.
- Total no. of questions (54 questions) remains same as last year however total marks of Paper-2 has changed from 186 to 183 marks this year.
Quick Comparison: JEE Advanced 2017 vs JEE Advanced 2016
- The Matching Type questions is different as compared to previous years. There were three columns to be matched.
- Unequal weightage was given to class XI & XII especially in Mathematics of paper-2.
- The total marks of each Paper reduced from 186 to 183.
- There were no surprises this year.
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