JEE Advanced 2017 Student Reactions

JEE Advanced 2017 was conducted on May 21 in two phases – Paper 1 and Paper 2. While Paper 1 was held from 9 am to 12 pm, Paper 2 was conducted from 2 pm to 5 pm. Both the papers are of three hours each. This year, approximately 1.7 lakh students actually took the exam out of the total 2.2 engineering aspirants who were eligible. IIT Madras is the conducting authority of JEE Advanced 2017.  

JEE Advanced is a gateway for admissions to undergraduate engineering programmes offered by the premier IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology). Besides IITs, JEE Advanced 2017 scores will also be used by few of the other tech institutes including Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy (IIPE) , Visakhapatnam, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), Kolkata, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), Pune, Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), Thiruvananthapuram, Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Thiruvananthapuram and Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli.

JEE Advanced 2017 results are expected to be announced on June 11. Check JEE Advanced 2017 important dates here.

JEE Advanced 2017 had a total of 10 codes of question papers (from 1 to 10). Take a look at the paper pattern of JEE Advanced 2017 for Paper 1 and Paper 2 below:

JEE Advanced 2017 Paper Pattern: Paper 1

JEE Advanced 2017 Paper Pattern: Paper 2

Most of the students which Shiksha spoke to reported that the pattern of the paper was quite similar to that of last year’s. JEE Advanced 2017 received mixed reactions from students. While some aspirants thought the paper was tougher this year, others felt it was at par with JEE Advanced conducted in 2016. However, some students shared that the exam had out of the syllabus questions.

According to Abhimanyu Chauhan who took the DPS Noida said, “The exam was pretty good. I think the paper wasn’t tough but it was lengthy; both Paper 1 and Paper 2. Actually it depends from person to person but this is what I feel. There were no surprises or unexpected questions. I could solve around 76 questions including both the papers.”

“However, I think Paper 2 was tougher and for me Mathematics was the toughest in both the Papers. I am weak at Maths so I guess this might not be the case for other students”, he added.

Another engineering aspirant Aditya Vashista from Amity International School shared, “According to me the paper was difficult as compared to JEE Advanced 2016. The difficulty level of each subject in both the papers was different. In Paper 1, Chemistry was the toughest while Physics was the easiest. In Paper 2, it was vice-versa. Also, there were various new kind of questions that we had never practiced. Such questions were not even there in the JEE Advanced question paper archives. As far as the marking scheme is considered, it was similar to that of last years”.

“Both the papers were of 183 marks each. There were 54 questions – 18 questions each for all the three subjects in Paper 1 and Paper 2. In Paper 1, I could solve 40 questions. Since Paper 2 was tougher, I could solve around 38 questions. I believe the questions which were a combination of comprehension, matrices and single correct options.

Chandra Dev Pandey who took the exam from Delhi said, “Though I cleared JEE Main 2017, I wasn’t really happy with my performance. I took this as a motivation and prepared a lot for JEE Advanced. I studied really hard for this one; more than 15 hours a day. I think I will score better than JEE Main for sure and expecting a better rank. I am expecting a score of 120-130”.

Comparing the paper pattern of JEE Advanced 2016 and 2017, he shared, “In 2016, they introduced partial marking scheme and this year too, the case was the same. FIITJEE conducts this All India Test Series (AITS). The difficulty level of Physics in 2016 touched the AITS level. Maths any which way is of advanced level. However, this year this was not the case. The questions weren’t really tough”.

“For me Paper 2 was tougher. I found Mathematics the easiest in both Paper 1 and Paper 1 and I could solve most of the questions. While Chemistry was the toughest for me. I am weak at this subject and to be frank, hadn’t practiced a lot. The IITs increased the difficulty level of questions which didn’t have negative marking. There were some questions from Organic and Inorganic Chemistry that we weren’t even taught at my coaching institute. On one hand where the number of tough questions were lesser this year, there were questions which we hadn’t even heard of”.

From this year, Class XII marks will not be required for JEE Main & Advanced rank determination.

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