JEE Main 2020 Topper: Know how Harshavardhan Aggarwal from Haryana secured 100 percentile
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Shiksha spoke to Harshavardhan, a JEE Main 2020 AIR 6 with 100 percentile. Read below to know his success story and JEE Main 2020 overall preparation.
National Testing Agency announced JEE Main 2020 result for Paper 1 (BE/BTech) on September 11. As per the NTA report, there are a total of 24 JEE Main 2020 Toppers who secured 100 percentile. Shiksha.com spoke to Harshavardhan a JEE Main 2020 topper with 100 percentile from Haryana state. He shared his JEE Main 2020 success story with some important tips and tricks for future JEE Main 2020 aspirants. Read below to know how Harshavardhan Aggarwal scored 100 percentile.
JEE Main 2020 Topper Interview
Q. How are you feeling to be one of the top scorers of JEE Main 2020 September exam? Was JEE Main 2020 September exam your first attempt?
A. I am very happy about my JEE Main 2020 result securing AIR 6. I was expecting the scores in JEE Main 2020 September exam. No, this was my second attempt. I secured 99 percentile in January session.
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Q. What is the name of your School?
A. I studied at Janki Das Kapoor Public School and took coaching from FIITJEE Panjabi Bagh.
Q. Since when did you start studying for JEE Main 2020 exam? How much time did you spend for JEE Main exam?
A. I started studying for the JEE Main 2020 exam from class 9 onwards. I spent almost 12 hours to prepare for JEE Main 2020 September exam. I also took coaching from class 10 onwards.
Q. What was your JEE Main preparation strategy during COVID-19? Which subject did you focus more and why?
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A. I first made sure that I was perfect with the basics in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and followed NCERT thoroughly. There were people who motivated me to prepare well. But reading and referring NCERT is not enough for JEE Main exam. You will always need higher concepts and good books to perform well in the examination.
Q: Which books did you refer to while preparing for JEE Main 2020 exam?
A. I would suggest the following books:
- Physics – H C Verma, DC Pandey
- Mathematics – Vikas Gupta
- Chemistry – MS Chauhan and Narendra Awasthi
Besides this attend all the classes and take help from teachers for any guidance in JEE Main preparation. Also, follow NCERT class XI and XII books for each subject preparation
Q. What is your future plan?
A. I am preparing to appear in JEE Advanced and will do Engineering from IIT Bombay.
Q. What rank are you expecting for JEE Advanced?
A. I am expecting a rank in the top 10.
Q. What will be your message to future JEE aspirants?
A. Persistence and hard work are the most important. Few points I would like to share:
- I used to mark difficult questions in every book or material while studying
- Now, I am revising the same for JEE Advanced in the last few days of the exam
- I have also made notes that I am revising which becomes easy to revise
If we talk about subject-wise important topics, in Mathematics Calculus is the most important. A lot of parts is covered in the exam from it. You can study topics like Rotational, Mechanism, Electromagnetism, In Chemistry it would be Organic Chemistry. Physical Chemistry is easier to study. The best is Inorganic Chemistry.
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