UPSEE 2016 Exam Analysis and Student Reactions
UPSEE 2016 was held today, on April 17 for admissions to undergraduate engineering programmes offered by colleges in the state of Uttar Pradesh. According to information, this year, as many as 1.80 lakh students took the exam for admissions to 1.50 lakh engineering seats on offer. Conducted in offline mode, the exam was organised in 40 cities across UP and 8 cities in states besides UP.
UPSEE 2016 exam paper was spread across three sections - Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics/Biology. Each of these three sections carried 50 Multiple Choice questions having 4 options to choose from. For every correct answer, aspirants got 4 marks, while there was no negative marking for any question answered incorrectly.
Most of the students that shiksha.com spoke to shared that the exam was pretty easy compared to last year. Shivam, a student of Ryan International School, said, “The exam was very easy. And surprisingly not lengthy as well. As usual, Chemistry was the easiest and Mathematics was the tougher than Physics”.
Another student, Avitrr, who was taking the exam for the second time said, “Last year, the paper was easy but I was not prepared. But this year, I was better prepared and the paper was really easy. Anyone who had studied well for the exam will be able to crack the exam. Last year, the exam had some really long questions and there also were questions which I thought was not from the syllabus. But this year, nothing like such was the case”.
Two friends, Shivam and Sundaram, believed that the paper was easier than JEE Mains. They shared that the best part about UPSEE exam is that it does not have any negative marking which is not the case in JEE Mains.
Shivam said, “You know since there is no negative marking in this year, I attempted all the questions even the ones I wasn’t sure of. However, I feel there were around 2 to 3 three questions which were wrong. I tried solving that very question two of three times and I was pretty sure that my answer was correct but still had my doubts about the question. Sundaram who is also taking the NDA exam reiterated the same.
