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Manisha Kumari

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A. IIT JAM is of three hours duration. The national-level Science entrance exam will be conducted in two sessions, which are as follows: 

  • Session-I (9 AM to 12 noon) for the following JAM Test Papers- Chemistry (CY), Geology (GG) and Mathematics (MA)
  • Session-II (2.30 PM to 5.30 PM) for the following JAM Test Papers- Economics (EN), Biotechnology (BT), Physics (PH) and Mathematical Statistics (MS)

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Samira Susan Khanam

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Some of the top engineering schools in India are IIIT Hyderabad, Bits Pilani, NSIT, DTU, Manipal, VIT, and IPU. Furthermore, IIT Hyderabad and BITS Pilani are far superior to most IITS.

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Physics is one of the most sought course of choice among students who want to take admission in IITs, IISc, etc. It is for this reason alone that IIT JAM Physics paper is extremely competitive. Thus, when preparing for the Physics paper in JAM exam, candidates are suggested to pay less attention to the number of books from which they are studying and more emphasis on finding the topics that will help them score more.

To have an effective prep plan for IIT JAM Physics paper, students should have a timetable in place and make notes of important formulas that will make their last-minute preparation easy.

IIT JAM Physics Study Plan for First Month

Week of Study

Topic to Study

Sub-topic to Study

1

Mechanics and General Properties of Matter-I

Newton's Laws of Motion and Applications

Kepler's Laws

Polar and Cylindrical Coordinate Systems,

Conservative and Non-Conservative Forces

Centrifugal and Coriolis Forces

Motion Under a Central Force

Uniformly Rotating Frame

Gravitational Law and Field

Velocity and Acceleration in Cartesian

2

Mechanics and General Properties of Matter-II

System of Particles

Conservation of Linear and Angular Momentum

Conservation of Energy

Center of Mass

Equation of Motion of the Center of Mass

Elastic and Inelastic Collisions

Fixed Axis Rotations

Rigid Body Motion

Rotation and Translation

Parallel and Perpendicular Axes Theorem

Moments of Inertia and Products of Inertia

Principal Moments and Axes

Equation of Continuity

Kinematics of Moving Fluids

Euler's Equation

Bernoulli's Theorem

3

Mathematical Methods-I

Stokes' Theorem

Green's Theorem

Divergence Theorem

Multiple Integrals

Vector Calculus

Vector Algebra

Fourier Series

Taylor Expansion

Imperfect and Perfect Differentials

Jacobian Matrix

Partial Derivatives

Calculus of Single and Multiple Variables

4

Mathematical Methods-II

 First Order Equations

Linear Second Order Differential Equations with Constant Coefficients

Algebra of Complex Numbers

Matrices and Determinants

IIT JAM Physics Study Plan for Second Month

Week of Study

Topic to Study

Sub-topic to Study

5

Electricity and Magnetism-I

Coulomb's Law

Gauss's Law

Electric Field and Potential

Electrostatic Boundary Conditions

Solution of Laplace's Equation for Simple Cases

Capacitors

Conductors

Dielectric Polarization

Electrostatic Energy

Volume and Surface Charges

6

Oscillations, Waves and Optics-I

Differential Equation for Simple Harmonic Oscillator and Its General Solution

Superposition of Two or More Simple Harmonic Oscillator

Damped and Forced Oscillators

Resonance

7

Oscillations, Waves and Optics-II

Energy Density and Energy Transmission in Waves

Wave Equation

Group Velocity and Phase Velocity

Sound Waves in Media

Doppler Effect

Wave Equation

Fermat's Principle

8

Oscillations, Waves and Optics-III

General Theory of Image Formation

Thick Lens, Thin Lens and Lens Combinations

Fraunhofer Diffraction

Rayleigh Criterion and Resolving Power

Diffraction Gratings

Polarization

Double Refraction and Optical Rotation

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Topics to Study in IIT JAM Mathematical Statistics:

Aspirants can go through important topics that they should study to secure good marks in the IIT JAM exam for Mathematical Statistics below:

Important Topics in Mathematics

Sequences and Series

Differential Calculus

Integral Calculus

Matrices

Important Topics in Statistics

Probability

Random Variables

Standard Distributions

Joint Distributions

Sampling Distributions

Limit Theorems

Estimation

Testing of Hypotheses

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Manisha Kumari

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Candidates who want to appear for IIT JAM exam for Physics course admission should formulate a strategy to crack this Science entrance exam. Here, it is important that candidates go through important IIT JAM Physics books, identify important topics, and thereafter solve as many IIT JAM question papers as they can. This is a sure-shot way of getting a good rank in IIT JAM result.

Candidates can go through important topics that they should study to score well in IIT JAM exam in the table mentioned below:

Kinetic theory,  Thermodynamics

Mathematical Methods

Simple Oscillators

Mechanics and General Properties of Matter

Oscillations,  Waves andBoolean Physics

Electricity and Magnetism

Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics

Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)

Boolean algebra

 

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Manisha Kumari

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Candidates seeking admission in MSc Biotechnology courses offered at IITs should consider taking IIT JAM 2026. One of the most sought after courses, Biotechnology, is an extremely technical field and it requires aspirants to be thorough with all the topics at hand. 

IIT JAM exam pattern for Biotechnology course admissions is such that aspirants need to attempt Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs), Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) and Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions.

The weightage of questions asked in the IIT JAM Biotechnology paper is as mentioned below:

Subject

Weightage (In percent)

Biology

44

Chemistry

20

Mathematics

18

Physics

18

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As per the official information, it is confirmed that JAM 2026 examination is scheduled to be held on February 15, 2026. Depeneding upon any technical issue and crisis from the examaintion conducting body, the examination might schedule to other dates, but the probability of that is very negligible. 

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Janki H Gajjar

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During JoSAA Counselling, a category-wise cutoffs are released for IIT Palakkad. IIT Palakkad cutoff 2023 ranks for BTech in Computer Science and Engineering has been released for other than General category are 

  • 1735 for OBC
  • 735 for SC
  • 400 for ST
  • 755 for EWS

While the admissions are based on the scores/rank obtained in JEE Advanced, the last cut offs also change a lot depending on All India quota or Home State. It also varies if the applicant is a female.

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Janki H Gajjar

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Opening and Closing rank depends on the category and quota of candidates. For general category under All India, opening rank was 4531 and closing rank was 5162. Cut off are different when it comes to other categories or female candidates and even domicile of home state. In All India, opening and closing rank for female candidates was 1532 and 8709. Admission to B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering in IIT Palakkad - Indian Institute of Technology is based on the scores obtained in the entrance exam JEE Advanced. Applicants are advised to confirm what category are they applying while checking for cut offs.

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Janki H Gajjar

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IIT Palakkad cutoff 2023 was 16487 for General category candidates in All India quota for B.Tech. in Civil Engineering in IIT Palakkad - Indian Institute of Technology. For female candidates in general category under All India quota, 22093 was the closing rank. B.Tech cut off varies depending on the category and domicile/quota of the applicant.

IIT Pallakad admissions 2024 are based on JEE Main 2024 ranks followed by JEE Advanced ranks and further followed by JoSAA Counselling. Candidates seeking admission to the BTech must appear for JEE Main and JEE Advanced in order to be eligible for further admission process. 

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