JEE Advanced 2024 - Syllabus, Eligibility, Application form, 2024 Notification
Exam Summary
Exam Name | Joint Entrance Exam Advanced |
Commonly Known As | JEE Advanced |
Organizing Authority | IIT Kanpur |
Official Website | https://www.jeeadv.ac.in/ |
Exam Type | National Level Entrance Examination |
Programs Offered | BE/ B.Tech and B.Arch Courses |
Mode of Exam | Computer based |
Number of questions | Paper 1- 18
Paper 2- 18 |
Section | Paper 1- Physics, Chemistry and Math
Paper 2- Physics, Chemistry and Math |
Total Marks | Paper 1- 60
Paper 2- 60 |
Type of questions | MCQ and Pen-Paper |
Exam duration | 3 hours |
Eligibility Criteria | Indian National Citizen born on or after 1st October 1994 |
Exam Date | To be announced |
What is JEE-ADVANCED?
Joint Entrance Exam-Advanced (JEE-Advanced) is an annual engineering college entrance exam in India. It is conducted under the guidance of Joint Admission Board (JAB) by the zonal IITs. A candidate’s admission to Bachelor’s, Integrated Master’s and Dual Degree programs in Engineering, Sciences, or Architecture is on the basis of this exam.
JEE-Advanced 2018 is conducted by IIT Kanpur.
JEE-ADVANCED Structure of the exam
- This year onwards the test is a completely online.
- The exam is going to be conducted on Sunday 20th May 2018. The exam will be in two parts consisting of Paper-1 from 9 AM to 12 Noon and Paper-2 from 2 PM to 5 PM.
- Duration of each Paper will be 3 Hours and the types of questions are objective.
- The exam conducts two papers paper 1 and Paper 2 each having three sections – physics, chemistry, and mathematics.
- The nature of the questions in each section is usually multiple choices.
- There is no time limit for each section.
- The marking scheme of the paper may differ from question to question.
- Each paper covers the topics related to the subjects Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and each subject is divided into 3 sections.
- The total mark of each paper is 183 and each one has 54 questions.
Format and Marking Scheme of Paper 1:
Section | Number of questions | Maximum marks | Type of questions | Marking Scheme |
1 | 7 | 28 | One or more correct option | +4 (full marks for correct answer)
+1 (for partial correct answer) 0 -2 (negative marking) |
2 | 5 | 15 | Single digit integer | +3(full marks)
0 |
3 | 6 | 18 | Matching type question | +3(full marks)
0 -1(negative marking) |
Format and marking scheme of Paper 2:
Section | Number of questions | Maximum marks | Type of questions | Marking Scheme |
1 | 7 | 21 | Single correct answer | +3 (full marks for correct answer)
0 -1 (negative marking) |
2 | 7 | 28 | One or more correct option | +4 (full marks)
+1 (for partial correct answer) 0 -2 (negative marking) |
3 | 4 | 12 | Comprehension/paragraph | +3(full marks)
0 |
- The candidates can answer the question paper in either Hindi or English Language.
- Sample papers and papers of previous year are available on the official site of the exam.
JEE-ADVANCED Eligibility Criteria
- Candidate must minimums qualify class XII (10+2) or an equivalent course with minimum 75%.
- A candidate must follow the age criteria which states that the candidates must have born on or after October 1, 1993 (23 years old).
- Relaxation for reserved category candidates is that they should qualify their class XII (10+2) or an equivalent course with minimum 65%. They are given a relaxation of 5 years for the age criteria (they must have born on or after October 1, 1988).
- To be eligible for JEE Advanced a candidate should be among the top 2, 24,000 performers in the JEE-Mains in Paper 1.
- A candidate can appear for JEE-Advanced for maximum 2 times in consecutive years.
JEE-ADVANCED Application forms and submission procedure
The online application form for JEE-Advanced will be available from 4thweek of April 2018 and close by 1st week of May 2018. Students can only apply online.
The application fee for the examination is as follows:
Registration Fee for Examination Centre’s in India
*Exact GST (Goods and Services Tax) amount will be specified as per Government of India rules at the time of registration. The registration fee shown above DOES NOT INCLUDE service charges, processing fees and any other charges that the payment gateway/banks may levy. The process for making payment can be online as well as offline:
The online payment is to be done by 1st week of May 2018 by 5 PM.
Documents to be attached
Specification for scanned images required for JEE Advanced application:
The scanned certificates must be in JPG/JPEG format.
The application procedure step-by-step:
JEE-ADVANCED Admit Card
Details required for accessing the admit card are
The admit card will be available on the official website at https://admitcard.jeeadv.ac.in (THIS LINK WILL BE AVAILABLE AFTER THE REGISTRATION PROCESS) Details included on the admit card
JEE-ADVANCED Admission Procedure
As per the official website, “Only candidates who score the minimum prescribed marks in each subject and in aggregate will be included in the rank list”.
JEE Advanced Qualifying Marks:
JEE-ADVANCED NotificationA notification informing dates of the JEE-Advanced 2018 was published in the official website of JEE on September 28th 2017. The notification states that the exam will be held on 20th of May 2018. JEE-ADVANCED SyllabusThe JEE – Advanced examination consist of two papers; Paper-1 and Paper-2. Both papers are compulsory and will be conducted on the same day with a 2-hour break in between. The subjects included are Chemistry (Physical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, and Inorganic Chemistry), Mathematics, Physics and an Architecture Aptitude Test. Following are the topics in brief:
Chemistry: Chemistry is classified into three sections; Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry. The syllabus for chemistry is quite vast including Chemical Equilibrium, electrochemistry, chemical kinetics, etc. Inorganic chemistry includes preparation and properties of certain compounds and non-metals, extractive metallurgy, transition elements. Under Organic Chemistry comes preparation of alkanes, alkenes and alkynes, reaction of benzene, properties and use of certain polymers, etc. JEE-ADVANCED Important Dates
JEE-ADVANCED Exam CentersJEE – Advanced 2018 will be held across multiple exam centers in 155 cities across India and 6 cities abroad. The exam centers are divided into five zones and candidates are required to select five cities from each zone. Candidates will receive their admit cards with the address of the respective exam center. List of exam centers are as follows:
JEE-ADVANCED Contact DetailsOfficial Website: https://www.jeeadv.ac.in/ Address: Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) 2018 JEE Office, Academic Affairs Building Phone: +915122597325 Fax: +915122590103 Email: jeeadv@iitk.ac.in Colleges accepting JEE-ADVANCED scoreIITs (Indian Institute of Technology) are the institutions that intakes candidates eligible for admission. It is decided by the cut off rank, which differs for each college. Currently, there are twenty-three IITs in India. A few top universities are listed below:
Apart from the 23 IITs, the following institutes will also offer admissions to candidates on the basis of JEE Advanced score/marks:
JEE-ADVANCED ResultResults of JEE – Advanced 2018 will be published by IIT Kanpur on 10th June 2018. Results will be published online and to check results, candidates have to log-on to the result portal of the site using their registration number and date of birth. Candidates can even check marks for individual subjects. JEE-ADVANCED Cut-OffCut-off mark is the minimum percentage of marks required by a candidate to be included in the rank list. These marks determine the candidate’s admission to IITs. The official website states that candidates with minimum prescribed marks in each subject, as well as in aggregate will be included in the rank list. Following are the maximum marks a candidate can score:
The cut-off mark is different based on the category (General, OBC, SC/ST). Following is the minimum mark for each category:
The cut-off for previous years are provided below:
During the year 2017, over 1.7 lakh candidates appeared for JEE Advanced, out of which 50,455 candidates made it to the rank list. As per the Candidates and coaching institutions; Physics and Chemistry section were moderately difficult while the mathematics section was easy. JEE-ADVANCED Score ValidationThe validity of JEE Advanced score card is one year from the announcement of results. This means that candidates have a year to get admission in colleges before losing the validity of the score card. JEE-ADVANCED Seat DistributionIn IITs, seats are distributed among different categories. There are reservations as well as fee relaxation for certain categories (SC/ST, OBC, PwD, etc). Following is a tabulated data for category-wise distribution of seats distributed in all IITs during the year 2017.
JEE-ADVANCED Counselling ScheduleThe JEE Advanced Counselling serves as a basis for admission of candidates in top engineering institutions. Currently, the counselling process is done by JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority). JoSAA has been set up by the Ministry of Human Resources Department to manage and regulate joint seat allocation to 23 IITs, 31 NITs, 23 IIITs, and 20 other Government Funded Technical Institutes. The Counselling procedure is as follows:
Provided below is a complete schedule of JEE Advanced 2017 (JoSAA):
JEE-ADVANCED Previous Year Question PapersThe JEE Advanced previous year question papers along with their answer can be found in the official JEE – Advanced website.
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