JEE Advanced JAC to introduce written Exam

Updated on: Wednesday, July 01, 2015

The IIT Joint Admission Committee (JAC) will be introducing a written section in the Joint Entrance Examination Advanced (JEE Advanced) in 2017. This written test will be conducted after the JEE Main and JEE Advanced papers.This new test segment is proposed to stop the guess work by students and test their actual capabilities and knowledge about the subject. This would require overhauling the existing examination system, however, the JAC supports that it will help improve the quality of students who clear the exam. Introduction of this third segment will make clearing the exam even more difficult for the candidates.

This committee to introduce the written test as in the multiple-choice question (MCQ) based exams the students use guess-work instead of applying their own minds for at least 10 to 15 percent of the questions. Though MCQs evaluate the candidates' comprehension, analysis and application aptitude, the authorities wish to reduce the occurrence of students using the method of elimination for answering the questions, and make them utilise their understanding of concepts and the ability to develop ideas based on their knowledge.

The candidates appearing for JEE Advanced will have to take the written exam as well. However, their answer sheets will be eligible for checking only if they clear the JEE Advanced MCQ test. The examination authority is also looking to create machine-readable answer scripts, so that the checking method is efficient and less time consuming. This year a total of 1,24,741 candidates has registered for the exam, out of which 1,27,238 students appeared for the exam. And 26,456 students qualified for JEE Advanced.

JEE Advanced JAC to introduce written Exam

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