JEE Main Joint Entrance Exam 2013

CBSE has announced the details of the first Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2013. The information regarding various aspects of JEE Main like eligibility criteria, paper pattern, syllabus, marking scheme, final merit list etc., has been clearly spelt  out by the CBSE, who has been entrusted with the responsibility of conducting JEE Main 2013.

General perception of the student community is that JEE Main is AIEEE in its new avatar. AIEEE in its previous form had no bearing on the IIT admissions, had given no weight-age to the class XII board marks. But from 2013, JEE Main, apart from the admissions into the NITs, IIITs, possibly other CFTIs, is also the first tier of the two-tier IIT selection process.

Joint Entrance Examination

Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is the all India entrance examination conducted for the admissions into the Engineering courses. From 2013,under the direction of MHRD, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is being conducted in two parts, JEE-MAIN and JEE-ADVANCED. JEE MAIN is for the admission into NITs, IIITs and possibly CFTIs and other participating institutes. JEE ADVANCED is for the admission into IITs only.

Mode of the Examination

For Paper 1 (B.E/B.Tech courses), it is in both Offline and Online modes.
For Paper 2 (B.Arch/B.Planning),it is in Offline mode only.

Dates of the JEE MAIN 2013

Offline Exam – 7th April 2013
Online Exam – Between 8th April to 25th April 2013

JEE MAIN 2013 Eligibility:

1. Candidate  must have passed in final examination of 10+2 (Class XII) or its equivalent  qualifying examination. Those appearing in 10+2 (Class XII) final or equivalent examination in 2013 may also appear in JEE(MAIN) 2013 provisionally.  
2. Candidates who are aspirants for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs , IITs and ISM Dhanbad - for one or more than one of them - must confirm to the eligibility criteria of the relevant institutions. 
3. Candidates are allowed maximium of 3 consecutive attempts. 
4. For JEE MAIN 2013, candidates who passed +2 exam in 2011 or 2012 or appearing in +2 in 2013 are only eligible to appear. 

Age Limit

Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1988 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PWD) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PWD candidates who were born on or after October 01, 1983 are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board/University certificate only will be taken as authentic.

JEE MAIN 2013 Question Pattern

Paper 1 - for B.E/B.TECH courses
Duration: 3 hrs
Objective type questions with equal weight-age to Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics.
Four options with single correct answer
Negative marking – for each incorrect response, one fourth (1/4) of the total marks allotted to the question would be deducted. No response will mean no deduction of marks.

Paper 2 – for B.ARCH/B. PLANNING
Mathematics – Part I - objective questions
Aptitude Test – Part II - objective questions
Drawing Test – Part III - to test drawing aptitude
Duration - 3 Hours

All India final merit list of JEE MAIN 2013

A candidate’s All India Rank(AIR) will be a combination of 40% weightage to normalised 10+2 or other equivalent qualifying examination and 60% weightage to his JEE MAIN score. Only the top 1.5 lakh candidates of JEE MAIN from all categories will be eligible to attempt JEE ADVANCED.

Reservation Rules for JEE-Main Exam 2013 

As per Government of India rules candidates belonging to certain categories are admitted to seats reserved for them based on relaxed criteria. These categories are:
Other Backward Classes (OBC) if they belong to Non-Creamy Layer (NCL)
Scheduled Castes (SC)
Scheduled Tribes (ST)
Persons with Physical Disability (PD)
Benefit of reservation shall be given only to those classes/castes/tribes which are in the respective central list published by the Govt of India.

JEE MAIN 2013 forms availablity:

JEE MAIN 2013 forms are available at the website,www.jeemain.nic.in. from 1st Nov, 2012. The forms have to be filled up online only since they are not available offline. CBSE has announced the setting up of facilitation centers that will assist students in the online form filling without any charge.

JEE Main 2013 Application Form Important Dates:

Start of Online Application: 8 November, 2012 to 15 December, 2012
Last date of Online JEE Main 2013 Application Form submission: 15 December, 2012
Last date for Conformation Page Submission: 26 December, 2012
Admit Card availability: 1 March, 2013
JEE Main 2013 Result Declaration : 7th May, 2013
JEE Main Rank Card on Website : From 8th July, 2013
Rank Card by Post : From 12th July, 2013