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IIT Guwahati is the Organizing Institute for JAM 2015.

Exam Mode : ONLINE [Computer Based Test (CBT)]

Type Of Questions in All 7 Test papers:
A) Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
B) Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)
C) Numerical Answer Type (NAT)


All candidates have to apply only ONLINE.

NO hardcopies of documents (except challan) are to be sent to the Organizing Institute. The documents (if applicable) are to be uploaded to the online application website only.

An on-screen virtual scientific calculator will be available for the candidates to do the calculations.

The candidates who qualify in JAM 2015 shall have to fulfill the following Eligibility Requirement (ER) for admissions in IISc and IITs.

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  For IISc Bangalore:First class marks (as declared by the University) for Un-Reserved/OBC Category Candidates and Second class(as declared by the University) or 50% aggregate marks, without rounding off, for SC/ST and PwD Category Candidates in the qualifying degree.

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  For IIT Guwahati: At least (a) 55% marks or 6.0 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, in Major/Honors and Pass in all other subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries or (b) 60% aggregate marks or 6.5 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined, for Un-Reserved/OBC(NCL) Category Candidates; and at least (a) 50%marks or 5.5 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, in Major/Honors and pass in all other subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, or (b) 55% aggregate marks or 6.0 CPI in a scale of 10, without rounding off, taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined, for SC/ST and PwD Category Candidates, in the qualifying degree.
   

• For IIT Indore: A first class in the qualifying degree. At IIT Indore, the First Class is defined as: (i) A minimum of 60% marks for GEN/OBC (55% for SC/ST) category in aggregate or as specified by the university/institute OR (ii) A minimum CPI of 6.0 for GEN/OBC (5.5 for SC/ST) category on the scale of 10; with corresponding proportional requirements when the scales are other than on 10 (for example 4.8 for GEN/OBC category (4.4 for SC/ST) on a scale of 8) OR (iii) A first class as specified by the university/institute.
   

• For all other IITs: At least 55% aggregate marks, without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for Un-Reserved/OBC Category
   

• For Candidates with letter grades/CGPA (instead of percentage of marks), the equivalence in percentage of marks will be decided by the Admitting Institute(s). Proof of having passed the Qualifying Degree with the Minimum Educational Qualifications (MEQ) as specified by the admitting institute should be submitted by September 30, 2015  
   

Candidates and at least 50% aggregate marks, without rounding off , (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for SC/ST and PwD Category Candidates in the qualifying degree.

The JAM 2015 examination for all the seven test papers will be carried out as ONLINE Computer Based Test (CBT) where the candidates will be shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen..  

For all the seven test papers, the duration of the examination will be 3 hours.  

The medium for all the test papers will be English only.  

There will be a total of 60 questions carrying 100 marks.  

The entire paper will be divided into three sections, A, B and C. All sections are compulsory. Questions in each section are of different types as given below:  

Section A : Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)  

Contains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) carrying one or two marks each. Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer. Candidates can mark the answer by clicking the choice.  

Section B: Multiple Select Questions (MSQ)  

Contains a total of 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQ) carrying two marks each . Each MSQ type question is similar to MCQ but with a difference that there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are correct out of the four given choices. The candidate gets full credit if he/she selects all the correct answers only and no wrong answers. Candidates can mark the answer(s) by clicking the choice(s).  

Section C: Numerical Answer Type (NAT)  

Contains a total of 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions carrying one or two marks each. For these NAT type questions, the answer is a signed real number which needs to be entered using the virtual keyboard on the monitor. No choices will be shown for these type of questions. Candidates have to enter the answer by using a virtual numeric keypad.  

In all sections, questions not attempted will result in zero mark. In Section ? A (MCQ), wrong answer will result in negative marks. For all 1 mark questions, 1/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. For all 2 marks questions, 2/3 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. In Section B (MSQ), there is no negative and no partial marking provisions. There is no negative marking in Section C (NAT) as well.  

NOTE: An on-screen virtual scientific calculator will be available for the candidates to do the calculations.