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JEE Main 2016: IITians bring you 'Tip of the day' - 5

This is the fifth in a series of articles giving last minute tips to JEE aspirants to efficiently crack the exam. Every day, PaGaLGuY will bring to you a tip of the day from first year IIT students sharing their experiences and mistakes of JEE 2015.

Satyam, First Year, Aerospace Engineering, IIT B

I solved the Maths section first as I am more comfortable with it. For the maths section, I used the trial and error method by putting the choices in the questions and got answers within seconds. I solved Chemistry and Physics in that sequence.

PaGaLGuY wishes all aspirants good luck for JEE Mains 2016.

Students can ask their doubts regarding the JEE exam 2016 in the Comments section below. We will get the experts to answer.

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In the coming days, PaGaLaGuY will bring to you what's on the JEE 2016 aspirants' minds.

If you are an aspirant too, read on, might just help you fine tune your prep strategy. The sixth of the lot, PaGaLGuY spoke to IIT aspirants today, discussed Chemistry and how they will turn this subject as their strength for JEE main 2016.

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Voices - JEE Main 2016 aspirant Speak (6)

This is the seventh of the series on 'what all is going on in a JEE Mains 2016 aspirant's mind.' If you too are an aspirant, this series will help you.

Today, PaGaLGuY spoke to aspirants to know if they are feeling under-confident about their preparations. Let's see what they have to say about their prep work.


PaGaLGuY wishes all aspirants good luck for JEE Mains 2016.

Students can ask their doubts regarding the JEE exam 2016 in the Comments section below. We will get the experts to answer.

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JEE Main 2016: IITians bring you 'Tip of the day' - 4


This is the fourth in a series of articles giving last minute tips to JEE aspirants to efficiently crack the exam. Every day, PaGaLGuY will bring to you a tip of the day from first year IIT students sharing their experiences and mistakes of JEE 2015.

Anusha Kamath, First Year, Chemical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar

Don't spend too much time learning new concepts. What you haven't studied in the past two years cannot be miraculously learned in a couple of days. While studying, students tend to categorise concepts as difficult or easy to learn and score. However, I suggest, if you are sure of the course in which you would like specialise later, and then it is best to focus on related concepts. A student who wants to pursue mechanical engineering should focus on mastering mechanics concepts, irrespective of how difficult it is. Likewise, a student interested in electrical engineering should have good grasp over concepts such as electrostats, magnetic field of current, etc.

Another point to remember is that while solving the paper, do not try to calculate your marks based on the number of questions solved. There's no time for such calculation, and it will only make you nervous. You can never be 100% sure about your answers. You need to solve at least 40 questions out of 90 to gain a shot at the JEE Advanced. If you aren't planning for the Advanced, then answering 30 questions correctly alone is also enough to place you in a good NIT or state college. So don't focus on calculating your marks, just try to solve a certain number of questions properly to help you sail through. 

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Attempting Maths section of JEE Mains

Many aspirants have a doubt about how to attempt Maths section of JEE Mains. Students who have cleared the JEE confess that Maths section had made them sweat. This is because of the calculation-intensive nature of the subject. Here are some tips that may help you tackle Maths for JEE Mains 2016.

PaGaLGuY spoke to Prof Kabeer Jasuja, IIT Gandhinagar. Prof. Kabeer an IIT Kharagpur alumni said, "While solving Maths, students tend to give up in the initial steps, if they find the question difficult. When I gave my engineering entrance, I saw to it that I solved that question first and only then moved on to the next one."

The strategy to deal with Maths in the actual exam is what actually matters. Prof. A.K. Srivastava of Brilliant Institute, New Delhi said, "After you get the paper, first go through all the questions. While going through the paper, mark easier questions with a single tick and those you find difficult with a double tick. Solve the easier questions first and mark the answers with a bubble on the OMR sheet (answer sheet)."

Chapters in Maths which had more weightage in JEE Mains 2015 were- Matrix and Determinants, Sequences and Series, Vector and 3-D and Straight Lines. Students may want to brush up on these topics because of the importance JEE has attached to them over the years.

This strategy could be very helpful if practised now itself. To get used to this method, it is better if aspirants practice it now while solving mock papers.

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JEE Main 2016: Analysis of Chemistry section in JEE Main 2015

The final countdown has begun. To give aspirants an advantage in the forthcoming exams, PaGaLGuY analyses JEE Main 2015 Chemistry paper. This will give aspirants a fair idea about the pattern of question paper, difficulty level, topic wise weightage, and much more. Read on to know how our expert, Prof. Amit Gautam, Head of Department, Chemistry, Vidyamandir Classes, Delhi, has analyzed the Chemistry section of JEE Main 2015.

The Chemistry section of JEE Main 2015 paper had four questions each from Transition Elements and Co-ordination Chemistry, Periodic Table and Representative Elements in Inorganic Chemistry. Going by previous years' papers, it is likely that these two topics will have sameweightage in this year's paper as well. A good command over them will give you an edge over others. The third topic, which had the maximum number of questions, was from Organic Chemistry - Carbohydrates, Amino Acids and Polymers. There were three questions each from these chapters in the paper. Physical Chemistry is equally important and one must do a thorough revision of Chemical Bonding, Chemical Equilibrium and Electrochemistry to score well in the paper.

You must remember that despite vast syllabus, it is easy to solve and score marks in Chemistry. This section takes only about 40-45 minutes to complete. Organic chemistry is the most scoring section as questions are mostly conceptual. You can choose to attempt the topics where you are confident of rather than wasting time in answering the ones where you lack clarity. For every correct answer, you stand a chance to score three or four marks. And a wrong answer will only lead to negative marking. I will sincerely advice you to read the questions thoroughly and then proceed. No question should take more than two-three minutes. If you are unsure, then I will suggest that it is better to leave and move on to the next question.

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Apply logic to score well in Physics paper

Examination fever has gripped JEE Main 2016 aspirants who will be appearing for it on April 3, 2016. Most aspirants say they find Mathematics and Chemistry manageable, but find Physics a tough nut to crack. To help all them, PaGaLGuY spoke to an expert to get some handy tips on how to go about scoring well in this subject.

Ashish Arora, Faculty, Allen-Kota

Mathematics is all about practice. And as they say, practice makes a man perfect, do each and every problem many times so that you get the hang of it. Practice will give you a fair idea of different problems and how to solve them.

Chemistry is theoretical so exhaustive reading and being thorough with each and every chapter will help you in acing JEE Main exams.

However, it is not the case with Physics. It is purely a logical subject. In Physics' case, practice doesn't pay until and unless you have logic at a strong level to back your knowledge. Without logic there's no guarantee that you will be able to do well in this subject. This can be done by doing selective problems by applying different logic. So, if a student is willing to master Physics, he should try to do the same problem by applying different logic each time and then take it forward from there.

There are three-four different types of logical problems that a student should rigorously practice in this subject. This is the key to success in JEE.

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"Live as though every day is the exam day," say Dean at Vidyalankar Coaching Institute

The tremendous study pressure that JEE aspirants have been tackling for the past 2 years has led to hectic and erratic schedules for many students. However, with only 10 days left for the JEE Mains 2016, students are now tending towards a more systematic study and sleep schedule so as reduce as much stress as possible.  R.R.Nadkarni, Dean of Vidyalankar Coaching Institute has given some lifestyle and study advices to JEE aspirants to get accustomed to the schedule of the day of the exam.

Students should start adjusting their timetable that of the day of the exam. This means, tune yourselves to writing mock JEE papers in exam like conditions - in the same time band as the actual JEE Mains on Sunday 3rd April 2016. Lifestyle changes also need to be made to tune yourself to the exam day. For example, start waking up, bathing and eating breakfast at the same time you would on the day on the main exam. Visit the exam centre a couple of days in advance so as to get an idea about the conveyance and time required to reach there. The idea is to be hassle free on the exam day. If the student is not accustomed to a certain timetable, there will be added stress to work according to a different schedule on the day of the exam.

Further, while revising concepts in these last 10 days, it is advisable to rotate between studying the three subject daily. Do not study Maths for three days, Chemistry for the next three days and Physics for another three days at a stretch.  Study a little part of each subject every day.

While practicing mock papers, recognise the lengthy questions. There will be 2-3 questions in paper which are too lengthy and time consuming to solve. Learn to spot such questions and try to attempt them last. Follow a specific order of attempting the three sections in the paper and stick to it, i.e either PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Maths) or CPM (Chemistry, Physics, Maths). Do not attempt the Maths paper first, as it is generally the most difficult one.

Thus, the specific habits need to be developed in the last 10 days of preparation for JEE Main 2016, so as to feel fresh and alert while attempting the exam.

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Hello JEE Aspirants,

PaGaLGuY brings to you 'Tip of the Day' by first year IITians. Learn from their experiences and  mistakes during their JEE exam. So read on and tune up your prep techniques.

Sankalp Gaur, First year Electrical engineering, IIT Bombay.

Though Physics in JEE main is formula based, I solved a lot of JEE Advanced question papers before my main exam. My score in the Physics section of JEE Mains 2015 was 115 out of 120. Right from my 11th class my focus was to clear all the basic concepts of Physics. Having conceptual clarity helped me a lot to understand the problem. The ability to devise an equation out of a given problem is very important in Physics, which is just not possible by mugging up tons of formulas. Only practice and more practice can help. So the key is to solve two previous year's question papers daily.

PaGaLGuY wishes all aspirants good luck for JEE Mains 2016.

Students can ask their doubts regarding the JEE exam 2016 in the Comments section below. We will get the experts to answer.

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"Solving mock papers is the way forward", JEE Mains 2016 aspirant Speak (8)

Aspirants see practicing mock papers to traverse to the next phase of testing JEE Advanced.


PaGaLGuY wishes all aspirants good luck for JEE Mains 2016.

Students can ask their doubts regarding the JEE exam 2016 in the Comments section below. We will get the experts to answer.

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This is the seventh of the series on 'what all is going on in a JEE Mains 2016 aspirant's mind.' If you too are an aspirant, this series will help you.

Today, PaGaLGuY spoke to aspirants to know if they are feeling under-confident about their preparations. Let's see what they have to say about their prep work.

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Hello JEE Aspirants,

PaGaLGuY brings to you Physics Formulas for JEE, these are put in a chapter-wise format.

PaGaLGuY wishes all aspirants good luck for JEE Mains 2016.

Students can ask their doubts regarding the JEE exam 2016 in the Comments section below. We will get the experts to answer.

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'Don't waste time in revising the entire syllabus'

This is the 10th in a series of articles giving last minute tips to JEE aspirants to efficiently crack the exam. Every day, PaGaLGuY brings to you a 'Tip of the Day' from first year IIT students sharing their experiences and mistakes of JEE 2015.

Yusuf Qutbuddin, First year, B. Tech, IIT Kharagpur

To crack JEE Mains, all that you need to know are the various Dos and Don'ts. If that is sorted, you will be able to manage your time and focus only on what you need to revise to score well. I wasted a lot of time reading topics not related to JEE, in a hope to understand all of them before the exams. Looking back, I think it was a mistake. I would suggest aspirants not to waste time in revising the entire syllabus. You should focus on topics which you are thorough with. You should look out for books which cater specifically to JEE exams. I would recommend HC Verma Part- I for classical mechanics; Irodov's book is another good one for Physics.

Chemistry is a scoring subject, but you need to know topics that are important for JEE. For example, pay attention to organic chemistry, it will fetch good marks.

Mathematics is an aptitude based subject and you need to practice a lot to score well in this subject.

For Physics, you need to understand the logic behind the problem. Actually, you know Mathematics is comparatively difficult in terms of questions, compared to Physics in JEE Mains. 

Also, when you solve problems, never leave it midway. Always make it a point to complete it. 

PaGaLGuY wishes all aspirants good luck for JEE Mains 2016.

Students can ask their doubts regarding the JEE exam 2016 in the Comments section below. We will get the experts to answer.

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This is a part of the series on 'what all is going on in a JEE Mains 2016 aspirant's mind.' If you too are an aspirant, this series will help you. Today, PaGaLGuY spoke to aspirants to know if which subject in the Mains do they find the easiest or predictable. Let's see what they have to say about their prep work.

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"I want my son to get into an IIT," says Joshi in Parent Stress - 2

Sunita Joshi, Mother of Snehil Parashar, IIT Aspirant, Faizabad, Lucknow

Snehil Parashar is preparing for JEE in Kota. PaGaLGuY spoke to his mother to know her experiences when Snehil moved to Kota in after his class 10.  

"We stay in Faizabad, a small town near Lucknow. There are no good educational institutes here and my priority was to give my two children good education. Even my elder son went to Kota in 2006 to study for JEE and I was already prepared to send Snehil as well. Since their childhood, it was decided that they will move out of Faizabad for higher studies", said Sunita Joshi.

"I knew that Snehil will able to visit us once or maybe twice in a year, so mostly I used to go to Kota. And getting a confirmed railway ticket was a challenge," said Joshi. She often travelled to Kota, approximately 1000 kms from Faizabad.   

Other than its coaching availabilities, Joshi chose Kota because it is closer to her maternal house in Jaipur. "Snehil often fell ill while studying in Kota, many times his friends used to take care of him. But when he suffered from Dengue, Chicken Pox, Viral, he went to Jaipur, as we have family there to take care of him. Having family close to Kota actually made me more relaxed," Joshi added.

This is second in the series of articles where parents of aspirants state experiences about their wards preparing for JEE Mains 2016.

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Last-Minute Tips for JEE Main 


JEE Main is the biggest engineering entrance examination conducted across the country. More than 10 lakh students take this exam to secure a seat in the prestigious engineering colleges of the country. JEE Main is also a qualifying examination for JEE Advanced.


JEE (Main) is a game of speed and accuracy. With barely five days to go, I would advise students to focus on effective revision and test taking skills by following these tips to score well in the exam.


1.    Do systematic but a quick revision to recapitulate whatever you have learned in past.


2.    Prepare short notes of formulas, and important point for last days' revision.


3.    Don't try to learn any new topic when the exam is just days ahead. Rather concentrate on the topics that you have learned in past. You should look at the breadth rather than the depth of the subject.


4.    If you have a good command over 80% of JEE syllabus, then you can rest assured that success is a given, provided you translate your knowledge into a good score during those three hours. Test taking skills are necessary.


5.    Practice as many tests as you can under strict examination like environment to tune your mind for the D-Day.


6.    To score well in these competitive exams, you must know which questions to attempt but more importantly, which ones to leave. Analyze your performance and identify your strengths and weaknesses.


7.    Identify the silly mistakes you are committing often and make a note of these for last minute revision.


8.    While attempting the question paper, do not get de-motivated or overexcited. Keep your balance. De-motivation will make even easy questions appear tough, and overconfidence will make you commit silly mistakes.


9.    Do not get depressed by tough questions. Instead, remind yourself that these are tough for every aspirant.


10.    Do not get emotionally attached to any question. It is not necessary that you will be able to solve a question from topics you have prepared well.


11.    Focus on your Goal. Believe in yourself. Organize yourself. You will hit the target.



My best wishes to all the aspirants of JEE Main. Go ahead and give it your best.



About the author: Pramod Maheshwari, B.Tech, IIT Delhi, is an eminent educationist. He is Managing Director of Career Point, Kota, and is known as an authority at national level in JEE and AIPMT preparation. 

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Tips from Tanuj Kaza (AIR 2), JEE Mains 2015 topper

It is common knowledge that students, who hail from other state boards, often find it difficult to crack JEE exams as their Physics-Chemistry-Mathematics (PCM) syllabus is slightly different from that of NCERT. Tanuj Kaza, who comes from the state board, not only cracked the exam but also secured AIR 2 in JEE Mains 2015. He is currently pursuing Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay. Read on to know how Kaza did it differently.

1.     What did you study in the last few days before the JEE Mains?

After my board exams, I had around 20 days to prepare for JEE Mains. In those 20 days, my focus was only on topics from NCERT textbooks, which were not covered by the state board syllabus. These included three to four chapters in Physics, few chapters in Chemistry and two chapters in Maths. My aim was to revise all the formulas as JEE Mains is a formula-based examination.

2.     Did you solve any mock paper?

I solved many previous years' question papers. These mock tests included previous year's offline exam papers and online JEE question papers. These tests gave me a fair idea about the exam pattern and helped me in time management.

3.     What did you in the period between your Board and JEE exams?

My plan was to solve two question papers daily. I analysed the question papers and found that they followed the same pattern. I focused on important topics in PCM from NCERT textbooks, which I thought could be part of JEE Mains as well.

4.     What strategy did you follow while attempting the actual paper?

 Each subject needs about an hour in JEE exam. My strategy was to start with my favourite subject Chemistry as it would take less time to complete. It gave me ample time for Maths and Physics. I was confident of solving 70-75 questions during the first two hours. After completing easy questions, I moved on to the remaining difficult ones. This strategy helped me keep calm while attempting difficult questions.

5.    How did you prepare for JEE Advanced?

I solved a variety of questions for JEE Advanced as it is a concept-driven exam. Practising a lot of advanced level questions is the key to success in JEE.

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A copy of the time schedule for JEE Main 2016, to be held on March 03, 2016


The offline exam of JEE Main 2016, is scheduled for the coming weekend, March 03, 2016. It will be a big day for all the engineering aspirants and the centres conducting this off-line exam.

As per the general guidelines of the CBSE board, these centres have made all the arrangements to tackle the scores of aspirants and ensure that there are no discrepancies. Each class room will have only 24 students, along with 2 invigilators in every class. Centres also need to make sure that none of the invigilators are from Science background. Special arrangements on the ground floor will be provided for students with disabilities. Though CBSE has not intimated the centres beforehand about students with disabilities, but the colleges will be prepared with a spare classroom on the ground floor. As a part of the guidelines, the centres will also be providing drinking water to all the students as and when required.

"Right from fans to the tube-lights, table and benches, all the necessary inspection is being conducted by the centre co-ordinators to ensure the comfort of the students." says Rajesh D who is the co-ordinator for the Ritambhara College, Mumbai. Similar arrangements have been observed at other centres as well.

Every student must carry their admit cards, without which they shall not be permitted. This will be checked at the gates before entry into the centres. Students will not be frisked individually to check for any copy material. Students will also not be permitted to carry electronic gadgets of any sorts, or even use their own stationary while taking the exam. All the stationary including pens, required to attempt the paper will be provided by CBSE at the exam centres. It has been strongly recommended by the various centre co-ordinators that students should strictly adhere to the time that has been allotted. For this purpose they have even suggested that students visit the centres one day prior to the actual exam.

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Around 12K aspirants to appear for JEE Mains in Kota 
Barely a few hours are left for JEE Mains, and the coaching capital is all set to play host to 10,800 aspirants who would take the exam for Paper 1 and another 1,200 who would appear for Paper 2 at 20 examination centres across the city. Around 40,000 students of Kota's coaching institutes are likely to take the exam in different cities across the country.

Kota is known for its IIT-JEE coaching and around 50,000 JEE Mains aspirants come here every year to prepare for the exam. Other than Kota, JEE Mains will be conducted across five other cities in Rajasthan including Jaipur, Ajmer, Udaipur, Jodhpur, and Bikaner. An official of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), which is organizing JEE Mains, said, "All the necessary arrangements have been made to ensure a smooth conduct of the examination at 20 centres in Kota. JEE Mains aspirants will write the examination in two shifts; private schools in the town have been turned into examination centers. Security arrangements at the centres are in place, and CBSE observer will keep an eye on the examinations tomorrow."

The Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech) will be held from 9.30 am to 12.30 pm and Paper 2 (B.Arch. and B. Planning) will be held from 2 pm to 5 pm.
Aspirants have been asked to bring only their admit cards and nothing else, not even pens or pencils. CBSE will provide pens to the JEE Mains aspirants at the examination centers.

While some students were anxious about tomorrow's test, others seemed pretty relaxed. Rohit Gupta, an aspirant, said, "I have stopped reading now. Whatever I had to learn or revise, I have done that. Now it is the time to perform."

Another aspirant Gaurav Gupta said, "I am anxious. I have worked hard, and now it is the time to write the examination tomorrow."
Some students who will be appearing for JEE Mains in other cities of Rajasthan were seen hurriedly boarding buses and trains. Some students were complaining that this time around there were no examination special trains. The Railways had instead added four additional coaches in two Jaipur-bound passenger trains.
However, some coaching institutes of Kota have made arrangements to ferry their students to other cities in Rajasthan for the JEE Mains tomorrow.

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Student suicides: NCPCR team in Kota to take stock of situation

A team of the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) visited coaching centres in Kota and interacted with students, institutes' owners and other stakeholders to ascertain the causes of rising number of student suicides. Based on its findings, the team will submit recommendations to the Central government on ways to reduce exam-related stress among students.

Priyank Kanoongo, a member of the NCPCR, was accompanied by two expert members from NCPCR, a clinical psychologist and a member of the Rajasthan State Commission for Protection of Child Rights (RSCPCR). SP Singh, a member of RSCPCR, visited hostels and coaching institutes on Friday and interacted with the students and their parents. The team also convened a meeting of all the coaching institutes of Kota and district administrative officials to identify the causes of rising number of student suicides. Dr. ML Aggarwal, who runs a helpline for distressed students Hope, attributed several reasons including parental pressure, changes in secondary sexual characters, emotional issues, exam-related stress, among many other reasons for students taking the extreme step.

The team expressed displeasure at the lack of counsellors at most of the coaching institutes in Kota. Even if the institutes had counsellors, they were not adequately trained to handle distressed students, the team said. Based on the facts collected through interactions with students, coaching institutions and district administration of Kota and future visits to other coaching institutes in different cities across the country, NCPCR will submit its finding and recommendations to the governments for preventing student suicides and suggest ways to de-stress the students.