IIT JAM Expert Analysis & Expected Cutoff

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IIT JAM Expert Analysis Expected Cutoff
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Introduction
IIT JAM is a no doubt one of the toughest exam as
it is conducted to check the eligibility of
candidate for the masters degree from the IITs
and IISc. Everyone before and after giving the
exam thinks about the marks he or she going to
score in the exam. Even the students are
Students are nervous after the exams for what
will be the cutoff and merit for the exam as
everything depends on the marks cutoff of every
year. Most often candidates fix their target to
score good in the exam but before getting the
idea of the Expected cutoff one should know the
paper pattern marking scheme.
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IIT JAM 2018 Paper Pattern
Some Important points with respective to the IIT
JAM exam 1. The duration of the IIT JAM exam is
3 hours. The medium of the test paper is
English. 2. The exam will be conducted in ONLINE
mode. 3. All the 7-subject paper consist of 3
types of questions which have are divided into
section such as A, B C.
Check IIT JAM admission Procedure for IITs and
IISc here IIT JAM admission Procedure
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The three-different pattern of question are
The three-different pattern of question are

1. Multiple choice Question(MCQ) The question has
   choices in which only one option is correct.
2. Multiple selected Question(MSQ) The question is
   the same as MCQ but in this more than one answer
   choices are correct.
3. Numerical Answer Type Question(NAT) For every
   question, the real value is the answer and you
   must give the answer by using virtual keyboard.

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Marking Scheme of the IIT JAM exam

• The paper pattern is divided into 3 parts their
  number of question and negative marking is given
  below
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• Section A- The section A consist of MCQ which
  has 30 questions carrying one or two marks each
  and the negative marking for 1 mark is 1/3 and
  for 2 it is 2/3 marks
• Section B - The Section B consist of MSQ which
  has 10 questions carrying two marks each and no
  negative marking is there for this section.
• Section C The section C consist of total 20 NAT
  question of one or two marks each and no negative
  marking as well.
• The questions which are not attempted during exam
  will result in zero mark.

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IIT JAM expected Marks
IIT JAM expected Marks
For Biological sciences, the expected cutoff
marks are
Category Cutoff marks
General 32.50
OBC 28.69
SC/ST 15.60
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IIT JAM expected Marks
For Bio Technology, the expected cutoff marks are
Category Cutoff marks
General 35.40
OBC 29.10
SC/ST 17.35
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IIT JAM expected Marks
For Chemistry, the expected cutoff marks are
Category Cutoff marks
General 27.46
OBC 24.30
SC/ST 14
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IIT JAM expected Marks
For Geology, the expected cutoff marks are
Category Cutoff marks
General 41
OBC 36.80
SC/ST 21
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IIT JAM expected Marks
For Mathematics , the expected cutoff marks are
Category Cutoff marks
General 13
OBC 12.50
SC/ST 5
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IIT JAM expected Marks
For Mathematical statistics , the expected cutoff
marks are
Category Cutoff marks
General 7
OBC 5.70
SC/ST 3
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IIT JAM expected Marks
For Physics, the expected cutoff marks are
Category Cutoff marks
General 14
OBC 12
SC/ST 7.50
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