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Jee main 2014 analysis by super 30 3

Jee main 2014 analysis by Brilliant study centre 5

Jee main 2014 analysis by iit study circle 7

Jee main 2014 analysis by Pace iit 8

Jee main 2014 Paper analysis by Vidyalankar 10

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Jee Main 2014 analysis by super 30

Top engineering coach Anand Kumar of ‘Super 30’ shares his insight and analysis of JEE Main 2014 Paper 1 here.

Careers360: How was the paper pattern of JEE Main 2014 (offline mode)?

Anand Kumar: The paper of JEE Main 2014 was on expected pattern. But many questions were repeated from the past years’ JEE question paper. This would have immensely helped those students, who had thoroughly solved question bank of past years.

Further, likewise last year’s pattern, each of the 4 sets car-ried a total of 90 questions divided equally in three sections- Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The total marks for

the question paper was 360 with 4 marks for each correct answer and negative marking of 1 mark for an incorrect response. There were no marks for un-attempted questions.

Careers360: What was the difficulty level of the JEE Main paper 1?

Anand Kumar: The difficulty level was average and it was similar to JEE main 2013 paper. The questions, however, were a bit lengthy as compared to last year’s paper. As per feedback from my students, Mathamatics was the easiest amongst the three sections – Physics, Chemistry, Maths. Careers360: What was the ratio of questions from 11th and 12th?

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Anand Kumar: It was a very ‘balanced paper’ with each of the section covering almost entire syllabus of the respective section. Also, the questions broadly covered both 11th and 12th class syllabus.

Careers360: Please share insight on different sections of JEE Main 2014.

Anand Kumar: Physics was a little tougher as questions were lengthy. But it was more of combination of concepts and formulae. Maths section coverage of syllabus was wide but it was the easiest among the three sections. Chemistry section was average with the questions favouring those, who had thoroughly covered the syllabus, yet questions from organic chemistry were prominent.

Careers360: What is your expected cut-off for JEE Advance 2014?

Anand Kumar: JEE Main 2014 Cutoff for JEE Advance is expected to be somewhere around 120. I hope that those candidates scoring even beyond 110 will be able to make it into the list of 1.5 lakh candidates who will qualify for JEE Advance.

Careers360: What are your tips for JEE Advance preparation?

Anand Kumar: I would suggest students to thoroughly solve last years’ question paper of JEE. This would be a great help to their preparation and strengthen their chances for IITs.

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Jee Main 2014 analysis by brilliant study Centre

Careers360: JEE Main 2014 offline mode of exam is over now. What is your overall analysis of the paper?

Santosh Kumar B:

Physics

a) Distribution of questions from Class XI & XII was almost uniform.

b) Questions from Mechanics found more representation.

c) Physics was rated difficult due to the following reasons-

i) 3 or 4 questions were twisted and hence difficult

ii) Most questions involved tedious and lengthy calcula-tions

iii) Questions involving multiple concepts were more in number.

Chemistry

a) Chemistry, in general, was considered to very easy and almost all questions were direct.

Santosh Kumar BDirector, Brilliant Study Centre shares analysis of JEE Main 2014

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b) More priority was found in Physical Chemistry with calculations - however was easy.

c) Majority of questions were directly from the text with more representation for Class XII.

Mathematics

a) The questions were comparatively easy but were time consuming due to lengthy calculations.

b) Distribution of questions from Calculus and Co-ordinate geometry was found to have higher representation.

c) No assertion-reason type questions.

Careers360: Can you give a brief idea about the diffi-culty level of the exam? Which subject was the toughest in the exam? Which was comparatively easier?

Santosh Kumar B: As per the students, the paper was average. Physics was the toughest and Chemistry was the easiest.

Careers360: How many students from your centre have opted for the JEE Main 2014 offline mode? What is their feedback on the exam?

Santosh Kumar B: Approximately 40% of our students opted for offline mode. The examination was moderately easy. Only after the online examination, a real comparison can be made between offline and online exams.

Careers360: What is the expected JEE Main 2014 Cutoff ?

Santosh Kumar B: Since the examination was mod-erately easier compared to JEE 2013, the cutoff marks for general category may be raised up to 118-120.

Careers360: How should the test takers tackle the erroneous questions if they experience it during the Online JEE Main 2014 Exam?

Santosh Kumar B: As far as competitive examinations are considered, nobody is expected to score 100% but score the maximum possible. Hence, we advised our students to skip off erroneous, difficult and time consuming questions.

Careers360: Any special highlights that you want to share?

Santosh Kumar B: Since there was equal distribution of questions in the Physics, Chemistry & Maths, students with science aptitude can score more.

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Jee Main 2014 analysis by iit study CirCle

Careers360: What is your overall analysis of JEE Main 2014 offline mode of exam?

Vineet Sharma: The question paper pattern was the same as last year with 90 questions, 30 in each subject. Each correct answer carried four marks and each wrong answer gets -1 marks. In comparison to the previous year papers, this year papers contained more lengthy problems which needed 4 to 5 steps to solve most of the questions. In chemistry paper, 5 to 6 questions were oral but in physics & mathemat-ics papers, questions were tougher than Chemistry.

Careers360: Which subject was the toughest in the exam? Which was comparatively easier?

Vineet Sharma: Difficulty level of the questions ranged from 5 to 7 on a scale of 10. Chemistry part was the easiest.

Most difficult subject was Mathematics and the easiest was Chemistry.

Careers360: How many students from your centre have opted for the JEE Main 2014 offline mode? What is their feedback on the exam?

Vineet Sharma: The number of students, who opted for the JEE Main 2014 offline mode from our center, is 361. As per the feedback from the students, the JEE Main 2014 paper was little tougher than previous year. Careers360: What is the expected JEE Main 2014 Cutoff ?

Vineet Sharma: The expected cutoff for JEE Main 2014 is 115 to 125.

Mr. Vineet Sharma, Manager-Academic Operations, IIT Study Circle analyses the paper and the difficulty levels of the questions.

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Jee Main 2014 analysis by paCe iit

Careers360: JEE Main 2014 offline mode of exam is over now. What is your overall analysis of the paper?

Praveen Tyagi: The JEE Main 2014 paper wise analysis is as below –

Physics –

F Distribution of questions from Class 11th and 12th was almost uniform.

F Questions from Mechanics found more representation.

F Physics was rated difficult but decently good as the ques-tions were lengthy.

Chemistry –

F Chemistry, in general, was considered to very easy and almost all questions were direct.

F Major questions were found to be from Physical Chemis-try with calculations, however they were easy.

F Majority of questions were directly from the NCERT text books with more representation from Class 12th.

F No assertion-reason type questions

Mathematics –

F The questions were comparatively easy from the last year’s paper, but were time consuming due to lengthy calcula-tions.

F No assertion-reason type questions

Praveen Tyagi, Director, PACE IIT shares the paper analysis of JEE Main 2014. Read below the excerpts of the interview.

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Careers360: Share a brief idea about the difficulty level of the exam? Which subject was the toughest vis-à-vis easiest?

Praveen Tyagi: Students have marked Physics the tough-est and Chemistry the easiest of all.

Careers360: How many students from your centre have opted for the JEE Main 2014 offline mode? What is their feedback on the exam?

Praveen Tyagi: Approximately 2000 of our students opted for the offline mode. The examination was moderately easy. Only after the online examination, a real comparison can be drawn between offline and online exams.

Careers360: What is the expected JEE Main 2014 Cutoff ?

Praveen Tyagi: Since the examination was moderately

easier compared to JEE 2013, the cutoff mark for general category may be raised up to 110-113.

Careers360: How should the test takers tackle the erroneous questions if they experience it during the Online JEE Main 2014 Exam?

Praveen Tyagi: I shall advise the JEE Main aspirants to skip off erroneous, difficult and time consuming questions, and concentrate on the questions which they can calculate easily.

Careers360: Kindly share some of the special points for JEE Main 2014.

Praveen Tyagi: There were some questions, which were wrong in the JEE Main 2014 question paper. One question was wrong in Maths paper and one question from Physics paper was wrong. There was misprinting of units in two questions.

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Jee Main 2014 paper analysis by Vidyalankar

Here is the detailed JEE Main 2014 analysis by Namrata Deshpande, Director, Vidyalankar. The director shares her valuable insight on the trends of asked questions and dif-ficulty level of question paper. Read the full interview below-

Careers360: How similar or different was the paper compared to past year?

Namrata Deshpande: No change in pattern and mark-ing scheme. The paper is similar to the last year’s JEE Main exam. The format is the same with 90 questions in total and 30 questions each in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Each correct answer gets four marks and each wrong answer gets -1 mark. There is no negative mark for unanswered questions.

Careers360: JEE Main 2014 offline mode of exam

is over now. What is your overall analysis of the paper?

Namrata Deshpande: Talking about the overall analy-sis, the paper was quite good. If we compare the paper with last year’s JEE Main, it was definitely slightly more difficult. Last year, students felt that Physics was the most difficult amongst PCM. This year, students feel that Mathematics was the toughest.

Careers360: Can you give a brief idea about the diffi-culty level of the exam? Which subject was the toughest in the exam? Which was comparatively easier?Namrata Deshpande: Maths paper was more difficult as compared to Chemistry and Physics.

Chemistry was easy but students generally make careless mistakes, which translates into a greater negative score in Chemistry.

Namrata DeshpandeDirector, Vidyalankar

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JEE Main 2014 Paper Analysis

Topics for Physics % of topic Topics for Maths % of topic Topics for Chemistry % of topic

Mechanics 40% 2D Geometry 16.67% Physical Chemistry 40%

Electromagnetism 20% Vectors & 3D 10% Organic Chemistry 33.3 %

Modern Physics 16.67% Algebra 36.67 %

Inorganic Chemistry 26.67%Optics 10% Calculus 30%

Trigonometry 3.33%

Statistics 3.33%

1. Topic wise analysis

2. Analysis as per difficulty level of questions

Subject No of Easy Question (%) No of Moderate Question (%)

No of Difficult Question (%)

Chemistry 17( 56.67%) 8 (26.67%) 5 (16.67%)

Physics 16 (53.33%) 9 (30%) 5 (16.67%)

Maths 14 (46.67%) 12 (40%) 4 (14.67%)

3. Analysis as per the number of questions asked from Std.XI and Std.XII topics

Based on XI Syllabus Based on XII Syllabus

Chemistry 11 questions 19 questions

Physics 13 questions 17 questions

Maths 13 questions 17 questions

Careers360: How many students from your centre have opted for the JEE Main 2014 offline mode? What is their feedback on the exam?

Namrata Deshpande: Around 60% of our students appeared for the offline exam and the remaining 40% have

opted for the online exam. Students felt that this year, Maths was the most difficult. Level of difficulty of Physics was mod-erate and Chemistry was relatively easy.

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Careers360: What is the expected JEE Main 2014 Cutoff ?

Namrata Deshpande: Projected JEE Main 2014 Cutoff for registration to JEE (Advanced) 2014-

Category Cut-off Score

Common Merit List (CML) 100-110

Other Backward Class (OBC - NCL) 65-70

Scheduled Caste (SC) 45-50

Scheduled Tribe (ST) 40-45

Careers360: How should the test takers tackle the erroneous questions if they experience it during the Online JEE Main 2014 Exam?

Namrata Deshpande: If students come across some errors in the online exam, they should not panic. They should attempt the erroneous question and mark the closest answer.

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