Detailed study

Paper I: Max marks: 186

• The booklet had 36 printed pages and 54 questions in total.
• There were three parts of paper I. Marks for each subject was 62.
• In each part there were three sections.

Section I had five questions with four options in which only one of the options were correct. Marking scheme in this section is plus 3 for correct, zero for no response and  minus 1 for others. Maximum marks for this section was 15.

Section II had eight questions with four options in which one or more than one of the options were correct. Marking scheme in this section is plus 4 for correct, partial marks if an option was correct provided no incorrect options were marked, zero for no response and minus 2 for others. Maximum marks for this section was 32.

Section III had five questions with correct response being a single digit integer from zero to nine both inclusive. The marking scheme was plus 3 for the correct response and zero for others. Maximum marks was 15.

Reaction of students

• They found the overall level of paper moderate but not easy. In order of difficulty level, Maths was reported toughest followed by Chemistry and then Physics.
• No mistakes reported till now as complete paper is yet to be analysed.

Paper II: Max marks: 186

• The booklet had 36 printed pages and 54 questions in total.
• There are three parts of paper II. Marks for each subject was 62.
• In each part, there were three sections.

Section I had six questions with four options in which only one of the options was correct. Marking scheme in this section is plus 3 for correct response, zero for no response and minus 1 for all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 18.

Section II had eight questions with four options in which one or more than one of the options were correct. Marking scheme in this section is plus 4 for correct response, partial marks if an option was correct provided no incorrect options were marked, zero for no response and minus 2 for all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 32.

Section III had two paragraphs with two questions. Each question had four options out of which only one option was correct. The making scheme was plus 3 for the correct response and zero in all other cases. Maximum marks for this section was 12.

Reaction of students

• They found the overall level of paper moderate but not easy. In order of difficulty level, Chemistry was reported toughest followed by Maths and then Physics.
• No mistakes reported till now as complete paper is yet to be analysed.

Comparision with last year

• Both papers were balanced and of moderate level unlike last year.
• There were no Matrix Match Type questions this year
• Both paper I and II were of equal marks
• The coverage of questions from Class XII versus Class XI was 60:40.

 The writer is Ramesh Batlish,  FIITJEE expert