Surprise was in store for the aspirants of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), advance on Sunday as Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati-the examination body-decided to introduce partial marking pattern in this year’s examination. The demand of partial marking pattern by the students is an old one and its introduction this year brought cheers over the faces of the students.
This type of pattern was initiated in the section II of each question paper in which eight questions were asked. In this section questions with two or more than two answer options (multiple correct options) are asked. Earlier a candidate used to get marks only when he/she correctly calculates all the right options and used to get negative marks if is able to point out only one or two correct answers. With the partial marking pattern the aspirants of the elite examination can now get some marks (partial) marks even if they are able to mark one or two choices in multiple option correct questions.
One of a candidate, Smita Sharma, a resident of Nehru Colony said that the IIT has correctly introduced this pattern as the fear of getting negative marks in this section would not be in the minds of students now. She added that the first paper of mathematics was lengthy while that in afternoon session was relatively easy. The question paper of Physics in the morning session was easy but in afternoon session the candidates found the questions of Physics really hard to answer.
The Managing Director of Achiever’s classes, Manu Pant said that initiative of introducing partial marking pattern is a justified decision. He however added that it could increase the cut off level. Pant said that 39 percent questions of Physical chemistry, 33 percent of organic chemistry and 28 percent of Inorganic chemistry were asked in Chemistry I paper.
The Managing Director of Balooni classes, Vipin Balooni said that the questions of Chemistry and Physics were of average standard while the questions of mathematics required more calculation. He predicted that the cut off for General category students would be between 30-35 Percent while the for the OBC students it could vary between 30-35 percent. The SC students can hope to crack the JEE with a percentage of 15-20 while for the ST students the cut off could be in range of 15-20 percent.