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IIT JEE 2012

IIT Joint Entrance Exam Detail Admission Procedure

IIT JEE 2012 Test Detail
The examination will be held on First Week of April, 2012 as per the schedule given below:

Important dates IIT JEE 2012 Exam ( Application Form and Brochure )
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IIT JEE 2012 Eligiblity Criteria

Candidates must make sure that they satisfy all the eligibility conditions given below for appearing in JEE-2012

Date of Birth

The date of birth of candidates belonging to GE, OBC and DS categories should be on or after October 1,1987. Whereas the date of birth of those belonging to SC, ST and PD categories should be on or after October 1,1982. The date of birth as recorded in the high school/first Board/ Pre-University certificate will be accepted. If the certificate does not mention the date of birth, a candidate must submit along with the application, an authenticated document indicating the date of birth.

Year of passing Qualifying Examination (QE)

A candidate must have passed the QE for the first time, after October 1, 2010 or in the year 2011 or will be appearing in 2012. Those who are going to appear in the QE later than October are not eligible to apply for JEE-2012.

The qualifying examinations (QE) are listed below:
1) The final examination of the 10+2 system, conducted by any recognized central / state Board, such as Central Board of Secondary Education, New Delhi; Council for Indian School Certificate Examination, New Delhi; etc.

2) Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board / University.

3) Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.

4) General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.

5) High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.

6) Any Public School/Board/University examination in India or in any foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).

7) H.S.C. vocational examination.

8) Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.

9) 3 or 4 year Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state Board of technical education. In case the relevant qualifying examination is not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination at an earlier level.

Minimum Percentage of Marks in QE

Candidates belonging to GE, OBC and DS categories must secure at least 60% marks in aggregate in their QE. Whereas, those belonging to SC, ST and PD categories must secure at least 55% marks in aggregate in the QE.

The percentage of marks awarded by the Board will be treated as final. If the Board does not award the percentage of marks, it will be calculated based on the marks obtained in all subjects listed in the mark sheet. If any Board awards only letter grades without providing an equivalent percentage of marks on the grade sheet, the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks, and submit it at the time of counselling/ admission. In case such a certificate is not provided then the final decision rests with the Joint Implementation Committee of IIt JEE-2012.

How to Apply for IIT JEE 2012 Joint Entrance Examination ?

Application procedure: A candidate can submit application either on-line through internet or off-line through prescribed (OMR) application form.

(a) On-line: For on-line submission of applications, visit any of the websites given below and carefully follow the instructions given therein. The students can pay the application fee through credit and debit cards of major banks or through challan of selected banks. The reduced examination fee for on-line mode is Rs. 450/- for SC/ST/PD/female candidates and Rs. 900/- for all other candidates.

(b) Off-line: A candidate can buy an application form with Information Brochure from any one of the designated branches of banks by paying Rs. 500/- for SC/ST/PD/Female candidates (light green envelope) or Rs. 1000/- for all other candidates (light blue envelope). This includes the examination fees. The information brochure contains details regarding application procedure, syllabus of JEE, examination centres, and courses available at various institutions, counseling, fee structure and other relevant information about JEE-2012.

(c) Help-line (only in IIT Madras zone): Those who do not have access to computers and internet can also apply on-line with reduced examination fees by visiting any of the forty approved �CMC help-line� centres distributed all over the IIT Madras zone. For details visit JEE website or contact CMC office tele � 044-22504500.

All India list of designated branches of banks for purchase of application material is also given in websites of all IITs.

IIT-JEE Institute website Lists
IIT Bombay � http://www.jee.iitb.ac.in
IIT Delhi � http://jee.iitd.ac.in
IIT Guwahati � http://www.iitg.ac.in/jee
IIT Kanpur � http://www.jee.iitk.ac.in
IIT Kharagpur � http://www.iitkgp.ernet.in/jee
IIT Madras � http://jee.iitm.ac.in
IIT Roorkee � http://www.iitr.ac.in/jee

IIT JEE Exam Pattern

There will be two question papers, each of three hours duration. Both the question papers will consist of three separate sections on Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics.

Questions in these papers will be of objective type. The answers for each of the questions are to be recorded on a separate specially designed machine-gradable sheet of paper (ORS-Optical Response Sheet). While answering each of the questions the candidate is expected to darken the bubble against correct answer(s) using hard black (HB) pencils only. In some sections, incorrect answers may be awarded negative marks.

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