JEE Advanced 2018 will be Conducted in Online Mode and Short Question and Answers will also be added as announced by the Joint Admission Board (JAB) which is the policy-making body on IIT Admissions. JAB wanted to make the Institutes of Technology (IIT) Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) completely online. They also announced that the Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) format would be replaced by Short Answer Type Questions that require examinees to score well iby correctly answering them. Now candidates will have to appear at designated exam centre and answer the questions on a computer instead of pen and paper.
JEE Advanced 2018 Online Test & Short Answer Type Question Format would be Beneficial
JAB said, that this online test will be helpful to prevent mistake and also avoid situations like printing and translation errors in the question paper. The new format of question will give the access to the keyboard to the candidates, so they can deliver correct answers through calculation if required.
JAB Members Opinion on JEE Advance 2018 Modification
JAB members said that the logistics and evaluations procedure will get easier through the decision of online examination. This concept was discussed for many years but never turns in reality because this concept requires an adequate infrastructure to conduct the exam online. They also said that earlier candidates can guess the answer if they don’t know the right one but such opportunity will be limited after this decision. Concept-based questions will increase. The question pattern is set to change, the official explained.
The online mode and Short Answer Question Format will be applicable in JEE (Advanced) 2018. The JAB will provide information regarding the exam in due course. JEE-Mains conducted for admission to engineering courses across the country and it is also a qualifying exam for JEE-Advanced. Candidates, who willing to get admission in IIT and NIT must clear the JEE (Advanced) examination.
More than 13 lakh students participated in JEE-Mains this year and only 10% of them are eligible for online JEE (Advanced) exam. Around 2.2 lakh students have cleared the JEE-Mains.
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