IITs Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2012
IIT JEE 2012 Date: 08th April, 2012 (Sunday)
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Introduction:
The Indian Institutes of Technology (popularly known as IITs) are institutions of national importance established through an Act of Parliament for fostering excellence in education. There are fifteen IITs at present, located in Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Mandi, Mumbai, Patna, Ropar and Roorkee. Over the years IITs have created world class educational platforms dynamically sustained through internationally recognized research based on excellent infrastructural facilities. The faculty and alumni of IITs continue making huge impact in all sectors of society, both in India and abroad. Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU), Varanasi and Indian School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, are amongst the oldest institutions in India and are known for their immense contributions towards society at large and for science and technology in particular.
The primary objectives of these institutions are to:
i. build a solid foundation of scientific and technical knowledge and thus to prepare competent and motivated engineers and scientists
ii. create environment for freedom of thought, cultivate vision, encourage growth, develop personality and self-discipline for pursuit of excellence
iii. kindle entrepreneurial streak
All of the above help to prepare the students admitted to these institutions for successful professional and social lives. Today, alumni of these institutions occupy key positions in industry and academia, in India and abroad.
Each institute has well-equipped modern laboratories, state-of-the-art computer network and well-stocked technical library. Teaching methods rely on direct personal contact between the teachers and the students, and the use of traditional and modern instructional techniques. Students live in a pleasant and intellectually stimulating environment with people having similar goals and aspirations, which is an exciting and unique experience.
These institutions offer courses leading to Bachelor’s degree in a number of engineering, technological and scientific disciplines. Integrated M.Sc. courses in pure and applied sciences and Integrated M.Tech. courses in a few disciplines are also offered by some of these Institutions. In addition, some IITs offer Dual-Degree M.Tech. programmes, wherein both B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees are awarded.
Credit-based academic programmes offer flexibility to students to progress at their own pace. A minimum level of performance is necessary for satisfactory progress. The medium of instruction is English.
Admission to the Undergraduate Programmes at these institutions for all Indian and Foreign nationals is made through a Joint Entrance Examination, IIT-JEE (formerly known as JEE).
Schedule of IIT-JEE 2012:
The examination will be held on Sunday, April 8, 2012 as per the schedule given below:
Paper 1: 09.00 to 12.00 hrs (IST)
Paper 2: 14.00 to 17.00 hrs (IST)
The schedule will remain unaltered even if the above date is declared a public holiday.
Type of Examination:
There will be two question papers, each of three hours duration. Both the question papers will consist of three separate sections on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The questions will be of objective type, designed to test comprehension, reasoning and analytical ability of candidates.
The answers for each of the questions are to be marked 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(s) against correct answer(s) using black ball point pen only. In some sections, incorrect answers may be awarded negative marks.
Eligibility for IIT-JEE 2012:
Candidates must make sure that they satisfy all the eligibility conditions given below for appearing in IIT-JEE 2012:
Date of Birth:
i. General (GE) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) category candidates must have been born on or after October 1, 1987. Those born earlier are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
ii. Candidates belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and those with Physical Disability (PD) must have been born on or after October 1, 1982. SC/ST/PD candidates born before October 1, 1982 are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
iii. 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):
To appear in IIT-JEE 2012, a candidate must have either passed the QE for the first time, on or after October 1, 2010 or appearing for the first time in 2012. Those who are going to appear in the QE later than September 30, 2012 are not eligible to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
The year of passing the QE will be determined based on the examination he/she passed the earliest out of the qualifying examinations listed below. In case the applicant passed more than one QE or attempted successfully same QE more than once, the year of the first successful QE/attempt will be used to determine the eligibility for IIT-JEE 2012.
The qualifying examinations are listed below:
i. 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 the Indian School Certificate Examinations, New Delhi; etc.
ii. Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University.
iii. Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
iv. General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London / Cambridge / Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
v. High School Certificate Examination of the Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
vi. H.S.C. vocational examination.
vii. Senior Secondary School Examination conducted by the National Institute of Open Schooling with a minimum of five subjects.
viii. A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a state board of technical education of at least 3 year duration.
ix. 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).
In case the relevant QE 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 and OBC categories must secure at least 60% marks in aggregate in QE. SC, ST and PD candidates must secure at least 55% marks in aggregate in 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 the decision taken by the Joint Implementation Committee (JIC) of IIT-JEE 2012 will be final.
Number of JEE Attempts:
A candidate can attempt JEE maximum two times in consecutive years irrespective of whether or not he/she passed QE. Those who have attempted JEE in 2010 or earlier are NOT ELIGIBLE to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
Earlier Admission Taken Through JEE:
Candidates who have taken admission (irrespective of whether or not they continued in any of the programmes) or accepted the admission by paying the registration fee at any of the IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi or ISM Dhanbad, are NOT ELIGIBLE to appear in IIT-JEE 2012.
Important Points:
a. The offer of admission is subject to verification of original certificates/ documents at the time of admission. If any candidate is found ineligible at a later date even after admission to an Institute, his/her admission will be cancelled.
b. If a candidate is expecting the results of the QE in 2012, his/her admission will only be provisional until he/she submits the relevant documents. The admission stands cancelled if the documents are not submitted in original to the concerned institute on or before September 30, 2012.
c. If a Board invariably declares the results of the QE after September 30, every year, the candidate is advised not to attempt IIT-JEE 2012.
d. The decision of the Joint Admission Board of IIT-JEE 2012 regarding the eligibility of any applicant shall be final.
IIT JEE 2012 Important Dates:
| Start of Online application process |
Monday |
October 31, 2011 |
| Closing of Online application process |
Saturday |
December 10, 2011 |
| Start of Offline OMR Application Forms sale at Bank Branches |
Friday |
November 11, 2011 |
| Close of Offline OMR Application Forms sale |
Monday |
December 5, 2011 |
| Last date of receipt completed IIT-JEE 2012 Application Form |
Thursday |
December 15, 2011 |
| IIT-JEE 2012 examination day |
Sunday |
April 8, 2012 |
| Declaration of Results |
Friday |
May 18, 2012 |
| Online filling of CHOICES open to ALL the qualified candidates |
Saturday to Sunday |
May 19-June 10, 2012 |
| Last date for receiving category certificates |
Friday |
June 1, 2012 |
| Architecture/Design Aptitude Test |
Sunday |
June 3, 2012 |
Medical examination and counselling for qualified PD Candidates
(the schedule will be announced on the IIT websites) |
Monday to Wednesday |
June 4-6, 2012 |
| Last date for receiving admission form and medical certificate at zonal IITs |
Friday |
June 8, 2012 |
| Web Release of First Course Allotment |
Thursday |
June 14, 2012 |
| Web Release of Second Course Allotment |
Monday |
June 25, 2012 |
| Web Release of Third Course Allotment |
Friday |
July 6, 2012 |
Reservation of Seats:
As per Government of India rules candidates belonging to certain categories are admitted to seats reserved for them based on relaxed criteria. Benefit of reservation shall be given only to those classes/castes/tribes which are in the respective central list published by the Government of India.
SC/ST Candidates:
For the SC and ST categories, 15% and 7.5% seats, respectively, are reserved in every programme in all IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad. Candidates belonging to these categories are declared qualified on the basis of a relaxed criterion.
Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories will be required to produce the original caste/ tribe certificate issued by a competent authority in the
prescribed format during admission. Certificates in any other format will not be accepted. Attested copies of these certificates must be received by respective zonal IITs on or
before June 01, 2012, failing which they will NOT be considered for admission to the respective reserved seats. Seats remaining vacant in these categories shall not be filled by candidates belonging to any other category.
OBC Candidates:
For the purpose of reservation of seats in IIT-JEE 2012, a candidate will be considered as OBC only if he/she belongs to the
non-creamy layer of this category. Those belonging to the creamy layer of OBC are NOT entitled for reservation.
For candidates belonging to OBC (non creamy layer), 27% of the seats are reserved in all IITs, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad.
In case the reserved seats in this category are not filled, they can be filled by GE category candidates.
The OBC candidates (non-creamy layer) will be required to produce original OBC(NCL) caste certificate issued on or after January 1, 2012 by a competent authority in the
prescribed format at the time of admission. Certificates in any other format will not be accepted. Attested copies of these certificates must be received by the respective zonal IITs on or
before June 01, 2012, failing which they will NOT be considered for admission to the respective reserved seats.
Physically Disabled (PD):
In each institute 3% of seats in every category are reserved for PD candidates. For any category of disability (viz., locomotor, visual, dyslexia, speech, and/or hearing) benefit would be given to those who have at least 40% physical impairment. Leprosy-cured candidates who are otherwise fit to pursue the course are also included in this category. Candidates belonging to this category are qualified on the basis of a relaxed criterion.
The percentage of disability of the candidates will be required to be certified by a medical board constituted by IITs. The decision of the medical board would be final.
Preparatory Course:
In case the seats reserved for SC/ST/PD candidates are not filled, a limited number of candidates are admitted to a Preparatory Course of one-year duration on the basis of a further relaxation of admission criteria. Admission is given to the candidates in the preparatory course provided (i) the seats reserved for the respective category are vacant (ii) candidates satisfy minimum norms, and (iii) candidates have not undergone the Preparatory Course earlier. On successful completion of the course, the students will be offered a direct admission to the undergraduate programmes in July/August 2013, against the unfilled reserved seats for IIT-JEE 2012.
Preferential Allotment of Seats for DS Candidates:
Two seats are available for preferential allotment in each institute for children of defence/paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peace-time operations.
Such candidates should submit a copy of the relevant certificate issued by a competent authority in the Directorate of Resettlement and Rehabilitation, New Delhi under the Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India or in the Ministry of Home Affairs, Govt. of India, as applicable, along with the application. To avail this preferential allotment, he/she must qualify in IIT-JEE 2012 without any relaxation and should produce the original certificate at the time of counselling.
Admit Card:
The admit card will bear the name, application number, registration number, photograph, signature, date of birth, address, language of Question Paper, category and subcategory of the candidate, along with name and address of the IIT-JEE 2012 Examination Centre allotted.
The admit cards will be sent by Speed Post to the address mentioned in the Application Form only to all those eligible candidates who have submitted valid Application Forms, complete in all respects and received at IITs within the stipulated period and are found to be eligible as per criteria. JEE office will not be responsible for any postal delay or irregularity resulting in non-delivery of the Admit Card.
No duplicate admit card will be issued.
You should carefully examine the Admit Card received by you for all the entries made therein. In case of any discrepancy, you should inform the issuing institute immediately. You must bring the admit card to the examination centre. Only those candidates, who hold valid Admit cards, will be allowed to write the examination.
If the Admit Card is not received by
March 15, 2012:
You can obtain your registration number and examination centre from the institute of your zone through phone
(IVRS – Interactive Voice Response System) / Website. After obtaining the data, write your name, registration number and the examination centre on two identical halves of an A4-size paper. Affix your photographs (same version of photograph which you have pasted in your Application Form) one on each half and sign on the bottom of the photographs. Then get this attested by the Head of your School / Institution last attended / gazetted officer / notary public. Meet the IIT Representative with this paper on the day of examination (April 8, 2012) one hour before the commencement of the examination at the office of the Presiding Officer of the examination centre. The IIT Representative will retain one half and give the other half back to you. You will be allowed to write the examination provisionally.
Identity Verification:
At the examination hall, the admit card should be presented to the invigilators for verification. The candidate’s identity will be verified with respect to his/her details on the admit card and the centre verification record. If the identity is in doubt, the candidate will not be allowed to appear in the examination. The authorities may at their discretion permit the candidate to appear for the examination after completing formalities including taking of thumb impression. No extra time will be allowed for these formalities to be completed. Any impersonation will lead to disqualification in JEE.
Safe-keep of the Admit Card:
Since the qualified candidates are required to produce the admit card at the time of counselling and admission, it should be carefully preserved till the admission through IIT-JEE 2012 is completed.
IIT JEE 2012 Syllabus:
Physics
Chemistry
Mathematics
Aptitude Test Syllabus:
Freehand drawing: This would comprise of simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion, surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in appropriate scale. Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.
Geometrical drawing: Exercises in geometrical drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple solid objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders etc.
Three-dimensional perception: Understanding and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements, colour, volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.
Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity: Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping. Creativity check through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or application.
Architectural awareness: General interest and awareness of famous architectural creations – both national and international, places and personalities (architects, designers etc. ) in the related domain.
Candidates are advised to bring geometry box sets, pencils, erasers and colour pencils or crayons for the Aptitude Test.
How to Apply:
Offline Application Process:
A candidate can register Offline using the prescribed Optical Machine Readable (OMR) Application Form which can be obtained by cash purchase from bank branches with effect from 11 November, 2011.
OMR Application form cost including processing charges of 200/-
1. Form for GE/OBC Male candidates: Rs. 1800
2. Form for SC/ST/PD Male candidates: Rs. 1000
3. Form for All Female candidates: Rs. 200
Online Application Process: Online Application process will start on
31st October, 2011.
Important Links:
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IIT Madras Exam Centres
IIT Roorkee Exam Centres
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Contact Address:
IIT Delhi
Chairman, IIT-JEE 2012,
IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas,
Delhi - 110 016
Phone No: (011) 26591785
Fax: (011) 26581067
Website:
http://jee.iitd.ac.in
