83% JEE aspirants turn up on Day 2, but tricky questions leave examinees puzzled

83% JEE aspirants turn up on Day 2, but tricky questions leave examinees puzzled

TNN | Sep 3, 2020, 04.12 AM IST

Lucknow: The second day of the Joint Entrance Examination (Mains) for admission to the engineering course in IITs and NITs witnessed a better attendance of 83.5% aspirants in comparison to the first day when 44% had skipped the Bachelor of Architecture examination.

According to district administration officials, 2,917 candidates from various districts of UP had enrolled for the test and chosen Lucknow centre, of which 2,439 appeared for the test at the nine centres in the city on Wednesday.

Most aspirants said the JEE (Main) examination was tougher than the first one held in January. The candidates also shared that the weightage of questions from the class 11 syllabus was more than that of class 12 in all the three sections of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Even at the time of the pandemic, the number of candidates skipping the engineering examination this year was almost like in previous years.

In the first shift of 1,457 candidates, 1,243 (85%) were present, while in the second shift of 1,455 candidates 1,196 (82%) were present. However, on the first day of the architecture examination, the attendance was less than 60% in both the shifts.

On Tuesday, of the 1,065 candidates at the three centres, only 597 appeared for the test, while 469 preferred to drop out. In the first shift, 224 (42.4%) out of 528 candidates skipped the exam, while the second shift saw 245 (45.6%) absentees though 537 candidates were supposed to appear. In previous years, the absentee rate used to be just 15-20%.

“The first JEE (Main) examination held in January was comparatively easier, this one was lengthy and unlike the set format, questions from class 11 syllabus were more as compared to from intermediate. The chemistry part was too tricky with an indirect question, while the other two papers were tough too,” said Samridhi Agarwal.

Another candidate, Shrestha Singh said, “It was not an easy paper, mathematics was tough and lengthy while physics and chemistry also didn’t have questions that were asked often in the last five years. The model papers solved didn’t work much.” “We focused more on the class 12 syllabus, but only those who have studied class 11 will stand a good chance to make it to IITs and NITs,” said Arvind Sinha.

The examination was held smoothly following Covid-19 norms at all centres. Mask was given to the candidates who didn’t wear one at the centre itself, while thermal scanning and sanitization were also taken care of.