Name: JAM IIT (Joint Admission Test Indian Institute of Technology)
Exam held in the month of: February usually
Mode of applying for JAM: Online
Age criteria: No age restriction
Exam pattern: Both objective and descriptive
Negative marking: Yes 1/3rd marks will be deducted for each wrong answer consisting of one mark and 2/3rd mark will be deducted for questions comprising two marks
Validity of JAM IIT score: One year
What is JAM?
Joint Admission Test (JAM) is an all India admission test conducted jointly by the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISC), Bangalore on behalf of the Ministry of Human Resources Development. This test enables a candidate to get admission into M.Sc programme, joint PhD dual degree, and other post B.Sc programmes at various IITs. The first JAM was conducted in 2004. The seven IITs and IISC conduct the exam on a rotational basis. The institute that conducts the exam in a particular year is termed as the organising institute.
Exam pattern: JAM IIT
JAM IIT question papers are descriptive or objective in nature based on the subjects one chooses. IIT JAM comprises eight subjects:
Mathematical Statistics
Mathematics
Chemistry
Geophysics
Geology
Physics
Biotechnology
Computer Applications
A candidate can opt to appear for either one or two of the above mentioned papers. While Biotechnology and Computer Applications are objective in nature, the other subjects are descriptive in nature.
The objective papers comprise 100 questions and 100 marks one mark for each question. A negative mark of 1/3rd is applicable for every wrong answer.
The descriptive papers are divided into two parts Part I and Part II
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