JEE Main 2016: About

1. INTRODUCTION AND SCHEME OF EXAMINATION


Admission criteria to Undergraduate Engineering Programs at NITs, IIITs, Other Centrally Funded Technical
Institutions, Institutions funded by participating State Governments, and other Institutions shall include the
performance in the class 12/equivalent qualifying Examination and in the Joint Entrance Examination, JEE
(Main).

The Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) of JEE (Main) will also be an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which
the candidate has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by
the IITs.

• The States of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Odisha have joined JEE (Main) system. Therefore, the candidates seeking admission to the institutions in these states, which were earlier admitting based on their State Level Examination, are also advised to fill in the JEE (Main) - 2016 application form online.

2. ABOUT JEE (Main) – 2016


2.1 Mode of Examination

The Paper-1 (B.E./B. Tech.)  of JEE (Main) will be conducted in two separate modes i.e.

• Offline (Pen and Paper Based Examination) mode
• Online (Computer Based Examination) mode. 

The Paper-2 (B. Arch./B. Planning.) of JEE (Main) will be conducted only in Pen and Paper based examination mode. 

A candidate will opt for either Pen and Paper Based or Computer Based examination modes for
Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) only.


2.2 Type of Examination

JEE (Main) – 2016 shall have two papers, Paper-1 (B. E. / B. Tech.) and Paper-2 (B. Arch. / B. Planning).

Candidates may take Paper-1 (B. E. / B. Tech.), or Paper-2 (B. Arch. / B. Planning.), or both as per the course(s) they are seeking admission to.

Subject combinations for each paper, type of questions in each paper and mode of examination available
is given in the below.

●SUBJECTS

■TYPE OF QUESTIONS

♡MODE OF EXAM

Paper 1 (B.E./
B. Tech.)

●Physics, Chemistry &
Mathematics
■Objective type with equal weightage
to Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics

♡Pen and Paper based
OR Computer based


Paper 2 (B.Arch./
B.Planning)

●Mathematics – Part I
●Aptitude Test – Part II &
●Drawing Test – Part III

■Objective type
■Objective type
■Questions to test drawing aptitude

♡Only Pen and Paper
based



Requirement of papers for different courses is given in the table below.

COURSE PAPERS

All other undergraduate courses (B.E. /B. Tech.) - Paper –1

B.ARCH/B. PLANNING(At Institutions other than IITs) - Paper –2