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Fewer questions in AIEEE this time
J.S. BABLU
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The general view is that the mathematics paper was tough, as the questions were indirect.
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hopeful after the test: The important dimension to the test is to avoid negative mark penalties.
The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) had fewer questions this year — 105 instead of the 120 last year. Students generally feel that the three-hour paper was easy, though some have varying views. The entrance examination is for admissions to the undergraduate engineering courses conducted by the 20 National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and some deemed universities.
There were 35 questions each in physics, mathematics and chemistry. Last year, there were 40 each.
Introduced this year were cluster (paragraph) questions. There were two sets of them in physics, one having three questions and the other, two.
Each correct answer fetches three marks, while one mark is deducted for every wrong answer.
Ajay Joseph, academic manager, Triumphant Institute of Management Education (T.I.M.E.), said that there were assertion-reasoning type of questions in physics and mathematics. Those in entrance examination coaching centres said candidates scoring 150 marks and above were likely to be called for counselling.
Generally, students felt that the mathematics questions were difficult, and these were indirect and answering them was time-consuming.
Remya Ramakrishnan, a candidate, said though there were fewer questions, these were time-consuming.
“There were not many direct questions. Chemistry was not a problem. Mathematics questions were a bit tough,” she said.
Aryan Unnikrishnan, candidate, said the examination was easier than the State engineering entrance examinations. The questions in physics were a bit tough. Mathematics questions, except those on induction, were easy to solve, he said.
Many others that The Hindu-EducationPlus spoke to felt that the Kerala entrance examinations was easier than the AIEEE, though last year it was the other way around.
For Chilsa Prabhakaran, physics questions were easy, while those in chemistry were a little confusing. Mathematics questions were tough for her. Sreenath Paleri was of the opinion that chemistry questions were easy, though mathematics were not.
Strategy
The strategy adopted by these students was to go through the previous year’s questions papers. For Aryan, preparation for the Joint Entrance Examination of the Indian Institutes of Technology helped. He adopted the same preparation for the AIEEE.
“AIEEE was not hard for me as I had prepared well for IIT-JEE, where the focus was to get to know the concept well. Many people think that knowing formulae and shortcuts was the route to be successful in AIEEE, but I do not agree with this,” he says.
Remya had taken the examination paper for those seeking admissions to the B.Arch. and B.Planning courses.
It consists of questions from mathematics, an aptitude test and drawing.
“These were simple. I did not prepare much for questions on general knowledge (on famous monuments, etc.), but I did well in that section also,” she says.
Seats
The judgment of the Supreme Court upholding the validity of Central Education Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act 2006 providing 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Castes in educational institutions will change the number of seats in the NITs.
It is learned that NIT, Calicut, was going to implement the reservation in three years, with an increase of 9 percentage points each year.
According to information available, there will be no change in the number of seats available for general quota students.
The seat availability prior to implementation of reservation was 285 seats for those who had passed the Plus Two course in Kerala and Lakshadweep and had qualified in the AIEEE, out of the total 570 seats. Out of the 285 seats, 222 are in the open category, including six for the open physically challenged category. These will remain unchanged. The additional seats to accommodate reservation in the coming academic year would be 103 seats, which is 18 per cent of the 570 seats. This will be divided among candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes as per the Central Government orders on reservation.
The NIT-C has announced starting the B.Tech. biotechnology course in the new academic year.
The new reservation formula will be applied to seat distribution in this course. It has 30 seats. It will offer 15 seats for general category students.
The results of the entrance examinations will be declared on or before June 7. The counselling is likely to start by June-end.
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