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- IIT Kanpur has released JEE Advanced marking scheme for numerical questions in order to reduce confusion.
- The range will be specified for questions where students had to type the numerical value on the screen.
IIT Kanpur, the organizing committee for JEE Advanced 2018, has released the rules for evaluation of the numerical questions for which candidates had to type the answers in the boxes provided on the screen. JEE Advanced 2018 was conducted in online mode for the first time and both the papers had 54 questions each. Check the JEE Advanced exam pattern here and JEE Advanced Marking Scheme which is elaborated below.
In order to get rid of all the confusion regarding the marking scheme for numerical questions where candidates had to type the answers, IIT Kanpur has released a detailed marking scheme for JEE Advanced numerical questions and rules basis which range for the correct answers will be identified.
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Candidates were asked to answer these numerical questions up to two decimal places. Check the JEE Advanced marking scheme for numerical questions below.
JEE Advanced 2018 Marking Scheme for Numerical Questions:
- In case the answer is the integer, let's say 12 (Twelve), all answers entered as 12, 12.00 or 12.0 will be considered correct. Accordingly, all answers typed in the range of 11.99 to 12.01 will be considered correct.
- If an answer 12.5 (Twelve-point-five) exact figure, answers entered as 12.5 or 12.50 will be considered correct. Answers entered within the range of 12.49 to 12.51 will be correct in this case.
- If an answer to a question is 12.378888888..., all answers typed within a specific range of 12.37 to 12.38 will be correct (this range is an example and the rule will be applied according to the question). In this case, both answers 12.37 and 12.38 will be correct.
The organizing committee has also released the master question paper for JEE advanced paper 1 and paper 2. According to the JEE Advanced paper analysis, the question papers this year were slightly difficult as compared to previous years. Experts have also reported that paper 2 was lengthier than paper 1.
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In 2018, 2,31,024 candidates had been deemed eligible for JEE Advanced after clearing JEE Main. Out of this, only 1,66,204 candidates had registered for the exam and over 17,000 candidates skipped JEE Advanced on the day of the exam.
