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Over 3.95 lakh students take IIT-JEE examination

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67,000 from IIT-Madras region appear for it

Last year, 3.2 lakh appeared for the examination
The number of questions has come down

Bangalore: More than 3.95 lakh students took the Indian Institute of Technology – Joint Entrance Examination (IIT-JEE) examination this year, compared to the 3.2 lakh last year. As many as 67,000 students appeared for the test from IIT-Madras region that covers Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Andhra Pradesh. In the State, the examination was held in Bangalore, Mysore and Mangalore.

In the city, anxious parents were seen waiting outside the examination centres. Prabhat Bharadwaj, who was waiting outside the centre for his daughter, said, “IITs have been the dream institution for many. If my daughter wishes to join, I will support her in whatever way I can. If by chance she does not clear it this time, I am positive that she will take a year off and prepare better for the next year.”

“The examination was simple. I have been preparing for this for the past two years,” said Manjunath S.C., a student of Navodaya College.

Suhas S., a student from Saptagiri Pre-University College, was disheartened. “I found the examination difficult. I made a mistake, I realise now, by concentrating on Common Entrance Test 2009 instead of preparing for IIT-JEE,” he said.

Akash A., a student from National Public School, Rajajinagar, found the examination to be “okay”. “I do not want to assess my performance. I am just relieved to be done with the examination,” he said.

Ajay Antony, course director for IIT-JEE, from Triumphant Institute of Management Education (T.I.M.E.), said that for the first time, the multiple choice questions carry negative marks, which was not the case last year.

In the matrix-match type questions, four rows in column one had to be matched with five rows in column two. Last time, the number of rows in both the columns was the same.

Saurabh Kumar, National Programme Head, Career Launcher, said that the number of questions had seen a decrease this year. “Last year, there were 23 questions per subject; 69 questions in paper one and 66 in paper two. This year, the number has come down to 60 and 57 in paper one and two, respectively,” he said.

Mr. Antony said that in 2008, the total marks for paper one was 246, and it was 240 this year.

He said that students found the examination to be slightly more challenging compared with last year.

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