Exam Mode: The IIT JEE Advanced exam will be conducted through online (Computer Based) mode only
Number of Papers: The examination consists of 2 papers. It is mandatory for the candidates to attempt both the papers.
Number of Sections: There are 3 separate sections in both the papers, namely Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
Question Paper Type: The question papers will contain objective type that includes MCQ as well as numerical answer type questions.
Exam Timings: Total 3 hours will be provided to each paper. Timings for paper-1 will be 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and for paper-2, the timings will be 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Language: The candidates can avail the question papers in both English and Hindi medium (mention the question paper medium at the time of registration).
Marking Scheme: There is a procedure of negative marking for some of the questions.
The detailed exam pattern of JEE Advanced is mentioned below:
Paper |
Subject |
Section |
No. of Questions |
Total No of Marks |
Max. Marks (Per question) |
Negative Marking |
Paper 1 |
Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics |
1 |
5 |
15 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
8 |
32 |
4 |
-2 |
||
3 |
5 |
15 |
3 |
-1 |
||
Paper 2 |
Physics/Chemistry/Mathematics |
1 |
6 |
18 |
3 |
-1 |
2 |
8 |
32 |
4 |
-2 |
||
3 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
0 |
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The tentative dates of JEE Advanced 2020 are given below. Candidates can check the dates of JEE Advanced 2020 from the table given below:
Events |
Dates (Tentative) |
Online registration starts |
1st week of May 2020 |
Last date for registration |
2nd week of May 2020 |
Last date for fee payment of registered candidates |
2nd week of May 2020 |
Admit card release |
3rd week of May 2020 |
Exam date |
17th May 2020 (Announced) |
Copy of candidate responses to be sent to the candidates |
Last week of May to 1st week of June 2020 |
Online display of answer keys |
1st week of June 2020 |
Feedback and comments on answer keys from the candidates |
1st week of June 2020 |
Result announcement |
2nd week of June 2020 |
Registration starts for AAT test |
2nd week of June 2020 |
AAT exam date |
3rd week of June 2020 |
AAT result declaration |
4th week of June 2020 |
Counselling commences from |
2nd week of June 2020 |
JEE Advanced Eligibility 2020
Candidates always check the eligibility first before filling the JEE Advanced 2020 application form. The complete eligibility criteria are given below:
Nationality:
- Indian citizen and OCI & PIO candidates are eligible to apply.
Number of Attempts:
- Students can attempt JEE Advanced exam for maximum two times in consecutive years.
Age Criteria:
- Age Limit: Students should have born on or after 1st October 1995 (for general candidates) and 1st October 1990 (for SC/ST & PwD candidates).
JEE Main 2020 Performance Eligibility:
- Candidate should be among the top 2,45,000 (including all categories) in Paper-1 of JEE (Main) 2020 to be eligible for JEE Advanced 2020.
- The percentages of various categories are: 27% for OBC-NCL, 15% for SC, 7.5% for ST and the remaining 50.5% is OPEN for all. Within each of these four categories, 5% horizontal reservation is available for PwD (including Dyslexic) candidates.
Performance in Class 12th (or Equivalent):
- Candidates appeared in the 12th or equivalent exam in the year 2019 or 2020 for the first time in all subjects are eligible to apply.
- Candidates whose Class XII (or equivalent) examination results for the academic year 2017-18 were declared after June 2018 are eligible to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2020.
- In the 12th or equivalent exam, candidates should have obtained 75% aggregate for general students and 65% aggregate for SC/ST and PwD candidates. OR
- Students should be within the category-wise top 20 percentile of successful candidates in their respective 12th or equivalent board exam.
- For calculating the aggregate marks and cut-off marks for fulfilling the top 20 percentile criterion, the following 5 subjects will be considered:
(a) Physics
(b) Chemistry
(c) Mathematics
(d) A Language
(e) Any subject (other than four above mentioned subject). - The aggregate marks must be calculated out of 100. If the marks of any subject are not out of 100 then the marks will be scaled (up or down) to 100.
- If marks in the qualifying examination are provided in a grading format, then the candidate should obtain a certificate from the Board specifying the equivalent marks and submit it at the time of acceptance of the allocated seat. If certificate is not provided, then the decision taken by the Joint Implementation Committee of JEE (Advanced) 2020 will be final.
- If Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and Language are not evaluated in the final year (e.g., in a 3-year diploma course), then the marks for the same subject from the previous year/s will be used for calculating percentage of aggregate marks
- Candidates who have appeared the class 12th examination in 2019 and re-appearing in 2020 then the best performance out of both these will be considered.
- In case of 3-year diploma or equivalent courses, marks scored in the final year will be considered. Similarly, for Boards which follow a semester system, the marks scored in the final two semesters will be considered.
- Candidates who have passed the 12th or its equivalent examination in 2019 but appearing one of the subject in 2020 improvement then, aggregate percentage will be evaluated by considering the maximum marks obtained in the required subjects.
Earlier Admission at IITs:
- Candidates who have been admitted in an IIT/ISM in the past are not eligible to appear the JEE Advanced or candidates who have accepted any seat in IIT/ISM by reporting at the reporting centre. Students whose admissions were cancelled at IITs or ISM are not eligible to apply.
- Students who have been admitted first time in a preparatory course in any IITs in the year 2019 are eligible to apply for JEE Advanced 2020.
- Those candidates who have paid the seat acceptance fee in 2019 but not accepted the seat are also eligible to apply.
Examinations Considered As Equivalent to Class 12th
Here, candidates can check the list of examination that will be considered equal to class 12th examination for JEE Advanced 2020:
- The final examination of the 10+2 system which is conducted by a Central or State Board recognized by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU).
- Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination which is conducted by a Board or University recognized by the AIUs.
- Final examination of the two-year course of the Joint Services Wing of the National Defence Academy.
- Higher Secondary School Examination conducted by NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) with a minimum of five subjects.
- Any Public School, Board or University examination in India or in a foreign country recognized as equivalent to the 10+2 system by the AIU. H.S.C. vocational examination
- 3-year diploma course recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) or a State Board of Technical Education.
- General Certificate Education (GCE) examination (London, Cambridge or Sri Lanka) at the Advanced (A) level.
- HSC examination of Cambridge University or International Baccalaureate Diploma of the International Baccalaureate Office, Geneva.
- In case of candidates who have passed the qualifying examination from outside India or from a Board which is not mentioned above then, such candidates are required to produce the certificate from the AIU subjecting that the examination they have passed is equivalent to class 12th examination.
- If Class XII examination is not a public examination, the candidate must have passed at least one public (Board or Pre-University) examination earlier.
Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
General topics: Concept of atoms and molecules, Mole concept, Chemical formulae, neutralisation, and displacement reactions, Balanced chemical equations,Dalton’s atomic theory, Calculations (based on mole concept) involving common oxidation-reduction, Concentration in terms of mole fraction, molarity, molality and normality.
Gaseous and liquid states: Absolute scale of temperature, iDeviation from ideality, van der Waals equation,deal gas equation, Kinetic theory of gases, average, Law of partial pressures, Vapour pressure, Diffusion of gases, root mean square and most probable velocities and their relation with temperature.
Atomic structure and chemical bonding: Bohr model, spectrum of hydrogen atom, quantum numbers, de Broglie hypothesis, Uncertainty principle, Qualitative quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen atom, shapes of s, p and d orbitals,Wave-particle duality, Electronic configurations of elements (up to atomic number 36), Aufbau principle, Orbital overlap and covalent bond, Hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals only, Orbital energy diagrams for homonuclear diatomic species, Pauli’s exclusion principle and Hund’s rule, Hydrogen bond, Polarity in molecules, dipole moment (qualitative aspects only), VSEPR model and shapes of molecules (linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal, square pyramidal, trigonal bipyramidal, tetrahedral and octahedral).
Energetics: First law of thermodynamics, work and heat, pressure-volume work; Enthalpy, Hess’s law, Internal energy, Heat of reaction, fusion and vapourization, Entropy, Free energy, Second law of thermodynamics, Criterion of spontaneity.
Chemical equilibrium: Law of mass action, Equilibrium constant, Le Chatelier’s principle (effect of concentration, temperature and pressure), Solubility product, common ion effect, pH and buffer solutions, Significance of ΔG and ΔG0 in chemical equilibrium, Acids and bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts), Hydrolysis of salts.
Electrochemistry: Electrochemical cells and cell reactions, Nernst equation and its relation to ΔG, Electrochemical series, Standard electrode potentials, emf of galvanic cells, Electrolytic conductance, specific, equivalent and molar conductivity, Faraday’s laws of electrolysis, Kohlrausch’s law; Concentration cells.
Chemical kinetics: Rates of chemical reactions, Rate constant, First order reactions, Order of reactions, Temperature dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius equation).
Solid state: Classification of solids, seven crystal systems (cell parameters a, b, c, α, β, ), crystalline state,close-packed structure of solids (cubic), Nearest neighbours, ionic radii, simple ionic compounds, packing in fcc, bcc and hcp lattices, point defects.
Solutions: Molecular weight determination from lowering of vapour pressure, Raoult’s law, elevation of boiling point and depression of freezing point.
Surface chemistry: Elementary concepts of adsorption (excluding adsorption isotherms), Elementary ideas of emulsions, Colloids: types, methods of preparation and general properties, surfactants and micelles (only definitions and examples).
Nuclear chemistry: Radioactivity: isotopes and isobars, Kinetics of radioactive decay (decay series excluded), Properties of α, β and rays, carbon dating, Brief discussion on fission and fusion reactions, Stability of nuclei with respect to proton-neutron ratio.
Inorganic Chemistry
Isolation/preparation and properties of the following non-metals: Boron, silicon, phosphorus, nitrogen, oxygen, sulphur and halogens, Properties of allotropes of carbon (only diamond and graphite), phosphorus and sulphur.
Preparation and properties of the following compounds: Oxides, hydroxides, peroxides, carbonates, bicarbonates, chlorides and sulphates of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium, Aluminium: alumina, aluminium chloride and alums, Carbon: oxides and oxyacid (carbonic acid), Boron: diborane, boric acid and borax, Silicon: silicones, silicates and silicon carbide, Nitrogen: oxides, oxyacids and ammonia, Oxygen: ozone and hydrogen peroxide, Sulphur: hydrogen sulphide, oxides, sulphurous acid, sulphuric acid and sodium thiosulphate, Phosphorus: oxides, oxyacids (phosphorus acid, phosphoric acid) and phosphine, Halogens: hydrohalic acids, oxides and oxyacids of chlorine, bleaching powder, Xenon fluorides.
Transition elements (3d series): Definition, general characteristics, oxidation states and their stabilities, colour (excluding the details of electronic transitions) and calculation of spin-only magnetic moment; Coordination compounds: nomenclature of mononuclear coordination compounds, cis-trans and ionisation isomerisms, hybridization and geometries of mononuclear coordination compounds (linear, tetrahedral, square planar and octahedral).
Preparation and properties of the following compounds: Potassium permanganate, Oxides and chlorides of tin and lead, Oxides, chlorides and sulphates of Fe2+, Cu2+ and Zn2+, potassium dichromate, silver oxide, silver nitrate, silver thiosulphate.
Ores and minerals: Commonly occurring ores and minerals of iron, lead, magnesium, copper, tin, aluminium, zinc and silver.
Extractive metallurgy: Chemical principles and reactions only (industrial details excluded), Self reduction method (copper and lead), Electrolytic reduction method (magnesium and aluminium), Carbon reduction method (iron and tin), Cyanide process (silver and gold).
Principles of qualitative analysis: Groups I to V (only Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Bi3+, Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+ and Mg2+); Nitrate, halides (excluding fluoride), sulphate and sulphide.
Organic Chemistry
Concepts: Hybridisation of carbon; [1] and -bonds; Shapes of simple organic molecules; Structural and geometrical isomerism; IUPAC nomenclature of simple organic compounds (only hydrocarbons, mono-functional and bi-functional compounds); Optical isomerism of compounds containing up to two asymmetric centres, (R,S and E,Z nomenclature excluded); Conformations of ethane and butane (Newman projections); Resonance and hyperconjugation; Keto-enoltautomerism; Determination of empirical and molecular formulae of simple compounds (only combustion method); Inductive and resonance effects on acidity and basicity of organic acids and bases; Hydrogen bonds: definition and their effects on physical properties of alcohols and carboxylic acids; Polarity and inductive effects in alkyl halides; Reactive intermediates produced during homolytic and heterolytic bond cleavage; Formation, structure and stability of carbocations, carbanions and free radicals.
Preparation, properties and reactions of alkanes: Homologous series, Combustion and halogenation of alkanes; physical properties of alkanes (melting points, boiling points and density); Preparation of alkanes by Wurtz reaction and decarboxylation reactions.
Preparation, properties and reactions of alkenes and alkynes: Physical properties of alkenes and alkynes (boiling points, density and dipole moments); Acid catalysed hydration of alkenes and alkynes (excluding the stereochemistry of addition and elimination); Acidity of alkynes; Reactions of alkenes with KMnO4 and ozone; Reduction of alkenes and alkynes; Electrophilic addition reactions of alkenes with X2, HX, HOX and H2O (X=halogen); Preparation of alkenes and alkynes by elimination reactions; Addition reactions of alkynes; Metal acetylides.
Reactions of benzene: Structure and aromaticity; nitration, sulphonation, Friedel-Crafts alkylation and acylation; Electrophilic substitution reactions: halogenation, Effect of o-, m- and p-directing groups in monosubstituted benzenes.
Phenols: Acidity, electrophilic substitution reactions (halogenation, nitration and sulphonation); Reimer-Tieman reaction, Kolbe reaction.
Carbohydrates: Classification; mono- and di-saccharides (glucose and sucrose); reduction, Oxidation, glycoside formation and hydrolysis of sucrose.
Amino acids and peptides: General structure (only primary structure for peptides) and physical properties.
Properties and uses of some important polymers: Natural rubber, cellulose, nylon, teflon and PVC.
Practical organic chemistry: Detection of elements (N, S, halogens); Detection and identification of the following functional groups: hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carboxyl, amino and nitro; carbonyl (aldehyde and ketone), Chemical methods of separation of mono-functional organic compounds from binary mixtures.
Mathematics
Algebra:
Algebra of complex numbers, addition, multiplication, conjugation, polar representation, triangle inequality, properties of modulus and principal argument, cube roots of unity, geometric interpretations.
Quadratic equations with real coefficients, formation of quadratic equations with given roots, relations between roots and coefficients, symmetric functions of roots
Arithmetic, arithmetic, geometric and harmonic means, sums of finite arithmetic and geometric progressions, geometric and harmonic progressions, infinite geometric series, sums of squares and cubes of the first n natural numbers.
Logarithms and their properties
Permutations and combinations, binomial theorem for a positive integral index, properties of binomial coefficients
Matrices as a rectangular array of real numbers, addition, multiplication by a scalar and product of matrices, equality of matrices, transpose of a matrix, determinant of a square matrix of order up to three, properties of these matrix operations, diagonal, symmetric and skew-symmetric matrices and their properties, inverse of a square matrix of order up to three, solutions of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables.
Addition and multiplication rules of probability, conditional probability, Bayes Theorem, independence of events, computation of probability of events using permutations and combinations
Trigonometry:
Trigonometric functions, their periodicity and graphs, formulae involving multiple and sub-multiple angles, addition and subtraction formulae, general solution of trigonometric equations.
Relations between sides and angles of a triangle, cosine rule, sine rule, halfangle formula and the area of a triangle, inverse trigonometric functions (principal value only).
Analytical Geometry:
Two dimensions: Cartesian coordinates, distance between two points, section formulae, shift of origin.
Equation of a straight line in various forms, angle between two lines, distance of a point from a line; Lines through the point of intersection of two given lines, equation of the bisector of the angle between two lines, concurrency of lines; Centroid, orthocentre, incentre and circumcentre of a triangle.
Equation of a circle in various forms, equations of tangent, normal and chord
Parametric equations of a circle, intersection of a circle with a straight line or a circle, equation of a circle through the points of intersection of two circles and those of a circle and a straight line.
Equations of a parabola, ellipse and hyperbola in standard form, their foci, directrices and eccentricity, parametric equations, equations of tangent and normal.
Locus problems
Three dimensions: Direction cosines and direction ratios, equation of a straight line in space, equation of a plane, distance of a point from a plane.
Differential Calculus:
Real valued functions of a real variable, into, onto and one-to-one functions, sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions, composite functions, absolute value, polynomial, rational, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions.
Limit and continuity of a function, limit and continuity of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions, L’Hospital rule of evaluation of limits of functions
Even and odd functions, inverse of a function, continuity of composite functions, intermediate value property of continuous functions.
Derivative of a function, derivative of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions, chain rule, derivatives of polynomial, rational, trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions.
Derivatives of implicit functions, derivatives up to order two, geometrical interpretation of the derivative, tangents and normals, increasing and decreasing functions, maximum and minimum values of a function, Rolle’s theorem and Lagrange’s mean value theorem.
Integral Calculus:
Integration as the inverse process of differentiation, definite integrals and their properties, indefinite integrals of standard functions, fundamental theorem of integral calculus.
Integration by parts, integration by the methods of substitution and partial fractions, application of definite integrals to the determination of areas involving simple curves.
Formation of ordinary differential equations, solution of homogeneous differential equations, separation of variables method, linear first order differential equations
Vectors:
Addition of vectors, scalar multiplication, dot and cross products, scalar triple products and their geometrical interpretations
Physics
General:
Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis; least count, significant figures; Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the following experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier calipers and screw gauge (micrometer), Young’s modulus by Searle’s method, Specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter, Determination of g using simple pendulum, focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens using u-v method, Speed of sound using resonance column, Verification of Ohm’s law using voltmeter and ammeter, and specific resistance of the material of a wire using meter bridge and post office box.
Mechanics:
Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles; Uniform circular motion; Relative velocity
Newton’s laws of motion; Inertial and uniformly accelerated frames of reference; Static and dynamic friction; Kinetic and potential energy; Work and power; Conservation of linear momentum and mechanical energy
Systems of particles; Centre of mass and its motion; Impulse; Elastic and inelastic collisions
Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field; Acceleration due to gravity; Motion of planets and satellites in circular orbits; Escape velocity
Rigid body, moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple geometrical shapes; Angular momentum; Torque; Conservation of angular momentum; Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation; Rolling without slipping of rings, cylinders and spheres; Equilibrium of rigid bodies; Collision of point masses with rigid bodies.
Linear and angular simple harmonic motions
Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus
Pressure in a fluid; Pascal’s law; Buoyancy; Surface energy and surface tension, capillary rise; Viscosity (Poiseuille’s equation excluded), Stoke’s law; Terminal velocity, Streamline flow, equation of continuity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse waves, superposition of waves; Progressive and stationary waves; Vibration of strings and air columns; Resonance; Beats; Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound).
Thermal Physics:
Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and gases; Calorimetry, latent heat; Heat conduction in one dimension; Elementary concepts of convection and radiation; Newton’s law of cooling; Ideal gas laws; Specific heats (Cv and Cp for monoatomic and diatomic gases); Isothermal and adiabatic processes, bulk modulus of gases; Equivalence of heat and work; First law of thermodynamics and its applications (only for ideal gases); Blackbody radiation: absorptive and emissive powers; Kirchhoff’s law; Wien’s displacement law, Stefan’s law.
Electricity and Magnetism:
Coulomb’s law; Electric field and potential; Electrical potential energy of a system of point charges and of electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field; Electric field lines; Flux of electric field; Gauss’s law and its application in simple cases, such as, to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectrics; Capacitors in series and parallel; Energy stored in a capacitor.
Electric current; Ohm’s law; Series and parallel arrangements of resistances and cells; Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications; Heating effect of current.
Biot–Savart’s law and Ampere’s law; Magnetic field near a current-carrying straight wire, along the axis of a circular coil and inside a long straight solenoid; Force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field.
Magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic field on a current loop; Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their conversions
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law; Self and mutual inductance; RC, LR and LC circuits with d.c. and a.c. sources.
Optics:
Rectilinear propagation of light; Reflection and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces; Total internal reflection; Deviation and dispersion of light by a prism; Thin lenses; Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses; Magnification
Wave nature of light: Huygen’s principle, interference limited to Young’s double-slit experiment.
Modern Physics:
Atomic nucleus; α, β and radiations; Law of radioactive decay; Decay constant; Half-life and mean life; Fission and fusion processes; Energy calculation in these processes. Binding energy and its calculation; Photoelectric effect; Bohr’s theory of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic and continuous X-rays, Moseley’s law; de Broglie wavelength of matter waves