JEE ADVANCED 2013 (2-June-2013)

QUESTION PAPER DIFFICULTY LEVEL ANALYSIS OF PAPER 1&2

The most prestigious entrance exam of engineering in India, JEE Advanced (Previously known as IIT-JEE) has

been conducted on 2nd June 2013 with paper 1 from 9am – 12pm and paper 2 from 2pm to 5pm across the

nation. Both the papers were bilingual and if we talk about difficulty level, Paper-1 was slightly difficult then

2nd paper, so a student can score maximum in paper-2. If we combine Paper-1 & 2 we can say that examiner

has maintained difficulty level same as last year.

Details of Paper 1

Paper-1 had 60 questions in total - in the order of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Each subject had 20

questions out of which 10 questions were single correct choice type, 5 questions were numeric response type

and 5 questions were multiple choice type questions in each subject. The maximum marks for the paper is 180.

Details of Paper 2

Paper-2 had 60 questions in total - in the order of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Each subject had 20

questions out of which 8 questions were paragraph type, 4 questions were matrix type and 8 questions were

multiple correct choice type questions in all three subjects. The maximum marks for the paper is 180.

Over all Subject Wise Analysis

Physics

Paper-1 of Physics can be called as mixture of all sorts of questions that can be asked. Around 40% questions

were directly formula based. 20% questions were tricky in nature and can be called conceptual and remaining

40% questions were average level questions. This year more weightage has been given to class 11 syllabus.

Paper-2 of Physics was average. This paper was having 55% syllabus from class 12 and 45% syllabus from

Class 11.

Chemistry

Paper-1 of Chemistry can be called above average paper. Examiner had not justified class 11 and 12 portion as

he put 17 questions out of 20 from class 12 syllabus. All three portions (Physical, Inorganic & Organic) of

Chemistry were asked equally.

Paper-2 of Chemistry was average. This paper was having 75% syllabus from class 12 and 25% syllabus from

Class 11.

Mathematics

Paper-1 of Mathematics can be called slightly difficult one if compared to last year paper. Examiner has played

with brains of students very well. He put around 66% questions from class 12 and remaining from class 11 out

of which around 34% paper were difficult.

Paper-2 of Mathematics was average. This paper was having 55% syllabus from class 11 and 45% syllabus

from Class 12.

Distribution of questions

Distribution of the

questions in Paper

1&2

Distribution of questions in Paper-1 Distribution of questions in Paper-2

No of

Questions

Marks for

Correct

Answers

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Marking

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No of

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Marks

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Negative

Marking

Total

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section

Single Correct

Choice 30 2 0 60 0 0 0 0

Numeric Response 15 4 -1 60 0 0 0 0

Paragraph Type 0 0 0 0 24 3 -1 72

Matrix Type 0 0 0 0 12 3 -1 36

Multiple Correct

Choice 15 4 -1 60 24 3 -1 72

Difficulty Level

Paper Wise

Difficulty Level

Analysis

Physics Chemistry Mathematics

Paper-1 Paper-2 Paper-1 Paper-2 Paper-1 Paper-2

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Easy 8 40.00% 4 20.00% 5 25.00% 5 25.00% 5 25.00% 3 15.00%

Average 8 40.00% 12 60.00% 6 30.00% 6 30.00% 10 50.00% 13 65.00%

Difficult 4 20.00% 4 20.00% 9 45.00% 9 45.00% 5 25.00% 4 20.00%

Class Wise Portion Distribution

Class Wise Distribution

Of Questions

Physics Chemistry Mathematics

Paper-1 Paper-2 Paper-1 Paper-2 Paper-1 Paper-2

CLASS XI 11 9 3 5 6 11

CLASS XII 9 11 17 15 14 9

Portion Wise Distribution of Paper-1

Portion Wise Distribution of Paper-2