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JEE Main day 1 BArch exam rated ‘easy’, maths toughest among sections

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JEE Main 2021: The first attempt of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main has begun. The NTA conducted the BArch entrance test today and based on the feedback of the candidates, the exam appears to be easy. Among all the sections, mathematics was comparatively tougher.

“Students found the exam to be easy to moderate level of difficulty. They have found numerical based questions lengthy and involving calculations. More weightage was given to chapters of algebra including progressions, vectors, 3D geometry. Both aptitude and drawing sections were easy. The aptitude section had maximum questions from 3-dimensional figures and the drawing part had a question on colouring the scene of a kite festival and another question was to redraw a black and white photo with correct proportions,” informed Ramesh Batlish, managing partner at FIITJEE Noida and mentor-FIITJEE East Delhi.

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Saurabh Kumar, Director Academics, VidyaMandir Classes said that even though the math section was comparatively tougher, it was easier as compared to that of last year’s. In chemistry, fewer questions were asked from organic chemistry and among inorganic, most questions were straight from NCERT. Physics was comparatively tougher than chemistry, he said. The cut-off for the section can go about 85-90 percentile, said Kumar.

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This year’s exam was held amid Covid-19 precautions. Further, due to the entire past academic year being held disrupted by the pandemic, the National Testing Agency (NTA) had decided to make changes to the exam. This year, students were given choices or alternatives in the exam. A total of 30 questions from each section were asked in the exam of which students had to attempt only 25. Today’s exam pattern was –

This is the first day of the exam. From tomorrow, JEE Main BTech entrance exam will be conducted. The JEE Main 2021 February session will be held from February 23 to 26. A total of 6,61,776 candidates have registered to appear for the exam of these, 63,065 candidates will appear for paper 2A and paper 2B which are held for BArch and BPlanning, respectively, according to NTA.

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Over 45K choose to take JEE Main 2021 in Indian languages, 7.15 lakh register for exam

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JEE Main 2021: A total of 45,360 students will be taking the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main in Indian languages. A total of 7,15,692 candidates have registered to appear for the BE/BTech, BArch and BPlanning entrances tests in the first session. Most of the examinees (6,70,332 students) have opted to appear for the JEE Main 2021 in the English language followed by Hindi which has 23,751 students. A total of 21,609 students will appear for the regional languages including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

In 2020, the Joint Admission Board (JAB) had decided to hold the JEE Main in regional languages. This is in line with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 which allows education in regional languages. Several changes have been announced in the exam this year including conducting the entrance four times a year and allowing options in the exam.

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The exam will be held amid Covid-19 protocols. Further, several other anti-cheating mechanisms are being put in place including jammers, CCTV surveillance. The NTA is also making arrangements for live viewing at any remote location and recording CCTVs systems of all examination centres from the control room located in the NTA premises of New Delhi, as per the exam organising institute.

Those who clear the JEE Main will be eligible to seek admission to NITs, IIITs, and other centrally funded technical institutions (CFTIs). JEE Main is also an eligibility test for JEE Advanced, which is conducted for admission to undergraduate programs offered by the Indian Institute of Technology (IITs).

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NTA CMAT 2021 postponed due to change in paper pattern

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NTA CMAT 2021: The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) has been postponed as AICTE has proposed change in the exam pattern having an additional (optional) section in innovation and entrepreneurship. The exam was scheduled to be held on February 22 will now be held in early April. “The new date for CMAT 2021 exam will be intimated soon on the NTA website. It is likely to be held in the last week of March or early April 2021,” the official notification mentioned.

The NTA is also providing an opportunity to the candidates who had not registered earlier for the CMAT exam. The last date to submit the application form is February 25. Meanwhile, the candidates who had already applied can opt for this course by editing their application form during the correction window which will be made available after the closure of this fresh registration.

Those who clear CMAT will be eligible to seek admission to management courses in AICTE-affiliated colleges across India. For updates and clarification, candidates are advised to be in touch with the NTA website- nta.ac.in, or can dial at 0120-6895200, write to at cmat@nta.ac.in.

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NTA GPAT admit card 2021 released, here’s how to download

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NTA GPAT admit card 2021: The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the admit card for the Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test (GPAT)-2021 on February 14. The candidates who will appear for the examination can download the hall ticket from the official website- gpat.nta.nic.in.

GPAT will be held on February 27. After the exam, answers key will be uploaded and results will be declared. As per the official website- nta.ac.in, the result will be announced by March 31.

GPAT admit card 2021: How to download

Step 1: Visit the official website- gpat.nta.nic.in

Step 2: Click on the download admit card link for CMAT/ GPAT exam

Step 3: Enter registration number/ roll number

Step 4: Admit card will appear on the screen

Step 5: Download, and take a print out for further reference.

Graduate Pharmacy Aptitude Test is a national level pharmacy entrance exam for admission to MPharm programmes. It is a three-hours long exam with 125 MCQs, and maximum 500 marks. The Common Management Admission Test (CMAT) will be held on February 22, the admit card of which will be released soon. The exam is being conducted for admission in MBA courses.

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NTA IIFT MBA (IB) 2020 application correction window opens

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NTA IIFT MBA (IB) 2020: The application correction facility for the National Testing Agency Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) MBA (IB) programme has opened. The candidates who want to make corrections in the application form can do so through the website- ift.nta.nic.in till February 12.

According to NTA, “Candidates will be able to make corrections in the fields of category and academic qualifications only, in their exam application form online through the correction window. Those who had selected others in their graduation are required to check their application and indicate their specific qualification in the form.”

The entrance exam is a multiple-choice objective-type written test. The duration of the test is two hours and it assesses students on the topic including English grammar, vocabulary and comprehension, general knowledge and current affairs, logical reasoning, data interpretation and quantitative analysis.

Candidates are advised to be in touch with the NTA website- nta.ac.in. “For any clarification, candidates can get in touch with the NTA help desk at 0120 6895 200 or write to NTA at iiftmba-ib@nta.ac.in,” NTA notification mentioned.

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