IIT JAM 2022 Conducted on February 13 in 103 Cities

IIT JAM 2022 Conducted on February 13

IIT JAM 2022 was conducted on February 13 over two slots in 103 cities across India. IIT Roorkee is the conducting body for the entrance exam conducted for admission to MSc and Integrated PhD programmes offered at IITs, NITs, CFTIs and IISc Bangalore respectively. The exam is conducted in a computer-based mode (CBT) for a duration of three hours. The slot-wise IIT JAM subjects are presented in the table below.

IIT JAM 2022 Exam Schedule

The following table brings the subject-wise schedule for IIT JAM.

Slot	Subjects
Forenoon/Morning (9 am to 12 noon)	Biotechnology (BT), Mathematical Statistics (MS) and Physics (PH)
Afternoon (2.30 pm to 5.30 pm)	Chemistry (CY), Economics (EN), Geology (GG) and Mathematics (MS)

IIT JAM 2022 Exam Pattern

The IIT JAM 2022 paper will carry 100 questions in the form of multiple-choice questions (MCQs), Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) and Numerical Answer Type (NAT). The structure of the exam is as follows:

Section	Type of Questions	No of Question
A	Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) Each question has four choices with one correct answer.	30
B	Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) Each question has four choices with one or more correct answers.	10
C	Numerical Answer Type (NAT) The answer for each question is a signed real number that needs to be entered using the virtual numeric keypad on the monitor. No choices will be shown for these questions.	20
Total		60

IIT JAM 2022 Marking Scheme

The number of questions and the corresponding marks allotted to them is as listed in the table below: 

Section	No. of Questions	Marks for Each Correct Answer
A	10 MCQs	1 mark each
	20 MCQs	2 marks each
B	10 MSQs	2 marks each
C	10 NAT Questions	1 mark each
	10 NAT Questions	2 marks each

The negative marking scheme is as follows:

Section A: For each wrong answer to one mark question, 1/3 mark will be deducted. On the other hand, for each wrong answer to two marks questions, 2/3 mark will be deducted. There is no negative marking for any questions left unanswered.

Section B: There is no negative marking in this section. Also, there is no partial marking provision in this section.

Section C: There is no negative marking in this section, as well.

The result of IIT JAM 2022 will be declared on March 22. After that, the admission shortlist will be declared followed by which counselling process will take place for 2,906 seats.

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