JEE Main 2023: NTA to switch to computer-generated question papers

JEE Main 2023: In the new system, subject experts will determine the algorithm or rules that the computer will follow while selecting the questions.

Soon, JEE Main and NEET UG aspirants will be taking papers generated from computer software. As per a report published in The Telegraph, computer software will be setting the papers for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main and the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) (Undergraduate), picking questions randomly from an electronic question bank. 

An official of the National Testing Agency (NTA) that conducts these tests, said, “At present, subject experts set the question papers. In the new system, subject experts will determine the algorithm or rules that the computer will follow while selecting the questions.” 

“The subject experts will frame rules such as how many questions of which standard, high or average, will be asked,” the NTA official said. “We have developed sizable question banks on the subjects related to the JEE Main and NEET-UG. The subject experts will add more questions and may modify the existing questions in the bank.” 

Later, the new module will be introduced to the Common University Entrance Tests for undergraduate and postgraduate courses, and the National Eligibility Test. “In the long run, by reducing the extent of human intervention in setting the question papers, the system will help conduct a large number of tests within a short period. So, a test can be held multiple times in a year,” the official said. 

The NTA will get its computers to prepare the question papers — multiple sets of them in each subject to reduce the scope for malpractice — a day before the test. International testing agencies such as the US-based Educational Testing Service or the Graduate Management Admission Council use question banks, the report added. 

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