IIT JAM Exam Analysis 2024 (OUT): Check Subject-wise JAM Paper Analysis (Slot 1 & 2), Difficulty Level, Weightage

Candidates who appeared in the IIT JAM 2024 Exam for 7 MSc courses found the exam moderate. Questions were designed in such a manner to test their analytical and practical approach of the concerned subject. Maximum number of candidates who have appeared in the IIT JAM 2024 exam had their first attempt in the examination. Being their first attempt, the difficulty level of the IIT JAM 2024 exam was found to be moderate easy.

IIT JAM Shift 1 Analysis

Mayank Shukla: The overall difficulty level of IIT JAM 24 Mathematics subject was found to be moderate. The topics which were found to lengthy were Group Theory and Integral Calculus. Most of the questions came from the subject group theory.

Memory Based Questions: Exception and ranges between the sn in the group theory.

Kushal: Appeared for IIT JAM 2024 Mathematics subject. The overall exam difficulty level was found be higher than the previous year. Most of the questions body found to be lengthy and were not one-liners or directly topic-based. More of an analytical approach was needed to answer the questions. Applied mathematics questions were asked more. Group theory subject questions were more frequently asked. IIT JAM 2024 Cut off for Mathematics will be around 20-25.

Tanu: JAM 2024 exam difficulty level was easy to moderate for Mathematics subject. Differential Equation topics were asked in the examination. JAM 2024 Mathematics cut off expected to be in the range of 30-40.

Pragati: Moderate-level questions were asked from differential equations in JAM 2024 Mathematics exam. Linear transformation and liner algebra questions were also asked. The mathematics question paper was lengthy

IIT JAM 2024 Mathematics Exam Analysis

1. Paper was found to be moderately tough.
2. Numerical Answer Type (NAT) found to be very difficult by most of the IIT JAM 2024 Mathematics candidates.
3. MCQ questions that were asked in the section A and section B were also found to be very difficult to answer. More tricky types questions were asked.
4. MSQ section was doable.

IIT JAM Mathematics detailed exam analysis: Section wise

Section A: 5-6 questions were asked as straightforward MCQ questions.

Geometry and Topology (GT):

1. Order> or equal to 6.

Ordinary Differential Equation:

1. Group of order 39 has exactly one sub group of order 3 and 13. G cannot be boolean as 13 has element of order.
2. Bernoulli Theorem.
3. U(8)= U(12)- isomorphisim

Section A: Moderate

Chemistry: According to the students the IIT JAM 2024 Chemistry Question Paper was comparatively lengthy. The exam can be categorised as Moderate to Difficult. According to the students who appeared in the exam, the good attempts for the IIT JAM 2024 Chemistry Question Paper can be considered as 25-30 questions with 90% accuracy. The IIT JAM Chemistry expected cutoff this year might be in between 25 to 30 marks according to some coaching institutes.

Candidates can go through the IIT JAM 2024 Shift 1 exam analysis and student recations video from below:

Candidates who appeared in the IIT AJM 2024 shift 2 can find the JAM 2024 shift 2 analysis and student reaction from below:

Khushi: IIT JAM 2024 Biotechnology exam difficulty level was moderate. In Biology questions from Immunology, Genetics, Recombinant DNA Technology topics were asked. In sections, i.e., NAT, both from physics and mathematics questions were asked. Section A and B was comparatively easy than Section C.

Sudarshan: IIT JAM Economics subject exam difficulty level was easier than last year. Some direct questions were asked from liquidity preference money supply and few were asked from consumer and supplier chain product.

Economics: The exam difficulty level as compared from previous year was easy, however, the questions came this year were quite lengthy. NAT type questions took longer time to solve. In macroeconomics, ISLM had the maximum weightage and many questions were there on matrices. The IIT JAM 2024 Economics cut off will be higher than last year cut off.

Mathematical Statistics: The Mathematical Statistics paper was of moderate to tough level of difficulty. The questions were on the expected lines and the topics of questions were  Probability Theory, Statistical Theory, and Numericals, among others.

Memory Based Questions: Two questions were on producer and consumer surplus graph (standard supply demand graph). Candidates were need to find the value of the surplus and change in the surplus.

IIT JAM 2024 Shift 2 Student reactions and Exam Analysis

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

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.

It is expected that the pattern and difficulty level of the exam will be similar to last year. The IIT JAM 2024 analysis for subjects and student reactions will be provided on this page after each session. Till then, candidates can go through last year's IIT JAM analysis to get an overview of the exam.

The table below brings the structure of the IIT JAM 2024 exam.

Slot 1 of the IIT JAM 2023 was conducted for three subjects, Chemistry, Mathematics and Geology. The subject-wise analysis and student reactions are given below.

Chemistry: The difficulty level of the Chemistry section was considered to be easy to moderate. The questions were on the expected lines. The majority of the questions appeared from the topics of Atoms & Molecules, Analytical Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, etc. Some of the questions were lengthy and calculation intensive in nature.

Mathematics: The Mathematics paper was of moderate to tough difficulty level. The topics from which maximum questions were asked included Linear Algebra, Sequence and Series, Order and Rieman among others. 

Geology: The Geology subject was also of easy to moderate difficulty level. The questions were theory-based. While some questions were easy and direct, few were tricky and time-consuming. The topics included Applied Geology, Structural Geology, Geomorphology, etc. 

Slot 2 or the afternoon slot was conducted for four subjects, Physics, Biotechnology, Mathematical Statistics and Economics. The subject-wise analysis is given below. 

Physics: The difficulty level of Physics was moderate. Candidates found the exam to be on the expected lines. The majority of the questions were from Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Electrostatics, Electromagnetic, Numerical Physics and others. The questions focussed on concepts and a few questions were calculation intensive. 

Biotechnology: The Biotechnology paper was also of moderate to tough difficulty level. A few questions were direct and easy to answer. Molecular Biology and Cell Biology had the maximum number of questions.

Economics: The Economics section had questions on Macro Economics, Micro Economics, Statistics and Mathematics. The difficulty level of this subject was easy to moderate. 

In this section, we will provide the session-wise analysis of IIT JAM 2022 and also provide student reactions for each session.

IIT JAM 2021 Exam Analysis - Session I

IIT Roorkee successfully conducted IIT JAM 2022 Session I on February 13. According to the students who attempted the paper, the examination was well conducted and social distancing measures were followed.

Physics (PH) - The difficulty level of Physics was moderate to tough. In the question paper, the students had to solve questions mainly from EMP, Thermodynamics, Mechanics and Optics. According to the candidates, the questions were not straight forward unlike last year. Overall, the exam pattern and the difficulty level were as per expectations.

Biotechnology (BT) - According to the students, the paper had equal conceptual and numerical type questions. There were more questions from Microscopics and Biology. Questions were also asked on Molecular Biotechnology and Biogenetics.

Mathematical Statistics (MS) - The difficulty level of the paper was tough. The topics that dominated were Testing of Hypotheses and Classical Probability. 

The second slot of IIT JAM was conducted for four papers, Chemistry, Mathematics, Economics and Geology. The major topics and facets of each of the subjects or papers of IIT JAM 2022 is given below. 

Chemistry (CY) - The difficulty level of this section was moderate. The topics were evenly distributed among Organic, Inorganic and Physical Chemistry. 

Mathematics (MA) - According to students, the difficulty level of this section was moderate to tough. The topics asked were Linear Algebra, Partial Differential Equation, Calculus, Variables, and Group Theory among others. 

Economics (EN) - The difficulty level of this subject was easy to moderate. The question paper included topics such as Micro Economics, Macro Economics, Statistics and Mathematics.

Geology (GG) - The Geology subject was also of easy to moderate difficulty level. The questions were on the topics of Planet Earth, Paleontology, Structural Geology, Geomorphology among others. 

Below are the important details about the exam.

IIT JAM 2022 was conducted on February 14 by IISc Bangalore. According to the candidates who attempted the exam, the difficulty level of Physics was moderate to tough, while Biotechnology and Mathematics Statistics were moderate. Candidates from the second slot mentioned that the Chemistry paper was of moderate difficulty. Candidates who attempted the new Economics paper also deemed the paper of moderate difficulty.

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