JEE Main 2018: Students Reaction in Allahabad, Bhopal, Kota, Mumbai, Lucknow

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Students mixed reaction after taking JEE Main 2018 exam
Students mixed reaction after taking JEE Main 2018 exam

New Delhi : The CBSE has conducted JEE Main 2018 across India on Sunday. Around 12 Lakh engineering aspirants appeared for the exam across various centres in the country. The question papers evoked mixed reaction among the scholars. Take a look at the students’ reactions about Joint Entrance Exam Main 2018 questions papers.

JEE Main, formerly known as All India Engineering Entrance Exam is a competitive exam to evaluate eligible students for JEE Advanced, which paves the gateway to IITs and other prestigious colleges This time, around 12 lakh students had applied for the exam but only 2.2 lakh will be eligible for the JEE Advanced exam.

JEE Main 2018 in Allahabad: Students reaction

Mahendra Patel, a resident of Madhya Padesh, who appeared in the exam at YMCA Centenary School and College, Allahabad, said: “The JEE Main paper cannot be described as easy or tough. I attempted all questions but the Mathematics part was exhausting due to complex nature of questions.”

“The Physics portion of the paper, though was in accordance to class 11 and class 12 syllabus, was tough compared to questions of Mathematics and Chemistry,” said Adarsh Kumar, a resident of Faizabad district of Uttar Pradesh.

“Physics questions were tough. I attempted all questions pertaining to Mathematics and Chemistry,” said Saurabh Shukla, a resident of Allahabad who appeared in the exam.

JEE Main 2018 in Bhopal: Students reaction

12th class student Ishita Pawan said, “Barring 3-4 questions in all the sections, I found the paper quite easy. The pattern of the paper was similar to the last year’s paper.”

Another student Shaksham Sharma mentioned, “The physics was the tougher one as compare to Maths and Chemistry. Most of the questions were asked from the syllabus of Class 11.”

A teacher of reputed institute said, “Overall the paper was of moderate difficulty level. The Chemistry’s questions were lengthy. A few students found difficulty in answering questions of organic chemistry. The cut-off will be similar to that of last year.”

JEE Main 2018 in Lucknow: Students reaction

Aspirants who took JEE Mains 2018 exam in Lucknow reacted that question paper in the first shift was quite lengthy and many students could not answer all questions. They also found the question paper to be tricky and time-taking.

Two students, Riya and Aditi said that they had faced a running race between time and lengthy question paper in the first shift. “We had to struggle to complete the paper. Some of the questions were tricky too,” one of them said, while the other agreed.

Also, some students are worried about negative marking in JEE i.e a wrong answer will lead to deduction of one mark. Shivang and Priyanshi, both from Lucknow said, “We never expected that difficulty level of the question paper will be high.”

JEE Main 2018 in Kota: Students reaction

Kota students had  diverse reply about the difficulty level of the exam. Talking about the question paper, aspirant Akansha Laddha (18) said she had appeared for the JEE Main exam last year (2017) but found this time, the JEE Main paper a bit difficult compared to last year. “While mathematics part was easy, chemistry was tricky and physics was of moderate level,” she said.

Subhra Supakar said that he found the Physics and mathematics easy as compared to chemistry.

Riya Banzal (19), another aspirant who took the JEE Main 2018 said that the mathematics portion was lengthy, whereas chemistry had less inorganic questions.

JEE Main 2018 in Mumbai: Students reaction

Sumit Vyas from Mumbai said the Mathematics section was the lengthiest. “Most of us could not attempt the full section as most questions were time consuming. Algebra was given more importance than calculus in the paper,” he said. 

Manya Goel, another candidate found that the problems in most sections were solvable but time was a problem. “Except for a couple of questions in the Chemistry section, I found all other questions of medium difficulty level. However, it was difficult to solve the paper in three hours,” she said.

CBSE will declare JEE Main 2018 result on April 30. Let’s see how many students fulfil the cut-off marks for JEE Advanced Exam 2018. Good luck!