West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE):
1- State Level Exam
2- For admission to various colleges in West Bengal
3- Mode of Exam: Pen-and-Paper-Based
4- Course offered through the exam: B.Tech/B.Pharma
5- Exam Fees
For General Category: INR 500
For SC, ST, OBC-A, and OBC-B: INR 400
6- Exam Duration: 4 Hours (2 Hours for Each Paper)
7- Number of Papers
Paper 1: Mathematics
Paper 2: Physics and Chemistry
8- Total Questions: 155
9- Marking Scheme
For Category I: Each correct answer will be awarded one mark. An incorrect response will yield a loss of marks. For any combination of responses with more than one option, you will lose a 1/4 mark. For Category II: Only one option is correct, the correct response yields two marks. An incorrect response will lose a 1/2 mark. For any combination of responses with more than one option, also you will lose a 1/2 mark. For Category III: One or more options may be correct. Only correct responses will get 2 marks. There is no negative marking.
10- Medium in Exam: English and Bengali
JEE Main:
1- National Level Exam
2- For admission to various colleges across India.
3- Mode of Exam: CBT for B.E. / B.Tech B.Arch and B. Plan (Pen and paper-based test (PBT) for Drawing section in B.Arch)
4- Courses offered through the Entrance Exam: BE/B.Tech, B.Arch Plan
5- Application Fees:
For Male unreserved/OBC/EWS category: INR 1000
For Female unreserved/OBC/EWS category: INR 800
For SC/ST/PwD/Transgender category: INR 500
6- Exam Duration
For B.Tech/ B.Arch/ B. Plan 3 hours
For both B.Arch and B. Planning: 3.5 hours
For PwD candidates: 4 hours
7- No. Of Papers and Total Marks:
For Paper-1: BE/B.Tech (300 marks)
For Paper-2A: B.Arch (400 marks)
For Paper-2B: B. Plan (400 marks)
8- Total Questions
For BE/B.Tech: 90
For B.Arch 82
For B. Plan 105
9- Marking Scheme: for every correct answer you will get 4 marks and you will lose 1 mark or No marks for unattempted questions.
10- Language/Medium of Exam: English Hindi Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
11- Colleges Accepting Exam Score: All NIT, IIIT, and CFTIs
For more information, you may visit the Shiksha WBJEE and JEE Main exam pages. WBJEE (
https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/wbjee-exam). JEE Main (
https://www.shiksha.com/engineering/jee-main-exam). I hope this will help you.
