Which exam for B.Arch is better NATA or JEE paper 2?
Asked about IIT Roorkee - Indian Institute of Technology - Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch.)
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JEE Mains Paper 2 and NATA, both the exams are conducted for admission into 5 years Architecture courses. This being the similarity, there are also many differences between these two courses.
The duration for both the exams is 3 Hours.
It is believed that the difficulty level for JEE Mains is higher as compared to NATA.
The institutes that give admission on the basis of JEE Mains paper 2 are NITs and GFTIs whereas by NATA you get admission into Private colleges and State level colleges, other than NITs and IITs.
The mode of exam for both the exams is offline.
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