JEE
Advanced question paper will now have short answer type questions
instead of multiple choice questions (MCQs), the Joint Admission Board
(JAB) – conducting body of the entrance exam has announced the same.
The
announcement comes just a day after the board announced to conduct the
IIT-JEE Advanced online from now onwards. So far, JEE Advanced only had
MCQs for which the candidates need to mark correct answers on optical
mark reading (OMR) sheets later evaluated by machines.
“The
introduction of a computer-based test will give candidates access to
keyboards. So, they will be able to provide correct answers through
calculations, if necessary,” said a JAB official. “When the question
pattern was multiple-choice, examinees often took refuge in the process
of elimination to guess the answer. Now, such opportunities will be
limited,” he added.
Explaining
about the expected paper pattern, the official said, as there is no
order about framing questions, question-setters are free to frame
concept-based questions for examinees to not just rely on techniques or
memorisation to crack the questions rather to apply their logic for
solving the questions. The question pattern is set to change, the
official added.
The
decision to shift to a computerised testing system had been taken to
eliminate printing errors and translation goof-ups that created problems
for candidates and necessitated grace marks.
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