JEE Advanced 2015: Change in paper pattern might affect the scores

JEE Advanced 2015 answer keys are expected to be out on June 8, at 12 pm. The Joint Entrance Examination Advanced 2015 (JEE Advanced 2015)was conducted on May 24, 2015. The Paper I for JEE Advanced was held from 9 am to 12 noon and Paper II from 2 pm to 5 pm.
The JEE Advanced examination 2015 had undergone a major change in the marking pattern. The penalty for every incorrect answer this year was increased(four marks for correct answer and 2 for incorrect ones).
There were 60 questions per paper. The exam was conducted in two shifts. The paper in the first shift carried 264 marks, while the paper in the second shift carried 240 marks; making it a grand total of 504 marks. Last year, the grand total was 360 marks.

JEE (Main) 2015: Result analysis

The result for Joint Entrance Exam (Main) has been declared online. A total of 1,52,401 candidates have qualified for JEE (Advanced).

Cut off for JEE (Advanced):
Category: Cut off
General: 105
OBC-NCL: 70
SC: 50
ST: 44

Last year the cut-off was 115 out of a total of 360, this year it is ten marks lower at 105. The cut-off is calculated on the basis of the performance of the candidates who are eligible to appear for JEE (Advanced).

Result description
Description: No. of Boys: No. of Girls: Total
Total candidates registered for Paper 1: 953437: 339274: 1292711
Candidates registered for Offline exam: 814255 290766 1105021
Candidates registered for Online exam: 139182 48508 187690
Candidates qualified for JEE (Advanced): 124297 28104 152401