The Curious Debate of JEE-Main 2014 Cutoffsâ€â€Where Do You Stand?
All right! Just because the curious case of JEE-Main 2014 is finally over doesn’t mean that students are finally out of stress-zone. Obviously,post-exam stress is harrowing experience for any student, which grows bigger with out-of-the-box result predictions following any exam by critics.
In case of JEE-Main 2014 (that was held on April 6th, 2014, yesterday), queer result predictions for students were out in a few hours after the exam. And there were over hundreds of websites each with their different cutoff predictions. Some predictions help JEE-candidates determine their rankings or their performance in the examination while some just add to their confusions.
Cutoff predictions in JEE-Main like other exams are mainly based on detailed paper analysis. So let’s analyze JEE-Main paper and try to fathom the mystery over result predictions.
The JEE-Main examination was based on physics, chemistry, and mathematics subjects from class 11th and 12th. Let’s take a look at the exam’s question distribution by the help of the table given below:
Question Distribution:
| Physics | Chemistry | Mathematics | Total | |
| Class 12 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 48 |
| Class 11 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 42 |
There were total 48 questions from class 12â€â€17 questions from physics, 19 from chemistry, and 12 from mathematics. On the other hand, there were total 42 question from class 11â€â€13 from physics, 11 from chemistry, and 18 from mathematics.
Marks distribution in the exam was comparatively higher in class 12th category than class 11the category. Let’s go through the table given below for a clear understanding:
Marks Distribution:
| Physics | Chemistry | Maths | total | |
| Class 12 | 68 | 76 | 48 | 192 |
| Class 11 | 52 | 44 | 72 | 168 |
Questions from class 12th had more marks than questions from class 11th. There were 192 marks from class 12th and 168 from class 11th.Paper analysis can also prove useful for the determination of expected cut-off the colleges. However, a lot of other aspects are taken into consideration while analyzing a paper to determine expected cut-offs. We must analyze JEE-Main paper on its difficulty levels of questions and marks distribution.
We can distribute these two levels in two different tables:
Difficulty level of questions:
| Physic | Chemistry | Maths | total | |
| Difficult | 7 | 6 | 4 | 17 |
| Moderate | 10 | 9 | 14 | 33 |
| Easy | 13 | 15 | 12 | 30 |
Difficulty Level in Marks distribution:
|  | physics | chemistry | Maths | total |
| Difficulty | 28 | 24 | 13 | 65 |
| Moderate | 40 | 36 | 47 | 123 |
| Easy | 52 | 60 | 40 | 152 |
Comparing these two tables, we get more number of easy questions and marks.Let’s take a look at the expected cutoff released by Resonance (a leading coaching institute) based on its analysis of the exam. These are minimum scores predicted by the institute for admissions to the various engineering degree courses in the IITs, NITs, Central Institutes and other engineering colleges across the country.
JEE Main 2014 Expected Cutoff by Resonance –
| Coaching Institute | JEE Main 2014 Category Wise Expected Cutoff | |||
|  | General | ST | SC | OBC |
| Resonance | 115 | 47 | 52 | 72 |
Let’s go through expected cutoffs released by other coaching institutes and websites:
JEE Main 2014 Expected Cutoff by askIITians –
| Coaching Institute | JEE Main 2014 Category Wise Expected Cutoff | |||
|  | General | ST | SC | OBC |
| AskIITians | 120-130 | 40-45 | 40-45 | 75-85 |
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JEE Main 2014 Expected Cutoff by Career Point – ÂÂ
| Coaching Institute | JEE Main 2014 Category Wise Expected Cutoff | |||
|  | General | ST | SC | OBC |
| Career Point | 105 | 40 | 49 | 68 |
Expected cutoff depends a lot on various factors such as number of JEE-Main candidates, number of seats, and the level of examination (that we have already analyzed above).The cut off also varies for different category students such as General, OBC, SC/ST, etc.
We have brought you both subject and topic wise paper analysis of the exam to help you come up with your own expected cutoff:
PHYSICSÂÂ
| electrodynamics | Heat and thermodynamics | mechanics | Modern physics | optics | SHM & waves | TOTAL | |
| No of question | 6 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 30 |
| Max.marks | 24 | 8 | 44 | 28 | 8 | 12 | 120 |
| %weightage | 20 | 6 | 36 | 22 | 7 | 9 | 100% |
Topic wise marks allocation
| Topic name | No of question | Total marks | %weightage | |
| electrodynamics | 19% | |||
| capacitance | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Current electricity | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Electromagnetic ield | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| E.M.I | 2 | 8 | 7% | |
| electrostatic | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Heat and thermodynamics | 10% | |||
| Heat transfer | 2 | 8 | 7% | |
| KTG and thermodynamics | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| mechanics | 32% | |||
| Center of mass | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Fluid mechanics& properties of matter | 2 | 8 | 7% | |
| gravitation | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Projectile motion | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Rigid body dynamic | 3 | 12 | 12% | |
| Surface tension | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Unit & dimension | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Modern physics | 21% | |||
| Em waves& communication | 2 | 8 | 7% | |
| Modern physics | 2 | 8 | 7% | |
| Semi-conductor | 2 | 8 | 7% | |
| Optics | 10% | |||
| Geometrical and physical optics | 2 | 8 | 7% | |
| Wave optics | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| SHM & WAVES | 6% | |||
| SHM | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| String waves and sound wave | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| 30 | 120 | 100% |
MATHEMATICS
| Binomial | complex | Co-ordinate | Co-ordinate 3d | Differentiation | integration | Mathematical
Reasoning |
Matrix and determinant | P &c | Probability | quadratic | sequence
& series |
statics | trigonometry | vector | total | |
| questions | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 30 |
| max.marks | 4 | 4 | 20 | 8 | 28 | 30 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 120 | |
| & weightage | 3 | 3 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Marks distribution across units and topics:
Topic wise mark distribution:
|  | Topic name | No of question | marks | %weightage
(approx..) |
| binomial | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Complex number | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| co-ordinate geometry | ||||
|  | circle | 1 | 4 | 3% |
|  | ellipse | 1 | 4 | 3% |
|  | parabola | – | ||
|  | St.line | 2 | 8 | 7% |
| Co–ordinategeometry (3d) | 2 | 8 | 7% | |
| Differentialcalculus | ||||
|  | Application of derivative | 2 | 8 | 7% |
|  | differentiation | 1 | 4 | 3% |
|  | Limit of function | 2 | 8 | 7% |
|  | Sets& series | 1 | 4 | 3% |
| Integralcalculus | ||||
|  | Area under curve | 1 | 4 | 3% |
|  | Definite integration | 1 | 4 | 3% |
|  | Differential equation | 1 | 4 | 3% |
|  | Indefinite integration | 1 | 4 | 3% |
| Mathematical reasoning | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Matrix & determinant | 2 | 8 | 8% | |
| Permutation and combination | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| probability | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Quadratic equation | 2 | 8 | 8%
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| Sequence and series | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| statics | 2 | 8 | 8% | |
| trigonometry | ||||
| Inverse-trigonometry | – | |||
| Trigonometry ratio and identity | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Trig equation | – | |||
| vector | 1 | 4 | 3% | |
| Grand total | 30 | 120 | 100% |
 Chemistry
| Inorganic chem-1 | Inorganic
Chem-2 |
Organic
Chem-1 |
Organic
Chem-1 |
Physical chem-1 | Physical chem-2 | total | |
| No of question | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| Max.marks | 28 | 4 | 12 | 28 | 20 | 28 | 120 |
| %weightage | 23 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 19 | 22 |
Topic wise marks allocation:
| Inorganic chem-1 | No of question | marks | %weightage | |
| Chemical bonding | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| p-block | 4 | 16 | 13 | |
| Periodic table& periodicity | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Inorganic chem-2 | ||||
| d-block& f block | ||||
| Transition elements &co-ordination | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Organic chem-1 | ||||
| GOC-2 | 3 | 12 | 10 | |
| Organic chem-2 | ||||
| Alkyl halide, alcohol& ether, carbohydrate, amino acids & polymers | 3 | 12 | 10 | |
| Carboxylic acid & their derivative | 3 | 12 | 10 | |
| Practical organic chem | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Physical chem-1 | ||||
| atomic structure | ||||
| Gaseous state | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Ionic equilibrium | 2 | 8 | 7 | |
| Mole concept | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Thermodynamic & thermochemistry | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Physical chem-2 | ||||
| Chemical kinetic | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Electrochemistry | 4 | 16 | 16 | |
| Solid state | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Surface chemistry | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Grand total | 30 | 120 | 100 |
Based on this paperanalysis, many coaching institutes like those mentioned above in the article have come up with their own cutoff predictions. But how accurate are these cutoff predictions anyway?
Following these predictions blindly will not serve any purpose; we must look beyond what we cannot see. If you too analyze the paper carefully, then you can also come up with an accurate cutoff prediction. And who could be the best person than you to check your own performance in such an important exam.
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