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| Monday, May 12, 2008
Fewer questions in AIEEE this time
The general view is that the mathematics paper was tough, as
the questions were indirect
The All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) had fewer
questions this year — 105 instead of the 120 last year.
Students generally feel that the three-hour paper was easy,
though some have varying views.
The entrance examination is for admissions to the undergraduate
engineering courses conducted by the 20 National Institutes
of Technology (NITs) and some deemed universities.
There were 35 questions each in physics, mathematics and chemistry.
Last year, there were 40 each.
Introduced this year were cluster (paragraph) questions. There
were two sets of them in physics, one having three questions
and the other, two.
Each correct answer fetches three marks, while one mark is
deducted for every wrong answer.
Ajay Joseph, academic manager, Triumphant Institute of Management
Education (T.I.M.E.), said that there were assertion-reasoning
type of questions in physics and mathematics. Those in entrance
examination coaching centres said candidates scoring 150 marks
and above were likely to be called for counselling.
Generally, students felt that the mathematics questions were
difficult, and these were indirect and answering them was
time-consuming.
Remya Ramakrishnan, a candidate, said though there were fewer
questions, these were time-consuming.
“There were not many direct questions. Chemistry was
not a problem. Mathematics questions were a bit tough,”
she said.
Aryan Unnikrishnan, candidate, said the examination was easier
than the State engineering entrance examinations. The questions
in physics were a bit tough. Mathematics questions, except
those on induction, were easy to solve, he said.
Many others that The Hindu-EducationPlus spoke to felt that
the Kerala entrance examinations was easier than the AIEEE,
though last year it was the other way around.
For Chilsa Prabhakaran, physics questions were easy, while
those in chemistry were a little confusing. Mathematics questions
were tough for her. Sreenath Paleri was of the opinion that
chemistry questions were easy, though mathematics were not.
Strategy
The strategy adopted by these students was to go through the
previous year’s questions papers. For Aryan, preparation
for the Joint Entrance Examination of the Indian Institutes
of Technology helped. He adopted the same preparation for
the AIEEE.
“AIEEE was not hard for me as I had prepared well for
IIT-JEE, where the focus was to get to know the concept well.
Many people think that knowing formulae and shortcuts was
the route to be successful in AIEEE, but I do not agree with
this,” he says.
Remya had taken the examination paper for those seeking admissions
to the B.Arch. and B.Planning courses.
It consists of questions from mathematics, an aptitude test
and drawing.
“These were simple. I did not prepare much for questions
on general knowledge (on famous monuments, etc.), but I did
well in that section also,” she says.
Seats
The judgment of the Supreme Court upholding the validity of
Central Education Institutions (Reservation in Admission)
Act 2006 providing 27 per cent quota for Other Backward Castes
in educational institutions will change the number of seats
in the NITs.
It is learned that NIT, Calicut, was going to implement the
reservation in three years, with an increase of 9 percentage
points each year.
According to information available, there will be no change
in the number of seats available for general quota students.
The seat availability prior to implementation of reservation
was 285 seats for those who had passed the Plus Two course
in Kerala and Lakshadweep and had qualified in the AIEEE,
out of the total 570 seats. Out of the 285 seats, 222 are
in the open category, including six for the open physically
challenged category. These will remain unchanged. The additional
seats to accommodate reservation in the coming academic year
would be 103 seats, which is 18 per cent of the 570 seats.
This will be divided among candidates belonging to the Scheduled
Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Castes as per
the Central Government orders on reservation.
The NIT-C has announced starting the B.Tech. biotechnology
course in the new academic year.
The new reservation formula will be applied to seat distribution
in this course. It has 30 seats. It will offer 15 seats for
general category students.
The results of the entrance examinations will be declared
on or before June 7. The counselling is likely to start by
June-end.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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