IIT JEE 2009
Sunday, 12th April 2009 – a day that was marked out on the calendar of close to
4 lakh students across India. This was the day when the IIT-JEE, the most
keenly contested Engineering Entrance Examination in the world was conducted
across the length and breadth of India and even in select centres abroad.
Our IIT-JEE faculty-members interacted with students at
different venues across India on 12th April 2009 – from the various centres in
New Delhi like the Modern School, Connaught Place and Kendriya Vidyalaya,
Andrews Ganj to centres like Govt. Women’s College and University College down
south in Trivandrum. We spoke to students and parents before the students went
in when the gates were opened at 08:30 am for the first Paper, to understand
what their preparedness was. We interacted with them after they came out of the
venues after Paper 1 at 12:00 noon and after Paper II at 5pm. We present here
the collective learning we have gathered from across the country from the
students’ perspective.
While our faculty-members were present at the venues from 07:30
am onwards giving company to some of the over-anxious, extra-careful set of
students and parents who had arrived “too early”, we also witnessed parents
dropping off students at 09:05 am. We had cautioned our students about arriving
late and the psychological impact that would have on their performance.
Surprisingly the students who arrived late at some of the venues were residents
within city limits who had either taken the examination lightly or
underestimated the traffic.
Analysis
Paper 1 did not throw up any “surprise” to a well-prepared
student. The four different patterns of questions – Straight objective type,
Multiple Correct Answer type, Matrix Match type and Linked Comprehension type
were all patterns they were familiar with. The only “surprise element” was that
there were five options to deal with in the Matrix Match type. To be fair to
the increased complexity, the paper awarded two marks for every correct “row”
and a total of eight marks for an entire question. However well-prepared
students should have got solutions for most of the problems.
The total marks in Paper 1 of 2008 were 246 from 69 questions.
This year, the total marks in Paper 1 were 240 from 60 questions. Comparing the
reactions of the students in 2008 and 2009, we felt that Paper 1 was a trifle
more challenging than the corresponding Paper in 2008. However well-prepared
students should have got solutions for most of the problems.
Paper 2 of IIT-JEE 2009 was the real “surprise element” since
everybody was looking for one. With only 19 questions per paper, depth of
knowledge is the key for arriving at the correct solution.
Of the 19 questions per subject, 8 questions per subject were
devoted to what the students call “numerical problems” or “descriptive
problems”. These questions required students to work out the numerical answer
to a problem and enter the same into a grid. Essentially, the students were
required to darken four bubbles to get one correct answer. In our opinion, the
surprise element, since everybody was looking for one, was only in the
weightage given to this pattern of question. This pattern had appeared in
IIT-JEE earlier. With 96 marks out of the possible 240 in Paper 2, no doubt
this was the section to crack in Paper 2.
We present the full analysis and solutions/key of Paper 1 and
Paper 2. The solutions are prepared by experts with wealth of experience in IIT
JEE teaching.
Also we wish you the very best in all other engineering entrance
examinations like AIEEE, BITSAT etc.
Faculty Team,
IIT-JEE Coaching,
T.I.M.E.
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