IIT JAM Expert

Analysis &
Expected
Cutoff
 Introduction:

IIT JAM is a no doubt one of the toughest exam as it is conducted to check the
eligibility of candidate for the masters degree from the IITs and IISc.
Everyone before and after giving the exam thinks about the marks he or she
going to score in the exam. Even the students are
Students are nervous after the exams for what will be the cutoff and merit for
the exam as everything depends on the marks cutoff of every year.
Most often candidates fix their target to score good in the exam but before
getting the idea of the Expected cutoff one should know the paper pattern
marking scheme.
 IIT JAM 2018 Paper Pattern:

Some Important points with respective to the IIT JAM exam:

1. The duration of the IIT JAM exam is 3 hours. The medium of the test paper is English.
2. The exam will be conducted in ONLINE mode.
3. All the 7-subject paper consist of 3 types of questions which have are divided into
section such as A, B & C.

Check IIT JAM admission Procedure for IITs and

IISc here: IIT JAM admission Procedure
 The three-different pattern of question are:

1. Multiple choice Question(MCQ): The question has choices in which only one option is

correct.
The three-different pattern of question are:
2. Multiple selected Question(MSQ): The question is the same as MCQ but in this more

than one answer choices are correct.

3. Numerical Answer Type Question(NAT): For every question, the real value is the answer

and you must give the answer by using virtual keyboard.

 Marking Scheme of the IIT JAM exam:

The paper pattern is divided into 3 parts their number of question and negative
marking is given below:

Section A- The section A consist of MCQ which has 30 questions carrying one or
two marks each and the negative marking for 1 mark is 1/3 and for 2 it is 2/3
marks
Section B - The Section B consist of MSQ which has 10 questions carrying two
marks each and no negative marking is there for this section.
Section C The section C consist of total 20 NAT question of one or two marks
each and no negative marking as well.
The questions which are not attempted during exam will result in zero mark.
 IIT JAM expected Marks:

For Biological sciences, the expected cutoff marks are:

IIT JAM expected Marks:

Category Cutoff marks
General 32.50

OBC 28.69
SC/ST 15.60
 IIT JAM expected Marks:

For Bio Technology, the expected cutoff marks are:

Category Cutoff marks

General 35.40

OBC 29.10

SC/ST 17.35
 IIT JAM expected Marks:

For Chemistry, the expected cutoff marks are:

Category Cutoff marks

General 27.46

OBC 24.30

SC/ST 14
 IIT JAM expected Marks:

For Geology, the expected cutoff marks are:

Category Cutoff marks

General 41

OBC 36.80

SC/ST 21
 IIT JAM expected Marks:

For Mathematics , the expected cutoff marks are:

Category Cutoff marks

General 13

OBC 12.50

SC/ST 5
 IIT JAM expected Marks:

For Mathematical statistics , the expected cutoff marks are:

Category Cutoff marks

General 7

OBC 5.70

SC/ST 3
 IIT JAM expected Marks:

For Physics, the expected cutoff marks are:

Category Cutoff marks

General 14

OBC 12

SC/ST 7.50

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