IIT JAM Expert Analysis & Expected Cutoff

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:

IIT JAM 2018 paper pattern is given below:

Some Important points with respective to the IIT JAM exam:

The duration of the IIT JAM exam is 3 hours. The medium of the test paper is English.
The exam will be conducted in ONLINE mode.

All the 7-subject paper consist of 3 types of questions which have are divided into section such as A, B & C.

The three-different pattern of question are:

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

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.

Check out How to prepare for IIT JAM exam here: How to prepare for IIT JAM 

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:

General category – 32.50

OBC – 28.69

SC/ST – 15.60

For Bio Technology, the expected cutoff marks are:

General category – 35.40

OBC – 29.10

SC/ST – 17.35

For Chemistry, the expected cutoff marks are:

General category – 27.46

OBC –  24.30

SC/ST – 14

For Geology, the expected cutoff marks are:

General category – 41

OBC –  36.80

SC/ST – 21

For Mathematics, the expected cutoff marks are:

General category – 13

OBC –  12.50

SC/ST – 5

For Mathematical statistics, the expected cutoff marks are:

General category – 7

OBC –  5.70

SC/ST – 3

For Physics, the expected cutoff marks are:

General category – 14

OBC –  12

SC/ST – 7.50

The above mention is only predication of the expected cutoff, it is not the exact cutoff.

Check IIT JAM admission Procedure for IITs and IISc here: IIT JAM admission Procedure

Hope this will help you in estimating your target marks to score well in the exam and get top ranks in the exam.

Best of Luck!

Want to Prepare for IIT JAM Biological Science? Get Complete details

IIT JAM Biological science is the most popular among the Biology students who want to pursue their M.Sc. in Biology subjects. There are two biology subjects in which biology students can peruse their Master’s degree they are biological science and Biotechnology. Here we are more focus on the IIT JAM Biological Science preparation.

IIT JAM Biological Sciences

When it comes to the preparation for the exam the two questions always hit the which is “what to study?” and “which books to prefer for study?”

The blog given below will answer this question as it has the important topics as per the syllabus and the reference books to study for the IIT JAM Biological Science.

Check IIT JAM Complete Information here: IIT JAM Complete Information

The important topics Highlights from the IIT JAM Biological Science Syllabus are:

1.      General Biology

2.      Basics of Biochemistry, Biophysics, Molecular Biology

3.      Structure of Biomolecules

4.      Microbiology, Cell Biology and Immunology

5.      Cell Theory

6.      Mathematical Sciences

Books Suggested

The recommended books for the IIT JAM Biological Science are:

1.      Principles of Genetics - Gardner, Simmons, Snustad

2.      Biochemistry - Jeremy M.Berg, Lubert Stryer, John L. Tymoczko

3.      Genetics: A conceptual Approach - Benjamin A. Pierce

4.      Genetics (Benjamin/cummings series in the Life Sciences) - Peter J. Russell

5.      Molecular Biology of Cell - Bruce Alberts

6.      Cells and Molecular Biology (concepts & experiments) - Gerald Karp, John Wiley & Sons

7.      Cell and Molecular Biology - E.D.P. De Robertis and E.M.F. De Robertis Jr.  & Febiger

8.      Lehniger Principles of Biochemistry - David L. Nelson

9.      Lehniger Principles of Biochemistry - Michael M.Cox

10.  Developmental Biology - Scott F. Gilbert, Susan R. Singer

11.  Kuby Immunology - Thomas J. Kindt, Barbara A. Osborne, Richard Goldsby

12.  Immunobiology: The Immune System in Health and Disease - Charles Janeway, Paul Traverse, Mark Walport, Mark Shlomchik

13.  Microbiology - Lansing Prescott, John P. Harley, Donald Klein

14.  Essential of Physiology - Lauralee Sherwood

15.  Guyton & Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology - John E. Hall, Mario Vaz, Anura Kurpad, Tony Raj

Check out the IIT JAM Admission Procedure here: IIT JAM Admission Procedure

IIT JAM Biological Science Preparation:

The IIT JAM exam can be prepared by the following steps given below:

Make a time table:

1. The first step is go through the complete IIT JAM Biological Science Syllabus.
2. Mark out the important topics from the syllabus
3. Make out the time table for the exam and do strictly follow it.

Timing for the studies:

1. The time should be balance in the manner so that your most of learning is done in the morning hours.
2. In the day hours try to read some interesting facts and extra from all the subjects covered in the morning.

3. In the evening hours try to learn some conceptual things so that you can score well in the exam.

Make Handmade Notes:

1. Make handmade notes or mind maps for each topic.
2. This will help you in the revision in the last days.

Practice a lot:

1. Practice as much as you can through previous year question papers.

2. Try to answer as much question as you can to increase the speed and preparation level.

Analyze your performance:

1. The mock test and other online series will help you in analyzing your performance.

2. Through mock test you can also check your speed of answering the question.

Check out the IIT JAM career scopes after M.Sc. – PhD. here:Career Scopes after M.Sc.- PhD.

Hope this blog will help you in the preparation of IIT JAM Biological Science.

Best of Luck!

Why UGC NET? Know All Career Scope & Salary After UGC NET

UGC NET is among the toughest exam commonly abbreviated as NET conducted by the CBSE on the behalf of University Grant Commission (UGC) to check the eligibility of the candidate for the post of the Assistant Professor and the Award of Junior Research fellowship in the Indian best Universities and colleges.

Previously UGC NET conducted twice in the year but now after recent notification released by the UGC stated that it will be conducted once in the year.

 

Know the latest notification released by the UGC here: UGC NET Notification

The most Important question here arises “why UGC NET?”

The Answer to this question is here. The UGC NET is the best option for the candidate who are dreaming to become teacher as Teaching is the great profession and now many graduates are interested in the Lectureship.

There are three choices for a UGC NET Candidate they are:

• ·         He/She can apply for the Lecturer or Assistant/Associate Professorship.
• ·         He/She can apply for the Junior Research Fellowship.
• ·         Candidate can also apply for both Lecturer or Research Fellowship

The UGC NET is conducted in the 100 subjects check the subjects of your choice here:  UGC NET Subjects List

  

Career Opportunities after UGC NET Exam

The two major career opportunities are:

1. Career Scope after UGC NET Assistant Professor/Lecturer

2.Career Options after Qualifying UGC NET JRF

 

Career Scope after UGC NET Assistant Professor/Lecturer:

Find out the Best Universities and Colleges which recruits based on UGC NET Score card.

Depending on your Professional knowledge and skills, you suppose to do the following job:

·         Teach Undergraduates students

·         Teach Professional Students

·         Train Post-Doctoral Fellows

You can also Conduct problem-solving sessions for students.

Apart from this, there are number of post in the Academic Departments:

• ·         Center Manager
• ·         Author
• ·         Guest Faculty
• ·         Lab Trainer
• ·         Consultant

 

Career Options after Qualifying UGC NET JRF:

• You can do jobs in the famous research centers and organization for your future Research work.
• Conduct your research in the field of attractive funding.
• You can continue working on your project having Significant impact.
• You can easily focus on your Practical Knowledge rather than learning.
• You can also establish your own Laboratory and engage the talented people to work with you.

Other career Benefits after Qualifying the UGC NET exam:

Candidates can get jobs in different PSU also they are listed below: 

• Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL)
• Naval Materials Research Laboratory (NMRL) Amber Nath
• Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
• Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL)
• National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC)
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC)
• Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)
• Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL)
• Power Grid Corporation of India Limited
• Oil India Limited (OIL)

The salary of the Assistant Professor

The salary of the Assistant Professor is Shown in the figure:

 

salary for the UGC NET Qualified Assistant Professors

For more information visit the government Official Portal: http://cbsenet.nic.in/cms/public/home.aspx

Hope this article will help you in answering your question “why UGC NET?”

Start your preparation for UGC NET with the best effort and full enthusiasm 

Wish you a good luck!