IIT JAM Geology (GG) Eligibility Criteria 2021: Minimum Educational Qualification.

Duration and Examination type:

The examination is of 3 hours duration, and contains a total of 60 questions worth a maximum of 100 marks. The examination for all the papers is carried out in an online Computer Based Test (CBT) mode where the candidates are shown the questions in a random sequence on a computer screen. The questions consist of some Multiple-Choice Questions or MCQs (four answer options out of which only ONE is correct, which has to be chosen), Multiple Select Questions or MSQs (four answer options out of which ONE or MORE than ONE is/are correct, hence correct options need to be chosen) and/or Numerical Answer Type questions or NATs (answer is a real number, to be entered via an on-screen keypad and computer mouse).

Questions and Marking Scheme:

The entire paper will be divided into three sections, A, B and C. All sections are compulsory. Questions in each section will be of different types as given below:

• Section–Acontains a total of 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) involving 10 questions of one mark each and 20 questions of two marks each. Each MCQ has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer. Candidates can mark the answer by clicking the choice
• Section–Bcontains a total of 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) carrying two marks each. Each MSQ is similar to MCQ but with the difference that MSQ may have one or more than one correct choice(s) out of the four given choices. The candidate gets full credit only if he/she selects all the correct answer(s) only and no wrong answers. Candidates can mark the answer(s) by clicking the choice(s).
• Section–Ccontains a total of 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions involving 10 questions of one mark each and 10 questions of two marks each. For these NAT type questions, the answer is a signed real number, which needs to be entered using the virtual numeric keypad on the monitor. No choices will be shown for NAT questions.
• In all sections, questions not attempted will result in zero marks. In Section-A (MCQ), wrong answer will result in negative marks. For each wrong answer to 1 mark questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted, and similarly, for each wrong answer to 2 marks questions, 2/3 mark will be deducted. In Section-B (MSQ), there are no negative and no partial marking provisions. There is no negative marking in Section-C (NAT) as well

Result and Test Score

• For each test paper in JAM 2021, an All-India Rank (AIR) will be assigned to all the appeared candidates based on their performance in the test paper
• Tie-Breaking: The tie-breaking criterion for awarding the ranks to candidates scoring the same aggregate marks in a test paper will be as follows: Scores in the NAT section followed by the scores in the MSQ section will be used to break the tie. The candidate with a higher ratio of positive marks to negative marks will be given a higher rank. Final tie-breaker will be the Date-of-birth of the candidates. If this criterion fails to break ties, the concerned candidates will be awarded the same rank.
• The results (merit lists) is available on the website: https://jam.iisc.ac.in .
• A Merit list will be prepared based on the All India Rank (AIR) of JAM. The number of candidates included in the Merit List will depend on the total number of seats available in each category (OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, ST, and PwD) in a given subject. These candidates (henceforth called Qualified Candidates) are eligible to apply for admission to any of the corresponding academic programmes available at IITs and the IISc (see Annexure-I) Please note that the number of category-wise (OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, ST, and PwD) candidates included in the All India Merit List will be based on the category declared by the candidates in their application.
• The Score Card (indicating the All India Rank(s) and the mark(s) obtained by the candidate) is available for download from the website for qualified candidates.