Here’s some good news for students planning to take the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations (WBJEE) in April. The WBJEE board has decided to cut down on the number of questions from 90 to 80. Not only will there be fewer questions to attempt, students will be judged only on multiplechoice-questions (MCQs).
Earlier, students had to attempt 90 questions, of which 80 were of one mark each and 10 questions were short-answer-type and carried two marks each. “After analysing the question pattern, it was realised that it was not possible for students to devote even 90 seconds to each question. So, those with better speed could do better than those who were not fast enough despite having better knowledge of the subject. It was especially affecting students with a rural background. Hence, we decided to cut down on the number of questions,” said chairman of WBJEE, Bhaskar Gupta.
“From this year, students will have to tick the right answer among multiple options. There will be 60 questions of one mark each and 20 questions carrying 2 marks each,” Gupta added.
Another change announced by WBJEE on Monday was to allow students to take the exam from a centre near the school which they had last attended. “Till this year, we allotted students centres that were close to their permanent address. This did not go down well with students. Many of them do not live in their permanent addresses; some of them even live in different towns or cities. So, they would have to return to their permanent address only to take the exam. This year onwards, they will be able to take the exam from a centre near the school which they had last attended,” Gupta said.
Exceptions can also be allowed, assured Gupta. “If a student applies to the board and requests that he or she be allotted an exam centre near the permanent address, it will be done. The application, however, has to reach us either by mail or by post by January 31.”
| The application can be: |
| 1. Mailed to the Registrar, West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board, through speed post only. The mailing address is: AQ-13/1, Sector V, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700091. |
| 2. Sent to the following mailbox: wbjeeb@gmail.com |
| The decision of the Board in the allotment process shall be the final. The centre allotted will be printed on the admit card issued to the candidate. |
plz sir give my result & roll n. my application form n. is 391274 date of birth 06 . 02 . 1993 name bikram kumar mandal for this i am always thankful . mob n. 08507368063 plz sir kindly
You require your Roll No. to get your result.
i Taniya Das my date of bith 03/07/1994 my application no205767 my roll no 2880100010 my renk
I know at least one student of New Barrackpur Boys’ School, New Barrackpur, who is a repeater of WBJEE this year and got his allotted seat in his own school. This is incredible. In the name of making things easier for the students, WBJEE Board is making a mockery of the once reputed examination.
@ Tania
Both the dicisions of WBJEEB are toooo gooooood.
Please help us and post some details regarding patterns/types of MCQs bearing 2 marks (i.e. Assertion-reason type, columns-matching, more tan one correct ans type etc.etc…)
All the questions will have only one correct answer.
2 Marks questions will be of high difficulty level.