MUMBAI: The general cut-off for all categories slipped significantly within the 2018 JEE (Main) examination. The not unusual rank checklist cut-off dropped from 81 final yr to 74. Around 10,000 more scholars certified this yr to take the JEE (Advanced), the passport to the IITs, decreasing the cut-off.
The all-India topper from Andhra Pradesh has set his eyes on IIT-Bombay. So has Bhaskar Gupta, town topper with AIR 7. He needs to do pc science stage from IIT-B. “I am captivated with maths. I in finding the subject very easy as it has no concept, however most effective equations,” said an ecstatic Gupta, whose father is an IITian and mother a physician.
Three Delhi scholars figured within the top 20. Delhi state topper, Simar Preet Saluja, bagged the ninth place with a ranking of 345. A student of DPS-R Okay Puram, Saluja was additionally a Delhi topper within the National Talent Search Examination conducted by way of the National Council of Educational Research and Technology in 2016, and the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) examination.
Andheri resident Avyakta Wrat from Pace Junior College, who stood 561, seemed to be some of the top scorers amongst girls. IIT-Bombay campus resident Sai Kiran is likely one of the state’s SC top scorers with AIR 6. “I haven't any plans presently. All my time is going to go in preparing the Advanced,” he said.
A total of 2.3 lakh candidates certified for the Advanced examination, including 1.8 lakh boys and 50,000 girls — 22% of the overall. Last yr, around 2.2 lakh scholars had made the cut for the JEE (A). Interestingly, of this yr’s total candidates slated to take the Advanced examination, 1.1lakh (48%) are from the general category. A bit greater than 28% are OBC–NCL, 15% are SC and 7.5% are ST candidates.
(Inputs from Shoeb Khan, Krittika Sharma and KVenkat)
The all-India topper from Andhra Pradesh has set his eyes on IIT-Bombay. So has Bhaskar Gupta, town topper with AIR 7. He needs to do pc science stage from IIT-B. “I am captivated with maths. I in finding the subject very easy as it has no concept, however most effective equations,” said an ecstatic Gupta, whose father is an IITian and mother a physician.
Three Delhi scholars figured within the top 20. Delhi state topper, Simar Preet Saluja, bagged the ninth place with a ranking of 345. A student of DPS-R Okay Puram, Saluja was additionally a Delhi topper within the National Talent Search Examination conducted by way of the National Council of Educational Research and Technology in 2016, and the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) examination.
Andheri resident Avyakta Wrat from Pace Junior College, who stood 561, seemed to be some of the top scorers amongst girls. IIT-Bombay campus resident Sai Kiran is likely one of the state’s SC top scorers with AIR 6. “I haven't any plans presently. All my time is going to go in preparing the Advanced,” he said.
A total of 2.3 lakh candidates certified for the Advanced examination, including 1.8 lakh boys and 50,000 girls — 22% of the overall. Last yr, around 2.2 lakh scholars had made the cut for the JEE (A). Interestingly, of this yr’s total candidates slated to take the Advanced examination, 1.1lakh (48%) are from the general category. A bit greater than 28% are OBC–NCL, 15% are SC and 7.5% are ST candidates.
(Inputs from Shoeb Khan, Krittika Sharma and KVenkat)
JEE (Advanced) cut-offs drop, toppers eye IIT-B
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