IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers of last 11 years (2013-2023) & Syllabus; Download now

The Joint Admission test for Masters (JAM) is a national-level competitive examination, which is conducted by IITs and IISc Bengaluru to select eligible candidates for admission into M.Sc., M.Sc. (Tech), MS (Research), M.Sc. – M.Tech. Dual Degree, Joint M.Sc.-PhD, and M.Sc.-PhD Dual Degree, across multiple disciplines by premier institutes across the country.

It is always seen that solving IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers helps candidates to get a clear-cut idea of the examination pattern, time requirements and many more. So that before sitting in the examination, a student can prepare a question map, deciding the time available for each question or for each section of the paper.

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Exam Pattern

• There will be 60 questions in a paper, carrying 100 marks in total.
• Each paper is divided into three sections, namely A, B, and C.
• Section A will have 30 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) which carry 50 marks.
  • This includes 10 questions of one mark each and 20 questions of two marks each.
  • Each MCQ will have 4 options and only one out of them will be correct.
  • For 1-mark questions, 1/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
  • For 2-mark questions, a 2/3 mark will be deducted for every wrong answer.
• Section B will have 10 Multiple Select Questions (MSQs) carrying two marks each.
  • Each MSQ question is the same as that of MCQ-type questions, however, there will be more than 1 correct option in this section.
  • Students need to select all the possible answers and they will be awarded 2 marks if they select them correctly.
  • There is no partial marking, which means if they miss even one correct option or select even one wrong option, they will not get any marks for the same.
  • There will be no negative marking in this section.
• Section C will have 20 Numerical Answer Type (NAT) questions, carrying 30 marks.
  • This will include 10 questions of one mark each and 10 questions of two marks each.
  • For these NAT-type questions, the answers will be a real number, and candidates will need to enter them using the virtual numeric keypad on the monitor.
  • There is no negative marking in Section C as well.

Syllabus of IIT JAM

IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers: Chemistry (CY)

IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers: Geology (GG)

IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers: Biotechnology (BT)

IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers: Mathematics (MA)

IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers: Mathematical Statistics (MS)

IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers: Economics (EN)

IIT JAM Previous Year Question Papers: Physics (PH)

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