Hyderabad: The JEE Main on Sunday saw 97 per cent of the students turning up in the state. Exams for Paper-1 for BTech and Paper-2 for BArch and BPlanning were held in Hyderabad and Warangal.
Students and experts stated that questions in maths in Paper-1 were lengthy and time consuming compared to physics and chemistry.
Ms Seetha Kiran, Hyderabad co-ordinator for the JEE, said students were in the exam centres in time and they had no problem of latecomers. The Paper-1 exam was held in 84 centres and Paper-2 in 12. The online exams will be held on April 8 and 9.Ms B. Amogha, a city student, said she found the maths paper very difficult compared to last year.
But Mr L. Anirudh, another student, that the difficulty level was less when compared to 2016 though the questions were lengthy.
Mr Rajshekhar Ratrey, education expert, said weightage of marks in maths was unequal with 20 questions chosen from Class 12 and 10 from Class 11. The paper contained 15 questions from algebra, six from calculus, and three each from trigonometry and vector algebra.
While questions were based on simple formulae, a lot of them were calculation-based Mr Shashidhar Bhandari, director of a city IIT coaching academy, said questions in physics were centred on electromagnetism and modern physics. Ten questions were easy, 15 moderate and three tough.
Mr P.V.R.K. Murthy, chairman of a corporate college group, said Paper-1 had a balance of easy, average and tough questions; chemistry was easy as always.
