Hyderabad: Chemistry was tough, said some candidates while some found physics tougher For some, maths “was 40 percent tough, 60 percent easy. The overall level was seen as moderate.
Paper 1, compared to last year, was seen as easier by students. Experts, however opined that paper 2 was easier than last year’s. Some said it was easier than paper 1.
Paper 1 had a mix of questions of multiple-choice, integer type and passage type. It carried 183 marks against last year that offered 186 marks, say experts. Each subject carried 61 marks. The format and constitution for physics, chemistry and mathematics was same.
Ravi Kiran, an aspirant from Warangal, said, “I found the examination to be moderately tough but paper-2 was not so easy. Physics and chemistry were moderate but mathematics was easy.”
K Chaitanya Kumar from Hyderabad said, “Chemistry was tougher than physics and maths. I expect a rank below 20,000.”B. Srisha, resident of Nallakunta, said, “Maths and physics were tough for the second paper and chemistry was easy. In the first paper, maths and physics were easy.”
Ramesh Batlish, FIITJEE expert from Hyderabad said, “The matching type questions were different from previous years. The coverage of syllabus from Class XII vs Class XI was 50:50. Last year more weightage was given to class XII (60:40)’’.
B Sasidhar Managing Director Krishna Murthy IIT Academy said, “As many as 23 candidates in David Memorial Institutions centre found the first paper difficult and did not appear for the second one even though it was compulsory.”
