JEE Main 2014 Cut off by Career Point, Kota

Shailendra Maheshwari, Director (Academics) of Career Point shares his analysis of JEE Mains 2014.Following are the edited excerpts: Careers360: JEE Main 2014 offline mode of exam is over now. What is your overall analysis of the paper? Shailendra Maheshwari: All in all the paper was above average. In fact, the difficulty level was a bit higher compared to previous years. Interestingly, 20 questions (7 in Mathematics and 13 in Chemistry) in the question paper are repetitions from previous years. What is important to note is that the paper has proved that contrary to popular belief JEE Mains and JEE Advanced need different levels of preparation. JEE Advanced is basically IQ based while JEE Mains is memory based. Careers360: Which subject was the toughest in the exam? Which was comparatively easier? Shailendra Maheshwari: Most of the students who sat for the exam found Physics to be the toughest. While Chemistry was the easier section compared to the rest of the question paper. Careers360: How many students from your centre have opted for the JEE Main 2014 offline mode? Shailendra Maheshwari: A total number of 20,000 students from career point sat for JEE Mains. Majority of the students have mixed feeling regarding the exam. Careers360: What is the expected JEE Main 2014 Cutoff? Shailendra Maheshwari: Given the cut off marks of 113 last year for general category, the cut off this year is expected to be 7-8 marks lower than that. So, this year the expected cut off for general category students maybe 105 marks *********************************************************************************