{"id":3272,"date":"2014-04-24T20:51:27","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T15:21:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/?p=3272"},"modified":"2014-04-24T20:51:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-24T15:21:27","slug":"mysteries-truth-bitsat-tougher-jee-main","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.askiitians.com\/blog\/mysteries-truth-bitsat-tougher-jee-main\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Mysteries and the Truth\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u20ac\u009dIs BITSAT Tougher Than JEE-Main?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Of<\/a>IITs have earned themselves a huge reputation across the world in technical education owing to many illustrious achievements in the past to its credit. Millions of engineering aspirants toil through days and nights to crack IIT-JEE<\/a> in a hope of making it to the hallowed engineering institutions of India. But the claims of supremacy by IITs have been put to rest after the report of Times of India made the headlines.
\nAccording to the TOI report, BITSAT is more competitive exam than JEE-Main. To find out the truth, we must study different unique aspects of the examinations and compare them wisely.<\/p>\n

Number of Seats V\/S Number of Applications
\n<\/b>The report published by the newspaper considered the statistics of number of seats available in BITS and IITs and number of students applying for the entrance examinations of the both institutions. Refer to the table given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Examination<\/b><\/td>\nCandidates<\/b><\/td>\nSeats<\/b><\/td>\nRatio<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
BITSAT<\/td>\n1.36 Lakh<\/td>\n2,000<\/td>\n68<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
IIT-JEE<\/td>\n5.2 Lakh<\/td>\n9,600<\/td>\n54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

The table shows that 1.36 Lakh candidates for BITSAT 2014<\/a> will compete for 2,000 seats at BITS campuses while 5.2 lakh IIT-JEE candidates will vie for 9,600 seats in all major IITs. BITSAT tops the list with the highest ratio of 68 followed by IIT-JEE.<\/p>\n

Exam\/Paper Patterns of the Examinations<\/b>
\nBITSAT 2014 Exam\/Paper Pattern<\/a>:<\/b>
\nThere will be 150 questions in the paper. The number of questions from each section is given in the table given below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Subject<\/b><\/td>\nNumber of Questions<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part I Physics<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part II Chemistry<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part III (a) English Proficiency
\n\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0(<\/span>b) Logical Reasoning<\/span>\u00c3\u201a\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n		1510<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Part IV Mathematics \/ Biology<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nTotal: 150<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

All questions in the paper will have multiple choice questions with four options. There will be only one correct answer. There will be negative marking in the paper. One right answer will fetch 3 marks while one wrong answer will fetch -1 mark.
\nBITSAT is a three hour exam and there is no time limit for individual parts of the test.<\/p>\n

JEE-Main 2014 Exam\/Paper Pattern:<\/a>
\n<\/b>JEE-Main 2014 had two papers.<\/p>\n