The IIT Entrance Exam is internationally acknowledged as the toughest competitive examination in the world for admission to the undergraduate programme in Engineering of prestigious IIT. In 2011, about 485,000 candidates appeared for this examination to fill about 9600 seats in 17 institutions (15 IIT’s plus IT-BHU & ISM, Dhanbad). A degree from an IIT opens up a huge vista of opportunities for a student for finding lucrative jobs in Multinationals in India or abroad, for higher studies in reputed institutions around the world and other similar openings. To crack the IIT Entrance Exams calls for a very disciplined and organized methodology of study, supplemented with guidance from the experts.
IIT Entrance Exam format and types of questions
Currently the IIT Entrance Exam consists of two papers of 3 hours each duration, both consisting of objective type of questions on Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics of the standard of class XI & XII. The following types of questions may be included:
Multiple Choice questions: 4 choices are given. The questions may be:
Single correct answer type
Multiple correct answer type
Single correct answer type based on a paragraph of information.
Multiple Matching type questions.
Integer answer type: the students have to select among the choices given from 0 to 9.
Assertion – Reason type questions.
Since there is a negative marking for wrong answers, the students are advised to attempt only those questions which they are sure about.
Useful Books for IIT Entrance Exam
Physics for IIT-JEE : Among the most popular books in Physics for IIT-JEE is the Super Success Series published by Disha Publication. The books have been written by a leading faculty of Physics for IIT-JEE, Er. D.C. Gupta. The series contains 4 books:
Mechanics 1 for IIT-JEE
Mechanics 2, Heat & Waves for IIT-JEE
Electricity & Magnetism for IIT-JEE
Optics & Modern Physics for IIT-JEE
Other Books in Physics for IIT-JEE
IIT-JEE Physics Challenger
34 yrs IIT-JEE + 9yrs AIEEE Topicwise Solved Papers - Physics
Chemistry for IIT-JEE : The Disha's Chemistry Series consists of books written by the most eminent author's of the country.
Organic Chemistry by Dr. O.P. Agarwal, renowned author of IIT Chemistry
Physical Chemistry by Er. Shishir Mittal, HOD Chemistry, Resonance Kota
Inorganic Chemistry by Dr. Deepak Joshi, Sr. Faculty, Bansal Kota
Numerical Chemistry by Dr. O.P. Agarwal & Deepak Agarwal
Chemical Bonding by Vaibhav Trivedi
Problems in Organic Chemistry by Vaibhav Trivedi
IIT-JEE Chemistry Challenger
34 yrs IIT-JEE + 9yrs AIEEE Topicwise Solved Papers - Chemistry
Mathematics for IIT-JEE : The Disha's Mathematics Series consists of 5 books.
Algebra by Dr. A. Majeed
Co-Ordinate Geometry by Dr. A. Majeed
Text Book of Trignometry by Er. D.K. Agarwal
Text Book of
Differential Calculus by Er. D.K. Agarwal
Text Book of
Integral Calculus by Er. D.K. Agarwal
IIT-JEE Mathematics Challenger
34 yrs IIT-JEE + 9yrs AIEEE Topicwise Solved Papers - Mathematics
Details of the seats filled in 2011 by the various IIT's
