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IIT Entrance Exam
1. IIT ENTRANCE EXAM
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:
1. Multiple Choice questions: 4 choices are given. The questions may be:
a) Single correct answer type
b) Multiple correct answer type
2. Single correct answer type based on a paragraph of information.
3. Multiple Matching type questions.
4. Integer answer type: the students have to select among the choices given from 0 to 9.
5. 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:
a) Mechanics 1 for IIT-JEE
b) Mechanics 2, Heat & Waves for IIT-JEE
c) Electricity & Magnetism for IIT-JEE
d) Optics & Modern Physics for IIT-JEE
e) Other Books in Physics for IIT-JEE
f) IIT-JEE Physics Challenger
g) 34 yrs IIT-JEE + 9yrs AIEEE Topicwise Solved Papers - Physics
2. Chemistry for IIT-JEE : The Disha's Chemistry Series consists of books written by the most
eminent author's of the country.
a) Organic Chemistry by Dr. O.P. Agarwal, renowned author of IIT Chemistry
b) Physical Chemistry by Er. Shishir Mittal, HOD Chemistry, Resonance Kota
c) Inorganic Chemistry by Dr. Deepak Joshi, Sr. Faculty, Bansal Kota
d) Numerical Chemistry by Dr. O.P. Agarwal & Deepak Agarwal
e) Chemical Bonding by Vaibhav Trivedi
f) Problems in Organic Chemistry by Vaibhav Trivedi
g) IIT-JEE Chemistry Challenger
h) 34 yrs IIT-JEE + 9yrs AIEEE Topicwise Solved Papers - Chemistry
Mathematics for IIT-JEE : The Disha's Mathematics Series consists of 5 books.
a) Algebra by Dr. A. Majeed
b) Co-Ordinate Geometry by Dr. A. Majeed
c) Text Book of Trignometry by Er. D.K. Agarwal
d) Text Book of Differential Calculus by Er. D.K. Agarwal
e) Text Book of Integral Calculus by Er. D.K. Agarwal
f) IIT-JEE Mathematics Challenger
g) 34 yrs IIT-JEE + 9yrs AIEEE Topicwise Solved Papers – Mathematics
Details of the seats filled in 2011 by the various IIT's
Location Intake
Name of Institute
in 2011
IIT Bombay Mumbai 880
IIT Delhi New Delhi 851
IIT Guwahati Guwahati 615
IIT Kanpur Kanpur 827
IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 1341
IIT Madras Chennai 838
IIT Roorkee Roorkee 1155
IIT Bhubaneshwar Bhubaneshwar 120
IIT Gandhinagar Gandhinagar 120
IIT Hyderabad Hyderabad 140
IIT Patna Patna 120
IIT Rajasthan Jodhpur 160
IIT Ropar Rupnagar 120
IIT Indore Indore 120
3. IIT Mandi Mandi 120
IT-BHU Varanasi 1057
ISM Dhanbad Dhanbad 1034
Total 9618
