West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board for admission

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WBJEE is conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board for admission in B. Tech and other UG courses in colleges and institutes of West Bengal. The offline exam has been taken by the board. The OMR and machine-read responses are released on 20^th Feb 2020. Candidates are free to challenge the result if not satisfied till 20^th Feb 2020. The exam consists of two papers and candidates are required to qualify in both the papers. The result is not out yet and it is estimated that the counseling will occur likely in the month of June. All the updates shall be made available on their official website. Candidates who want to take admission in medical will have to appear for NEET 2020 and for Architecture they will have to appear for NATA 2020.

WBJEE 2020 – Dates

Some of the important dates for WBJEE 2020 that have already passed are as under

Date	Event
20^th Feb – 22^nd Feb	Last dates to challenge OMR images and response in online mode
20^th Feb	Release of OMR images and response sheet
17^th Feb – 19^th Feb	Last date to challenge answer key
17^th Feb	Answer key – online mode
2^nd Feb	Exam -Offline mode
24^th Jan	Admit card released – online mode
14^th Nov- 16^th Nov	Application correction
18^th Oct – 13^th Nov	Application forms – online mode

WBJEE 2020 – Tips to fill up an application form

The application form for WBJEE 2020 was available online from 18^th Oct 2019 till 13^th Nov 2019. The candidates must download the form to fill it up. The form should be filled up carefully so that there are no mistakes. Follow these simple steps to fill up the application form.

In order to do the registration, provide some basic personal details, mobile number, email ID, name of the course, city, and other mentioned information.
After all these details are done, upload your recent photograph and signature in a given format.
Once the details are filled, make a payment through Net Banking, Credit card, or by Debit Card of Rs. 700/- for general category and Rs 500/- for others.
Once the payment is done, review your application form and then click on the submit button. Once the form is submitted, take a print of your application form and keep it for future reference.
In case you have forgotten your application number then click on ‘forgot application number’ and enter the details asked for. Enter name, father’s name, mother’s name, date of birth, and security pin to access your application number.
In case the password is forgotten then follow these steps.

Reach the official website login window

Click on the ‘forgot password’.

Choose one of the three options from the screen.

Enter the correct detail and retrieve your password.

In case the confirmation page is lost.

Candidates can avail of duplicate confirmation pages up to 60 days after the result is declared. Then after, it is not available.

The candidate will have to apply to WBJEE with a DD of Rs 500 in favor of the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination payable at Kolkata.

In case a correction is required in the application form then follow these steps.

The correction in the application form could be done in between 14^th Nov 2019 to 16^th Nov 2019.

All the details except Father’s name, mother’s name, and date of birth can be edited.

This is the only chance for the correction therefore candidates should make it carefully.

This is how the application form can be corrected.

You need to log in using the application number and password.

Do the editing where required.

Verify all the edited details and submit them.

Check, save, and download the corrected page.

A discrepancy of signature or photograph need to be corrected within 24 hours to receiving the mail. If you fail to do so, the application will not be considered.

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WBJEE 2020 – Eligibility

Candidates must check in the eligibility before filling up the application form. The eligibility criteria are different for different courses.

Criteria for B. Tech

He/ she should be an Indian citizen
He/ she should not be more than 17 years as of 31^st December 2020. As such there is no upper limit but more Marine Engineering; the candidate should not be more than 25 years of age as on 31^st Dec 2020.
The candidate should be having passed 12^th with Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry/ Biology/ Biotechnology/ Computer Science from a recognized board.
An aggregate of 45% should be obtained by the candidates.

Criteria for B. Arch

He/ she should be an Indian citizen
He/ she should not be more than 17 years as of 31^st December 2020. As such, there is no upper limit.
The candidate should be having passed 12^th with Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry/ Biology/ Biotechnology/ Computer Science from a recognized board.
The aggregate marks should not be less than 50%.
Candidates should have cleared NATA or paper 2 of JEE Main.

WBJEE 2020 – How to prepare for the exam

Check the syllabus thoroughly. Each topic should be carefully studied for each subject. Focus on the syllabus only rather than doing anything more than required.
Follow the exam pattern. Know the exam pattern properly because it will help you in preparing such kinds of questions for the examination.
While preparation, ensure that you study all the topics well. If certain topics are not clear to you; you must ask your teacher or seniors for help. You must clear all your doubts.
Make a daily timetable and follow it properly. You try that you don’t miss out on a single day without preparing it.
Solve past papers and solve questions from the exercise given in the textbook. Past papers will help you in analyzing your strength and weakness.
When you are preparing in detail for the examination, write down important points and formulas in a book, and keep the book handy during the last days of the exam.
Do not stay up late at night for studies. Take good sleep and eat good food.

Here is the list of the books recommended for preparing WBJEE 2020 exam

Books	Author/ Publication
NCERT Chemistry
Organic chemistry	Morrison and Boyd
Inorganic chemistry	O. P. Tandon
Physical Chemistry	O. P. Tandon
Handbook of Chemistry	R. P. Singh
Numerical chemistry	P. Bahadur
A modern approach to the chemical calculation	R. C. Mukherjee
NCERT Physics
Fundamentals of Physics	V. K. Mehta
Principles of Physics	Resnick, Halliday, and Walker
Concepts of Physics	H. C. Verma
NCERT Mathematics
Mathematics	R. S. Aggarwal
Algebra	R. D. Sharma
Objective mathematics	R. D. Sharma
Calculus	I.A. Maron
Vector	Shanti Narayan
IIT Mathematics	M. L. Khanna

WBJEE 2020 – Exam Pattern

All the candidates should be aware of the exam pattern for WBJEE 2020. It will help in preparing for the exam. There are two papers and candidates should qualify in both of them. Paper 1 is mathematics and paper 2 is physics and chemistry combined. Check out the pattern here.

Particular	Details
Mode of exam	Offline – OMR sheet given
Duration	2 hours for each paper. Total 4 hours.
Papers	Paper I: Mathematics Paper-II: Physics and Chemistry combined
Question type	MCQ
Division of questions	Mathematics Category 1: 50 questions Category 2: 15 questions Category 3: 10 questions Physics and Chemistry Category 1: 30 questions Category 2 and 3: 5 questions in each
Mode of answering	In the given OMR sheet, shade the circle in front of the chosen answer.
Total marks	200
Marking scheme	Each correct answer is given one mark Each correct response is given two marks by a candidate
Negative marking	Category 1: 1/4^th mark is lost of each wrong answer Category 2: ½ mark is deducted for each wrong answer Category 3: No negative marks.

WBJEE 2020 – Exam syllabus

It is very important for the students to get acquainted with the syllabus. Each topic for each subject should be prepared according to the syllabus. Have a look at the syllabus here for each subject

Mathematics

Unit 1	Algebra
Unit 2	Trigonometry
Unit 3	Coordinate geometry of two-dimension
Unit 4	Coordinate geometry of three-dimension
Unit 5	Calculus

Physics

Unit 1	Physical-world, measurement, units, and direction
Unit 2	Kinematics
Unit 3	Laws of motion
Unit 4	The motion of the center of the mass, connected system, friction
Unit 5	Gravitation
Unit 6	Bulk properties of matter
Unit 7	Viscosity
Unit 8	Thermodynamics
Unit 9	Kinetic theory of gases
Unit 10	Oscillation & waves
Unit 11	Electrostatics
Unit 12	Current electricity
Unit 13	Magnetic effect of current
Unit 14	Magnetic
Unit 15	Electromagnetic induction and alternating current
Unit 16	Electromagnetic waves
Unit 17	Optics I (ray optics)
Unit 18	Optics II (Waves optics)
Unit 19	Particle nature of light & wave-particle dualism
Unit 20	Atom physics
Unit 21	Nuclear physics
Unit 22	Solid-state electronics

Chemistry

Unit 1	Atom, molecules and chemical arithmetic
Unit 2	Atomic structure
Unit 3	Radioactivity and nuclear chemistry
Unit 4	The periodic table and chemical families
Unit 5	Chemical bonding and molecular structure
Unit 6	Coordination compounds
Unit 7	Solid-state
Unit 8	Liquid state
Unit 9	Gaseous state
Unit 10	Chemical energetic and chemical dynamics
Unit 11	Physical chemistry of solutions
Unit 12	Ionic and redox equilibria
Unit 13	Hydrogen
Unit 14	Chemistry of non-metallic elements and their compounds
Unit 15	Chemistry of metals
Unit 16	Chemistry in industry
Unit 17	Polymers
Unit 18	Surface chemistry
Unit 19	Environmental chemistry
Unit 20	Chemistry of carbon compounds
Unit 21	Compounds
Unit 22	Haloalkanes and haloarenes
Unit 23	Alcohols
Unit 24	Aromatic compounds
Unit 25	Application of oriented chemistry
Unit 26	Introduction to bio-molecules
Unit 27	Principles of qualitative analysis

WBJEE 2020 – Results

The exam conducting authority declares WBJEE results online. The rank card contains the score of both the papers, total score, and rank of the candidate. The qualifying candidates will be called for counseling and admission process further. You can download the rank card by entering the application number, password, and security ID. Follow these steps to download your rank card.

Open the official link wbjeeb.nic.in and look for the result link.
Login using application number and password
The result will be displayed on the screen.
Download and take a print to keep it with you for further process.

In case you have lost your WBJEE 2020 result, follow these steps to get duplicate results. The duplicate rank card will be available up to 60 days from the day result was declared.

Candidate should write to WBJEE authorities mentioning a name, the application number, email ID, mobile number, and attach a copy of the confirmation page.
You will have to attach a DD of Rs 500/- in the favor of ‘West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination’ payable at Kolkata.

Do not that the allotment of seat is done solely on merit basis.

WBJEE 202 0 – Cutoff

The maximum rank required to get admission is the cutoff. The cutoff is released by the authorities at the time of seat allotment. The cutoff for each course will be different. The score cutoff is the aggregate score of paper 1 and paper 2 that a candidate will need to be a part of counseling and acquire a seat. The cutoff will also differ for different categories, courses, and selected institutes.

WBJEE 2020 – Admit card

Admit card is one of the important documents that a candidate needs to carry at the time of examination. The Admit card for WBJEE 2020 was released on 24^th January 2020. The Admit card contains details like the name of the candidate, exam center, date and time of the exam, photograph, signature, and other instructions for the examination. Follow these steps to download the Admit card.

Login using the WBJEE application number and password.
You will find the Admit card download link.
Download the admit card and take a print if all the details are correct. If any changes are needed then you will have to write to WBJEE authorities for doing the needful.
Keep a copy of the Admit card safe for future reference.

In case the Admit card is lost or misplaced, then follow these steps for getting duplicate Admit card.

Write an application with the details like name, the application number, email ID, mobile number, address, and send it to WBJEE authorities.
Attach a DD of Rs 500/- in the favor of West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board payable at Kolkata.
A copy of the Admit Card will be sent.

WBJEE 2020 – Counseling

All the candidates who wish to take admission to the institute will have to attend counseling sessions. They will have to carry all the documents for verification at the counseling center. The authority will display the availability of seats at different institutes along with course details at the counseling venue. All the candidates will have to choose from there their desirable option. Look at these steps that need to be followed for the counseling process.

The candidates will have to register online to be a part of the counseling process. There is a processing fee of Rs 500/- that can be paid online. Once this is done, identity code and password will be generated.
All the participants must choose their desired course and college before the last date. You must lock the option and keep a copy for your reference.
The allotment of the seat is done on the basis of merit. The candidates who are allotted seats must pay a provisional fee to confirm their admission. They should then report physically to the institute for document verification. If you do not report at the center then your seat will get canceled.
After the first round of counseling, the second round of counseling occurs, and then the third rounds until all the seats are occupied. The last round is done online. You can check the list of documents that you will require at the counseling center.

Rank card
Provisional allotment letter’s print out
Confirmation page of WBJEE 2020
Yes or no up-gradation option form
Self-attested copy and original of the mark sheet of class 10
Self-attested copy and original of the mark sheet of class 12
Domicile certificate and self-attested copy (for West Bengal candidates)
Self-attested copy and original of caste certificate (If applicable)
Self-attested and original income certificate for a fee waiver
Pwd self-attested and original certificate (For West Bengal candidates)

WBJEE 2020 – Quick tips for preparing for the exam

In the last few days left for the exam, ensure that you prepare smarty. Practice and confidence both can give you the desired result. Your hard work and sincerity over the months and revision in the last few days will let you through the admission process. Here are some tips to follow during the last days of the exam.

Keep revision notes ready at the time of preparation and go through those points. Keep the formula and concepts ready for you to give a glance every day.
Follow your daily schedule.
Keep practicing past papers as it will help in time management and learning both.
Do not stay up till late at night. Eat well and take good sleep to remain physically and mentally well.
Give yourself a small break in between the hours so that you don’t get frustrated with the monotonous routine.
Be confident.
Do not take up any new topic as it is only a waste of time. Only focus on your strength. Leave the weaknesses apart.
Have all your documents and stationery ready at least a week before the exam.
Make sure that you reach well before time on the day of the exam.