Subjects of Examination Candidates are required to appear for two papers in WBJEE-2021.

  1. Paper-I – Mathematics 
  2. Paper-II - Physics & Chemistry (combined).

Date of Examination Paper/ Subject Time schedule
11.07.2021 (Sunday) (Tentative and may be changed in extraordinary circumstances) Paper-I (Mathematics) 11:00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m.
Paper-II (Physics & Chemistry) 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m


WBJEE-2021 will be held once in a year and there shall be no further examination under any circumstances for those who are unable to appear on the above date and time. 

Pattern of Question Papers in WBJEE-2021.

 All questions will be of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQ), with four options against each of the questions. There will be three categories of questions in each of the subjects. The number of questions as well as maximum marks for each are given in the following table:
Category-I Full Marks-1 Category-II Full Marks-2 Category-III Full Marks-2 Total Number of Questions Total Marks
No. of Questions No. of Questions No. of Questions
Mathematics 50 15 10 75 100
Physics 30 5 5 40 50
Chemistry 30 5 5 40 50

Mode of answering in the examination

 a) Questions are to be answered on specially designed optical machinereadable response (OMR) sheet, which will be evaluated by Optical Mark Recognition method. Thus, it is very important to follow the correct method of marking.
 
b) There will be four alternative answers for each question. Candidates will indicate response to the questions by darkening the appropriate circle completely with blue/black ball point pen. 

c) Any other kind of marking e.g., filling the bubble incompletely, filling with pencil, cross mark, tick mark, dot mark, circular mark, over writing, scratching, erasing, white ink, marking outside the bubble etc. may lead to wrong/partial/ambiguous reading of the response. WBJEEB will be, in no way, responsible for such eventuality. 

d) Response marking cannot be edited/changed/erased/modified.

Scoring Methodology


Category Scoring methodology
I
a) Only one option is correct.
b) Correct response will yield 1 (one) mark.
c) Incorrect response will yield -1/4 (25% negative) marks.
d) For any combination of response with more than one option, the said answer will be treated as incorrect and will yield -1/4 (25% negative) marks.
e) Not attempting the question will fetch zero mark.

II
a) Only one option is correct.
b) Correct response will yield 2(two) marks.
c) Incorrect response will yield -1/2 (25% negative) marks.
d) For any combination of response with more than one option, the said answer will be treated as incorrect and will yield -1/2 (25% negative) marks.
e) Not attempting the question will fetch zero mark

III
a) One or more options may be correct.
b) Only all Correct response will yield 2(two) marks.
c) Any combination of correct and wrong response will be treated as incorrect and will yield 0 (zero) mark.
d) For partially correct response, marks awarded will be = 2 x (no. of correct options marked  total no. of correct options).
e) Not attempting the question will fetch zero mark.


Ranking Methodology and publication of Merit Lists. 

WBJEEB will prepare merit ranks based on the candidates’ score in the entrance test. Individual candidates will be able to view and download his/her Rank Card, which will contain score and rank. WBJEEB does not publish any rank/score list for public.

 Based on the papers (subjects) appeared in the WBJEE-2021 followed by marks scored there-of two separate Merit Ranks shall be generated by the Board as per the following method: 

A. General Merit Rank: (GMR) 

a. A list for General Merit Rank (GMR) shall be prepared based on the total score obtained in Paper-I and Paper-II taken together. 

b. Ranking shall be done in the descending order of total marks scored in all the subjects. In case of ties, tie-breaking rules as given in 2.9 shall be applicable. 

c. Separate reserved category merit position will also be indicated for respective category of students e.g., SC Rank, ST Rank, OBC-A Rank,OBC-B Rank, PwD Rank, TFW Rank. 

d. Admission to all Engineering / Technology / Architecture Courses and to the Pharmacy Course in Jadavpur University shall be made based on GMR only. 

e. Sequencing order for counselling/allotment of seat/admission will be based on GMR only (not on category ranks). Category ranks are only for information to candidates. 

f. Category ranks are generated based on the birth category information given by the candidates during online application. If during verification, any candidate’s claim is found invalid, his/her category rank will be cancelled and the candidate will be considered in general category. Category ranks of other candidates will not be revised.

B. Pharmacy Merit Rank: (PMR)

 a) A list for Pharmacy Merit Rank (PMR) shall be prepared based on the score in paper-II only, i.e., Physics and Chemistry. 

b) Ranking shall be done in the descending order of marks scored in paper-II. In case of ties, tie-breaking rules as given in 2.9 shall be applicable. 

c) Separate reserved category merit position will also be indicated for respective category of students e.g., SC Rank, ST Rank, OBC-A Rank, OBC-B Rank, PwD Rank, TFW Rank. 

d) Admission to all Pharmacy Courses except in Jadavpur University shall be done based on PMR only. 

e) Sequencing for allotment of seat will be based on PMR only (not on category ranks). Category ranks are only for information to candidates.

 f) Category ranks are generated based on the birth category information given by the candidates during online application. If during verification, any candidate’s claim is found invalid, his/her category rank will be cancelled and the candidate will be considered in general category. Category ranks of other candidates will not be revised. 

C. Papers and ranks. 

a) Candidates appearing in both paper-I and paper-II are eligible for both GMR as well as PMR. Such candidates are considered for admission in all courses. 

b) Candidates appearing only in paper-II are eligible for PMR only. Such candidates are considered for admission into pharmacy courses only (except in Jadavpur University) 

c) Candidates appearing only in paper-I are not eligible for any rank. 

Tie–breaking Methodology in determination of Merit Rank

Tie breaking Rules for GMR.

a) Less negative marks in Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry taken together. 

b) More positive marks in Mathematics and Physics taken together. 

c) More positive marks in Mathematics and Chemistry taken together. 

d) Less negative marks in Mathematics and Physics taken together. 

e) Less negative marks in Mathematics and Chemistry taken together. 

f) More positive marks in Mathematics for only the 2 marks questions 

g) More positive marks in Physics for only the 2 marks questions

h) More positive marks in Chemistry for only the 2 marks questions 

i) Less negative marks in Mathematics for only the 2 marks questions 

j) Less negative marks in Physics for only the 2 marks questions.  

Tie breaking Rules for PMR. 

a) Less negative marks in Physics & Chemistry 

b) More positive marks in Chemistry 

c) Less negative marks in Chemistry 

d) More positive marks in Chemistry for only the 2 marks questions 

e) Less negative marks in Chemistry for only the 2 marks questions 

f) More positive marks in Physics for only the 2 marks questions 

g) Less negative marks in Physics for only the 2 marks questions.

Final Tie-breaking rule for GMR and PMR 

After application of the Tie-breaking Rules as applicable if there be still ties, the same will be broken by the date of birth (DOB) of the candidates, with the older candidate having preference over the younger one.