WBJEE-2021 Exam, Application Dates Announced by WBJEEB

WBJEEB-2021 Exam, Application Dates Announced by WBJEEB

West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board will conduct WBJEEB-2021 for admission to degree course in engineering, technology, architecture, pharmacy in various Universities, colleges and institutions in West Bengal for the academic session 2021-22.

The West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination-2021 (WBJEE-2021) for the academic session of 2021-22, the Board is going to conduct the Common Entrance Examination for admission to Undergraduate Courses in Engineering & Technology, Pharmacy and Architecture Courses of different Universities, Government Colleges as well as Self Financing Engineering & Technological Institutes in the State of West Bengal.

Filling of online forms for the entrance examination for admission in engineering colleges in the state of West Bengal is starting from Tuesday 23rd Feb, 2021 and the filling of forms will continue till March 23, 2021. The West Bengal Joint Entrance Board has informed that the examination will be held on 11th July 2021. Hon'ble Divyendu Kar, Registrar, West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board, said that the candidates will be able to download their Admit Card online from 6th July to 11th July, 2021.

Schedule of WBJEE-2021

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

Exam Rules and syllabus.
Exam rules and syllabus will remain the same as last year.
The examination zones have been divided into several sections so that the candidates can take the test from the nearest center. This time there will be test centers in West Bengal, Assam and Tripura.

Important Dates-
Online application registration with payment of fees 23-02-2021 to 23-03-2021 (5p.m.)
Admit card available for download on 06-07-21 to 11-07-21.
Date of Examination 11-07-21.

Important Information:
candidates are requested to go through the information bulletin carefully before applying for the examination.
Application for the examination must be done online only.
Fill genuine application forms which are available online only at www.wbjeeb.nic.in.
Application fee for the examination is rupees 500 for general candidates and rupees 400 for SC, ST, OBC- A, OBC-B Candidates.

Do not wait for the last day to make fee payment to avoid payment failure by bank or EPG.

Enroll for the West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations (WBJEE- 2021).
For more information call 1800-1023-781 & 1800-3450-050.

Subjects of Examination:
Candidates are required to appear for two papers in WBJEE-2021.
1. Paper-I – Mathematics
2. Paper-II - Physics & Chemistry (combined).

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:

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Subjects	Category-I Full Marks-1 No. of Questions	Category-II Full Marks-2 No. of Questions	Category-III Full Marks-2 No. of Questions	Total Number of Questions	Total Marks
Mathematics	50	15	10	75	100
Physics	30	05	05	40	50
Chemistry	30	05	05	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 1- Scoring methodology - 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.

Category 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.

Category 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.

Payment of Examination Fees:
a) The Examination Fees can be paid by Net Banking/ Debit Card/ Credit Card only.
b) Application fee for the examination is Rs 500 (Rupees five hundred only) for General candidates and Rs 400 (Rupees four hundred only) for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B candidates, plus the Bank’s service charges as applicable.
c) SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/TFW candidates availing of the concession will have to upload respective certificates in given formats at the time of counselling, failing which his/her candidature will be cancelled.
d) The fee once paid is not refundable under any circumstances.

Admit Card:
a) Admit cards will be generated on the notified date for the student to download and take a print. Candidate must carry a printed hard copy of the admit card to the examination centre.
b) Candidates must ensure that the admit card is not mutilated/ distorted/ soiled even by accident. Candidates with such mutilated/ distorted/ soiled admit cards will not be allowed to appear in the examination.
c) If a candidate needs a duplicate admit card after the examination, the same can be provided by the Board, but only till 60 days after the date of declaration of result. In order to get a duplicate, the candidate must apply to the Board and pay a processing fee of Rs. 500/- by a bank draft in the name of “West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board” payable in Kolkata.

Counselling/seat allotment and admission:
a) A separate notification with details of counseling/seat allotment and admission will be published in www.wbjeeb.nic.in and www.wbjeeb.in shortly after publication of result.
b) Course-wise and institute wise availability of seats as to be provided by the Competent Authorities will also be published before counseling and allotment.

Information Bulletin download from the official website www.wbjeeb.nic.in. or here.