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Please tell me dates to get the application form of Indian Institute of Technology - Joint Admission Test for M.Sc and details of exam?

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No worries I will let you know details of Institute of Technology - Joint Admission Test for M.Sc and dates to get the application form.

Tentative dates
Commencement of ONLINE Registration and Application on JAM
1st week September 2017

Last Date for Online application Submission, Uploading Documents & Fee payment 2nd week October 2017

Admit Card download
2nd week January 2018

Mock Test Link
February 2018

Date of JAM 2017 Examination
2nd week Feb 2018

Announcement of the Results of JAM 2018
Last week March 2018

Eligibility
All candidates admitted through JAM should have a Bachelor’s degree.

At least 55% aggregate marks, without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for General/OBC-NCL Category Candidates and at least 50% aggregate marks, without rounding off, (taking into account all subjects, including Languages and Subsidiaries, all years combined) for SC/ST and PwD Category Candidates in the qualifying degree.

Exam pattern
JAM IIT question papers are descriptive or objective in nature based on the subjects one chooses. IIT JAM comprises eight subjects:

Mathematical Statistics
Mathematics
Chemistry
Geophysics
Geology
Physics
Biotechnology
Computer Applications

A candidate can opt to appear for either one or two of the above mentioned papers. While Biotechnology and Computer Applications are objective in nature, the other subjects are descriptive in nature.

The objective papers comprise 100 questions and 100 marks one mark for each question. A negative mark of 1/3rd is applicable for every wrong answer.

The descriptive papers are divided into two parts Part I and Part II

Part I comprises 60 percent marks and contains one-mark and two-mark multiple choice questions. A negative marking of 1/3rd is applicable for wrong answer of one mark each and a negative marking of 2/3rd is applicable for a wrong answer of two marks each.
Part II comprises of 40 percent marks and is subjective in nature. There is no negative marking in this section.