AIEEE Over Last 5 Years

2006:
Recently AIEEE has been putting surprises almost every year. The first real surprise was in AIEEE 2006 in terms of the number of exam papers. That year, the exam comprised of just a single paper which had 40 questions from mathematics and 55 questions each from physics and chemistry, making it a total of to be attempted in 180 minutes. Maximum marks for each subject was 180, and all the three portions of the paper had a total weight of 540 marks.
         The level of questions was very much the same as expected from the last year's papers. There  were few standard questions, which were not so difficult for the discerning students to answer, and a smart student could answer could answer those straightway and save time to spend on other questions, wich were somewhat time-consuming. The whole paper consisted of some 'speed breakers ' as well which were evenly distributed over all the sections.


2007:

AIEEE 2007 was relatively difficult than than the year AIEEE 2006. While the basic format of a single paper test of 2006 was retained, there were significant departures in the pattern as compared to the 2006 exam. There were 40 questions in each of the three subjects of mathematics, physics and chemistry as compared to the last year's distribution  of 40 questions in mathematics and 55 questions in each physics and chemistry , thus making it a total of 120 question instead of 150 questions of recent year. The second departure this year was the uniform marking scheme as compared to the differential scheme of 2006. Each question, irrespective of the subjects, carried 3 marks. The negative marking was [1/3]rd. The maximum marks for the test was 360 .
About 50% of the question in mathematics and physics were fairly simple requiring direct use of formulae / results or laws. For chemistry it was 30%. About 60% of chemistry section was not so direct to arrive the answer.


2008:

In 2008, the students had quite a tough AIEEE paper even though the format of a single paper test was retained. The number of questions were reduced per section to 35 to 40 of the previous paper. This made it a paper of 105 questions to be attempted in  3 hours. The uniform marking scheme was applied in this year as well. Each questions, irrespective of the subject, carried 3 marks. The negative marking was (-1) for every incorrect response. The paper had total weight of 315 marks, the real surprise was the inclusion of analytic and comprehension questions in maths and physics. These questions were in the the form of passages and the assertion and reasoning. Also these questions based on the laboratory skills found places in physics and chemistry sections.


2009:
In 2009, students had quite an easy AIEEE paper. The format of a single paper  test was as usual. The number of questions was reuced per section 30 from 35 of last year. This made it a paper of 90 questions to be attempted obviously in 3 hours. However the marking scheme has been changed this year. Each section of the paper was of 144 marks, which meant a total of 432 marks. Out of 30 questions in each section, 24 questions carried 4 marks with negative marks(1/4) and 6 question of 8 marks with negative marking(1/4).All the three papers culd be termed as of moderate difficulty levels. There were a few firsts in AIEEE, however. In maths and physics " assertion and reasoning type questions ( introduced in IIT-JEE a couple of years ago ) made an appearance for the first time. In addition, physics also saw grouped questions, which  were based on given paragraph.




2010:
The AIEEE 2010 paper was held all across the country today. The paper had equal distribution of questions and marks in each subject. The paper had 30 questions in all three subjects and each subject was for 144 marks taking the total of the AIEEE 2010 paper to 432 marks. The Maths section had assertion and reasoning type questions while the Physics section had two passages. The pattern was almost  similar to AIEEE 2009. It was a little bit tough although a balanced paper. Most students feel that maths was toughest paper out of three.