Complete plan to crack IIT JEE Advanced in one year Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), is the entrance examination to the prestigious IITs. With t he changes in education patterns in India, JEE has changed over the years from subjective to screening-mains to objective to mains-advanced and so is the need to bring changes in preparation patterns. The ideal time for preparation is 2 years with your +2 classes as the syllabus for JEE is same as that of these classes. B ut, preparing for JEE in one year- is it possible? Definitely, yes and here is how-
Well, everyone has different grasping power, some are slow learner, and some are not. Some like studying at a s tretch, some like doing it in part. Time management and how you study that’s all up to you. What you need to do first and foremost is set targets to cover sy llabus and act accordingly. As simple as that. Here is an idea about preparation pattern.
Physics – In physics a major portion of questions come from Mechanics and Electromagnetism around 65%. In mechanics, there are no formul as everything is conceptual, so practice as much as you can and do not stick with mainstream questions, try different types of questions. While in electromagnetism, there are a lot of formulas and a whole lot of concepts, this i s the most difficult part of the syllabus. Avoid going deep into the topic and concepts, the questions that appear in JEE are not tough, but are based on applied knowledge. So, strengthen your theoretical knowledge. Modern physics is easy and covers around 10% of t he questions, basics are enough for it. Optics and Properties of matter acco unt for 15% of the questions, in both these topics t here are not much concepts and regular questions appear in examination. The last part is Heat and thermodynamics which accounts for 10% of the questions, the questi ons are generally numerical based on basic laws. So, here is your time scheme – Mechanics (1 month) + Electrodynamics (2 months) + Optics (2 weeks) + Properties of matter (2 weeks) + Heat and Thermodynamics (3 weeks) + Modern Physics (1 week)
Chemistry – Physical chemistry accounts for about 30% of the question paper and the questions are rather typical t han applied, this is the most scoring part of chemistry section. Inorganic chemistry also has about 30% of questions, it has both applied as well as t ypical questions, preparing for it takes a lot of ti me because being able to solve questions you first need to know basic properties. Organic chemistry covers around 40% of the questions, where most of the questions are applied and based on series of reactions except GOC, bit hard to begin with but o nce you get the concept there is nothing easier than organic chemistry. Time scheme – scheme – Physical (1 month) + Inorganic (1.5-2 months) + Organic (2-2.5 months)
Mathematics – Algebra comprising majorly of Complex Complex number, Permutation Combination and and Probability almost accounts for 10% of the question paper. These 3 topics cover 80% of algebra portion; questions are relatively easy and scoring. Co-ordinate geometry is conceptual and covers 25% of questions; regular questions come from this portion. Vector and 3D is the most scoring section of the paper and covers 30% of question, sometimes questions are bit lengthy, but the effort fetches reward. The most important and difficult portion is calculus, which solely accounts for 35% of the question paper and needs lots of practice, t here is no trend in types of questions. Time scheme – Algebra (2 weeks) + Co-ordinate Co-ordinate geometry (1 month) + Vector/3D (1.5 months) + Calculus (2 months) months)
5 months is quite a sufficient time to finish up the syllabus, the rest of the t ime should be used for question practice, attempting question papers in time constraints, revising concepts and formulae. Just remember; never pick two difficult topics to study at the same time. E.g. – don’t study electrodynamics, calc ulus and organic together. Always choose one difficult topic with two easy topics; it reduces the burden and effort.
Revision tactics-
Make formulae sheets along with your preparation, You can also use 100Marks Mind Maps.
Keep marking tricky question, to look upon at the time of revision.
Always solve questions in time constraints.
It is not at all necessary to attempt questions in order, start with the easiest.
You only have 1 year, focus on problem solving tactics rather than analysis of questions.
If reverse approach is easy to do, then use it rather than following full solution procedure.
Have faith in yourself.
