WBJEE 2025 PATTERN & SYLLABUS
STATE LEVEL OFFLINE TEST
WBJEE Exam Pattern 2023. Candidates appearing for WBJEE 2023 are required to appear for two papers viz. Paper I – Mathematics & Paper II – Physics and Chemistry (combined). WBJEE, a state-level engineering entrance, is conducted in offline mode as an OMR-based examination. Questions are to be answered on a specially designed optical machine-readable response (OMR) sheet, which is evaluated by the Optical Mark Recognition method. Check WBJEE 2023 Syllabus
Particulars | Details |
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Mode of Exam | Offline Mode (OMR Based Examination) |
Examination Duration | 2 hours for each paper (Total 4 hours) |
Papers | Paper I - Mathematics; Paper II - Physics and Chemistry |
Number of Questions |
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Category-wise Division of Questions |
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Mode of Answering | There will be four alternative answers for each question. The correct response has to be selected by the candidates by darkening the appropriate circle completely with blue/black ball point pen. |
Total Marks | 200 Marks |
Marking Scheme | Category 1 - Each correct answer will be awarded one mark. Category 2 - For every correct response, two marks will be given by the candidates. |
Negative Marking | Category 1 - Incorrect response will yield a loss of ¼ mark Category 2 - For each incorrect answer, ½ mark will be deducted. Category 3 - There is no negative marking. |
All the questions will be of Multiple Choice Questions, 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 | Chemistry | Mathematics | Physics |
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Category 1 | 1 Mark (30 questions) | 1 Mark (50 questions) | 1 Mark (30 questions) |
Category 2 | 2 Marks (5 Questions) | 2 Marks (15 questions) | 2 Marks (5 questions) |
Category 3 | 2 Marks (5 questions) | 2 Marks (5 questions) | 2 Marks (5 questions) |
Total Marks | 50 | 100 | 50 |
The marking scheme of the exam specifies marks distribution over a number of questions in the question paper. In WBJEE, there are three categories of questions for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics which are described below:
Category 1
Category 2
Category 3
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Category | Negative Marking |
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Category 1 | 1/4th |
Category 2 | 1/2nd |
Category 3 | There is no negative marking |
Book Name | Author/Publisher |
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Concepts of Physics | HC Verma |
Physics Problems | IE Irodov |
NCERT Physics | NCERT |
Book Name | Author/Publisher |
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Chemistry by Pradeep’s | Pradeep’s |
Organic Chemistry by OP Tandon | OP Tandon and AK Virmani |
XII Chemistry by NCERT | NCERT |
Book Name | Author/Publisher |
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Mathematics | RS Agarwal |
XII Mathematics: NCERT | NCERT |
XI Mathematics: NCERT | NCERT |
Mathematics | RD Sharma |
Question: What is the exam schedule for WBJEE 2023?
Answer: The exam schedule for WBJEE 2023 is as follows:
Question: What is the mode of WBJEE 2023?
Answer: WBJEE will be conducted in offline mode and candidates will be asked to fill OMR sheets with black or blue ballpoint pen.
Question: How many sections will be asked in WBJEE 2023?
Answer: The exam consists of 3 sections namely, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and questions in each section are further divided into 3 different categories.
Question: Which type of questions will be asked in WBJEE 2023?
Answer: Only Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) will be asked in the exam.
Question: How many total questions are asked in WBJEE 2023 and how many questions are there in each section?
Answer: There are total of 155 questions in WBJEE. Out of these Physics and Chemistry sections contain 40 Questions each while Mathematics contains 75 Questions.
Question: What are the different categories of questions in each section of WBJEE 2023?
Answer: The Physics & Chemistry contain 30 Questions each in Category 1, 5 Questions each in Category 2 and 3. The Mathematics section has 50 Questions in Category 1, 15 Questions in Category 2 and 10 Questions in Category 3.
Question: What are the Category 1, 2 and 3 of questions in WBJEE 2023?
Answer: In Category-I and Category-II only one answer option is correct, while in Category-III there might be one or more answer options are correct.
Question: What is the marking scheme of WBJEE 2023?
Answer: For Category 1 questions, 1 mark will be awarded for each correct answer. While for Category 2 and 3 questions, 2 marks will be given for each correct response. The WBJEE question paper will consist of total 200 marks.
Question: Is there any negative marking scheme in WBJEE?
Answer: In category- I & category II questions, 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. There is no negative marking in category-III questions.
Question: I have marked only one option in a category 3 question. Will I get full marks?
Answer: In Category 3, more than 1 answer options may or may not be right. So, the full marks will be awarded only if the candidates mark all the right answers. However, in case of partially correct response without any incorrect marking, this formula will be applied to calculate the score – 2 x (no of correct response) / (total number of correct options).
Question: What is the total time duration of WBJEE?
Answer: There will be two papers of two hours duration each. The total time duration of WBJEE is 4 hours.
Question: What is the syllabus of WBJEE 2023?
Answer: WBJEE Syllabus 2023 will consist of subjects like Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Candidates can go through these subjects on the basis of class 11th & 12th syllabus.
Question: What are the important topics of WBJEE Mathematics?
Answer: The important topics of WBJEE mathematics are – Algebra, Trigonometry, Co-ordinate Geometry of Two Dimensions and Three Dimensions, and Calculus etc.
Question: What are the important topics of WBJEE Chemistry?
Answer: The important topics of Chemistry are- Atoms, Molecules & Chemical Arithmetic, Atomic Structure, Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry, The Periodic Table and Chemical Families etc.
Question: What are the important topics of WBJEE Physics?
Answer: The important topics of Physics are- Physical World, Measurements, Units & Dimensions, Atomic Physics, Nuclear Physics, Gravitation, Laws of Motion, Work, power, energy, Kinetic theory of gases etc.
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