What is the scope of the IIT JAM examination . Give here paper pattern for IIT JAM examination ?

IIT JAM stands for Indian Institutes Technology Joint Admission Test. Through IIT JAM exam candidates can get admission into M.Sc and Ph.D. degree courses at IIT’s and IISc Bangalore.

Paper Pattern

Examination conducted for the seven test papers, namely:
Biological Sciences (BL),
Biotechnology (BT),
Chemistry (CY),
Geology (GG),
Mathematics (MA) ,
Mathematical Statistics (MS)
Physics (PH).

Papers type bjective type.

There are three different patterns of questions as follows:
Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ) :
Each MCQ type question has four choices out of which only one choice is the correct answer.

Multiple Select Questions (MSQ):
Each MSQ type question is similar to MCQ but with a difference that there may be one or more than one choice(s) that are correct out of the four given choices.

Numerical Answer Type (NAT) Questions:
For each NAT type question, the answer is a signed real number which needs to be entered using the virtual keypad on the monitor.
No choices will be shown for these type of questions.

IIT JAM 2016 Important Dates:

IIT JAM Exam Date :
February 7 2016.

Session Time Test Paper Codes
I 09:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon BL, MA, PH
II 02:00 p.m. to 05:00 p.m. BT, CY, GG,MS

Announcement of the Results of JAM 2016 -
March 23 2016

Submission of Application Form for Admission:
April 15-24 2016

Last Date for receipt of request for change of category along with valid documents in proper format at IIT Madras –
April 29 2016

Declaration of First Admission List –
June 15 2016

Declaration of Second Admission List –
June 29 2016

Declaration of Third and Final Admission List and the Closure of Admissions through JAM 2016 –
July 11 2016