West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE) is a state level examination which is conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination Board (WBJEEB) for admission to different undergraduate courses in engineering, medical, architecture and pharmacy field at numerous private and government institutions across West Bengal.

Eligibility
• One must be a citizen of India.
• One must be minimum 17 years old. There is no provision for the upper age limit.
• One must have passed 10+2 from a recognized institution with English, Physics and Mathematics as core subjects and Chemistry/ Biology/ Technical Vocational Subjects as optional subjects. One must have attained at least 45% marks in qualifying exam (criteria for ST/ SC/ PwD/ OBC is 40%) and should have scored at least 30% marks in English.

B.Tech (Marine Engineering) – in addition to above Terms
• One must have a subject combo of Physics, Math and Chemistry in the QE.
• It is required to pass individually in subjects – English, Physics, Math, Chemistry and Vernacular.

Duration, Questions and Marks for each paper of WBJEE are as below:

Physics-Chemistry Paper:
• The exam will be of 2 hours.
• There will be 80 questions of 100 marks in it.
Mathematics Paper:
• The exam will be of two hours.
• There will be 75 questions of 100 marks.
Biology Paper:
• The exam will be of 2 hours 30 minutes.
• There will be 115 questions of 150 marks.
Common factor in WBJEE Exam Pattern
• All the questions are of multiple choice types.
• All the papers are divided into three categories.
• Each question in Category-I will be of 1 mark. Whereas, the questions in Category-II and Category-III will be of 2 marks.
• In category 1 and 2 only one option is correct and for wrong answer negative marking of 1/4 and 1/2 marks implemented. However, in category 3 more than one option can be correct and negative marking will not be done.

WBJEE exam pattern:

Subject Category 1 Category 2 Category 3 Total MCQs Total Marks

Biology 80 x 1 25 x 2 10 x 2 115 150

Physics 30 x 1 5 x 2 5 x 2 40 + 50 +

Chemistry 30 x 1 5 x 2 5 x 2 40 50

= 80 = 100

Mathematics 50 x 1 15 x 2 10 x 2 75 100