New Delhi: Students found questions on Mathematics very tough in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) conducted by the IITs today.
Nearly 3.2 lakh students appeared in the test that was conducted at 600 centres. Last year about 2.5 lakh students had appeared the entrance.
"Mathematics was very tough. The questions were also time consuming as they were very lengthy," Ananya Roy Choudhary, a candidate, said.
The test comprised two papers having questions from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The questions were of objective type. "The questions from Physics and Chemistry were okay," said another student.
"Because of the provision of negative marking, we could not take any chance," he said.
The test was conducted in seven zones. Students qualifying the entrance will be eligible to take admission to the IITs at Kharagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi, Kanpur, Guwahati and Roorkee.
About 53,000 students from Delhi zone appeared in the test, IIT Delhi Director Prof Surendra Prasad said.
"The test passed off smoothly. There was no untoward incident," he said.
There are about 4,000 seats in IITs. These institutions will increase the seats for implementing OBC reservation which has been given the go ahead by the Supreme Court.
"We will increase the seats to implement the quota. But the picture will be clear within a week," he said.
