JEE Advance results 2018: Without grace marks success rate shrinks

The significant fall in the number of students clearing the JEE this year is being attributed to the fact that students were not given any bonus marks this year with none of the challenges on questions being accepted.

This year,only 11.69% of the total candidates who had appeared for the exams across the country cleared them as opposed to a success rate of 31% in 2017.

Experts said that this is probably for the first time in the history of the exams that not a single bonus mark has been granted. " It must be the first time when there are no bonus marks as all the questions were correct. We are happy that the online examinations have been succesful in making the whole process smooth" said Professor Shalab, Media incharge of IIT-Kharagpur which was the organising institute for JEE 2018.

"With no challenges being accepted , no students have got a special advantage this year thus making the list of students clearing the exams thinner" said the founder of a top coaching institute in the city.

In 2017, 18 bonus marks were awarded to students for 'ambiguous' questions and the ones that were not clearly printed in the paper. Initially, when the answer key was released, students got 11 marks for three ambiguous questions. After a few students challenged two more questions which were not printed clearly in some paper codes, marks were granted to all candidates to ensure a fair process.