JEE ADVANCED 2013 - MATHEMATICS PAPER ANALYSIS

The deciding section of IIT-JEE 2013 i.e. Maths was tough, as usual, as compared to last year.
The weightage of Class XI & XII has justified the lengthiness in the paper.
The presentation of questions was quite tricky that it would easily induce ordinary students to
commit mistakes. This year there were 8 questions out of 20 where the chances of selecting a
wrong option are quite high. That means the IITJEE body has given a standard paper deserved
for true aspirants. The questions were of conceptual nature, not direct and needed a strong
foundational base and their answering took a fair time to arrive at the exact answer.
The paper-I of Maths was tough as compared to paper II, which was a bit moderate. We can see
the weightage of Vectors and 3-D geometry has increased this term and students will have to
focus on these areas henceforth.
Both Paper- I&II contained total of 60 questions i.e. 20 questions from each subject in each
paper. Both papers were of 180 marks with 60 marks for each subject.
The detailed pattern of Paper-I & Paper II is as shown below:
Paper-I
Pattern of Questions

Marks for each

question

No of Questions

Negative marking

Total

Single Answer-MCQ

10

20

Multiple answerMCQ

20

Single digit Integer

type

20

Total

20

60

Paper-II
Pattern of Questions

No of
Questions

Marks for each question

Negative
marking

Total

Multiple Answer question-MCQ

-1

24

Comprehension type-MCQ

-1

24

Matching type

-1

12

Total

20

60

Here goes the chapter wise allocation of marks with respective weightages.

Topics
Binomial theorem
Permutation &combination
Complex numbers
Probability
Sequence &series
Matrix &Determinants
Differential equation

No of
Total
Questions Marks
1
1
5
4
1
1
1

4
4
14
12
4
4
2

Weightage
in %
3%
3%
12%
10%
3%
3%
2%

1
1
1
1
1
4
3
2

3
3
2
2
2
12
9
6

3%
3%
2%
2%
2%
10%
8%
5%

2
1
7
1

5
4
22
3

4%
3%
18%
3%

1
40

3
120

3%
100%

Circle
Limit of Function
Area under curve
Straight line
Definite Integration
Co-ordinate geometry
Vector
Parabola
Inverse trigonometric
function
Methods of Determination
Application of derivative
Solution of Triangle
Fundamentals of
Mathematics
Grand Total

The coverage of questions from intermediate and CBSE curriculum is as below:

Coverage of questions from Intermediate and CBSE Curriculum

Curriculum
Intermediate as per new syllabus

CBSE

1st Year

2nd year

Total

Paper I
Paper II

11

20

10

10

20

Paper I
Paper II

6
11

14
9

20
20

The topic wise coverage of questions in terms of percentage is as follows:

Topics
Algebra
Coordinate geometry
Calculus
Vectors

Paper I

Trigonometry

35%
10%
30%
20%

Paper II
35%
20%
20%
15%

5%

10%

Out of aforetasted data, we can easily draw the difficulty level analysis which is as follows:
Type of question

Mathematics
Paper-I

Easy
Average
Difficult

No of
questions
5
7
8

Percentage
25%
35%
40%

Paper II
No of
questions
3
10
7

Percentage
15%
50%
35%

Overall, we can say the paper is tough and average students have to pay more attention on mathematical
concepts and basics. As mathematics is the deciding factor, students must be assiduous in the preparation
of the subject from the day itself.