JEE MAIN and JEE Advanced-2014: Relative performance

The following post comprises of the data on the relative performance of the candidates in the JEE Advanced-2014.

Updated: Sep 30, 2014 15:37 IST

Year 2014 is the second year of the JEE Advanced, which is conducted by the CBSE for the admission in the IITs. JEE Advanced-2014 used the same format of the JEE Advanced-2013. No modifications were being made in the policies and procedures that were adopted in JEE Advanced-2013. JEE Advanced-2014 was conducted on the May 25th.
JEE (Advanced)–2014 was conducted under seven zones. The zones were decided on the basis of the seven IITs (Kharagpur, Kanpur, Roorkee, Mumbai, Delhi, Madras and Guwahati). The following post is about the relative performance of the candidates in the JEE MAIN-2014 and JEE Advanced 2014 exam. The data clearly indicates that how much the performance of a candidate has been improved in JEE Advanced than in JEE MAIN.

Percentage in the exam	JEE MAIN distribution	Candidates with same or better % of marks in JEE Advanced	Candidates with less % of marks in JEE Advanced	Same or better marks (percentage)	Less marks (percentage)
<=10	389	389	0	100	0
11 – 20	15032	6002	9030	39.93	60.07
21 – 30	33461	6261	27200	18.71	81.29
31 – 40	34654	4851	29803	14.00	86.00
41 – 50	19862	1892	17970	9.53	90.47
51 – 60	9592	812	8780	8.47	91.53
61 – 70	4342	290	4052	6.68	93.32
71 – 80	1653	86	1567	5.20	94.80
81 – 90	500	26	474	5.20	94.80
91 – 100	95	1	94	1.05	98.95

From the above table it can be concluded that the maximum no of candidates appeared in the JEE Advanced-2014 are those who scored between 11% – 60% in JEE MAIN-2014. Maximum number of candidates selected in the JEE Advanced are from the same range. Another very astonishing fact is that, very few candidates are able to score better marks in JEE Advanced than that of in JEE MAIN. Out of the total candidates appeared in the JEE Advanced (119580), only around 20% (20610) are able to score better in JEE Advanced than in JEE MAIN.