Subject wise cutoffs and aggregate cutoffs for IIT-JEE 2008*
1. Subject-wise cutoffs – Individual subject cutoffs have been determined on the basis that top 80% candidates qualify in each subject. The cutoff marks for the three subjects for General Category are:
Subject |
Cutoff Marks |
Mathematics |
5 |
Physics |
0 |
Chemistry |
3 |
Note : Subject cutoffs have been used as first filtering criteria only and these are not the minimum marks of the candidates actually admitted to IITs, IT-BHU and ISMU. For the actual marks obtained by the first and the last admitted candidate see bottom of this page.
2. Relaxation in subject-wise cutoffs for reserved categories - The relaxation given in the subject wise cutoff to the reserved categories in respect of the General category are as under:
OBC |
10% |
PD |
10% |
SC |
40% |
ST |
40% |
3. Relaxed subject cutoffs for reserved categories – With the above relaxed norms, the subject wise cutoffs for the reserved categories are:
Subject |
OBC & PD |
SC & ST |
Mathematics |
4.5 |
3 |
Physics |
0 |
0 |
Chemistry |
2.7 |
1.8 |
4. Aggregate cutoff for the Common Merit List is 172. Aggregate cutoff was determined to declare the required no. of candidates (1.15 times the number of seats available) qualified:
Aggregate cutoff - 172
No. of candidates qualified - 7903
5. Relaxations in aggregate cutoff to other categories – Maximum relaxation as given hereunder or till the required number of candidates (1.15 times the number of seats available in the category, except for OBC) qualify, whichever is higher.
OBC & PD - 10% lower than the aggregate of the last qualified candidate in the common merit list.
SC & ST - 40% lower than the aggregate total of the last qualified candidate.
6. Actual Aggregate cutoff – Following aggregate cutoffs have been obtained as per 5 above for preparing reserved category merit lists.
Category |
Aggregate cutoff |
No. of Candidates Qualified |
OBC |
172.0 |
1134 |
PD |
154.8 |
20 |
SC |
103.2 |
690 |
ST |
103.2 |
159 |
Aggregate Total and subject-wise marks for the first and last admitted candidates
| Category | AIR |
Maths Marks |
Physcis Marks |
Chem Marks |
Total Marks |
| GE Category First Candidate Admitted |
1 |
159 |
142 |
132 |
433 |
| GE Category Last Candidate Admitted |
6773 |
63 |
72 |
45 |
180 |
| OBC Category First Candidate Admitted |
4 |
117 |
136 |
94 |
347 |
| OBC Category Last Candidate Admitted |
1133 |
108 |
25 |
40 |
173 |
| SC Category First Candidate Admitted |
1 |
113 |
102 |
107 |
322 |
| SC Category Last Candidate Admitted |
689 |
38 |
8 |
58 |
104 |
| ST Category First Candidate Admitted |
1 |
79 |
128 |
85 |
292 |
| ST Category Last Candidate Admitted |
159 |
36 |
12 |
56 |
104 |
FOLLOWING PROCEDURE WILL BE EMPLOYED FOR RANKING PURPOSE
1. Only those candidates who attempt both Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be considered for the ranking.
2. Marks in each subject like Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry will be obtained by adding the marks secured in that subject part in both paper 1 and paper 2. i.e. Marks in Mathematics will be equal to marks in Mathematics section of Paper 1 + marks in Mathematics section of Paper 2. Similar procedure will be followed for Physics and Chemistry.
3. Subject-wise Cut off- All candidates whose marks are in the top 80% bracket of the total candidates appeared will qualify the cut off requirement for that subject for General/DS category. Candidates meeting the cut off requirements for all the three subjects will be considered for the ranking.
4.Subject-wise Cut offs for the reserved category candidates:There is some relaxation in the subject-wise cut offs available to reserved category candidates.
5.Based on the aggregate marks secured in the Examination, a common merit list with AIR will be prepared without any relaxed criteria. Total number of candidates declared qualified and ranked will be 1.15 times the total number of seats available at the seven IITs, IT-BHU and ISMU.
6.Reserved Category Merit Lists- In addition to a common merit list, separate merit lists of candidates belonging to the SC, ST, and PD categories will be prepared by giving some further relaxation in the aggregate cut off determined in 5 above. If a candidate belongs to more than one reserved category, then he/she for the purpose of ranking shall be considered in all the categories in which he/she qualifies.
7.Total number of candidates declared qualified in any reserved category will not exceed 1.15 times the total seats available in that category.
Source: IIT-JEE website
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