West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE 2021) is conducted by West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board. It is a state-level entrance exam providing admissions to various UG courses like Engineering and Technology, Pharmacy, and Architecture at various colleges in West Bengal.
The exam will be held as an OMR examination with two different papers Mathematics (Paper-I) and Physics and Chemistry (Paper-II). Candidates need to qualify both papers to be eligible for admission.
There are 9 government Colleges, 9 government universities, 82 private and self-financed colleges and 5 private and self-financed universities taking part in WBJEE 2021.
WBJEE 2021 Highlights
| Exam Name | West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination (WBJEE 2021) |
| Conducting Body | West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board |
| Exam Level | State-level Exam |
| Mode of Application | Online Mode |
| Exam Purpose | Admissions to various B.Tech and Pharma courses |
| Mode of exam | Offline (OMR based) |
| Exam Frequency | Once a year |
| Exam Duration | 2 hours (120 minutes) |
| Number of Papers | 2 (Paper 1- Mathematics; Paper 2- Physics and Chemistry) |
| Number of Questions | 155 Questions |
| Question Type | Multiple-Choice questions (MCQs) |
| Total Exam centres | 219 centres |
| Application Fee | General- INR 500 SC/ ST/ OBC- A/ OBC- B- INR 400 |
| Category | Engineering Entrance Exam |
| Number of Seats | 34125 seats (approx.) |
| No. of test takers | 1.5-1.8 lakh |
| Participating Institutes | 116 Institutes |
| Official Website | wbjeeb.nic.in |
Aspirants can download the WBJEE Syllabus 2022 – Download Pdf Now from the official website.
WBJEE 2021 Exam Dates
The detail about the dates of the examination are given in the table below:
| Events | Date |
| Release of Official WBJEE 2021 Notification | February 19, 2021 |
| WBJEE 2021 Application Form Schedule | February 23, 2021 to March 30, 2021 |
| WBJEE 2021 Form Correction | March 31, 2021 to April 2, 2021 |
| Availability of WBJEE 2021 Admit Card | July 10, 2021 to July 17, 2021 |
| WBJEE 2021 Exam Date | July 17, 2021 |
| Release of WBJEE 2021 Model Answer Key | July 21, 2021 |
| Release of WBJEE 2021 OMR Sheet and Responses | July 30, 2021 |
| Release of Final WBJEE 2021 Answer Key | August 5, 2021 |
| Declaration of WBJEE 2021 Result | August 6, 2021 |
| Commencement of WBJEE 2021 Counseling | August 13, 2021 |
WBJEE 2021 Eligibility Criteria
In the following section, please check the WBJEE eligibility criteria:
General Eligibility:
- Nationality:Candidates must be Indian citizens.
- Age Limit:The minimum age limit of the applicant should be 17 years as of 31 December 2021. Applicants must have been born on or before 31 December 2004.
- Upper Age Limit:no other courses have an upper age limit. For marine engineering, the upper age limit is 25 years as of December 31, 2021.
Qualification Eligibility (For Engineering):
- Qualifying Exam:Applicants should have qualified 10+2 level or its equivalent examination approved by the Central Government or State Government concerned.
- Qualifying Percentage & Subjects:Students in the 12th level must have qualified with Physics & Mathematics as mandatory subjects and any candidate from the Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biology, Computer Science & Computer Application securing 45% marks (40% marks for SC, ST, OBC-A, OBC-B, PwD categories) in the qualifying subjects.
- English:The applicants should have qualified English at 10+2 level with a minimum of 30% marks.
Qualification Eligibility (For Pharmacy):
- Qualifying Exam:Applicants should have qualified 12th standard or its equivalent from a recognized board or university.
- Qualifying Percentage & Subjects: Applicants should have qualified 12th class with Physics & Chemistry as compulsory subjects & any 1 of the subjects among – Mathematics, Biotechnology, Biology, Computer Science & Computer Application. Marks required for qualification should be 45% marks (General) & 40% marks for reserved applicants.
- English Subject:Candidates needs to qualify English subject in 10+2 class with 30% marks.
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WBJEE 2021 Exam Pattern
Candidates can check the detailed WBJEE exam pattern below:
| Particulars | Details |
| Mode | Offline (pen-and-paper-based test) |
| Duration | 4 hours (2 hours for each paper) |
| Medium of Exam | English and Bengali |
| Sections | Paper 1 – Mathematics
Paper 2 – Physics and Chemistry |
| Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions |
| Total Number of Questions | 155 Questions |
WBJEE 2021 – Division of Questions
The questions in each section will be divided into three categories:
- Category I:Only one answer option is correct
- Category-II:Only one answer option is correct
- Category-III: One or more answer options are correct
Candidates can check the details regarding the division of questions in the WBJEE exam pattern below:
| Category of Questions | Chemistry | Mathematics | Physics |
| Category I | 1 Mark (30 questions) | 1 Mark (50 questions) | 1 Mark (30 questions) |
| Category II | 2 Marks (5 Questions) | 2 Marks (15 questions) | 2 Marks (5 questions) |
| Category III | 2 Marks (5 questions) | 2 Marks (5 questions) | 2 Marks (5 questions) |
| Total Marks | 50 | 100 | 50 |
WBJEE Syllabus 2021
It will include topics of 10+2 standards of PCM. The questions will be asked from three subjects i.e., Mathematics, Physics and chemistry. The students need to analyse the past year’s trends to evaluate the essential topics.
Physics:
- Physical World, Measurements, Units & Dimensions
- Nuclear Physics
- Atomic Physics
- Solid state Electronics
- Optics (II) Wave Optics
- Gravitation
- Motion of centre of mass, connected systems, Friction
- Bulk properties of matter
- Heat & Thermal Physics
- Viscosity
- Thermodynamics
- Laws of motion
- Kinematics
- Work, power, energy
- Kinetic theory of gases
- Electrostatics
- Magnetics
- Oscillations & Waves
- Current Electricity
- Magnetic effect of current
- Electromagnetic waves
- Electromagnetic induction & alternating current
- Optics I (Ray optics)
- Particle nature of light & wave particle dualism
Chemistry:
- Atomic Structure
- Atoms, Molecules & Chemical Arithmetic
- Radioactivity and Nuclear Chemistry
- Environmental Chemistry
- Physical Chemistry of Solutions
- The Periodic Table and Chemical Families
- Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
- Chemistry of Metals
- Coordination Compounds
- Chemical Energetic and Chemical Dynamics
- Chemistry in Industry
Mathematics:
- Trigonometry
- Algebra
- Co-ordinate Geometry of Two Dimensions
- Calculus
- Co-ordinate Geometry of Three Dimensions
Counselling 2021
The WBJEE 2021 Counselling is going to start from August 2021. Only qualified candidates can participate in counselling. The counselling will happen through online mode. There will be 3 rounds in the counselling after that candidate will be got their seat for admission. For documents, the verification candidate must visit the reporting center.
Document Required for Counselling
The Documents which are must be shown at the time of WBJEE 2021 Counselling:
- Admit Card of WBJEE
- WBJEE Result
- Seat Allotment Letter of WBJEE
- Class XII (or equivalent) standard examination mark sheet
- Class 10-mark sheet
- Receipt of Online Counselling Registration Fee (E-Challan)
- Category Certificate (if applicable)
- PwD Certificate (if applicable)
- Domicile Certificate (if applicable)
- JEE Main 2021 for candidates who have applied for the 10% quota
WBJEE 2021 Important Books
The board only recommend to study NCERT books for covering the WBJEE syllabus 2021.
However, to know the variety of questions, candidates can refer the given WBJEE books to improve the preparation level:
| Subjects | Books |
| Physics | Concepts of Physics by HC Verma |
| Physics Problems by IE Irodov | |
| NCERT Physics | |
| Chemistry | Chemistry by Pradeep’s |
| Organic Chemistry by OP Tandon | |
| NCERT Chemistry | |
| Mathematics | Mathematics by R.S. Agarwal |
| Mathematics by RD Sharma | |
| NCERT Mathematics |
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