About AIEEE:

AIEEE is a national level entrance test for admission to Engineering, and Architecture and Planning degree courses offered by various top engineering colleges and institutes the country. The AIEEE test is conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), and Department of Secondary and Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) in compliance with the directives of the Government of India. Almost 6,00,000 candidates take aieee exam every year with the dream of making it to NITs, IIITs and other esteemed colleges.

AIEEE 2010 Pattern

The AIEEE 2010 entrance exam will consists of two papers:

• First paper consists of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics for BE and BTech courses.
• Second paper includes Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing for Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Planning academic programs.

AIEEE Eligibility 2010

Educational Qualification

• 10+2 or its equivalent from a recognized Board/University with a minimum aggregate of 50 % marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
• Those appearing in 10+2 final or equivalent examination may also appear in AIEEE exam for consideration of provisional admission.Those who will appear for class 12th examination in 2011 are not eligible to appear in AIEEE entrance exam 2010.

Note: Only Indian students are eligible for AIEEE exam 2010.

Age limit: 16-24.

AIEEE Exam Application Procedure

• You can apply for AIEEE exam either on the prescribed application form or through the application format available on the website of AIEEE, i.e., www.aieee.nic.in,
• You need to send the aieee exam application forms through Registered or Speed Post only. The Application form sent by Courier are not accepted.
• You need to attach your photograph, signature and requisite fees with the aieee forms.

Examination Fees:

Note: The AIEEE exam fees should be sent in the form of Demand Draft in favour of Secretary, CBSE payable at Delhi.

Tips to Crack AIEEE Exam

• AIEEE test is not difficult. However, its questions do have a need of being tackled with different tactics and perspectives.
• Each question asked in AIEEE exam papers is different in its own way with an element of surprise in it. Candidates who know how and what to look for in a question are likely to score high in the AIEEE test.
• Since the most aieee questions are basically designed to evaluate the conceptual clarity of the candidates and application of fundamental concepts, you should be focused on mastering all the fundamentals well.
• You need to attain minimum qualifying scores in subject. Thus, focusing on one subject and ignoring the other may land you in a hot soup. So, divide your time among the subjects more equitably.
• Focus on solving the aieee sample questions on your own, while preparing for the aieee exam. Here is a step-by-step guide outlining the ideal process for solving a problem:
  • Try conventional methods first.
  • If they don’t work out, try to understand the problem again and find clues that can lead you to solution.
  • Go through the concepts related to the problem once again and see how they can be applied to the problem in hand.
  • Try to relate the problem to real-life situations. It will help you to analyze it better.
  • Consult the solution, only when you have exhausted your limits. See, what you had missed earlier.
  • Practice similar problems.
  • Devise your own shortcuts and ways to tackle particular kind of problems.
• In AIEEE tests, both speed and strike rate matter. You need to be quick and accurate to achieve high scores. High speed with less accuracy can actually ruin your results.
• Never use calculator while preparing for the AIEEE exam. Being adept in mental calculations can actually increase your speed to a great extent.
• Select your questions wisely. About 25% questions in the examinations paper are easy, 60% are average and 25% are difficult. Attempt easy questions first.
• The cut-off for AIEEE test is generally around 60 to 70%. So, if you just solve easy and average questions correctly, you can easily get through. Once you have exhausted these questions, you may attempt difficult ones to get good aieee marks.
• If you indicate more than one answer for a particular aieee question, it will be considered as an incorrect response and you will lose marks on it.
• Once you are done with the questions you know well, apply the method of intelligent guessing and elimination for questions you are not sure about.
  Since you only need to choose one of the four given options, your chances of choosing a correct answer is 25%.
  If you eliminate one incorrect answer, your chances improve to 33%. If you are able to strike out one more option, your chances of choosing the correct answer will be as high as 50%.

• Since you will be penalized for incorrect responses in the aieee examination, do not resort to wild guesswork. It is better to leave the question you have no idea about, as you do not lose marks on questions you do not attempt.

AIEEE 2010 - Important Dates

Date for receipt of forms by post : 05th January, 2010

AIEEE Exam Date : 25th April, 2010