IIT JAM Economics / EN paper pattern

IIT JAM Economics Exam Pattern: MCQ, MSQ and NAT

The official JAM pattern uses 60 questions for 100 marks in three hours: 30 MCQs, 10 MSQs and 20 NAT questions, with negative marking only for MCQs.

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Questions

Marks

100

Duration

3 hours

Sections

MCQ / MSQ / NAT

Section A: MCQ

The official pattern has 30 single-correct questions: ten one-mark and twenty two-mark questions. Wrong answers lose one-third or two-thirds of a mark respectively; unattempted questions score zero.

Section B: MSQ

Ten two-mark multiple-select questions may have more than one correct choice. Full credit requires selecting all correct choices and no incorrect choice; the official pattern has no negative or partial marking.

Section C: NAT

Twenty numerical-answer questions use virtual-keyboard entry rather than options: ten one-mark and ten two-mark questions. The official pattern has no negative marking for NAT.

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The current 2021-2026 corpus contains 322 publication-verified records after excluding review-required and quarantined items. Paper-specific instructions remain authoritative for each year.

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JAM Economics exam pattern

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MCQ practice method

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MSQ practice method

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NAT practice method

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Frequently asked questions

What are the three IIT JAM Economics question types?

The official paper uses single-correct MCQ, multiple-select MSQ and numerical-answer NAT questions.

Do these pages expose questions or solutions?

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Are review-required records included in the counts?

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