Following table shows you the number of questions and marks distribution across various topics of IITJEE syllabus.
This table would be helpful for those who would appear in IITJEE 2009 and IITJEE 2010. This will give them idea of the topics that were important in IITJEE 2008 exam.
There is no certainty that this pattern will repeat in IITJEE 2009.
If you look at the table and the pie shown below, maximum number of question were asked from coordinate geometry and calculus. Though Algebra is also high but algebra includes more topics than coordinate geometry.
| IITJEE 2008, Mathematics Exams Analysis |
Number of Questions |
Marks |
| Topics |
Paper I |
Paper II |
Total |
Paper I |
Paper II |
Total |
% age |
| Algebra |
5 |
5 |
10 |
19 |
21 |
40 |
24.5 |
| Miscellaneous Equations |
|
2 |
2 |
|
9 |
9 |
|
| Complex Numbers |
3 |
1 |
4 |
12 |
3 |
15 |
|
| Progressions |
|
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
| Permutation and Combinations |
|
1 |
1 |
|
6 |
6 |
|
| Binomial Theorem |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Matrices and Determinant |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
| Inequalities |
1 |
|
1 |
4 |
|
4 |
|
| Trigonometry |
1 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
|
3 |
1.8 |
| Trigonometry Identities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Trigonometry Equations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Inverse Trigonometric Equatiions |
1 |
|
1 |
3 |
|
3 |
|
| Vectors |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3.7 |
| Conic Sections |
6 |
4 |
10 |
22 |
15 |
37 |
22.7 |
| Differential Calculus |
5 |
4 |
9 |
17 |
14 |
31 |
19 |
| Functions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Limits and Continuity |
2 |
|
2 |
6 |
|
6 |
|
| Differentiation |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
|
| Application of Derivatives |
2 |
2 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
14 |
|
| Integral Calculus |
3 |
4 |
7 |
12 |
13 |
25 |
15.3 |
| Indefinite Integration |
|
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
| Definite Integration |
3 |
2 |
5 |
12 |
7 |
19 |
|
| Differential Equations |
|
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
3 |
|
| Probability |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3.7 |
| 3 Dimensional Coordinate Geometry |
1 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
12 |
15 |
9.2 |
| Total |
23 |
22 |
45 |
82 |
81 |
163 |
100 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Following pie chart shows % marks across various mathematics topics:
Following bar chart shows marks distribution across various topics:
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