Joint Entrance Screening Test - 2008
For admission to:
PhD programmes in physics/ theoretical computer science at any of the participating institutes - ARIES Nainital, IIA Bangalore, IISc Bangalore, IISER Pune, IUCAA Pune, JNCASR Bangalore, NCRA Pune, PRL Ahmedabad, RRI Bangalore, SNBNCBS Kolkata, UGCDAE CSR Indore, BARC Mumbai, HRI Allahabad, IGCAR Kalpakkam, IMSc Chennai, IOP Bhubaneshwar, IPR Gandhinagar, RRCAT Indore, SINP Kolkata and VECC Kolkata.
Eligibility:
Motivated students with consistently good academic record. For physics, candidates should have completed MSc in physics or MSc/ ME/ MTech in related disciplines. Candidates with MSc in math will also be considered at IIA. Graduates with BE/ BTech will also be considered at IIA, IUCAA, NCRA, JNCASR, RRI, SNBNCBS and IMSc. At IPR, candidates should have a master’s degree in physics, engg physics, applied physics, etc, with at least 55 per cent aggregate. For theoretical comp sci, candidates should have completed MSc/ ME/ MTech in comp sci or related disciplines, and should be interested in the mathematical aspects of comp sci. BTech students are also eligible as per the notification. At HRI, candidates with a bachelor’s degree will also be considered for the integrated MSc-PhD programme in physics. At IMSc, graduates with BSc/ BE/ BTech degree will also be considered for admission to the MSc (by research) programme in theoretical comp sci/ physics, as part of an integrated PhD programme in these disciplines. At SNBNCBS, talented graduates with BSc (physics) BE/ BTech degree will be considered for the integrated MSc-PhD programme. Students who expect to complete their final exam by August 2008 are also eligible to apply.
The physics paper will be a multiple-choice question paper containing questions of two levels of difficulty.The first level will have 25 ‘easier’ questions carrying one mark each.The second level will have 25 ‘difficult’ questions carrying three marks each. Therefore, the test will have a total of 50 questions with 25 from each level, adding to total maximum marks of 100. 40 per cent questions will be from BSc level and 60 per cent questions from MSc level.The theoretical comp sci test will focus on the following areas - analytical reasoning and deduction, combinatorics, data structures and algorithms, discrete math, graph theory, principles of programming in each of these areas, familiarity with the basics (including the necessary simple math) is assumed and will be tested. There will be questions of both
varieties - some requiring
short answers as well as some involving detailed problem solving. Some textbooks, which may help the candidate prepare for the test, are listed in the sample question link.The candidate is not expected to read all the books.There is no specified ‘syllabus’ for the test; rather, the test is designed to check the applicant’s understanding of foundational aspects of computing. Sample questions on
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