WBJEE 2026 Exam Details: Date, Pattern, Merit List, Old Question Pages, and Answer Keys
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
WBJEE Exam Details Overview
WBJEE exams are conducted by the West Bengal Joint Entrance Board for the purpose of admissions in B.Tech/B.Pharm courses. The mode of the exam is offline and contains MCQs. Follow the table below for WBJEE exam details.
Particulars | Details |
Full Name | West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination |
Conducting Authority | WBJEEB (West Bengal Joint Entrance Examinations Board) |
Purpose | Admission to Undergraduate Engineering, Pharmacy, and Architecture courses in West Bengal |
Exam Level | State-Level |
Mode of Exam | Offline (OMR-Based Pen and Paper Mode) |
Duration | Paper 1 (Maths): 2 Hours Paper 2 (Physics & Chemistry): 2 Hours |
Total Papers | 2 (Paper-I: Mathematics, Paper-II: Physics & Chemistry) |
Type of Questions | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
Total Marks | 200 Marks (Mathematics – 100, Physics – 50, Chemistry – 50) |
Marking Scheme | Category I: +1 for correct, -0.25 for wrong & Category II: +2 for correct, -0.5 for wrong Category III: +2 for correct, no negative marking |
Subjects Tested | Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry |
Minimum Marks | 45% for General, 40% for SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B (in 3 subjects taken together) |
Application Mode | Online |
Application Fee | General Male: ₹500& General Female & Male SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW: ₹400 Female SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW & Third Gender General: ₹300 Third Gender SC/ST/OBC-A/OBC-B/EWS/TFW: ₹200 |
Result Declaration | Usually in June 2026 (Tentative) |
Counselling Mode | Online, based on WBJEE rank or JEE Main (for some seats) |
Courses Offered | B.Tech, B.Arch, B.Pharm, and other UG professional programs |
Participating Colleges | Government, Government-aided, Self-financing institutes & Universities in West Bengal |
Reservation | SC/ST/OBC/TFW/PD categories as per WB Govt. norms |
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
WBJEE Exam Pattern
WBJEE 2026 will be held in offline (OMR-based) mode, and it contains 2 papers: Mathematics (Paper I) and Physics & Chemistry (Paper II). The method of learning will be presented in two parts of two hours each.
The question paper is structured in three categories. Category I consists of single correct questions totaling 1 mark each that come with negative marking. Single-correct questions are also present in Category II, which has 2 marks each and reverse marking. Category III includes questions of a type that require numerical answers and are believed to promise 2 marks each, and the highlight here is that there is no negative marking in Category III.
Both Paper I and Paper II will be a requisite for any Engineering aspirant. Applicants who have applied to Pharmacy / Drug Manufacturing courses must take only Paper II.
Paper | Subjects | Duration | Total Marks |
Paper I | Mathematics | 2 Hours | 100 |
Paper II | Physics & Chemistry | 2 Hours | 100 |
Total | 3 Subjects | 4 Hours | 200 |
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
Download JIPMER Answer Key
West Bengal Joint Examinations Board (WBJEEB) will announce a provisional answer key of WBJEE 2026 5 to 7 days after the examination. In the answer key, there will be the official answers to all questions (of the objective type) asked in both the papers I (Mathematics) and II (Physics and Chemistry).
Official site wbjeeb.nic.in will provide the answer key in PDF format can be downloaded by the candidates. Judging their performance by analyzing the official answers to questions matched with theirs, students can make their self-assessment based on the answers and predict the possible level of the score even before the outcomes are announced.
West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination
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