Many institutes consider JEST score for selection including IISc Bangalore, TIFR, IISER and many more good institutes.You can check the list of participating institutes in official site.

  • JEST(Joint Entrance Screening Test) is conducted in many field and TCS(Theoretical Computer Science) is one of that field.
  • This exam is conducted after 1 or 2 weeks of GATE and forms are out in December.Mode of this examination is offline.
  • Duration of this exam is 180 minutes out of first 75 minutes are given for PART A and remaining for PART B.

JEST TCS exam is divided into 2 parts.

Part A (Objective)

Part B (Subjective)

1) PART A (Objective)

  • Part A consists of 25 questions.Each questions carry +3 marks for correct answer and -1 for incorrect answer.
  • Most of the question asked in Part A are from subject like DS,DAA,C prog,TOC, Discrete (P&C, graph theory specially).
  • Focus on TCS subject because Exam itself is TCS.
  • Difficulty level of questions are same as GATE so no extra preparation required for Part A if you have studied properly for GATE.
  • Just revision of your note is enough and if you are aiming for IISc then try to attempt as much as you can. According to me 20–21 questions are good attempt but incorrect questions should be less.
  • Because As of now JEST cut off for IISc CSA is just 45 rank so you may get good rank but if you secured above 45 rank then you may not get interview call.
  • One more thing you will get a interview call for M.Tech Research (RA) not for M.Tech Coursework(TA) in IISc.
  • Even though you qualified this exam in TCS(Theoretical Computer Science) still you can select any other research pool i.e; either TCS or Intelligent system or System software.
  • No need to worry about it just qualify and secured a good rank.

Even there are very less students who appeared in this exam but still do not take it lightly if you are aiming for IISc because you will have to be in at least top 45 to get a call and who knows cut off may be increased also so try to secure good rank.

JEST TCS 2019

  • 32 Marks-- 19 Rank
  • 45 Marks-- 11 Rank

JEST TCS 2020

  • 67 Marks-- 1st Rank
  • 56 Marks-- 8th Rank
  • 53 Marks-- 10th Rank
  • 52 Marks-- 11th Rank
  • 48 Marks-- 19 Rank
  • 46 Marks-- 28 Rank
  • 45 Marks-- 31 Rank
  • 43 Marks-- 36 Rank
  • 39 Marks-- 51 Rank

Now you can observe that how much Rank varies. So try to attempt as many as possible.

  • One more important thing is that Rank is given only on the performance of Part A means just secure good marks in part A and you will get a good rank irrespective of your performance in part B.
  • Level of questions is also good not too easy not too tough.Just believe in yourself and most of students who could not secure good rank in Gate, gets very good rank in JEST.

2) PART B(Subjective)

Part B itself is divided into 2 parts.

  • Part B(i)— 5 questions of 8 Marks each out of which 3 questions is compulsory to attempt.
  • Part B(ii)— 3 questions of 12 Marks each out of which 2 questions are compulsory to attempt.
  • Part B is the most challenging part.Due to subjective you will have to explain everything. Algorithm , Graph theory and TOC is most important topics for this part specially algorithm.
  • You will be asked to write a algorithm for particular questions and in Graph theory I was asked to prove a theorem and one question was to draw a DFA and one question was from Function (Discrete) where I was asked to prove something.

So overall this part is challenging you should have a very good knowledge in the subject.

  • Even though if you could not solve a single questions from part B; still you may get a decent rank if you scored good in part A because Rank is assigned on the basis of performance only in part A but still try to solve Part B because after 75 min your OMR sheet(PART A answer sheet) will be submitted and for remaining time you will have to solve only subjective so first solve objective part that is PART A because you have 75 min for PART A.

Only few college(IMSc) consider score of part B as well but for IISc,they just consider only performance in Part A i.e; Rank.

 

SUBJECTS FOR TCS: 

As I said exam itself is TCS so you need to prepare only TCS subject. As far as I know there were questions from following subjects( DS, DAA, C lang, TOC, Discrete Maths especially Graph Theory and P&C, Probability, LA). This is what I remember and I also asked to some other people and they said the same. Apart from these subjects, no need to focus on those subject for JEST like CN, COA, OS, DBMS, Eng Maths(except LA, Probability).

 

HOW TO PREPARE:

Although for part A, GATE preparation is enough but solve previous year question of GATE, TIFR, CMI and other similar exam. Someone was saying that there were many question from TIFR PYQ. So do not leave TIFR PYQ question.

 

SOME IMPORTANT LINK FOR YOUR PREPARATION:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1zHT8y-yJa_XyiRiTryPFx1fELUAyvFg4?fbclid=IwAR2PDFmGPqi_IScMYGd0Lyoo4iQX2sJ6yiemzEdU7NR6XqFnC5MO9sNHkL4

 

GO PDF OF CMI, ISI, TIFR

https://gateoverflow.in/blog/8987/isi-cmi-pdf-by-gate-overflow?fbclid=IwAR3mAhfar0btwMZXRBqlzZORBXErTqp6eql693hOjfrLWJpJpjbwLLs5ftU

 

JEST 2020 MEMORY BASED QUESTION PAPER:

https://m.facebook.com/groups/gateoverflow/permalink/1277541932451014/?ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_comment

 

Please go through below link. Here Utkarsh Joshi also shared his experience. He secured AIR 11 rank in JEST 2019.

https://m.facebook.com/groups/gateoverflow/permalink/1064794597059083/?ref=m_notif&notif_t=group_comment

 

FEW QUESTION FROM ASPIRANT:

 

Q1: Which program should I select while filling JEST form?

While filling JEST form you have to select " Integrated PhD" option in Computer Science but don't worry you will still get M.Tech research because while applying for IISc you will have option to choose M.Tech research using JEST scorecard.

 

Q2: PYQ is available?

PYQ and syllabus is not available anywhere but I posted link for memory based question. Only memory based question paper is available.

 

I had to struggle a lot just for collecting JEST related information. So I am doing my best so that aspirants will not have to waste their time just for collecting information.If you still have a query, you can comment or ask me directly.

 

My LinkedIn account:  www.linkedin.com/in/navneettomar

 

PS 1: I secured AIR 36 in JEST TCS 2020. This year cut off for IISc was high due to covid-19. This year(2020) cut off was AIR 5 for CDS and AIR 20 for CSA for GEN. This year they filled only 50% seat for MTech(Research) comparison to last year. But from next year it will be lower than this year.  So don't follow this year cut off for your reference, you may be are getting under 50 then you may be shortlisted for interview. Just prepare for JEST and do best. 

 

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From where we can get previous year papers of JEST?
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Previous year paper is not available anywhere. But yes you can get few memory based previous year questions on quora.
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I'm an ece student preparing for gate 2021 cse . Can I also apply for JEST? but in cse branch?
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I think you are allowed but I am not sure. So it is better to mail them.
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Is gate preparation enough for JEST?
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@mellophi For Part A, Gate preparation is enough but for Part B, you should have a deep knowledge in those subject and Part B is subjective so it requires little bit extra preparation.
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can you suggest from where I should prepare for Part B?
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@Mellophi actually standard book is good but most of the students while preparing for GATE do not use standard book properly or they do not want to go in depth. So if you want to prepare for part B read cormen very well means do not just learn algorithm, understand and then implement that algorithm. Believe me if you implement, you will understand properly. For TOC follow any standard book and solve question with step by step because Part B is subjective. For Graph theory try to understand graph properly with implementation. So if you do all these thing and practice, you will definitely get good marks in Part B as well.

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Is Ullman and Rosen okay for TOC and Graph?
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@Mellophi Yeah both books are great and if you want to learn more in graph theory, you can also follow "Graph theory by Narsingh Deo"

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only IMSc offers Theoretical Computer Science not iisc.

https://www.jest.org.in/joint-entrance-screening-test?q=eligibility

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@saurabh_shashi Bro in your link where it is mentioned that IISc does not offer TCS?? I know someone who is pursuing M.Tech(Research) from IISc in TCS using JEST score.
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click on 'participating institutes' on same page and see which course is offered by iisc
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@saurabh_sushi No bro, it is offered. I do not why it is not mentioned there and check image here they did not mention about any computer science department but IISc call students for CSA, CDS department using JEST score.

 

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https://www.csa.iisc.ac.in/academics/academics-prospectivestudents-regular.php

for Regular PhD / MTech (Research) IISc CSA take jest score

  • Candidates with a M.E. / M.Tech applying for the Ph.D. degree will be shortlisted for the interview based solely on their academic record.
  • Candidates with other qualifying degrees applying for MTech (Research) or Ph.D. degree will be shortlisted for the interview based on their performance in the appropriate qualifying examination:
  1. GATE
  2. CSIR/UGC NET for JRF
  3. NBHM Screening Test
  4. JEST (Theoretical Computer Science)
  5. Inspire Fellowship

 

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BE/BTech Students are not allowed to take the exam only Mtech student is allowed then how it can help ?
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@Sgr007 No bro, I did not say this. Obviously B.Tech/B.E. students are allowed. Using JEST score, you can apply for master's program in participating institute including M.Tech Research program in IISc.

Note- I was B.Tech CSE student not sure about B.E. but I think B.E students are also allowed.

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Thank you for information
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When registering for JEST, should I select PhD as "Course being applied for" even if I'm actually aiming for MTech at IISc? The only options are PhD and Integrated PhD.
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@pritishc Bro I think I choose the option "intergrated PhD and TCS  field". After JEST exam, when you will fill the form of IISc, then you can choose M.Tech and use JEST scorecard for M.Tech.
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Thanks, Navneet and endurance. This has been very helpful.
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@pritishc bro check that image also for better understanding.

Image source: FB group

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What are Theoretical CS Subjects ? As per subjects mentioned in the post , is it only requirement ? subjects like COA ,OS,DBMS, Linear Algebra , quesrions will not be asked from these subjects , is it for sure ?
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updates on JEST 2022?

people who gave jest 2021, did iisc finally accepted any students for M.tech.(R) as it was a big doubt last year. if so, what were cutoffs etc.?
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I am preparing  for JEST this year but selected PHD and I am btech student  can I still go for mtech research
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You should have selected Integrated PhD while applying. I don't know whether you will be allowed or not if you choose PhD.
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Like Integrated PhD, Direct PhD is also possible at most good places like IITs, IISc. Difference between the two is you'll get a PhD degree and not Masters. This hardly matters unless your aim is to join some non top level college as faculty. Many of the IISc faculties and most IIT graduates do direct PhD.