JEE Main 2024 Topper: ‘Focus on NCERT Books’, Says Visharad Srivastava

JEE Main 2024 Topper: Visharad Srivastava from Maharashtra, who aims to study computer science at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B), scored a percentile of 100 in the JEE Main 2024 results.

“Computer science is a fascinating field to study. Moreover, the IIT-Bombay CSE students will get good placement,” said the 17-year-old. When asked if IIT Bombay would not have been the institute he would have chosen, Srivastava said that IIT Delhi is his second preference.

Working towards his dream from class 7, Visharad joined the Allen Institute and focused on completing olympiads like the Science Olympiad Foundation, which conducts various exams under its domain. “My JEE mentality was developed in Class 10 and before that my focus was on winning such Olympics,” said the topper.

“In 2022, during the pandemic phase, I appeared for class 10 exams – both term one and two separately. After the exams were over, I switched to JEE preparation,” said Srivastava, who scored 100 percent in class 10.

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“In Class 12, the board syllabus is a subset of the JEE syllabus, so you are prepared for entrance tests and board exams,” said the JEE Main 2024 topper. When asked which subject he found easy, he said: “Chemistry can be learned a bit by rote, while math is more intellectually and conceptually based. So if you want to score well, practice is the key.”

“In mathematics, vectors and three-dimensional geometry and coordinate geometry are the two chapters I feel comfortable with, while in chemistry the organic chapter is much more on the thinking side than on the concept-based side. It is also the most logical part of chemistry,” says Visharad Srivastava.

In the last days before the exam, the topper focused on NCERT for both Physics and Chemistry. “I wanted to read all the required NCERT books,” he said.

The boy from Maharashtra did not go with the flow of paper, but devised his strategies. He focused on chemistry for the first 40-45 minutes, followed by mathematics in an hour and the last hour he devoted to physics. He called physics his strength in the JEE Main exam.

Unlike many other aspirants, Srivastava did not shut down social media completely, but he also “didn’t get too involved in it”.

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