The IOQM marking scheme: 00–99 answers, and nothing to eliminate
30 integer answers 00–99 · no negative marking · /100 · 180 minutes
| Section | Questions | Marking | Marks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Section 1 | 10 | +2 each | 20 |
| Section 2 | 10 | +3 each | 30 |
| Section 3 | 10 | +5 each | 50 |
| Total | 30 | — | 100 |
Every answer is an integer from 00 to 99 — there are no options to eliminate, and no negative marking. Two consequences follow directly, and neither is opinion:
A blind guess on a 5-mark question is worth about 0.05 marks — small, but strictly better than the zero a blank pays. The real consequence is the other way round: because there is nothing to eliminate, a partially-remembered method scores exactly the same as no method at all. That is why ViJEEta's olympiad mastery is not an MCQ-style estimate.
Pattern source, carried verbatim from the constants the app grades with: MTA/HBCSE IOQM pattern; RMO/INMO are proof-based, never auto-graded.
Why this page exists
A marking scheme is one of the few things about an exam that is simply a fact — so it is one of the few things we can put on a page without a caveat. Everything on ViJEEta that is estimated (readiness, mastery, chapter weightage) carries its method, its minimum evidence, and a "—" wherever we have not measured it. How the readiness score works sets out what each number means and when ViJEEta refuses to show one.
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