What is Cracku JOSH 2027?

Cracku JOSH, or JEE Outstanding Scholars Hunt, is an offline talent assessment and scholarship exam for students in Classes 5–10. It tests conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills, allowing students to earn cash rewards and scholarships for JEE Foundation programs.

Who is eligible to participate in Cracku JOSH 2027?

Students studying in Classes 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10during the 2026–27 academic year can participate. The exam is open to CBSE, ICSE and State Board students. Students outside Hyderabad can also apply, provided they can attend the exam at the Hyderabad centre.

When and where will the Cracku JOSH 2027 exam take place?

The exam will be held on January 31, 2027, in Hyderabad. Students must attend in person and mark their answers on an OMR sheet. The exact exam centre details will be updated on the JOSH page.

What is the exam pattern for Cracku JOSH 2027?

The exam has 40 multiple-choice questions and lasts two hours. Class 5 students will answer questions in Maths and Logical Reasoning. Classes 6–10 will have three sections: Maths, Science and Logical Reasoning. The syllabus is different for each class.

How can students register for Cracku JOSH 2027?

Parents or guardians can register through the Cracku JOSH page by entering the student’s name, current class and parent contact details, and paying the ₹199 registration fee. Schools can also submit a group registration enquiry. The fee is non-refundable unless the exam is cancelled.

How should students prepare for the Cracku JOSH exam?

Start with the class-wise syllabus available on the JOSH page. Revise the listed Maths concepts, practise Logical Reasoning questions and cover Science topics if you are in Classes 6–10. Focus on understanding concepts and applying them to problems rather than memorising formulas alone.

What prizes and scholarships are available through Cracku JOSH?

The top three rankers will receive cash prizes of ₹20,000, ₹10,000 and ₹5,000, respectively, along with 100% scholarships for Cracku’s JEE Foundation programs. Additional scholarships of up to 50% are available for other top 10 rankers. Every participant will receive a participation certificate.

When will the Cracku JOSH 2027 results be announced?

Results will be announced at the exam centre immediately after the exam, followed by prize distribution. Students must provide proof of their current class, primarily a school ID card, to receive cash prizes and scholarships.

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Talent Assessment Exam designed by JEE AIR 20 & 29

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JEE AIR 29, IIT B

Maruti Konduri

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Srikanth Lingamneni

Structure 40 MCQs Maths • Science • Logic
Duration 2 Hours Pen & Paper OMR
Grades Classes 5–10 CBSE / ICSE / State
Location Hyderabad Offline
Date 31st Jan 2027
Commitment Fee ₹199 Only

Over ₹2L in cash prizes and scholarships for top performing students

1st prize

₹20,000

2nd prize

₹10,000

3rd prize

₹5,000

100% scholarship

For the top 3 rankers. Up to 50% scholarship for ranks 4-10 across grades.

Participation certificate

Every participant receives a certificate recognizing their participation.

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Syllabus & Sample Papers

Designed to test your analytical instincts and problem solving, not memorized formulas.

Syllabus

- Grids and fractions
- Making equivalent fractions
- Comparing fractions - same denominator
- Comparing fractions - same numerator
- Fractions greater than 1
- Comparing fractions with reference to 1 (a whole)
- Comparing fractions with reference to 1/2
- Clocks
- Types of angles (acute, obtuse, right, straight)
- Angles as turns
- Directions (clockwise and anti-clockwise)
- Directions (north, east, west, south)
- Making sums equal
- Relationship between addition and subtraction
- Sum of consecutive numbers
- Adding large numbers
- Subtracting large numbers
- Quick sums and differences
- Palindrome numbers
- Magic square grids
- Different unit, but same measure
- Measuring long distances
- The world of small things
- Relationship between different units
- Adding and subtracting lengths
- Multiplying and dividing lengths
- Order of numbers in multiplication
- Patterns in multiplication by 10s and 100s
- Many ways to multiply
- Multiplication patterns
- Multiplication with rows and columns
- Patterns in division and place values
- Mental strategies for division
- Long division
- Division using place value
- Weaving mats, patterns
- Tiling and tessellation
- Equilateral triangles
- Regular hexagons
- Regular octagons
- Rhombus
- Isosceles triangle
- Rectangle
- Tangram
- Kite
- Circles
- Icosahedron
- Dodecahedron
- Different units, but same measure
- Comparison between different weights
- Measuring capacity
- Symmetrical shapes
- Symmetrical digits
- Perimeter
- Comparing shapes
- Area
- Time
- Units of time
- Clocks
- Factors and multiples
- Common multiples
- Common factors
- Divisibility
- Finding directions
- Map directions - north, east, west, south
- Locating on a grid
- Pictograph
- Bar graph
- True or false

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Syllabus

- Number theory
- Number sequences
- Constant sequence
- Counting numbers
- Odd numbers
- Even numbers
- Triangular numbers
- Squares
- Cubes
- Virahanka numbers
- Powers of 2
- Powers of 3
- Hexagonal numbers
- Pictorial representations
- Patterns in shapes
- Regular polygons
- Complete graphs
- Stacked squares
- Stacked triangles
- Koch snowflake
- Relation to number sequences
- Point
- Line segment
- Line
- Ray
- Angle
- Comparing angles - with and without superimposition
- Equal angles
- Making rotating arms
- Types of angles - straight, right, acute, obtuse
- Perpendicular lines
- Measuring angles
- Protractor
- Angle bisector
- Angles between hands of a clock
- Drawing angles
- Measures of different types of angles
- Collecting and organising data
- Tally marks
- Frequencies
- Pictographs
- Bar graphs
- Artistic and aesthetic considerations
- Infographics
- Factors and multiples
- Common multiples and common factors
- Perfect numbers
- Prime numbers
- Composite numbers
- Twin primes
- Coprimes
- Prime factorisation
- Prime factorisation of a product of two numbers
- Prime factorisation to check for coprimes
- Prime factorisation to check divisibility
- Divisibility tests - 10, 5, 2, 4, 8
- Fun with numbers
- Special numbers
- Prime puzzle
- Perimeter of a rectangle
- Perimeter of a square
- Perimeter of a triangle
- Perimeter of a regular polygon
- Area
- Area of a triangle
- Fractional units and equal shares
- Fractional units as parts of a whole
- Measuring using fractional units
- Marking fraction lengths on the number line
- Mixed fractions
- Equivalent fractions
- Fractions in simplest form
- Comparing fractions
- Addition and subtraction of fractions
- Line of symmetry
- Reflection
- Vertical and horizontal folds
- Rotational symmetry
- Centre of rotation
- Angle of rotational symmetry
- Integers
- Positive and negative numbers
- Addition and subtraction of larger numbers
- Back to the number line
- Temperature
- Hollow integer grids

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Syllabus

- Lakhs
- Crores
- Exact and approximate values
- Nearest neighbours
- Populations
- Patterns in products
- Simple expressions
- Comparing expressions
- Reading and evaluating complex expressions
- Brackets in expressions
- Swapping and grouping
- The need for smaller units
- Tenth part
- Hundredth part
- Decimal place value
- Locating and comparing decimals
- There is zero dilemma
- Closest decimal
- Addition and subtraction of decimals
- Decimal sequences
- Units of measurement
- Length conversion
- Weight conversion
- Rupee-paise conversion
- Notion of letter-numbers
- Revisiting arithmetic expressions
- Omission of multiplication symbol in algebraic expressions
- Simplification of algebraic expressions
- Pick patterns and reveal relationships
- Algebraic expressions to describe patterns
- Patterns in a calendar
- Matchstick patterns
- Across the line
- Measurements and geometry
- Perpendicular lines
- Between lines
- Parallel lines
- Transversals
- Corresponding angles
- Alternate angles
- Interior angles
- Parallel illusions
- Parity of expressions
- Grid explorations
- Magic square and magic sums
- Virahanka-Fibonacci numbers
- Digits in disguise (alphametics)
- Equilateral triangles
- Constructing a triangle when sides are given
- Triangle inequality
- Constructing a circle
- Relative positions of two circles
- Constructing a triangle when some sides and angles are given
- Angle sum property
- Constructing related to altitudes of a triangle
- Types of triangles - side based, angle based
- Multiplication of fractions
- Division of fractions

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Syllabus

- Square numbers - patterns and properties
- Perfect squares and odd numbers
- Perfect squares and triangular numbers
- Taxicab numbers (Ramanujam)
- Perfect cubes and consecutive odds
- Successive differences
- Square roots
- Cuberoots
- Rectangles and squares
- Diagonals
- Angles
- Parallelograms and properties
- Rhombus
- Quadrilaterals
- Kite
- Trapezium
- Number theory
- Prime numbers
- Composite numbers
- Divisibility - 9, 3, 11
- Composite numbers
- Remainder
- Digits in disguise (alphametics)
- Properties of multiplication
- Multiplicative identities
- Algebraic identities
- Ratios
- Proportion
- Fractions as percentages
- Percentage of some quantity
- Fractions - decimals - percentages
- Percentage increase and decrease
- CP, SP, MP, discount, profit, loss
- Profit %, loss %
- Gross and net profits, taxes
- Growth and compounding, interest
- Doubling a square
- Halving a square
- Hypotenuse of a right-angle isosceles triangle
- Decimal representation of root(2)
- Combining two squares
- Pythagoras' theorem
- Pythagorean triplets
- Fermat's last theorem
- Balancing act
- Mean
- Median
- Mean and median with frequencies
- Spreadsheets
- Visualising and interpretation of data
- Line graphs
- Infographics
- Rectangles and squares
- Triangles
- Parallel lines and same base
- Area of any polygon
- Parallelogram
- Rhombus
- Trapezium

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Syllabus

- 2D Cartesian coordinate system
- Distance formula
- Linear polynomials
- Quadratic and cubic polynomials, constant polynomials
- Degree of a polynomial
- Linear growth and linear decay
- Linear relationships
- Visualising linear relationships
- Natural numbers
- Shunya
- Integers
- Arithmetic of integers
- Fractions and rational numbers
- Rational numbers on the number line
- Absolute value of a rational number
- Density of rational numbers
- Irrational numbers
- Irrationality of root(2)
- Pi and Madhava's infinite series
- Real numbers: decimals and cyclic patterns
- Types of decimal representations - terminating, non-terminating, recurring, non-recurring decimals
- Cyclic numbers
- Visualising identities
- Factorisation using identities
- Trinomial square
- Factorising a quadratic expression
- Binomial cubes
- Simplifying rational expressions
- a^3+b^3+c^3-3abc
- Circle
- Centre, radius
- Chord, diameter
- Symmetry
- Number of circles
- Chords theorems
- Angle subtended by an arc
- Central angle theorem
- Concyclicity of points
- Cyclic quadrilateral
- Perimeter of a shape
- Circle
- Pi is irrational
- Arc length
- Area
- Rectangle
- Parallelogram
- Triangle
- Heron's formula
- Circumcircle, incircle
- Brahmagupta's formula for area of cyclic quadrilateral
- Circle
- Sector
- Segment
- Event
- Certainty and impossible event
- Equally/more/less likely
- Random experiment
- Range of probability
- Theoretical probability
- Sample space
- Tree diagrams
- Sequences
- Term
- Explicit rule
- Recursive rule
- Virahanka-Fibonacci sequence
- AP
- Sum of first n natural numbers
- GP
- Fun with fractals
- Averages
- Mixtures
- Stacked bar and column charts
- Adding numbers
- GCD
- Data structures
- Euclid's subtraction algorithm
- Aryabhatta's division algorithm
- Convex quadrilaterals
- Parallelograms and applications
- Midpoint theorem
- Medians
- Centroid theorem
- Midpoint theorem for quadrilaterals
- Tiling using 4-gons
- Linear equations in two variables
- Solution
- Slope-intercept form
- Elimination, substitution
- Cubes and cuboids
- Cylinder
- Cone
- Pyramid
- Spheres and hemispheres

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Syllabus

- The fundamental theorem of arithmetic
- Irrational numbers
- Degree of a polynomial
- Types - linear, quadratic, cubic
- Geometrical meaning of zeroes of a polynomial
- Relationships between zeroes and coefficients
- Graphical method of solving
- Substitution, elimination methods of solving
- Consistent and inconsistent systems
- Conditions for unique, infinite and no solutions
- Standard form
- Solving by splitting the middle term
- Formula for roots
- Discriminant
- Nature of roots
- Definition of an A.P.
- Common difference
- General term (nth term) of an A.P.
- Finite and infinite A.P.
- Sum of the first n terms of an A.P.
- Arithmetic mean of two numbers
- Similar figures
- Similar triangles
- Basic proportionality theorem
- Criteria for similarity of triangles (AAA, AA, SSS, SAS)
- Cartesian coordinate system
- Distance formula
- Section formula
- Midpoint formula
- Trigonometric ratios
- Ratios of 0°, 30°, 45°, 60° and 90°
- The three fundamental trigonometric identities
- Line of sight
- Angle of elevation
- Angle of depression
- Secant
- Tangent
- Number of tangents to a circle from a point
- Length of a tangent from a point
- Area of a sector
- Area of a segment
- Surface areas and volumes of cube, cuboid, cylinder, cone, sphere, hemisphere
- Surface areas and volumes of combinations of solids
- Random experiment
- Trial
- Event
- Theoretical/classical probability
- Probability of the complement of an event
- Sure/certain event, impossible event
- Range of probability

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Meet the Minds Behind the JEE Foundation Course

Created by Cracku’s founders to help young students discover and develop their potential.

From AIR 29 in IIT-JEE to 5 times CAT 100 percentiles, Maruti Sir knows what it takes to crack the toughest exams. He is an alumnus of IIT Bombay CSE (2008) and IIM Ahmedabad (2011). After his MBA, he started his career at Barclays Investment Bank. However, his passion for problem-solving and teaching led him to co-found Cracku in 2014. With over 12 years of teaching experience, Maruti Sir has helped students approach difficult questions with a completely different mindset. Isn’t it fascinating to have a mentor like him? Today, he brings his experience as an IIT-JEE achiever and seasoned mentor to help aspirants build strong fundamentals in Maths and Physics and lock in admission to India's top engineering institutes.

JEE AIR 29, IIT B

Maruti Konduri

AIR 20 in IIT-JEE? That's no ordinary flex! Srikanth Lingamneni Sir, Co-founder of Cracku and an alumnus of IIT Bombay CSE and IIM Calcutta, brings first-hand experience of cracking highly competitive exams. He designs structured JEE Foundation curricula that help students build strong concepts, understand patterns, and develop the right problem-solving approach from the basics. Instead of remembering hundreds of formulas, he focuses on creating a JEE learning roadmap that makes even complex topics easier to master. With Srikanth Sir's expertise, aspirants can strengthen their fundamentals, sharpen their problem-solving skills, get ready to ace the exam, and work towards their dream IITs and NITs.

JEE AIR 20, IIT B

Srikanth Lingamneni

Terms and Conditions

Registration / Parental Consent: Consent from parent or guardian is required to participate in the exam
Fee & Refund Policy: Registration fee (Rs.199) will not be refunded under any circumstances apart from the cancellation of exam
Prizes & Scholarships: Proof of the class in which the student is enrolled is required for the prize and scholarship disbursement (School ID card primarily)
Changes & Communications: All changes will be notified on the parent's mail ID and WhatsApp groups.

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