JEE Main (Joint Entrance Exam Main)

ABOUT JEE MAIN

Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main is the national level undergraduate engineering entrance exam conducted by Central Board of Secondary Education for admission to B.Tech/BE programmes in 31 NITs, 23 IIITs and 22 CFTIs. JEE Main also acts as the first stage or preliminary exam for admission to 23 IITs including ISM Dhanbad. Along with NITs, IIITs and va.

Medium: ENGLISH / HINDI

Organizer: CBSE

Website: https://jeemain.nta.nic.in

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA:

Only those candidates (General Category) who are 25 years or less on October 1 of the admission year are eligible to appear in JEE Main. However, in case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PwD candidates with 30 years of age on or after October 1 of the admission year are eligible to apply for JEE Main.
Only those candidates, who have passed their class 12th exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in the preceding year of the admission and a year before the preceding year or those who are appearing in their class 12th exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in the same admission year of JEE Main are eligible to appear in the engineering entrance test.
Candidates must have taken at least five subjects in class 12th/qualifying examination in order to be eligible for writing JEE Main.
The number of attempts, which a candidate can avail at JEE Main shall be limited to three.

EXAM PATTERN:

Mode of Exam: Online

Number of Sections: Three

Sr.No.	Subjects	Number of Questions		Marks	Timings of the exam
Sr.No.	Subjects	Section A	Section B	Marks	First Shift	Second Shift
1	Mathematics	20 Objective Questions having 4 options each with only 1 correct option	10 Numerical Questions out of which 5 needs to be answered	100	9 a.m. to 12 p.m.	3 p.m. to 6 p.m.
2	Physics	20 Objective Questions having 4 options each with only 1 correct option	10 Numerical Questions out of which 5 needs to be answered	100
3	Chemistry	20 Objective Questions having 4 options each with only 1 correct option	10 Numerical Questions out of which 5 needs to be answered	100
4	Total	90 Questions (75 Questions mandatory)		300 Marks

IMPORTANT DATES:

Sr.No.	Events	Dates
1	Online availability of application form	First week of December
2	First week of December	First week of January
3	Admit Card availability	March
4	JEE Main Paper (Offline)	April
5	JEE Main Exam (Computer Based Test)	April
6	JEE Main Exam (Computer Based Test)	Last Week Of April

JEE Main (Joint Entrance Exam Main)

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