JEE Main
Joint Entrance Examination (Main)
Important dates
Eligibility criteria
To write JEE Main, you must have passed or be appearing in 12th with Physics, Maths, and one permitted subject. There is no age limit. The 75% board rule mainly applies during IIT/NIT/IIIT/GFTI admission, not just for writing the exam.
Exam pattern
Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech): 75 compulsory questions — 25 each in Physics, Chemistry, and Maths. 3 hours. MCQ + Numerical Value questions. +4 for correct, -1 for incorrect, including numerical-value questions as per the current bulletin.
Syllabus overview
Physics: Mechanics, Electrostatics, Optics, Modern Physics
Chemistry: Organic, Inorganic, Physical Chemistry
Maths: Calculus, Algebra, Coordinate Geometry, Trigonometry
Broadly Class 11 and 12 PCM as per the latest NTA JEE Main syllabus
Accepted colleges
Cutoff trends
General category qualifying cutoff: ~80–90 percentile. For NIT CS, 98–99 percentile needed. For private colleges, 75+ percentile works.
Preparation tip
1–2 years of dedicated preparation recommended of dedicated preparation is recommended. Start with the official syllabus and previous year papers.
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