JEE Main 2021: Know previous year's cut-off
Ridhi.Khurana | April 29, 2021 | 12:38 PM IST | 1 min read
NTA JEE Main 2021 is scheduled to be conducted in four sessions. Candidates may find previous year JEE Main cut-off to get an idea for the upcoming session.
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Try NowNEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will be releasing JEE Main cut-off 2021 after the conclusion of the May session. This year, the NTA is conducting JEE Mains 2021 in four sessions - February, March, April and May sessions. Though the authorities concluded the first two sessions, the April session has been postponed due to the ongoing second wave of COVID-19.
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It may be noted that candidates understand two types of JEE Main cut-off marks - qualifying marks and admission cut-offs. After the conclusion of JEE Mains 2021, NTA shall release category-wise qualifying marks. Candidates having a score above JEE Main qualifying marks will be eligible to participate in the counselling process conducted by JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority).
How is JEE Main cut-off calculated?
There is a certain process followed by the authorities to prepare cut-off marks for JEE Mains. The NTA percentile obtained by candidates after normalization will be taken for preparing the cut-off. The following factors are taken into consideration for calculating JEE Main cut-off:
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JEE Main2021 difficulty level for each session
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Total number of candidates appeared in the exam
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Previous year cut-off trends
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Number of seats available in a particular institute
JoSAA counselling will be conducted in various rounds for admissions into IITs, IIITs, NITs, GFTIs. The authorities shall release JEE Main cut-off for each course and colleges. The opening and closing ranks within which admissions will be done through JEE Main 2021 shall prove the cut-off marks.
JEE Main Cut-off 2020
|
Category |
Cut-off Marks |
|
Common Rank List (CRL) |
90.3765335 |
|
GEN-EWS |
70.2435518 |
|
Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL) |
72.8887969 |
|
Scheduled Caste (SC) |
50.1760245 |
|
Scheduled Tribe (ST) |
39.0696101 |
|
PwD |
0.0618524 |
JEE Main Cut-off: Previous Years
|
Year |
General |
OBC-NCL |
SC |
ST |
Gen-EWS |
PwD |
|
2019 |
89.7548849 |
74.3166557 |
54.0128155 |
44.3345172 |
78.2174869 |
0.1137173 |
|
2018 |
74 |
45 |
29 |
24 |
- |
-35 |
|
2017 |
81 |
49 |
32 |
27 |
- |
- |
|
2016 |
100 |
70 |
52 |
48 |
- |
- |
|
2015 |
105 |
70 |
50 |
44 |
- |
- |
|
2014 |
115 |
74 |
53 |
47 |
- |
- |
|
2013 |
113 |
70 |
50 |
45 |
- |
- |
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