NTA JEE Main 2025 exam pattern changed. Updates on registration, application form, marking scheme, syllabus, eligibility, and more.
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NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon announce the exam schedule for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. As per a notice from the Goa board, JEE Mains 2025 session 1 exam is expected to be conducted in the last week of January.
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The NTA will issue the comprehensive information bulletin for JEE Main 2025, which will also carry the official exam schedule. the bulletin will provide candidates with essential details, including the timeline of the exam, the registration process, eligibility criteria, and the application fee structure.
It will also provide important information regarding the documents required for registration, guidelines for filling out the application form, instructions for uploading photographs and signatures, and the payment process for the application fee.
As per the latest update, the NTA has removed the optional questions in section B of all subjects in the JEE Main 2025 papers. This change applies to both paper 1 for Bachelor of Engineering (BE) and Bachelor of Technology (BTech), as well as paper 2 for Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) and Bachelor of Planning (BPlanning).
The JEE Main exam will be conducted for admission to engineering and architecture programmes at National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and various other government and private institutions. Candidates who qualify JEE Mains 2025 will be eligible to appear for JEE Advanced, which is a prerequisite for Bachelor of Technology (BTech) admissions at Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
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NTA JEE Main 2025 exam pattern changed. Updates on registration, application form, marking scheme, syllabus, eligibility, and more.
This year's NIT cut-offs for BTech CSE programmes for other state quota gender-neutral seats are as follows:
NIT | Opening rank | Closing rank |
NIT Karnataka, Surathkal | 14 | 1,423 |
NIT Tiruchirappalli | 299 | 1,019 |
NIT Rourkela | 591 | 2,680 |
NIT Warangal | 731 | 1,899 |
Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur | 1,501 | 4,396 |
Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology Allahabad | 2,136 | 3,975 |
NIT Delhi | 2,438 | 7,361 |
NIT Calicut | 2,614 | 4,088 |
NIT Kurukshetra | 3,951 | 5,661 |
Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur | 4,093 | 5,304 |
Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology Bhopal | 4,802 | 8,243 |
NIT Jamshedpur | 4,935 | 7,097 |
NIT Silchar | 5,043 | 10,284 |
Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat | 5,350 | 6,444 |
NIT Durgapur | 5,418 | 8,289 |
Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur | 6,068 | 12,745 |
NIT Puducherry | 6,318 | 14,359 |
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, Jalandhar | 6,330 | 9,347 |
NIT Raipur | 7,518 | 10,982 |
NIT Hamirpur | 7,844 | 10,724 |
NIT Goa | 7,914 | 10,973 |
NIT Agartala | 8,121 | 18,050 |
NIT Patna | 8,339 | 12,205 |
NIT Andhra Pradesh | 9,746 | 16,278 |
NIT Meghalaya | 11,424 | 18,562 |
NIT Uttarakhand | 11,855 | 15,878 |
NIT Srinagar | 12,751 | 19,597 |
NIT Manipur | 13,656 | 25,886 |
NIT Arunachal Pradesh | 15,891 | 22,580 |
NIT Sikkim | 19,598 | 23,245 |
NIT Nagaland | 20,647 | 27,265 |
NIT Mizoram | 25,028 | 28,174 |
The table below displays the number of students who appeared for JEE Main in previous years.
Year | Students Registered | Students appeared |
2024 | 1231874 | B.E/B.Tech - 1170036 |
2023 | January - 860064 April - 931334 | January - 823967 April - 883367 |
2022 | June - 872970 July - 622034 | June - 769604 July - 540242 |
2021 | February - 652628 March - 619641 July - 709611 August - 767700 | February - 621033 March - 556248 July - 543553 August - 481419 |
2020 | 8,58,000 | |
2019 | January - 9,29,198 April - 9,35,755 | January - 8,74,469
April - 8,81,096 |
2018 | 10,43,739 | |
2017 | 1186454 | Online - 165635 Offline - 956716 |
2016 | 12,07,257 | Online - 10,22,808 Offline - 1,72,058 |
2015 | 13,04,646 | Online - 11,05,135 Offline - 1,87,782 |
2014 | 13,56,805 | Online - 11,72,538 Offline - 1,72,369 |
2013 | 12,60,219 | 11,89,777 |
2012 | 11,45,353 | 10,70,276 |
2011 | 11,14,880 | 10,53,833 |
2010 | 11,18,147 | 10,65,100 |
2009 | 10,10,061 | 9,62,119 |
Candidates can attempt the JEE Main twice in a year. JEE Main Session I will be held in January while JEE Main Session II will be held in April.
To register for JEE Main 2025, candidates must upload the following documents in the specified format:
The JEE Main exam is conducted every year in 13 languages; English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.
JEE Main acts as the entrance examination for National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), and other participating technical education institutions. The exam will be held in two phases.
The marking scheme for JEE Main Paper 1 is as follows: Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) award +4 marks for each correct answer, while -1 mark is deducted for each incorrect answer. For Numerical Questions, candidates receive +4 marks for each correct response. The examination has a duration of 3 hours, extending to 4 hours for candidates with disabilities.
Students can check the previous year's cut-off for JEE main exam 2024 from the table below.
Category | Cutoff |
General | 93.2362181 |
General-PWD | 0.0018700 |
EWS | 81.3266412 |
OBC | 79.6757881 |
SC | 60.0923182 |
ST | 46.6975840 |
Based on trends from previous years, the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 will be conducted in two sessions: Session 1 and Session 2. Session 1 is expected to take place in January, while Session 2 is likely to be held in April.
The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main has been held for a duration of three hours for several years. JEE Main Paper 1 (for Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Technology), Paper 2A (for Bachelor of Architecture), and Paper 2B (for Bachelor of Planning) each have a three-hour time limit. However, candidates who choose to take both Paper 2A and 2B will be allocated three hours and 30 minutes to complete the test.
There is no age limit for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main. Candidates of any age are eligible to apply and sit for the engineering entrance exam.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has announced the removal of optional questions in Section B of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025, a feature that was introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic. Candidates taking the JEE Main 2025 exam will no longer have the option to select 5 out of 10 questions in Section B.
According to the JEE Main marking scheme for previous years, candidates will receive four marks for each correct answer, while one mark will be deducted for each incorrect response due to negative marking. Unattempted or unanswered questions will receive zero marks.
As per the latest updates, the JEE (Advanced) 2024 team has established "Citizen Service Centres" across the country to assist candidates, especially those from rural areas, in filling out their choices and paying fees through the online portal.
During the admission process, all eligible candidates are required to pay a seat acceptance fee to demonstrate their commitment to securing a seat. Students from the Scheduled Castes (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST), and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) categories pay only 50% of the acceptance fee compared to regular candidates.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will soon release the NTA exam calendar 2025 at nta.ac.in, which will include the exam dates for JEE Main 2025, Common University Entrance Test Undergraduate (CUET UG) 2025, Common University Entrance Test Postgraduate (CUET PG) 2025, and National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) 2025.
JEE Main 2025 will be conducted for admission to engineering and architecture programmes offered by National Institutes of Technology (NITs). Some of the top NITs based on the National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) ranking 2024 are as follows:
The NTA has announced a significant change to the JEE Main 2025 exam pattern. Under the new format, optional questions have been removed from Section B of all sections, making all questions mandatory for candidates. As a result, candidates will no longer have the option to select from a limited number of questions. The JEE Main question paper consists of two sections.
The JEE Main 2025 information bulletin will provide essential details, including the exam date, registration date, eligibility criteria, exam pattern, syllabus, marking scheme, reservation criteria, and required documents for registration, as well as specifics regarding the application form.
The JEE Main 2025 Session 1 exam is expected to be held in January 2025, based on last year's trends and a notification from the Goa Board. The Goa Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (GBSHSE) has rescheduled the Goa HSSC board exams to February to prevent a clash with the JEE Main exam, which is likely to occur in the last week of January.
As per the latest updates, the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are offering fee concessions and relaxed cut-off scores for students from reserved categories to promote inclusive and equitable education.
"In the JEE-based admissions, fee remissions and fee waivers are provided right from the application stage. At the application stage, students belonging to the SC, ST, PwD (persons with disability) need to pay only half the examination fee. Further, cut-offs are relaxed to support a greater number of admissions in the SC, ST, PwD and OBC categories," said IIT Madras Director V Kamakoti.
A total of 9,24,636 common candidates registered for Paper 1 of the JEE Main 2024 examination. In Session 1, 12,21,624 candidates applied, while 11,79,569 submitted application forms for Session 2. The total number of unique candidates across both sessions was 14.76 lakh.
For JEE Main 2025, candidates must achieve a minimum of 75% marks in their Class 12 or equivalent examination. For JEE Advanced 2025, candidates should be among the top 20 percentile. The National Testing Agency (NTA) may announce any changes to the eligibility criteria in the information bulletin for JEE Main 2025.
The following steps outline the process to fill out the JEE Main 2025 application form once it is released:
The Joint Entrance Examination - Main (JEE Main) is conducted for admission to undergraduate engineering and architecture programmes offered by Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISER), as well as other government and private institutions.
The National Testing Agency (NTA) will announce the exam date for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) 2025 on its official websites: nta.ac.in and jeemain.nta.nic.in.
JEE Advanced 2024 team enabled "Citizen Service Centres" across the country to help candidates, specifically from rural places, to fill out the choices and pay the fees through the online portal.
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