JEE Mains 2025 Cut-offs: What is expected? previous years' passing marks
Alivia Mukherjee | February 12, 2025 | 12:54 PM IST | 3 mins read
JEE Mains Passing Marks 2025: The EWS JEE Main cut-off is expected to be around 85 percentile, as per past trends.
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Try NowNEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2025 result for session 1 on February 11. The JEE Main result 2025 link is available on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The JEE Main cut-off 2025 will be announced by NTA after session 2 results. The JEE Main passing marks or JEE advanced qualifying cut-off has been increasing for all categories in previous years. JEE Main 2025 Result Live
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The JEE Main 2025 passing marks and the qualifying marks for JEE Advanced are not same. Only the top 2.5 lakh candidates of JEE Main 2025 will be eligible to appear for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam. The JEE Advanced 2025 registration last date is May 2. The JEE Advanced 2025 exam date is May 18.
JEE Main passing marks Vs admission cut-offs 2025
The JEE Main 2025 qualifying cut-offs are different from the JEE Mains 2025 admission cut-off . The JEE Main 2025 qualifying cut-off is basically the passing marks to qualify for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam. On the other hand, JEE Mains 2025 admission cut-off is the minimum rank required in NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs under the JoSAA counselling.
JEE Mains 2025 Cut-off: Expected qualifying marks
The JEE Main cut-off 2025 is expected to increase for all categories, as per past trends. The expected JEE Main passing marks 2025 based on trends and careers 360 analysis is given below.
|
Category |
JEE Main cutoff 2025 (expected) |
|
General |
95+ |
|
EWS |
85+ |
|
OBC-NCL |
83+ |
|
SC |
65+ |
|
ST |
50+ |
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JEE Main Passing Marks 2025: Previous years’ trends
The JEE Main passing marks has increased for General and reserved categories in past years.
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EWS JEE Main Cut-off- The passing marks has increased by 6 to 12 percentile marks every year.
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OBC Cut-off for JEE Main 2025- The JEE Main cut-off for OBC from 67.01
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in 2022 to 79.67 in 2024.
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JEE Main SC cut-off- The JEE Main SC cut-off increased from 43.08 in 2022 to 51.98 in 2023 and then to 60.0923182 in 2024.
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JEE Main cut-off for General- The JEE Main cut-off for General category increased from 88.41 in 2022 to 90.78 in 2023 and further to 93.2362181 in 2024.
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JEE Main cut-off for ST - The JEE Main passing marks for ST rose from 26.78 in 2022 to 37.23 in 2023 and 46.6975840 in 2024.
JEE Main Cut-off 2025: Past years’ qualifying marks
The category-wise JEE Main cut-offs for previous years are given below.
|
Category |
Cut-off of JEE Mains 2024 |
JEE Main passing marks 2023 |
JEE Main passing marks 2022 |
|
General |
93.2362181 |
90.78 |
88.41 |
|
General-PwD |
0.0018700 |
0.001 |
0.003 |
|
EWS |
81.3266412 |
75.62 |
63.11 |
|
OBC-NCL |
79.6757881 |
73.61 |
67.01 |
|
SC |
60.0923182 |
51.98 |
43.08 |
|
ST |
46.6975840 |
37.23 |
26.78 |
Factors affecting JEE Main 2025 cut-off percentile
The JEE Main cut-off 2025 will be based on these factors:
Number of candidates: Higher number of candidates will result in rising JEE Main cut-off 2025 .
JEE Main 2025 difficulty level: Tougher papers will result in low passing marks, whereas easy paper will lead to higher JEE Main 2025 cut-offs.
Total seats: The number of seats in NITs, IIITs, and CFTIs will impact the JEE Main 2025 cut-off marks. Few seats will result in higher JEE Main 2025.
JEE Main 2025 overall performance: The overall performance of candidates in JEE Main 2025 will impact the cut-off marks. High number of perfect scorers and overall good performance result in higher cut-offs.
Previous years' trends: JEE Main past years' cut-offs will also affect the JEE Mains cut-off 2025.
JEE Main Result 2025 Out: What’s next?
The JEE Main 2025 BArch result will be out at jeemain.nta.nic.in. The JEE Main 2025 session 2 registration is open. The JEE Main 2nd attempt exam 2025 will be held from April 1 to 8. Candidates who qualify the JEE Main 2025 cut-off will be eligible for JEE Advanced 2025, required for IIT admissions. After JEE results are declared, JoSAA counselling 2025 will be held for BTech admission in NITs, IIITs, GFTIs, and IITs.
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