JEE Main cut-off 2025 rises by just 1 point for SC, ST; category-wise cut-offs show mixed trends
JEE Main cut-offs 2025 for JEE Advanced 2025 for general category is 93.10 percentile. Category-wise JEE Mains cut-off for OBC, SC, ST, EWS candidates announced.
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Anu Parthiban | April 19, 2025 | 12:28 AM IST
NEW DELHI: The Joint Entrance Examination Main cut-offs go by just 1 point for SC, ST categories. The JEE Main cut-off 2025 for all categories - General, OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, and ST - for JEE Advanced 2025 is out at jeemain.nta.nic.in. To secure a seat in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), obtaining the minimum JEE Mains cut-off 2025 isn’t enough, aspirants will have to qualify the JEE Advanced 2025 exam as well. JEE Main result 2025 (out) live updates.
The mixed trends and slight variation in JEE Main cut-off indicate that the exam and performance of students has been almost similar to last year's. As per the overall exam analysis, students found the JEE Main session 1 and session 2 exams ‘easy’ in difficulty compared to the previous year. Subject experts also predicted the JEE Main cut-offs 2025 to go up for IIT admissions.
JEE Main Cut-off 2025: Category-wise number of qualified
As per the JEE Main results 2025, general category students will need a 93.10 percentile to qualify for JEE Advanced. The JEE Mains cut-off for EWS candidates is fixed at 80.38, OBC at 79.43. The JEE cut-offs for SC and ST at 61.15 and 47.90 respectively.
Category | JEE Main 2025 | JEE Mains 2024 | ||
Percentile range | Number of candidates qualified | Percentile Range | Number of candidates qualified | |
UR-General | 100 - 93.1023262 | 97,321 | 100.0000000 – 93.2362181 | 97,351 |
UR - PwD | 93.0950208 - 0.0079349 | 3,950 | 93.2041331 – 0.0018700 | 3,973 |
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 93.0950208 - 80.383011 | 25,009 | 93.2312696 – 81.3266412 | 25,029 |
OBC-Non-Creamy Layer (OBC - NCL) | 93.0950208 - 79.4313582 | 67,614 | 93.2312696 – 79.6757881 | 67,570 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 93.0950208 - 61.1526933 | 37,519 | 93.2312696 – 60.0923182 | 37,581 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 93.0950208 47.9026465 | 18,823 | 93.2312696 – 46.6975840 | 18,780 |
Total | 2,50,236 | 2,50,284 | ||
JEE Main cut-off trends of past 4 years
The JEE Main 2025 cut-offs increased by slightly 1% percentile point for SC and ST compared to the previous year’s trends.
Category | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | Change (2024-2025) |
General | 88.41 | 90.78 | 93.24 | 93.10 | -0.14 |
Gen-PwD | 0.003 | 0.001 | 0.00187 | 0.00793 | +0.00606 |
EWS | 63.11 | 75.62 | 81.33 | 80.38 | -0.95 |
OBC-NCL | 67.01 | 73.61 | 79.68 | 79.43 | -0.25 |
SC | 43.08 | 51.98 | 60.09 | 61.15 | +1.06 |
ST | 26.78 | 37.23 | 46.70 | 47.90 | +1.20 |
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