NTA JEE Main 2025 session 1 begins today; follow these guidelines once you’re at exam centre

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will commence the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 session 1 exam today, January 22, with paper 1 (BE, BTech). The NTA JEE Mains 2025 session 1 will be held in two shifts – shift 1 from 9 am to 12 noon and shift 2 from 3 pm to 6 pm. Candidates appearing for the exam can download the JEE Main January 22 admit card 2025 from the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. JEE Main 2025 January 22 Exams LIVE

Along with the exam-day guidelines, the NTA has informed candidates about the JEE Main 2025 dress code and things to carry. It is mandatory for the students to carry their JEE Main 2025 admit card along with a valid photo ID proof, self-declaration form, and non-Aadhaar declaration. The first session of NTA JEE Mains 2025 is being conducted at various JEE Main exam centres 2025 in 284 cities across the country and 15 cities outside India.

As per JEE Main 2025 exam pattern, the question paper will comprise 75 multiple-choice questions divided into three sections – physics, chemistry, and mathematics – carrying a total of 300 marks. Section A will contain 20 questions on each subject while section B will consist of five questions on each subject.

JEE Main 2025 exam-day guidelines

• Candidate must reach the exam centre at the time mentioned on the admit card.
• No candidate should adopt any unfair means, indulge in any unfair examination practices. If any candidate is found indulging in any unfair means/unfair fair examination practices at any stage of examination, his/her candidature will be cancelled, and legal action will be taken including debarring in all future examinations conducted by NTA.
• No candidate shall be permitted to enter after the gate closing time.
• No candidate shall be permitted to leave the examination room hall before the end of the examination.
• Upon completion of the examination, please wait for instructions from the invigilator and do not not get up from your seat until advised. The candidates will be permitted to move out, one at a time only.
• If religion or customs require you to wear specific attire, please visit the centre early for thorough checking and mandatory frisking.
• No candidate would be allowed to enter the examination centre, without admit card and undertaking, valid ID proof, and proper frisking.
• All the examination centres are under surveillance of CCTV and equipped with jammers.
• Before reaching the centre, candidates must enter the required details in the self-declaration (undertaking) in legible handwriting, paste the photograph, and put a thumb impression at the appropriate place on the admit card. They should ensure that their left-hand thumb impression is clear and not smudged.
• The candidates are advised to bring photo ID proof as uploaded in the online application at the time of registration.
• PwD/PwBD candidates must bring a PwD/PwBD certificate.
• The scribe (provided by the NTA/ brought by the candidate) must also carry his/her own self-declaration (undertaking) regarding educational qualification, passport-size photograph, and valid government identity.
• Candidates are not allowed to carry any other personal belongings, including electronic devices, or mobile phones to the examination centre. Examination Officials will not be responsible for the safekeeping of personal belongings and there will be no facility.
• If a candidate goes for bio-break /toilet, he/she should undergo the mandatory frisking and biometrics again.
• Apart from the biometric attendance and frisking at entry, candidates will be frisked and biometric attendance will be taken again on entry from bio-break/toilets break.
• Blank paper sheets for rough work will be provided in the examination hall/room, candidates must write their name and roll number at the top of each of the sheet and must drop the sheet's in the designated drop box without fail, before leaving the examination room. Failure to do so may result in a non-evaluation of your answers.
• A duly filled-in admit card must be dropped in the designated DropBox while leaving the exam hall. Failures to do so may result in a non-evaluation of your answers.
• The candidate should ensure that the question paper available on the computer screen is as per his/her opted subject/medium indicated in the admit card. In case the subject/medium of the question paper is other than his/her opted subject/medium, the same may be brought to the notice of the invigilator.