The Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) is the joint national examination that is conducted every year by the National Testing Agency (NTA). Every year, more than 10 lakh candidates appear for this examination and get admission to various NITs, IIITs and other private colleges. It is important to note that JEE Main is the qualifying exam for JEE Advanced. JEE Main is now an exclusively only examination to be given at NTA designated centres. To know more visit the NTA Website. The detailed eligibility criteria for the JEE Main can be obtained here
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Important dates for JEE Main 2021
This year the JEE Mains will be held for the first time in 4 phases –
- Session I (February 23 to 26, 2021)
- Session II (March 15 to 18, 2021)
- Session III (April 27 to 30, 2021)
- Session IV (May 24 to 28, 2021)
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February Session
Exam Events | JEE Main February Attempt Date |
JEE Main Registration Dates Commences | December 16, 2020 |
Last Date To Fill JEE Main Application Form | January 23, 2021 |
Last Date for JEE Main Fee Payment | January 24, 2021 |
JEE Main Correction Dates | January 27 to 30, 2021 |
Release of JEE Main Admit Card | February 11, 2021 (Released) |
JEE Main 2021 Exam | February 23 to 26, 2021 |
Declaration of JEE Main Result | By March 7, 2021 |
Counselling | July 2021 |
JEE Main Shift Timings 2021
Events | First Shift | Second Shift |
Exam Timings | 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM | 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM (For Paper 2 – 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM) |
Exam Duration | 3 Hours | 3:30 Hours |
Entry to Exam Centre | 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM | 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM |
Checking of Admit Card by the Invigilator | 7:30 AM to 8:30 AM | 2:00 PM to 2:30 PM |
Invigilators Instructions | 8:30 AM to 8:50 AM | 2:30 PM to 2:50 PM |
Candidates log in to read instructions | 8:50 AM | 2:50 PM |
Commencement of Examination | 9:00 AM | 3:00 PM |
Conclusion of Examination | 12:00 PM | 6:00 PM (For Paper 2 – 6:30 pm) |
JEE Main 2021 Exam Date – JEE Mains March Attempt Date
Events | JEE Main Dates |
JEE Main March Registration Date | First week of March 2021 |
JEE Main March admit card date | Second week of March 2021 |
JEE Main March exam date | March 15 to 18, 2021 |
JEE Main March result date | Last week of March 2021 |
JEE Main 2021 Exam Date – JEE Mains April Attempt Date
Events | JEE Main Dates |
JEE Main April Registration Date | Last week of March 2021 |
JEE Main April admit card date | Third week of April 2021 |
JEE Main April exam date | April 27 to 30, 2021 |
JEE Main April result declaration date | First week of May 2021 |
JEE Main 2021 Exam Date – JEE Mains May Attempt Date
Events | JEE Main Dates |
JEE Main May Registration Date | First week of May 2021 |
JEE Main May admit card date | Second week of May 2021 |
JEE Main May exam date | May 24 to 28, 2021 |
JEE Main May result declaration date | First week of June 2021 |
JEE Main Application Date 2021 – The JEE Main online application for the February attempt was closed. The JEE Main online registration was available from December 16 to January 23, 2021. In the case of the other three attempts, the authorities will open the application form window for a brief period of time. The dates of the JEE Main application dates for the next attempt will be announced after the February 2021 session.
JEE Main Admit Card Date 2021 – The release date of admit card for the February attempt is February 11, 2021. Please note that NTA usually releases the JEE Main admit card 15 days prior to the exam date. Candidates can download their admit card by visiting the official website of NTA and logging into their candidate portal using their JEE Main application number and date of birth or password.
JEE Main 2021 Exam Date – NTA has announced the JEE Main exam date 2021 for every session on its official website portal. The February session will be conducted from February 23 to 26, 2021. The rest of the sessions will be held from March 15 to 18, April 27 to 30 and May 24 to 28, 2021. There is a three to four-week gap given in between the sessions so that candidates do not miss out on any important events related to the JEE Main exam.
JEE Main Answer Key Date 2021 – The JEE Main answer key is usually released one week within the conclusion of the examination. As the examination will be conducted four times, candidates can expect the answer keys to be released sooner than expected this year. The authorities release the provisional answer key and provide the facility to file the objections against the provisional keys if they find any discrepancy. Once the officials go through each of the challenges filed by aspirants, they release the final JEE Main answer key.
JEE Main Result Date 2021 – NTA will declare the JEE Main result in online mode only. Aspirants will be able to check their results by using valid login credentials (Application Number, Password, and Security Pin). The marks obtained by the candidates will be accessible through the result. The JEE Main result is expected to be released two weeks after each of the sessions. The authorities will also release the qualifying cutoff along with the result which is used as the screening for the counselling process.
JEE Main Counselling Dates 2021 – Currently, there are no dates announced for JEE Main Counselling. It will be released by JoSAA, who takes care of the JEE Main and JEE Advanced counselling processes. The schedule will be released once all the sessions of JEE Main and the JEE Advanced exam gets completed. Once the counselling schedule gets released, we will update it in the table below.
JEE Main Counselling Schedule 2021
Events | Dates |
Registration & Choice Filling Process | To Be Announced |
Mock Allotment Round 1 | To Be Announced |
Mock Allotment Round 2 | To Be Announced |
First Round of Seat Allotment | To Be Announced |
Seat Allotment Acceptance and Reporting to Help Center | To Be Announced |
Second Round of Seat Allotment | To Be Announced |
Seat Allotment Acceptance and Reporting to Help Center | To Be Announced |
Third Round of Seat Allotment | To Be Announced |
Seat Allotment Acceptance and Reporting to Help Center | To Be Announced |
Fourth Round of Seat Allotment | To Be Announced |
Seat Allotment Acceptance and Reporting to Help Center | To Be Announced |
Fifth Round of Seat Allotment | To Be Announced |
Seat Allotment Acceptance and Reporting to Help Center | To Be Announced |
Sixth Round of Seat Allotment | To Be Announced |
Seat Allotment Acceptance and Reporting to Help Center | To Be Announced |
Seventh Round of Seat Allotment | To Be Announced |
Seat Allotment Acceptance and Reporting to Help Center | To Be Announced |
JEE Main 2021 Exam Pattern
JEE Main is conducted for BE/B.Tech, B.Arch. and B.Planning courses. The subject combinations for all the papers, type of questions in each paper, and exam mode is given in the following table:
Paper | Subjects | Question Type & Exam Mode |
Paper 1 – B.E./B.Tech | Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry | Mix of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value, with equal weightage to Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry. It is a Computer Based Test. |
Paper 2A – B. Arch | Part- I (Maths) Part – II (Aptitude Test) |
Part 1 – Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value Part 2 – Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) These will be conducted as CBT – Online Test. |
Part – III (Drawing Test) | Questions to test drawing aptitude. This will be conducted in Pen & Paper (Offline) mode. | |
Paper 2B – B. Planning | Part- I (Maths) Part – II (Aptitude Test) |
Part 1: Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value Part 2: Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs). These will be conducted as CBT – Online Test. |
Part – III (Planning Based Questions) | Objective Type – Planning based questions which will be conducted in CBT mode. |
Download Answer key of JEE Main 2020 exam. The answer key of JEE Main offline exam will be released by Avanti on 12th January. Download the answer key for all codes of JEE Main 2020 exam. The official JEE Main Answer key will be displayed on the JEE Main website from third week of January 2020. Students can get information about steps to check official JEE Main answer key, steps to download JEE Main answer key for all codes and information about online display of OMR sheets and answer key.
Also Download the entire solution for JEE Main 2020 offline exam and don’t forget to try the Avanti JEE Main Rank Predictor Tool to get detailed analysis of your JEE predicted score.Still, have doubts watch a live session of our IIT JEE Expert Jainik Sir on YouTube on JEE Main 2020 solutions discussion here.
JEE Main 2020 eligibility criterion has been decided by NTA. From now on, every candidate has to give his/her Aadhaar number issued by UIDAI and the rest of the criteria is same as every year. Students who want to appear for JEE Main this year has to meet this eligibility criterion. Read more on JEE main eligibility.
The registration for JEE Main 2020, January session, is from 3rd to 11th October 2019 while for April session is from 7th February to 7th March 2020. The registration/application for JEE Main 2020 is done through an online portal. The application process for JEE Main 2020 consists of three major steps. It is important to note that this year, JEE Main will be held twice – in January and in April, so students must keep checking the availability of forms for JEE Main on regular basis. Know more about important dates for JEE Main Registration form, how to fill the form, how to make correction of errors after submission of the form.
The syllabus of JEE Main includes all the topics of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics given in NCERT of Classes 11th and 12th along with some extra topics that are very important from the perspective of other competitive examinations also. Students must note that the overall syllabus for IIT-JEE advanced and JEE Main is more or less same. The key difference is that some topics are not included in JEE Main syllabus but are the part of JEE advanced and vice-versa.
Get the complete and topic wise syllabus of JEE Main here.
JEE Main previous year question papers
Get previous 3 years question papers and answer keys of JEE Main
There are plenty of books and practice material available for JEE. Though there is no end to what all books you can use during your preparation, NCERT for all three subjects i.e. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and H.C. Verma for Physics are a must. The notes given at coaching are very useful as the syllabus is vast and these notes make it easy to understand. J.D. Lee for Inorganic Chemistry, Solomon for Organic Chemistry, S.L. Loney for Trigonometry etc. are some of the most preferred reference books for JEE Main. Also, ensure that you have a priority list in which you should solve these books. For instance, it is must that you solve all the problems given in H.C. Verma before you start solving Irodov. You need to make sure that you are dedicating sufficient time to all the subjects and not engaged in mastering one subject at the cost of other subjects. Get a complete list of books for IIT JEE here:
JEE Mains 2020 admit card will released on NTA website by December 6. From the past two years, a downfall in a number of students registering for JEE Mains has been noticed but still every year, more than 10 lakhs students are registering. The JEE Main hall ticket / JEE Main admit card 2020 can be downloaded from the official website of NTA. The candidates need to to download his/her Admit Card and appear for the examination at the given Centre on Date and Shift as indicated in their Admit Card. The admit card contains important information like name of the candidate, signature, photograph, exam centre code and centre name with address and much more. Read more about JEE Main Admit card here:
JEE Main exam pattern is very important to understand while preparing for JEE Main. The pattern for JEE Main remains the same every year. There are two papers, i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2. Candidates can give either the Paper 1 or both of the papers. Admission to B.tech programs is done through paper 1 whereas admission to B.Arch is done on the performance of both paper 1 & 2. An equal weightage is given to all the three subjects viz. Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The paper 1 is of 300 marks (100 marks for each subject). Read more about JEE Main exam pattern here:
In the history of JEE Main, the year 2017 turned out to be the golden year as Kalpit Veerwal of Udaipur completed with a fantabulous performance by scoring 360/360 in JEE Main 2017 and bagged AIR-1. Before him, no one had done this miraculous job. The boy is extremely good in academics and sports as well. Topper of Indian Junior Science Olympiad, NTSE, and KVPY, Kalpit Veerwal shared a lot about his routine, strategies and special preparations. Want to know? Read the complete interview of JEE Main topper 2017 here. Watch the interview of JEE Main 2017 topper Kalpit Veerwal and learn how he managed to score 360/360 in JEE Main 2017. To learn his best strategies click the link given here. Learn more about the JEE Main topper of 2017 in detail:
In 2017, CBSE released the result of JEE Main 2017 on April 27 and along with the result, CBSE has also declared the top 2,20,000 candidates of JEE Main 2017. Only these top 2,20,000 candidates are eligible for JEE advanced 2017. The result of Paper 2 was declared on May 27, 2017. It must be noted that the ranks for JEE Main are not calculated by accounting the Paper 2 result. Rank is solely based on the performance of candidates in paper 1. Kalpit Veerwal of Udaipur topped the JEE Main 2017 with a score of 360/360 followed by Vasu Jain with a score of 350/360. Find the complete list of JEE main top 10 rankers here:
Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2016 ranks were declared on June 23, 2016 and a Delhiite, Deepanshu Jindal got AIR-1 in JEE Main 2016. It is important to note that the All India Rankings in 2016 were based on JEE Main score (60% weightage) and Class 12 scores (40% weightage). Pratyush Maini secured second position and Rajesh Bansal secured the third position. In 2016, the girls could not secure a single seat in top 10 as boys locked out the top 10 positions. In an interview, Deepanshu Jindal said “Everyone said the math paper was tough but for me, it was fine. I completed it in two-and-a-half-hours. So, I think difficulty level is a relative term,”. Read the success mantras of top rankers of JEE Main 2016 here.
How to prepare for JEE Main 2019
JEE Main and Advanced are the toughest exams in the country. To score well and to get a good rank in these two exams is of great importance because your marks decide your rank and that decides the college you would get in. JEE Main has a vast syllabus and to cover up the complete syllabus, students only have two years. These two essential years have to be well planned while preparing for JEE Main. The student must have a clear vision about how to prepare for JEE Main. All the students should avoid procrastination of things to be done today. A well-planned schedule has to be prepared that includes the number of hours to be given to sleeping, studying, revision and also to some recreational activities. Read more tips on JEE Main preparation here:
Various JEE Main online mock test series are available for the JEE aspirants. These JEE Main mock tests are designed in such a way that they provide the student with a systematic approach for testing of his/her preparation towards the prestigious Joint Entrance Examination. It also provides an accurate experience of the computer based test of JEE (Main). The JEE Main mock test is also important from the perspective of the students as it helps them to manage time, build confidence, a better understanding of the type of questions asked in the exam, making a competitive environment and reducing the mistakes. Numerous institutes provide their online test series for JEE Main and JEE Advanced. Read more about JEE main mock tests available online and take a mock test by Avanti:
The result of JEE Main 2017 was declared by CBSE on April 27 for the candidates who took the exam through online or offline mode. This year, 10,15,349 candidates opted for offline mode while 1,83,640 had opted for online mode of JEE Main examination. The number of candidates registered for JEE Main 2017 was less as compared to the last four year’s data. This year, Kalpit Veerwal from Udaipur bagged AIR-1 with the score of 360/360 followed by Vasu Jain AIR-2 with a score of 350/360. Of all the candidates who cleared the JEE Main 2017 exam 46,160 were girls. Note that this year the marks of 12th boards have not been accounted in calculating AIRs. Know more about IIT JEE result of 2017 here:
CBSE has announced the ranks for JEE Main 2017 for both online and offline mode. The ranks have been calculated on the basis of JEE Main 2017 performance of the candidates only and no boards marks were considered in calculating AIRs. Candidates could check their ranks by logging in with their credentials at the official online portal of JEE Main 2017. The JEE Main rank list displayed the All India ranks and the category ranks of the candidates. While all India ranks are used for admission purposes, the category ranks are provided just for the sake of information. Candidates can download their rank card after they check their JEE Main result here:
The CBSE Board released the cut-off for JEE Main 2017 on April 27 and it is available online only. The cut-off is the minimum marks required to qualify JEE Main 2017 and become eligible to appear for the JEE Advanced exam 2017. Cut-off marks were different for different categories like in 2017 the cutoff marks for the general category were 81, 70 for OBC and 32 for SC. Cut-off marks depend upon several factors such as exam difficulty level, number of students appearing in the examination and many more. A candidate who scores marks equal to or more than the cut off marks will be considered qualified in JEE Main 2017. Only qualified candidates will be eligible for admission in various NITs and IIITs. Last year, top 2,00,000 rankers were eligible to appear in the next round (JEE Advanced), but this year the number has increased to 2,20,000. Read more about JEE Main cut off here:
Rank Predictors are the tools through which students can predict their rank after calculating their marks from JEE Main answer key. This will be helpful for JEE aspirants in getting an approximate idea of the ranks thereby knowing the college in which they may get admissions. The following section contains the steps to predict JEE Main rank and the complete data of JEE Main marks vs JEE Main rank.
The JEE Main result, before 2017, was usually declared only after inculcating the 12th board examination marks. So the final ranks were declared after the results of all the boards were accounted in All India Rank calculation. In 2016, the result was declared on April 27 and the ranks were declared on June 23. Deepanshu Jindal got AIR-1 in JEE Main 2016. It is important to note that the All India Rankings are based on JEE Main score (60% weightage) and Class 12 scores (40% weightage). Pratyush Maini secured the second position and Rajesh Bansal secured the third position. This year, total 11,94,938 candidates registered for JEE Main examination but only 1,98,228 qualified for JEE advanced. Read more about JEE Main previous year results here:
JEE Main Question Paper and Solutions 2017
The question paper level of JEE Main 2017 was moderate as per the feedback given by the aspirants. The offline paper had 4 sets and consists of 120 questions in total. The paper consists of three sections- Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, with equal weightage. The overall paper was of 360 marks (120 marks for each subject). This section is provided with a table which contains the link to the question paper and its solution set wise. Download the JEE Main 2017 question paper & solution here.
Previous Year JEE Main Question Papers
In the following section, JEE Main Question Papers with their solutions of previous years are provided. The basic idea of providing these previous year question papers of JEE Main with the solutions is to prepare candidates properly for the competition and to give them an idea about the pattern of the exam and for them to have a strong grasp on the learning concepts on which questions are based. JEE Main previous year Solved Papers would help the students to practice for JEE Main and gain confidence. The following section contains the previous year solved papers of JEE Main 2016, 2015, 2014.
JEE Main paper 2 is conducted for admissions in B.Arch or B.Planning courses by CBSE every year. The results for JEE Main paper 2 were declared on April 30, 2019. The result is available and candidates can check it online. To access the JEE Main Paper 2 result 2019, the applicants have to login using the required credentials. The JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 Result displays the candidate’s obtained scores along with the All India and Category wise Ranks, the subject wise marks, overall marks and other details of the candidates like category, sub category etc. Read more about paper 2 results here:
JEE Main paper 2 cut off includes the opening and closing rank of various participating institutes like NITs, GFTIs which offers admission in B.Arch/B.Plan. A point to be noted here is that JEE Main paper 2 cut off was prepared after considering various factors such as the performance of candidates in the exam, seat availability, difficulty level of the exam etc. Candidates who were eligible as per the cut off of JEE Main paper 2 released by CBSE were called for the counselling process to be conducted by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Admissions into courses like B.Arch/B.Planning program in the institutions like NITs, IIITs, GFTIs were carried out for the candidates with their All India Ranks above the JEE Main paper 2 cut off. In the following article, you will find the colleges offering B.Arch courses and seats available. Read the complete article on JEE Main paper 2 cutoff here.
Before 2015, the JEE counselling was done through Joint Admission Board(JAB) and Central Seat Allocation Board (CSAB). Admissions to various IITs were made through JAB whereas CSAB is responsible for intake in various NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. After 2015, MHRD set up Joint Seat Allotment Authority (JoSAA) to manage JEE counselling. The purpose of JoSAA counselling is that admission to 97 institutes (IITs, NITs, and IIITs, CFTIs) should be made through a common platform. JEE Main 2017 counselling and seat allotment is not conducted separately but is collectively conducted through JoSAA 2017 for 31 NITs, 23 IITs and 20 GFTIs, which are the participating institutes of JEE Main 2018. Those candidates who are successfully allotted seats will have to pay the seat acceptance fee and verify their documents at the designated reporting centres. Read more about JEE Main counselling here:
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Now, whether you need coaching or not, depends totally on you, your preparation etc. You can read the following article on “How to crack IIT-JEE” to get an insight. In this article, we are providing you with a number of tips which could be handy during your preparation.
Though it is not impossible to crack IIT-JEE or for that matter any exam on the planet without a coaching class and many people do it, it is recommended to join a coaching class. I say this because, firstly, your knowledge about certain topics is limited and to work on it, you do need an external support which the coaching class provides. Also, you could trust the coaching class with your doubts, which can be immediately addressed. Also, when you have people studying around you, it helps. You tend to acquire skills from different people, which might help you to excel in the exam. But, having said that, if you are confident enough that you can crack the exam on your own, you can surely go ahead with it, but do join a decently good test series, to constantly test your level of preparation.
Joint Entrance Examination Main(JEE Main) is the joint national examination that is conducted every year by Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE). Every year, more than 10 lakh candidates appear for this examination and get admission to various NITs, IIITs and other private colleges. It is important to note that JEE Main is the qualifying exam for JEE Advanced. Only those candidates are eligible to register for IIT-JEE advanced who have qualified the JEE Main examination and are among the top 2,20,000 candidates of JEE Main. JEE Main can be given either offline or online. From 2013 to 2016, the marks obtained in the class XII school board examination were given a 40% weightage in deciding the JEE Main All India Ranks(AIRs). But in 2017, the 12th percentage was not accounted to calculate the JEE Main rank. Earlier, counselling for JEE Main was conducted through Central Seat Allocation Board(CSAB) but now officials have made changes in the counselling procedure. The JAB (Joint Admission Board), representing IITs and CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board) are organizing a common counselling for the two exams of JEE. The joint counselling committee for these exams is known as the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). The admissions to various NITs and IIITs are done through JoSAA counselling.
IIT-JEE Advanced is the second stage examination of JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) through which one can get into various IITs along with some CFTIs – Central Government funded technical institutions like IISc Bangalore and IISERs of the country. Only the candidates who clear JEE Main and secure rank under 2,20,000 are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.
Through JEE Advanced, IITs offer admissions to various undergraduate courses including Bachelor’s, Integrated Masters or Bachelor‐Master Dual Degree in Engineering, Sciences, Architecture, and Pharmaceutics. There are various courses offered at IITs, some courses such as B.Tech in Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical are offered in all the institutes while other courses such as B.Tech in Biotechnology, Environment, BS Economics are restricted to few IITs. There are some new courses in Design and Aeronautics being introduced or supplemented in newer IITs such as IIT Gandhinagar and IIT Hyderabad. Also, the admission to various courses is based on the cutoff and number of seats available in an IIT which is different in different IITs. Around 10,572 undergraduate seats are filled every year through JEE Advanced.
To answer this question you can browse through the following points:
- Have a plan and stick to it
- Do not waste time
- Develop a genuine liking for the subjects
- Self-study
- Don’t miss important topics
- Get conceptual clarity
- Focus on problem solving speed
- Practice mocks
- Seek expert guidance
- Be calm Be fresh Be active
To read more you can click on the article “How to crack IIT-JEE Advanced”.
Though IIT-JEE is touted to be one of the toughest exams, every year nearly 20000 hardworking individuals excel at it and make it to the top institutes around the country. It is a competitive exam, thus it is difficult for you it would be difficult for everyone. The only impact will be on the cut-offs which would slide down, for a difficult paper or shoot up for an easier paper. To simple put it, IIT-JEE is difficult but again it DEPENDS!
For registration of JEE Main each and every candidate has to go through the three easy steps given below.
- Visit website and register
- Fill personal and academic details
- Scan and upload images
Read more about the JEE Main form for registration here.
Once a candidate clears JEE Main, they can apply for JEE Advanced. Read more about JEE Advanced registration here.
IIT JEE MAIN 2019 was of easy-moderate level. Many questions were quite straight forward and could be answered by anyone who has prepared well for the exam. But a crucial role was played by some tricky questions which turned out to be the deciding factors. In every paper 5-6 questions were framed differently but there was no ambiguity in any question.
Physics was overall good, and was on the easier side. It barely had any surprise elements which in itself was surprising. Almost all the topics were covered here. Mathematics paper was of moderate level of difficulty. It had a few lengthy question and a few easy questions also. It required conceptual understanding of all the chapters and was nearer to the JEE Advanced paper. Chemistry was of moderate difficulty level. It was equally balanced with questions coming from Physical Chemistry, Inorganic and Organic Chemistry. Here, the questions were again conceptual and only a few were memory based.
There are many reasons to it:
The portion is humongous. The question paper pattern is completely unpredictable and the cut-offs can reach heights. The acceptance rate is quite low at the IITs, thus lakhs of people take the exam but barely a few make it.
But a simple answer to this question is that a seat at an IIT gives you quite a rosy future. Top companies battle to hire you and possibly early angel investor is dying to hear your business plan. It’s a staircase to success, to simply put it.
The IIT JEE Main exam would be conducted in April 2020 and IIT JEE Advanced would be conducted in the month of May 2020.
It would be announced in the last week of May 2020.
IIT-JEE was started in the year 1960, back then it had four papers including an English Paper. It was initially called the Common Entrance Exam (CEE) initially. Its creation coincided with that of the 1961 IIT Act.
The syllabus of JEE Main includes all the topics of Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics given in NCERT of Classes 11th and 12th along with some extra topics that are very important from the perspective of other competitive examinations also. Students must note that the overall syllabus for IIT-JEE advanced and JEE Main is more or less same. The key difference is that some topics are not included in JEE Main syllabus but are the part of JEE advanced and vice-versa.
Get the complete and topic wise syllabus of JEE Main here.
Before 2015, the JEE counselling was done through Joint Admission Board(JAB) and Central Seat Allocation Board(CSAB). Admissions to various IITs were made through JAB whereas CSAB is responsible for intake in various NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs. After 2015, MHRD set up Joint Seat Allotment Authority(JoSAA) to manage JEE counselling. The purpose of JoSAA counselling is that admission to 97 institutes (IITs, NITs, and IIITs, CFTIs) should be made through a common platform. JEE Main 2017 counselling and seat allotment is not conducted separately but is collectively conducted through JoSAA 2017 for 31 NITs, 23 IITs and 20 GFTIs, which are the participating institutes of JEE Main 2017. Those candidates who are successfully allotted seats will have to pay the seat acceptance fee and verify their documents at the designated reporting centres. In JEE Main counselling section, we are providing the basic information about JoSAA counselling, some important points to know while filling the registration form for JEE counselling, JEE counselling schedule chart, brief about eligibility, freeze, float, and slide options, withdrawal of seats, brief about all the different rounds (1 to 7), supernumerary seats for Union territories, brief about dual reporting, institutes that participate in the counselling round like IITs, NITs, Private institutes, GFTIs and list of reporting centres.
IIT-JEE Advanced is the second stage examination of JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) through which one can get into various IITs along with some CFTIs – Central Government funded technical institutions like IISc Bangalore and IISERs of the country. Only the candidates who clear JEE Main and secure rank under 2,20,000 are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.
Through JEE Advanced, IITs offer admissions to various undergraduate courses including Bachelor’s, Integrated Masters or Bachelor‐Master Dual Degree in Engineering, Sciences, Architecture, and Pharmaceutics. There are various courses offered at IITs, some courses such as B.Tech in Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical are offered in all the institutes while other courses such as B.Tech in Biotechnology, Environment, BS Economics are restricted to few IITs. There are some new courses in Design and Aeronautics being introduced or supplemented in newer IITs such as IIT Gandhinagar and IIT Hyderabad. Also, the admission to various courses is based on the cutoff and number of seats available in an IIT which is different in different IITs. Around 10,572 undergraduate seats are filled every year through JEE Advanced.
Joint Entrance Examination Main(JEE Main) is the joint national examination that is conducted every year by Central Board Of Secondary Education (CBSE). Every year, more than 10 lakh candidates appear for this examination and get admission to various NITs, IIITs and other private colleges. It is important to note that JEE Main is the qualifying exam for JEE Advanced. Only those candidates are eligible to register for IIT-JEE advanced who have qualified the JEE Main examination and are among the top 2,20,000 candidates of JEE Main. JEE Main can be given either offline or online. From 2013 to 2016, the marks obtained in the class XII school board examination were given a 40% weightage in deciding the JEE Main All India Ranks(AIRs). But in 2017, the 12th percentage was not accounted to calculate the JEE Main rank. Earlier, counselling for JEE Main was conducted through Central Seat Allocation Board(CSAB) but now officials have made changes in the counselling procedure. The JAB (Joint Admission Board), representing IITs and CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board) are organizing a common counselling for the two exams of JEE. The joint counselling committee for these exams is known as the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). The admissions to various NITs and IIITs are done through JoSAA counselling.
IIT-JEE Advanced is the second stage examination of JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) through which one can get into various IITs along with some CFTIs – Central Government funded technical institutions like IISc Bangalore and IISERs of the country. Only the candidates who clear JEE Main and secure rank under 2,20,000 are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.
Through JEE Advanced, IITs offer admissions to various undergraduate courses including Bachelor’s, Integrated Masters or Bachelor‐Master Dual Degree in Engineering, Sciences, Architecture, and Pharmaceutics. There are various courses offered at IITs, some courses such as B.Tech in Computer Science, Mechanical, Electrical are offered in all the institutes while other courses such as B.Tech in Biotechnology, Environment, BS Economics are restricted to few IITs. There are some new courses in Design and Aeronautics being introduced or supplemented in newer IITs such as IIT Gandhinagar and IIT Hyderabad. Also, the admission to various courses is based on the cutoff and number of seats available in an IIT which is different in different IITs. Around 10,572 undergraduate seats are filled every year through JEE Advanced.
Udaipur’s Kalpit Veerwal topped the IIT JEE Main 2017 and Haryana’s Sarvesh Mehtani topped IIT-JEE Advanced 2017. Read more about JEE Main Topper here.