Facts, Syllabus and Pattern
What is JEE Main?
JEE Main is among the toughest exams in the world. Every year, over 12 lakh students appear while only 2,20,000 qualify for JEE Advanced.
- The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is an All-India Common Entrance Exam for getting admissions into engineering colleges across India
- JEE Main will be conducted twice a year in the month of January and April respectively by National Testing Agency (NTA).
- If you clear the given cut-off for JEE Main, you qualify for JEE Advanced
- With a JEE Main score you can apply to institutions like NITs, IIITs and other Central or State Funded Institutes
- Whereas, IITs and ISM, Dhanbad consider results of JEE Advanced for admissions
- From 2020 the examination will be held only in the computer based mode.
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Important dates
Exam Dates for JEE Main-2020
JEE Main 2020 Exam Dates
Below we have provided all the tentative JEE Main Dates for various events taking place in the January session and July session:
January Session:
Events | Dates |
Notification release | 20th August 2019 |
Release of Application Form | 2nd September 2019 |
Availability of Mock Test | 2nd week of September 2019 |
Last date to submit the application form | Last week of September 2019 |
Last date of fee submission and image uploading | 1st week of October 2019 |
Publication of allotted exam shift and date | 1st week of October 2019 |
Application correction window opens | 1st to last week of October 2019 |
Announcement of allotted exam centre | 3rd week of October 2019 |
Availability of Admit card | 3rd week of December 2019 |
JEE Main 2020 Exam (Paper 1) | 1st to 3rd week of January 2020 |
JEE Main 2020 Exam (Paper 2) | 2nd week of January 2020 |
Declaration of Results | Last week of January 2020 |
April Session:
Events | Dates |
Release of Online Application | 2nd week of February 2020 |
Image correction window opens | In the month of February 2020 |
Availability of mock test | In the month of February 2020 |
Last date to submit an application(Revised) | 24 May 2020 |
Last date to make payment of a fee(Revised) | 24 May 2020 |
Downloading of Admit card | 1st week of July 2020 |
JEE Main 2020 Exam | 18th to 23rd July 2020 |
Announcement of Result | August 2020 |
Previous Year Papers
Previous Years’ Papers for JEE Main
Practising previous years’ JEE papers is important as it helps you simulate the real exam. Toppr provides you with a complete set of all question banks from previous years which you can practice to sharpen your skills.
We have provided the links to download JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers. The question papers are segregated according to year and paper. It is suggested that students first download the JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers and then solve it in order to get an idea of the pattern of questions coming in JEE Main Exam.
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2018):
- JEE Main 2018 Question Paper 1 Set A
- JEE Main 2018 Question Paper 1 Set B
- JEE Main 2018 Question Paper 1 Set C
- JEE Main 2018 Question Paper 1 Set D
- JEE Main 2018 Question Paper 2 Set A
- JEE Main 2018 Question Paper 2 Set B
- JEE Main 2018 Question Paper 2 Set C
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2017):
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2017) (Paper 1)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Set A (Offline)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Set B (Offline)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Set C (Offline)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Set D (Offline)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Physics Set 1 (Online)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Chemistry Set 1 (Online)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Maths Set 1 (Online)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Physics Set 2 (Online)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Chemistry Set 2 (Online)
- JEE Main 2017 Paper 1 Mathematics Set 2 (Online)
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2017) (Paper 2)
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2016):
- JEE Main 2016 Paper 1 Set E
- JEE Main 2016 Paper 1 Set F
- JEE Main 2016 Paper 1 Set G
- JEE Main 2016 Paper 1 Set H
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2015):
- JEE Main 2015 Paper 1 Set A
- JEE Main 2015 Paper 1 Set B
- JEE Main 2015 Paper 1 Set C
- JEE Main 2015 Paper 1 Set D
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2014):
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2014) (Paper 1)
- JEE Main 2014 Paper 1 Set E
- JEE Main 2014 Paper 1 Set F
- JEE Main 2014 Paper 1 Set G
- JEE Main 2014 Paper 1 Set H
JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers (2014) (Paper 2)
Results and Cut-off
Cut-off for JEE Main
The JEE Main cut-off indicates the closing ranks or minimum scores that you need to score to qualify for JEE Advanced . Candidates who don’t meet the cut-off will be considered ineligible. However, in that case, they can still participate in the JEE Main counselling, conducted by JoSAA.
Category | Cut off for Paper 1 |
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Common Rank List | 89.7548849 |
General - EWS | 78.2174869 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL) | 74.3166557 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) | 54.0128155 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 44.3345172 |
PwD | 0.1137173 |