JEE Mains

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the Content Based Lectures by IIT Professors and Subject Experts for JEE Mains and NEET UG Preparations 2021.

The last date to apply for the Joint Entrance (Main) Examination 2021 has been extended by the National Testing Agency (NTA) till 23rd January 2021,

The candidates who have not yet submitted their application forms can apply online, for more details and apply online CLICK HERE

The Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development (now known as Ministry of Education), Government of India has entrusted the responsibility of conducting Joint Entrance Examination JEE (Main) to the NTA, Notification for the year 2021 announced, The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main) comprises of two papers.

The Paper 1 is conducted for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programs (B.E/B. Tech) at NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs), Institutions, Universities funded, recognized by participating State Governments, as well as an eligibility test for JEE (Advanced), which is conducted for admission to IITs.

JEE (Main)-2021 will be conducted in Four Sessions (February/ March/ April/ May), This will give multiple opportunities to the candidates to improve their scores in the examination if they fail to give their best in one attempt, however the Candidate has option to apply for one Session or for more than one Session (February/March /April /May 2021) together and pay exam fee,

The syllabus of JEE (Main) 2021 is same as that of the last year. However, keeping in view the decision taken by different Boards all over India, NTA has decided that there will be a total of 90 Questions in the Question Paper and candidate will be required to attempt 75 questions only. There will be no negative marking for 15 optional questions accordingly

OVERVIEW 

SCHEME OF EXAM 

Paper 1 (B.E. /B. Tech.) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only.

Paper 2A (B. Arch): Mathematics (Part-I) and Aptitude Test (Part-II) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only and Drawing Test (Part-III) in pen & paper (offline) mode, to be attempted on drawing sheet of A4 size.

Paper 2B (B. Planning): Mathematics (Part-I), Aptitude Test (Part-II) and Planning Based Questions (Part-III) in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only

NOTE : Medium of the Question Papers: Drawing form the National Education Policy (NEP), the JEE (Main) 2021 will now be conducted for the first time in Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu for the first time, in addition to Hindi, Gujarati and English

IMPORTANT DATES

EXAM TIMINGS

SCHEME OF EXAM 

PAPER 1 (B.E, B.Tech)

Subjects : Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry (Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value, with equal weightage to Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry), it will be held in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only

PAPER – I 

Paper 2 (B.Arch)

Subjects : Mathematics, Aptitude Test, Drawing Test (Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value) it will be held in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode and “Pen & Paper Based” (offline) mode to be attempted on Drawing sheet

PAPER – II 

Paper 3

Subject : Mathematics, Aptitude Test, Planning Based Questions (Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) & Questions for which answer is a numerical value) and it will be held in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only

PAPER – III 

MARKING SCHEME

Marking Scheme for MCQs : Correct Answer or the best Answer Four marks (+4), Incorrect Answer Minus one mark (-1), Unanswered / Marked for Review No mark (0)

Marking Scheme for questions for which answer is a Numerical value : Correct Answer Four marks (+4), Incorrect Answer No mark (0), Unanswered / Marked for Review No mark (0)

Marking Scheme for Drawing Test (Part III) : Two questions to be evaluated out of 100 marks

Method of determining merit : Conversion of the raw score in Mathematics, Aptitude Test, Planning Based Test, and Total into NTA Scores. Overall merit shall be prepared by merging NTA Scores of all shifts of all days

SCHEDULE OF EXAM

• Session 1: 23, 24, 25 & 26 February 2021
• Session 2: 15, 16, 17 & 18 March 2021
• Session 3: 27, 28, 29 & 30 April 2021
• Session 4: 24, 25, 26, 27 & 28 May 2021

IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS

ELIGIBILITY 

Aspirants may be from India as well as international applicants are eligible to appear for exam.

Intermediate or two-year Pre-University examination conducted by a recognized Board/ University

A Diploma recognized by AICTE or a State board of technical education of at least 3 years duration

Aspirants who are from abroad need to secure the necessary marks /percentage from board recognized by AIU to become eligible for JEE Main.

There is no any age limit recommended to appear for JEE Main 2021 exam.

You can attend JEE mains as many times as you can as there is no attempt limit.

JAB has decided to give one more chance to students who could not take JEE Advanced 2020 due to Covid-19. Such students will not have to re-qualify by writing JEE Main 2021 and will be allowed to directly appear in the JEE Advanced 2021 exam.

QUALIFICATION 

B.E / B.Tech : Passed qualifying examination (12th) with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/ Technical Vocational subject

B.Arch : Passed qualifying examination (12th) with Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry

B.Planning : Passed qualifying examination (12th) with Mathematics

RESERVATION

• 15% of the seats Scheduled Castes (SC) candidates
• 7.5% seats for Scheduled Tribes (ST) candidates
• 27% seats for Other Backward Classes (OBC) Non-Creamy Layer (NCL) candidates as per the Central List*
• 10% of the seats for General Economically Weaker Sections (General – EWS) candidates

PROCEDURE TO APPLY

Step 1 : Candidates have to visit official NTA website.

Step 2 :Then candidates are advised to register through valid mail id and phone number. Complete details will be sent to it by the authority.

Step 3 :Candidates can apply for one or more than one session together and pay application fee accordingly.

Step 4 :Candidates can fill language of question paper at the time of filling application form; it can’t be changed later.

Step 5 :To complete application process you should do various steps such as Registration, Filling up of Application form, scanned documents uploading, Application Fee payment and Printing of Application form.

Step 6 :Candidates will receive SMS or mail on their registered mobile number or mail id regarding successful submission of form after completing the application process.

Step 7 :Candidates can fill application form till 16^thJanuary 2021 for February session exam.

Step 8 :Application objection window will be re-opened soon after announcement of result.

Step 9 :After completion of application process, candidates are advised to print the application form and fee payment proof for further process.

APPLICATION FEE:

JEE Main Application Fee payment can be made using any e-payment methods through online mode. Candidatescan pay the fee through net banking/debit/credit card/PAYTM/UPI. There is no offline mode entertained to pay the application fee. In case if candidates can’t appear for which they already paid application fee then it will be refunded by the officials.

B.E./B.Tech or B.Arch or B.Planning

B.E./B.Tech & B. Arch or B.E./B.Tech & B. Planning or B.E./B.Tech, B. Arch & B.Planning or B.Arch & B.Planning

ADMIT CARD 

The e-Admit Card would be issued provisionally to the candidates through the NTA website, subject to the fulfilment of the eligibility conditions and receipt of prescribed application fee by NTA, The candidate has to download the Admit Card from the NTA website. The candidate will appear in the examination at the given Centre on the date and shift/timing as indicated in his/her e-Admit Card

ANSWER KEYS

The NTA will display Provisional Answer Key of the questions on the NTA website, with a Public Notice issued to this effect on the said website, to provide an opportunity to the candidates to challenge the Provisional Answer Keys with a non-refundable online payment of Rs. 200/- per question challenged as processing charges. The provisional Answer Keys are likely to be displayed for two to three days

JEE Mains NTA Score

Evaluation of multiple choice questions of B.E./B.Tech, B.Arch and B.Planning will be carried out using final answer keys and the raw (actual) marks obtained by a candidate will be considered further for computation of the result of JEE (Main) February -2021.

For multi-shift papers, raw marks obtained by the candidates in different shifts/sessions will be converted to NTA Score, The detailed procedure based on NTA Score being adopted is available on NTA website

NATIONAL TEST ABHYAS 

The National Testing Agency (NTA), India’s premier autonomous testing organisation for conducting entrance examinations for admission in higher education institutions, launched a mobile app called the “National Test Abhyas” – to enable candidates to take mock tests for various competitive exams such as JEE Main, NEET, UGC-NET, and other exams under the NTA’s purview.

The app had been launched to facilitate candidates’ access to high quality mock tests in the safety and comfort of their homes, since NTA’s Test-Practice Centers (TPCs) were closed during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, to visit website CLICK HERE and to download app CLICK HERE