Different board exam cutoffs for JEE Advanced
Earlier, we had reported preliminary data of seven boards across India to show that the Class XII scores to get into the top 20 percentile vary widely from board to board. Read more This may happen due to differences in number of students, syllabus followed by various boards, question paper patterns, and leniency in giving marks.
Now, the Council of Boards of School Education has compiled and released a dry run of top 20 percentile data this year for cutoffs in different state boards that students will require for eligibility to appear in JEE Advanced exam next year. JEE Advanced is the exam that students will need to take for admission to IITs.
| Cutoff range |
Education Boards |
| Less than 50% |
Meghalaya, Nagaland |
| 50% - 60% |
Assam, Chhatisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand, Mizoram, Orissa, Tripura, Uttarakhand, West Bengal |
| 60% - 70% |
Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Manipur, Madhya Pradesh, National Open School |
| 70% - 80% |
CBSE, Kerala, Punjab, Tamil Nadu |
| Above 80% |
Andhra Pradesh |
It is expected that the graph may go up next year as students will focus more on their board exam results. Know more
The figures for reserved category students are lower.
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