JEE Main 2020 latest news: 45% students in Gujarat skip day 1 exam due to COVID-19
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On the first day of JEE Main 2020 April/September exam, 45% of students skipped the JEE 2020 April examination. A total of 3,020 Gujarat students registered for JEE Main 2020 Paper 2(Barch) and Paper 3 (BPalnning). Out of which only 1,664 (55%) appeared for the entrance examination on Tuesday i.e September 1.
"On the first day, out of 3,020 registered students, only 1,664, or 55%, remained present, while 1,356 (45%) did not turn up,” Virendra Ravat, JEE Coordinator for Gujarat told PTI. He also added that normally 25 to 30% skipped the examination every year, however, this time the current figure of students not attending the JEE Main 2020 exam was 10-15% more.
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After several debates and student protests, JEE Main 2020 exam is being held from September 1 to 6 in computer-based mode at 660 centres across India and abroad. The morning shift is being held from 9 am to 12 pm while the evening shift is conducted from 3 pm to 6 pm. NTA has provided a detailed JEE Main 2020 instructions and COVID-19 guidelines on its official website which is strictly followed across all the examination centres.
JEE Main 2020 April/September examination on the first day was conducted for BArch and BPlanning. Candidates who appeared in the entrance test found the paper to be moderate to easy in terms of difficulty level. There was no glitch in the question papers as reported by the students.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 11 hours ago
Yes, SRM do accepts JEE Main score for admission to a few programs at certain campuses. As per the details available in the official website - "Any Candidate qualified in IIT JEE Main/SAT will be admitted directly even if the candidate doesn't take SRMJEEE."
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Answered 15 hours ago
Yes, 25% seats at U V College of Engineering are reserved for admissions under JEE Main score. The candidates have to score more than cutoff of U V College of Engineering to be eligible.
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Answered 16 hours ago
Yes, UV Patel College of Engineering accepts JEE Main marks for taking admission in the BE/BTech courses. The college also accepts score from GUJCET exam for BTech admissions. Candidates have to undergo counselling and fill the application form of college.
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As per the provisional answer keys released by NTA, Arnav Gautam has secured 300 out of 300 marks in the JEE Main 2026 session 1 exam. Another student who has claimed to have scored 300/300 in JEE Main 2026 is Pasala Mohith.
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PEIT BTech cutoff 2025 was published for admission to various specialisations. B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering had a last round cutoff of 935963 for the General AI quota.
For the General HS quota, the last round cutoff was 1154812. To know the cutoff for other categories, rounds, quota
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PIET JEE Main cutoff 2025 was released for admission to the BE/BTech courses for various categories under both the All India and Home State quota.
For the General HS quota, admissions were closed at 1307913. This means that students who had this rank or better yet, below it could easily avail admiss
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Answered 3 days ago
The JEE Main Answer Key is an official document released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) that lists the correct answers for all questions asked on the exam day.
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The JEE Main 2026 session 1 final answer key will be available soon before or with the JEE Mains result 2026.
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The admission cutoff of JEE Main is the opening and closing ranks for each participating institute and is released by JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority).
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The JEE Main 2026 cutoff is primarily determined by the difficulty level of the exam, the total number of candidates appearing, and available seats in NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs.
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Does SRM accepts JEE Main score?