JEE Main 2021 exam dates to be declared soon, considering multiple attempts says Education Minister
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Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal, Education Minister of India today said that the exam dates of JEE Main 2021 will be announced soon, may increase the number of attempts. Read more details below.
Education Minister today conducted a live interaction session through his Twitter and Facebook handle to answer queries and doubts related to JEE Main 2021, NEET and board exams. In his session, he cleared many doubts related to the JEE Main 2021 exam date, multiple attempts and syllabus.
In regard to the JEE Main 2021 exam dates, the Minister said that exam dates will be announced well in advance by the authority so that students get enough time for revision and prepare for the examination.
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He also mentioned that many students have requested that the authority should consider increasing the number of attempts of JEE Main. The Minister has assured that the authority is looking for options to increase the number of attempts from two times to three or four times in a year to help students. The final decision will soon be taken and notified to the students.
Talking about the JEE Main syllabus, a student named Manish questioned that if the syllabus is not reduced, JEE Main examination can be postponed. The Minister further replied that the authority has reduced the syllabus of CBSE to reduce the burden on students and as soon as the situation normalises, they will increase the syllabus. He also mentioned that JEE Main will be held in online mode only and NEET in offline mode. Any change in this decision will be notified to the students.
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Another query on clash of JEE Main 2021 exam dates with board practicals was raised by Jigyansh, a class 12 student. Pokhriyal replied that the authority will make sure that the board practical exam do not coincide with the JEE Main 2021 exam.
The Union Education Minister, Dr Ramesh Pokhriyal conducted a live interaction session with students from across the country, clearing their doubts and queries regarding the board exams 2021 and upcoming JEE Main 2021 and NEET 2021 exams. The MInister had asked students to put forward their queries by using #EducationMinisterGoesLive. Many students had requested Dr Pokhriyal to postpone the exams, reduce the syllabus.
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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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JEE Main cutoff is minimum percentile score required to qualify for JEE Advanced. Cutoff is important as candidates clearing the cutoff can appear for JEE Advanced for IIT admission.
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The National Testing Agency (NTA) will prepare and release the category JEE Main cutoff with the results of session 2.
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The JEE Main cutoff is the minimum percentile score required to qualify for the JEE Advanced exam. Its is released with the April session result.
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No. There is no qualifying percentile in JEE Main. However, the candidates who want to appear in JEE Advanced will have to get a minimum qualifying percentile in JEE Mains. This minimum qualifying percentile is announced with the JEE Main session 2 reult.
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After JEE Main result, candidates who want to improve their scores can appear for the second attempt. Rest candidates can start shortlisting colleges and prepare for the JoSAA counselling process.
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Candidates can choose a maximum of 4 exam cities in the JEE Main application form from the choices available based on their present address.
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What is JEE Main answer key?