JEE Main 2021: Exam starts for leftover candidates of Maharashtra and Bahrain candidates
Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2026 ( JEE Main )
Registration - 1 Feb '26 - 25 Feb '26
The re-exam is conducted only for those candidates who were unable to appear in the exam earlier. Read below to know more details.
The National Testing Aency is conducting JEE Main 2021 exam for leftover candidates of Maharashtra and Bahrain today. The exam is being conducted on August 3, 4 and 5 only at listed exam centres of the cities were paper was cancelled.
JEE Main admit card 2021 for all candidates of re-exam was released on July 29 and is available for download on the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in. NTA has also issued COVID-19 related advisory to candidates who are appearing in the exam.
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JEE Main 2021 3rd attempt exam was cancelled in Kolhapur, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigadh, Sindhudurg, Sangli and Satara districts of Maharashtra due to heavy rain. The re-exam is conducted only for those candidates who were having their exam centres in any of these cities on July 25 and 27 but could not appear in exam due to rain.
In Bahrain, the first attempt of JEE Main 2021, which was held in February was cancelled due to COVID-19 lockdown. NTA is now conducting the exam on August 3 and 4 for Paper 1 and on August 5 for Paper 2.
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JEE Main 2021 COVID-19 Guidelines
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Candidates should report to the examination centre as per the reporting time mentioned on their JEE Main admit card.
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Candidates need to maintain a distance of at least 6 feet with each other all the time inside the exam centre.
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Candidates will be required to sanitize their hands before entry to the exam centre
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Candidates will be provided fresh mask at the time of entry to the exam centre. Candidates have to wear the freshly provided masks and remove the ones carried by them to avoid any chance of UFM.
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Students are advised not to bring anything other then the permitted items
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Candidates should fill the Self Declaration Undertaking part of their JEE Main admit card and sign at the appropriate place beforehand their entry to exam hall.
JEE Main 2021 3rd attempt exam was held on July 20, 22, 25 and 27 at various cities of the country except for the above listed 7 districts of Maharashtra. Candidates can expect JEE Main result 2021 anytime soon now.
JEE Main answer key 2021 alon with question papers and candidates response sheets for session 3 was released on July 29 and facility of challenging the answer key was open till July 31.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered Yesterday
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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