JEE Main 2021: What's new? All you need to know

Check all the details related to new changes brough in JEE Main 2021 exam by the NTA. 

JEE Main 2021 - National Testing Agency (NTA) has brought a few new changes in JEE Main 2021. With the release of the JEE Main 2021 brochure, various changes have been observed including an increase in the number of attempts within a year, increase of questions in JEE Main question papers and exam to be held in more languages. As per the latest updates on JEE Main 2021 exam date, this year NTA will conduct exam in four sessions and The JEE Main 2021 first session was conducted from February 23 to 26. JEE Main application form 2021 was available online on the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Increase in number of JEE Main sessions in 2021

Earlier this month, the NTA has increased the total number of JEE Main exam attempts to four instead of two within a year. This will give a privilege to candidates to improve their scores if they fail to give their best in the first attempt. This will save the entire year of the student who is willing to take admission in one of IITs in India.

The JEE Main 2021 is being held in February, March, April, and May. The JEE Main first session was held February 23 to 26. If a candidate decides to appear in all the four sessions of the exam, the authorities will consider his/her best NTA scores for preparation of merit list/ranking and counselling process. Also, in case one of the JEE Main 2021 exam clashes with the board exam 2021, then students can appear for the JEE Main exam in the next session.

Changes in JEE Main 2021 registration process

As we all know that the NTA JEE Main 2021 exam will be held in four sessions, candidates can apply for one session (February) or more than one session (March /April /May) together and pay exam fee accordingly.

If a candidate is applying just for the February session, the one is required to pay JEE Main application fee only for that particular session. Candidates can apply for other sessions (March/ April / May), when the application window will be reopened again by the exam conducting authority.

In case, a candidate has performed well in his/her first (February) attempt and does not want to appear in the next Session (March/April/May) for which fee has already been paid, it will be refunded by the NTA.

Steps to fill JEE Main 2021 Application Form

All the candidates seeking admission through JEE Main can see the application procedure below.

• Visit the official website of JEE Main (https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/)
• Click on Apply for JEE (Main) 2021 link
• Now, register by providing all the required details in the form including your name, address, phone number and qualifications
• Attach all the relevant documents in the JEE Main application form (Class 10 marksheet, certificate, and identity proof)
• Upload latest scanned photo and signature (please prefer the prescribed format)
• Pay requisite fee online through credit card/ debit card/ net banking/Paytm/UPI
• Submit the JEE Main application form and take a printout of it

Finally, and most importantly, this year, candidates can apply for a different city for each exam i.e. each session (February/March/April/May). If a student feels he/she would be in a different town during a particular session, he/she can choose a different exam city.

JEE Main 2021 to be available in 13 languages

The NTA has introduced another major change that has been made this year that is the decision to conduct the JEE Main 2021 exam in regional languages. The exam would be conducted in 13 languages including English, Hindi and Urdu and regional languages.

The newly introduced languages in the list are Assamese for Assam; Gujarati for Gujarat, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli; Bengali for West Bengal, Tripura and Andaman and Nicobar Island.

Here, all the students must select the regional language option at the time of JEE Main registration process. Also, the exam city and regional language options are related. Hence, students may choose the exam city carefully.

Changes in JEE Main Exam Pattern 2021

This year exam conducting authority has introduced some changes in the exam pattern of JEE Main 2021. 

• JEE Main 2021 exam pattern, the paper 1 i.e for B.Tech will have a total of 90 questions from Physics, Chemistry, and Maths.
• Each subject will now have two sections.
• Section A will be of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)
• Section B will contain questions whose answers are to be filled in as a numerical value.
• In Section B, candidates have to attempt any 5 questions out of 10.
• There will be no negative marking for numerical value questions.

Increase in participating institutes for JEE Main

For the admissions to all the Uttar Pradesh colleges in undergraduate engineering courses in  the 2021-22 session, will be done through JEE Main exam. The APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Uttar Pradesh will not be conducting UPSEE entrance examination from 2021. JEE Main 2021 scores will be used for admissions in 1.40 lakh seats in 750 colleges across UP.

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