NTA discontinues optional question facility in JEE Main 2025 exam; check notification

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JEE Main 2025 notification has been released by NTA. It has been announced that there will be no facility of optional question in section B of JEE Main 2025 exam. Also NTA has announced that JEE Main 2025 registration will soon start. JEE Main 2025 official website is jeemain.nta.nic.in.

NTA has released the notifications for JEE Mains 2025 examination stating the discontinuation of the optional question facility in section B of JEE Mains Paper 1 (BE/BTech), Paper 2A (BArch), and Paper 2B (BPlan). NTA has also announced that JEE Main 2025 registration will soon start.

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In a major change, the National Testing Agency has notified the discontinuation of option facility in section B of JEE Main 2025 examination.

The NTA notification states that the section B of JEE Mains 2025 examination will have only 5 questions per subject and candidates will require to attempt all 5 questions without any options for selection in Paper 1 (BE/BTech), Paper 2A (BArch) and Paper 2B (BPlan).

The complete JEE Main 2025 new exam pattern with details of changes will also be released through the JEE Main 2025 information brochure. The brochure will be available shortly on the JEE Main website.

As per the notification, the facility of optional questions in section B of JEE Mains examination was introduced as a temporary measure to accommodate the changes in syllabus of several class 12 board examinations due to COVID-19 pandemic.

The NTA has also announced that JEE Main 2025 registration will begin soon. The official website for JEE Main 2025 exam is nta.ac.in and jeemain.nta.nic.in.

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