NTA discontinues optional question facility in JEE Main 2025 exam; check notification
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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.
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).
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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.
Paper 1 has 75 questions where Physics Chemistry and Mathematics, each section has 25 questions. Out of 25 questions, 20 are MCQs and five are numerical value questions. You must answer all 5 numerical value-type questions. All 20 multiple-choice questions are compulsory. Complete all 75 questions in 3 hours.
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.
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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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JEE Main 2025 April 2 question paper shift 1 & 2 will be available on Shiksha page after the exam is over. Various coching institutes will release the JEE Mains April Session 2025 question paper with solutions based on students feedback who are appearing in the exam. Candidates can download JEE Mains 2nd April question paper shift 1 & 2 from this page to know the correct answers to all the questions asked in the exam.
The official JEE Main question paper 2025 has been released by the NTA on the website jeemain.nta.ac.in. JEE Mains 2025 question paper PDF can be downloaded from the JEE Main website through candidate login. Coaching institutes have also released memory-based questions from students who appeared in the exam.
NO, it is compulsory to attempt all questions in the JEE Main exam. The JEE Main exam has negative marking and candidates must answer only those questions for which they know the correct answer. Students must note that there are no minimum marks in JEE Main that students need to score. Students gets All India Rank based on the marks they secure in exam and gets admission based on that rank.
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