Day 1 of JEE Main 2025 Session 2 Ends; Check Expected Marks Needed to Qualify for JEE Advanced

NTA conducted the JEE Main 2025 session 2 day 1 exam today. The BE/BTech paper was held today in two shifts. The day 1 exam was rated moderate to tough and to know what experts predict should be your JEE Main 2025 score to qualify for JEE Advanced 2025, below.

JEE Main 2025 session 2 April 2 exam was held today. The shift 1 exam today was rated Moderate in difficulty level, with maths being tough and lengthy. While physics was moderate and chemistry was easy. The shift 2 was also in similar lines with the JEE Main 2025 April 2 shift 1 exam. Maths in shift 2 was the toughest and time-consuming, physics was rated as moderate, and chemistry was on the easier side.

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JEE Main 2025 Cutoff for JEE Advanced

As per the expert analysis of the JEE Main 2025 April 2 exam, the JEE Main 2025 marks needed to qualify for JEE Advanced 2025 should be around 116 to 118 marks out of 300. This means, this year, for the general category candidates, the expected JEE Main 2025 cutoff for JEE Advanced will be around 94 percentile. This is based on the initial reaction of the students and the day 1 analysis of the JEE Main 2025 April session exam by the experts. A clearer analysis of the JEE Main 2025 cutoff for JEE Advanced will be available when the exams scheduled for all days and shifts of the April session are over.

Based on expert opinions, here are the expected JEE Main 2025 cutoff percentile for each category required for JEE advanced 2025 is as follows:

• Gen - 94 percentile
• EWS - 85 percentile
• OBC - 82 percentile
• SC - 65 percentile
• ST - 54 percentile

In the January 2025 session of the JEE Main 2025 exam, there were more candidates from the OBC category (Other Backward Classes) who registered and participated compared to those from the general category. This difference in numbers could influence the cutoff scores needed for qualifying for the JEE Advanced exam, particularly for OBC candidates. Experts believe that overall JEE Main 2025 cutoff for JEE Advanced 2025 will likely increase for all categories. Out of all the candidates who take the JEE Main, around 2.5 lakh of the top performers will be eligible to take the JEE Advanced exam.

The JEE Main 2025 session 1 results were announced on February 11. In session 1 this year, only 14 students achieved a perfect score of 100 percentile, which is a decrease from the previous year when 23 students reached the same level in the first session and 56 in the second session. In 2023, there were 20 students with top scores in the first session and 43 in the second. It’s worth mentioning that the January 2025 exam was considered harder than last year's, which may explain the smaller number of top scorers this time.

The JEE Main 2025 cutoff percentile for the JEE Advanced exam will be shared alongside the final results for JEE Main 2025, expected to be released by April 17. Additionally, the All India rankings for all candidates will also be made available with the JEE Main 2024 results of the April session.

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