For DTU (Delhi Technological University) and NSIT/NSUT admissions through JEE Main:
All India General (CRL) Rank is considered for General category seats.
All India OBC-NCL Rank is considered for OBC category seats.
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a week agoContributor-Level 7
JEE Main 2026 consists of three papers: Paper 1 (BE/B.Tech), Paper 2A (BArch), and Paper 2B (BPlan).
The JEE Main exam for B.E./B.Tech (Paper 1) will consist of three sections - Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, consisting of 75 MCQs carrying 300 marks.
JEE Main Paper 2A will consist of 77 questions carrying 400 marks, and the BPlan paper will have 100 MCQs of 400 marks.
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a week agoContributor-Level 7
No. Any kind of calculator - virtual or physical - is not allowed at the JEE Main exam centres.
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2 weeks agoContributor-Level 7
75% marks are not needed to be eligible for the JEE Mains exam. However, 75% marks in class 12 are mandatory for admission to the IITs, NITs, IIITs and GFTIs.
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4 months agoContributor-Level 8
For DTU (Delhi Technological University) and NSIT/NSUT admissions through JEE Main:
All India General (CRL) Rank is considered for General category seats.
All India OBC-NCL Rank is considered for OBC category seats.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
As per students who appeared in JEE Main 2024 session 1 exam, and the subject experts from various coaching institutes - January 29 shift 1 paper was the toughest in comparison to other shift papers. Many students also found January 27 shift 2 exam difficult.
However, students must note that JEE Main question papers are set at similar difficulty level for all shifts and sessions. There may come a few questions with difficulty level higher than the other.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
No, NTA has not announced any change in JEE Main 2026 exam pattern. However, NTA made changes in JEE Main exam pattern in 2025. As per the current JEE exam pattern, the total number of questions in JEE Main Paper 1 (BE/BTech) are 75, 25 each from Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Also, there are no optional question in section B in any subject. Students will need to answer all 5 questions in section B from all three subjects. The marking scheme and total marks remain the same.
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a year agoContributor-Level 10
JEE Main Paper 2 is an online examination, the drawing section is offline of the second paper which will be conducted in pen and paper mode at the examination center.
There are 3 subjects: Drawing, mathematics and Reasoning Aptitude. It is of 3 hours. The section has 20 MCQ of Mathematics and 10 Numerical Questions. Part 2 is of Aptitude Test with 50 questions and Part 3 is of Drawing Test with 02 questions.
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
No, the candidate may or may not attempt all the questions in Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main . There is a negative marking system for all the wrong answers. -1 will be deducted for each . So it advised to attempt the questions only if the candidates are 100 percent sure to avoid negative scoring.
To know more about the Joint Entrance Examination, refer to the official website.
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
No, there is no break in the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2023 examination. The examination is conducted continuously for three hours (180 minute) straight.
To know more about the examination, refer to the official website of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).
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2 years agoContributor-Level 10
As per the conducting body of Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) MAIN, National Testing Agency ( NTA) conducts the examination completely on computer based test mode for all courses, however for course B.Arch, the paper is conducted offline due to the drawing section of the architectural course.
To know more about Joint Entrance Examination ( JEE) MAIN, refer to the official website.
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