JEE Main

Hi Muazzam Ali,
As per the official website of Joint Entrance Examination (Main) the eligibility for appearing in JEE (Main) is:
Year of Appearance in Qualifying Examination (QE):
Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2012 or 2013; or those who are appearing in their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2014 are eligible to appear in JEE (Main) - 2014. Candidates who passed Class 12th/Qualifying examination in 2011 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2015 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE (Main)-2014. Candidates who appeared in class 12th/equivalent qualifying Examinations in 2011, did not pass in 2011, but passed in 2012 are also not eligible to appear in
JEE (Main) 2014.
For more, kindly refer to the below link:
http://jeemain.nic.in/jeemainapp/pdf/JEE_Main_bulletin_2014_19_12_13.pdf
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Hi Vikram,
Exams like the IIT-JEE always bring along a lot of apprehension and restlessness.
JEE, one of the most crucial exams and a gateway to top notch Indian engineering and tech institutes, requires utmost hard-work and preparation.
In order to achieve the best, you need to get your hands on the right book.
Here's a list of some of the best books you should refer while preparing for JEE this year, as suggested by JEE toppers and experts from leading institutes:
Physics:
Concepts of Physics, Vol-I and Vol- 2 by H.C.Verma.
Problems in Physics by I.E.Irodov(with 1700 problems; apparently the most effective book for practicing physics).
Fundamentals of Mechanics and Fundamentals of Electrodynamics by Irodov.
Physics by D.C.Pandey, Arihant Publications.
Krotov – for olympiads and solutions.
Fundamentals of Physics - Resnik Haliday Walker book.
Chemistry:
NCERT.
Physical Chemistry: NCERT, OP Tandon, Numericals by P.Bahadur, Physical Chemistry by R.C.Mukherjee.
Organic Chemistry: WADE (Only As a Reference but Not As a Text Book), NCERT, Himanshu Pandey, Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd, O.P.Tandon, Arihant, Solomans.
Inorganic Chemistry: OP Tandon, NCERT - class XII.
For numerical problems-P.Bahadur.
Mathematics:
Tata Mcgraw Hills (TMH) books.
Maths by S L Loney.
Mathematics by Hall Knight.
Arihant's New pattern, Arihant publications Integral Calculus and Differential Calculus and 'New Pattern IITJEE Mathematics' of Arihant Publications by Dr. S.K.Goyal.
R.D.Sharma.
'IIT Mathematics' by M.L.Khanna.
Refer to the below link to clear your doubts regarding prepration for JEE:
https://engineering.shiksha.com/preparation-strategy-for-jee-main-and-advanced-article-5738-1
Hope this helps.
Thanks.
All the best!

Dear Smit,
To calculate your JEE Main rank, you can refer to the below articles
https://www.shiksha.com/jee-main-2014-rank-predictor-how-to-calculate-ranks-and-scores-article-7711-1
https://www.shiksha.com/jee-main-2014-rank-predictor-understanding-percentile-and-normalization-of-class-12th-board-marks-article-7710-1
https://www.shiksha.com/jee-main-2014-rank-predictor-how-to-map-scores-to-ranks-article-7713-1
For the list of institutes, you can refer to shiksha college predictor
https://www.shiksha.com/jee-mains-college-predictor
However, the AIR is set to be declared today. Below is the link
https://www.shiksha.com/news/jee-main-2014-air-to-be-declared-today-article-8712-1
All The Best!