CAN I REPLACE CHEMISTRY BY 6 TH OPTIONAL FOR BEING ELIGIBLE FOR JEE MAINS 75 PERCENT CRITERIA.
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Hi
First of all there's no 75% requirement to be eligible for jee main, it's only to be eligible for NITs, IIITs & CFTIs but even for these this year it's not there.
For your reference,
Jee main eligibility criteria is given below-
---------------------------) Qualification required :- to be eligible for JEE mains you need 10+2/equivalent qualification from a recognised board.
Course |
Required Criteria based on Class 12th or equivalent |
B.E/B.Tech |
Passed qualifying examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with any one of :- |
----)Chemistry
-----)Biotechnology
-----)Biology
----) Technical Vocational subject.
B.Arch
Passed qualifying examination with
-----)Mathematics,
-----)Physics,
------) Chemistry
To be eligible for B. Arch , you have at least 50% in aggregate of Physics, chemistry and Maths and also 50 % in overall in 12th/equivalent
B.Planning
Passed qualifying examination with Mathematics
You must have at least 50% marks in Maths in 12th and also 50% in 12th /equivalent overall.
-------------------------) Passing year :- one is eligible for JEE main examination for consecutive three years starting from the year of appearing for 12th /equivalent examination i. e to be eligible for JEE mains 2022 you should be either appearing for 12th board exam or equivalent in 2022 or should have passed it in 2021 or 2020
-------------------------) There is no age limit to be eligible
- ------------------------) there is no minimum percentage requirement to be eligible for JEE Main for BE /Btech.
But yes,
To be eligible for BE/BTech in NITs, IIITs, CFTIs one needs at least 75% marks in class 12th if belongs to General or OBC category or at least 65% marks in class 12th if belongs to Sc or St category or needs to be in top 20 percentile of their board examination.
5 Subjects to be considered for calculating aggregate percentage are :-
-
*Physics
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* Chemistry/biology/biotechnology/Technical Vocational subject.
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*Mathematics
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*A language
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*Any subject other than listed above
So, yes you can replace chemistry by your optional subject provided your optional subject is biology/biotechnology/Technical Vocational subject otherwise you can't replace.
IMPORTANT NOTE :- This minimum percentage barrier of 75 % - 65% for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs has been lifted off for jee main 2022 . It means to be eligible all you need to be eligible is to have at least passed 12th .
For detailed information about jee main eligibility criteria go through our page, the link for which is provided below
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria
Thank you
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