I have got 71.40% in my 12th boards exam in 2019. Can I appear for JEE Mains 2020. Some are saying that 75% criteria is removed & some are also saying that it's still in action. I am very much confused from last year. Please help me. Am I eligibile for JEE Mains?

Dear aspirant

You can appear in jee mains exam but you will not eligible for taking admission in NITs ,IITs,GFTIs.Candidates should have passed class 12th with a minimum of 75% marks or they must be in the top 20 percentile in their class 12 examination (65% for SC/ST candidates).

If you are State board student then you should be in 20 percentile of state board in 2019 means you came under 20% student under the state board.

You can check details jee mains eligibility criteria from the link below -

https://www.google.com/amp/s/engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria/amp

Hope this information helps you

All the best

Hi Ruhit!

No, it is not necessary to have 75% in your 12th Board Exams for appearing in JEE Main 2021. Because of the COVID Situation, the Board made it not necessary for students to secure 75%.

You must have passed your 12th Board Exams in either 2019 or 2020 for appearing in JEE Main! So don't worry and start preparing for it!

Hope this is helpful!

All the best!

Hi

Yes, with your 71.40 % percent in your 12th board examination you are eligible for JEE mains 2021 examination.

This is because

There's no percentage barrier to be eligible for JEE mains

As

Eligibility criteria says that to be eligible  for JEE mains 2021 for BE or Btech you should be either appearing for 12th board exam or equivalent  in 2021 or should have passed it in 2020 or 2019 with Physics,  mathematics and anyone of Chemistry or Biology or Biotechnology or Technical Vocational Subject.

But yes,

To be eligible for NITs, IIITs, GFTIs , jee advanced( for iits) one needs at least  75% marks in aggregate in class 12 if belong to general or obc category or at least  65% marks if belongs to SC/ST or  must be in the top 20 percentile in  class 12 examination.

In your jee mains 2021 paper -1 , there will be 30 questions in each of physics chemistry and mathematics . Out of 30 questions in each subject ,20 questions are MCQs and rest 10 questions are questions with numerical value as the answer , out of which only 5 questions are  to be attempted.

For detailed information go through

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria

Thankyou

Hello,

Hope you meant JEE 2021.

In that case, Yes you can appear for the JEE exam as the 75% criteria has been removed. Howevever if you are looking for an admission to NITs/IIITs/GIFTs then the criteria is that Candidates should have passed class 12th with a minimum of 75% marks or they must be in the top 20 percentile in their class 12 examination (65% for SC/ST candidates).

You may refer to following link for more details regarding eliginilty criteria:

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria

Good Luck