Hello Aspirant,

So let us understand in detail about JEE-Main and JEE-Advance :-

@JEE-Main

JEE-Main is an engineering entrance examination conducted by National Testing Agency every year in multiple shifts for admission to NITs/IIITs/CFTIs/GFTIs/SFTIs. There are two types of courses for which admissions are taken on the basis of JEE-Main score, first is BE/B.Tech and another one is B.Arch/B.Plann. For B.E/B.Tech. there in JEE-Main paper-1 and for B.Arch/B.Plann. there is JEE-Main paper-2. Let us have a look on paper pattern of both the papers :

**Paper 1 :-

> In JEE-Main 2021, paper 1 there will be total 90 question out of which you have to attempt only 75 (25 from each section) and there will be two sections for each subject, Section-A will be of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)(20 compulsory questions) and Section-B will contain Questions whose answers are to be filled in as a numerical value (10 numerical based questions out of which only 5 are compulsory to be attempted).

> In Section B, candidates have to attempt any five questions out of 10. There will be no negative marking for Section B.

> All question will be of 4 marks and in MCQs there will be negative marking of (-1) on incorrect attempt.

**Paper 2 :-

In JEE-Main 2021, paper 2 there will be total 82 question out of which you have to attempt only 77 questions for 100 marks (20 questions from Mathematics section will be of MCQs and 5 questions will have answers to be filled as a numerical value out of 10. There will be no negative marking for numerical value answers) . Second part will be for Aptitude section which will consists of 50 compulsory questions for 200 marks and in Part third there will be two questions for Drawing test comprises of 100 marks. So in total paper will be of 400 marks.

For complete details about JEE-Main 2021 exam pattern kindly check out the link given below :-

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-exam-pattern

For JEE-Main 2021 the candidate should have passed class 12th in 2019 or later or the candidates appearing for their class 12th in this year are eligible to appear in JEE-Main 2021. This is because maximum number of attempt allowed for JEE-Main are 3 for three consecutive years which includes the passing year of class 12th.

https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-main

@JEE-Advance

JEE-Advance is conducted by one of the IITs in rotation for admission to IITs for B.Tech course. IITs are the most prestigious engineering institutions of India and only those candidates are allowed to appear for JEE-Advance who clear the JEE-Main qualifying cut-off and JEE-Main qualifying cut-offs will be released along with the result of JEE-Main .

For JEE-Advance 2021 the candidate should have passed class 12th in 2020 or later and the candidates appearing for class 12th in this year are also eligible for JEE-Advance 2021.

For complete details about JEE-Advance kindly check out the link given below :-

https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-advanced

I hope this information helps you.

Good Luck!!