JEE- Main will be conducted by the NTA from 2019 onwards. This Examination was being conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) till 2018.
About NTA:
● National Testing Agency (NTA) has been established as a premier, specialist, autonomous and self-sustained testing organization to conduct entrance examinations for admission/fellowship in higher educational institutions.
● To assess competence of candidates for admissions and recruitment has always been a challenge in terms of matching with research based international standards, efficiency, transparency and error free delivery. The National Testing Agency is entrusted to address all such issues using best in every field, from test preparation, to test delivery and to test marking.
NTA will be conducting the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2019 twice in a year for undergraduate engineering admissions into NITs, IIITs and CFTIs. JEE Main 2023 will be a computer-based test to be held from January 24 to February 01 and again from April 6 to April 12.
AGE, QUALIFICATION, SUBJECT COMBINATION, YEAR OF PASSING AND NUMBER OF ATTEMPTS :
For more details about JEE (Main), 2023, please visit https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/information-bulletin / https://jeemain.nta.nic.in
JEE Main exam pattern is very important to understand while preparing for JEE Main. The pattern for JEE Main remains the same every year. There are two papers, i.e. Paper 1 and Paper 2. Candidates can give either the Paper 1 or both of the papers. Admission to B.tech programs is done through paper 1 whereas admission to B.Arch is done on the performance of both paper 1 & 2. An equal weightage is given to all the three subjects viz. Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The paper 1 is of 360 marks (120 marks for each subject). Each question is of 4 marks and there is a negative marking for any wrong answer marked by the student. Read more about JEE Main exam pattern here:
MODE OF THE EXAMINATION :
The examination is held in online mode, while form filling you can select the mode of examination according to your convenience. Remember the following points:
If you wish to appear for the Engineering entrance exam select Paper-1, which is available only in online mode.
If you wish to appear for the Architecture exam, select Paper-2, which is available only in offline mode.
If you are interested in both engineering and architecture examinations you can select both.
JEE MAIN EXAMINATION |
MODE OF EXAMINATION |
|---|---|
Paper-1 |
Computer based test (CBT) |
Paper-2 |
Pen and Paper based (Offline Mode) |
ABOUT JEE MAIN :
PAPER |
SUBJECTS |
QUESTION TYPE |
MODE OF EXAMINATION |
DURATION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Paper-1 |
Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics |
Objective Type |
Computer based (Online) |
3 hours |
Paper-2 |
Part 1: Mathematics |
Part 1: Objective Type |
Pen and Paper mode only (Offline Mode) |
3 hours |
JEE MAIN EXAM PATTERN (QUESTIONS PER SUBJECT) :
It consists of 90 questions in 2 sections. The maximum marks are 300.
Each Subject will have two sections. Section A will be of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) and Section B will contain Questions whose answers are to be filled in as a numerical value. In Section B, candidates have to attempt any 05 (five) questions out of 10. There will be negative marking for both Section A and Section B. For each question in Section B, a candidate has to enter the correct integer value of the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual numeric keypad in the place designated to enter the answer. For Section B, the answer should be rounded off to the nearest integer.
The examination is divided into 3 subeject sections viz. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, having 30 questions each in 2 sections.
The examination consists of 3 parts viz. Part 1,Part 2 and Part 3.
Part 1: It has 30 questions in 2 sections of Mathematics, each awarding 4 marks.
Part 2: It is an Aptitude test, having 50 questions, each awarding 4 marks.
Part 3: It consists of 2 questions carrying 50 marks each to be attempted on separate drawing sheets.
Marks allotted to each question are written against each question.
DURATION OF JEE MAIN EXAM :
Duration of the JEE Main Paper 1 is 3 hours (180 minutes).
Duration of the JEE Main Paper 2 is 3 hours (180 minutes).