Full form of JEE

The full form of JEE is the Joint Entrance Examination. JEE is a national level entrance exam for engineering courses held every year across India. It is a test that helps students secure a place in various technical colleges depending on their position in this exam.

The JEE exam consists of two different tests

  1. JEE Main
  2. JEE Advanced

Earlier AIEEE test was conducted for admission to Indian engineering colleges but now it is replaced by JEE-Main and IIT-JEE has become JEE-Advanced. Candidates who clear the JEE Main exam will appear for the JEE Advanced test.

Eligibility Criteria for JEE

For JEE Main

  • The requirement for this test is to get at least 75 percent marks in class 12 (CBSE, ISC, board etc.).
  • Otherwise, students should be in the top 20 percentile of their 12th class examination conducted by their board.
  • The eligibility requirements for SC or ST applicants is to score at least 65 percent in their class 12 board exams.

For JEE Advance

A student must get a rank below 2,50,000 in JEE Main to appear in JEE Advanced.
Only these candidates would have a chance to get seat in IIT colleges for B.tech courses.

About JEE Examination

  • JEE consists of two exams; JEE Main and JEE Advanced. The JEE Advanced test is considered one of the most difficult entrance tests at the undergraduate level.
  • JEE Main is an aptitude test which enables applicants to appear in the JEE preliminary test and ultimately leads to admission in NITs, IITs etc.
  • The JEE Main test is conducted in two sessions in a year and the number of admission attempts for a particular academic session is assumed to be one. Candidate can choose one paper or both. JEE Exam is conducted online.
  • The exam is three hours long, consists of three subjects and consists of 30 MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions) covering Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. There is a negative score for a wrong answer.
  • Paper 1 for BE and B.Tech enrollment, Paper 2 for B.Arch enrollment and Paper 3 for B.Planning courses.
  • Candidates can appear for three consecutive years of JEE Main but only two consecutive years for JEE Advanced exams.
  • The cut-off marks for JEE Main is decided by exam conducting body NTA (National Testing Agency) and varies depending on the category like General, OBC, SC & St and PWD.

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