Dear aspirant,

It is not recommended to take a drop between your 11th and 12th because in future it will reflect in your CV/resume. So,if you want to take a drop I would suggest to kindly take a drop after your 12th. Jee doesn't care if you have a gap between your 11th and 12th or not. It only sees in which year you are passing the 12th boards.

There are some eligibility criteria for jee mains:-

1- Candidates can give jee mains consecutively at maximum upto two years after passing their class 12th.

2-Candidates need to pass their 10+2 or equivalent examination from any recognised board.

3-There is no age limit to appear in jee mains. The 75% criteria is also relaxed for the current year.

For more information you can check out the link given below-

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