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Hi
Yes, you are eligible for jee main examination.
For your reference,
Jee main eligibility criteria is given below-
--------) Qualification required :- to be eligible for JEE mains you need 10+2/equivalent qualification.
Course
Required Criteria based on Class 12th or equivalent
B.E/B.Tech
Passed qualifying examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects
along with any one of :-
----)Chemistry
-----)Biotechnology
-----)Biology
----) Technical Vocational subject.
B.Arch
Passed qualifying examination with
-----)Mathematics,
-----)Physics,
------) Chemistry
B.Planning
Passed qualifying examination with Mathematics
--------) Passing year :- one is eligible for JEE main examination for consecutive three years starting from the year of appearing for 12th /equivalent examination i. e to be eligible for JEE mains 2022 you should be either appearing for 12th board exam or equivalent in 2022 or should have passed it in 2021 or 2020
--------) There is no age limit to be eligible
- -------) there is no minimum percentage requirement to be eligible for JEE Main.
But yes,
To be eligible for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs one needs at least 75% marks in class 12th if belongs to General or OBC category or at least 65% marks in class 12th if belongs to Sc or St category .
For this year i. e 2021 this minimum percentage requirement of 75% - 65 % has been lifted off .
But in 2022, yes this 75-65 % criteria for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs will be there( if removed due to conditions like pandemic then nta will notify about it)
So, with 78.4 % i. e more than 75 % , you are definitely eligible for JEE main and also eligible for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs etc
For detailed information about jee main eligibility criteria go through our page, the link for which is provided below
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria
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