JEE Main 2026: Preparation Tips & Study Plan
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Hi
Did you mean minimum marks required for qualifying JEE mains for category?
JEE mains 2020 qualifying CUT OFF is given below for different categories:-
* General :- 90.3765335 percentile
* GEN-EWS :- 70.2435518 percentile
* Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL) :-72.8887969
* Scheduled Caste (SC) :- 50.1760245 percentile
* Scheduled Tribe (ST):- 39.0696101 percentile
* PwD :- 0.0618524 percentile
So, an Sc category student required a minimum of 50.1760245 p ercentile to qualifying JEE mains 2020 which is equivalent to around 28 marks , as per our article at
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-marks-vs-percentile/amp
But cut off percentile for jee mains keeps changing every year depending upon various factors like number of students that appeared in the exam, kind of marks obtained by them , toughness level of the examination etc. So , you should try to get at least 15 to 20 marks more to clear JEE mains next year.
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Thankyou
Dear student,
Let me guess that you are asking for the JEE Mains cutoff for SC category. So the expected cut-off for JEE Mains 2021 is listed below.
Common Rank List (CRL)
90- 95
GEN-EWS
70- 75
Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL)
Scheduled Caste (SC)
50- 55
Scheduled Tribe (ST)
40- 45
PwD
1-2
To clear JEE Mains , you have to clear your respective category cut-off. Cut-off also depends on various factors like no. of students appearing, difficulty level of exam, etc. So it keeps changing every year.
Hope this helps.
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