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How much percentage in 12th does an OBC student require to sit in jee mains & advance ?


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Sourabh keshri 4th Apr, 2018
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Aniruddha Gayake 14th May, 2018
Hii ,
There is no minimum restriction on marks in 12th to appear for jee main &advance.
But 8f you are selected for jee advance for iit , then you must have min.75% to take admission in college.
Thank you !!

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mahimadogra_6929406 Student Expert 14th May, 2018

Hi Sourabh

There is no minimum percentage required in 12 to sit in JEE mains/Advance.

To sit in JEE advance you need to be among the top 2,24,000 (including all categories) candidates in JEE mains. The percentages of OBC-NCL is 27%

However to qualify for the admission in the IITs/NITs/IIITs and such other CFTIs whose admissions are based on the JEE (Advanced)/JEE(Main) ranks a General category student should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12th or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class

For SC/ST students the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th. No other crietria is mentioned related to OBC category.

Best of luck.


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mahimadogra_6929406 Student Expert 14th May, 2018

Hi Sourabh

There is no minimum percentage required in 12 to sit in JEE mains/Advance.

To sit in JEE advance you need to be among the top 2,24,000 (including all categories) candidates in JEE mains. The percentages of OBC-NCL is 27%

However to qualify for the admission in the IITs/NITs/IIITs and such other CFTIs whose admissions are based on the JEE (Advanced)/JEE(Main) ranks a General category student should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12th or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class

For SC/ST students the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th. No other crietria is mentioned related to OBC category.

Best of luck.


shreyapandey96 Student Expert 14th May, 2018
Hi Sourabh.
Greetings.

As an OBC candidate, you require atleast 75% marks in 12th board to be qualified. If you fail to score those marks in boards, even if you cracked mains, you will not be eligible for admission in iits and nits.

Thank you.

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