JEE Main 2026: Preparation Tips & Study Plan
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Hello
Whether you are eligible for jee main 2022 or not depends upon your class 12th passing year.
In which year did you pass your pass 12th?
Anyway,
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 .
As you have attempted jee main 2020, so I am guessing that your 12th passing year is 2020.
Yes, you are eligible for jee main 2022.
With 2020 as 12th board exam appearing year you
Were eligible for jee main 2020 ,
eligible for jee main 2021 and
Will be eligible for all the 4 sessions of jee main 2022 as well
--------) 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)
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
Thank you
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