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I did my schooling at the Maharashtra state board(hsc)for my 12th i studied English ,pcmb, biology and environmental science as subjects. What subjects can i use to satisfy the 75 percent eligibility criteria for jee mains colleges (i want to exclude biology) or is it the overall of all 7 subjects?


tadbhav 16th Jul, 2020
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 16th Jul, 2020

Hello

First of all there's no percentage barrier to be eligible for JEE mains dear so you don't need to bother about it at all.


But yes,

To be eligible for NITs, IIITs, GFTIs , jee advanced( for iits) one needs at least  75% marks in aggregate in class 12 if belong to general or obc category or at least  65% marks if belongs to SC/ST or  must be in the top 20 percentile in  class 12 examination.


Only 5 Subjects are to be considered for calculating this aggregate percentage and these are :-


*Physics

*Chemistry

*Mathematics

*A language

*Any subject other than listed above

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16th Jul, 2020
Sir thank you for your time but i still have a doubt can I take information technology (out of a hundred) as the 5 th subject for sure or even environmental science (which is a subject out of 50 will it be scaled up to a hundred) I ask the following because I've heard the 5th subject has to be a vocational one but I'm not sure these qualify as vocational subjects.
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Student Expert 16th Jul, 2020
tadbhav Yes you can take information technology as 5th subject
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16th Jul, 2020
ADITYA KUMAR Thank you for your time
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23rd Jul, 2020
ADITYA KUMAR Can EVS be considered as 5th subject?
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NILUTPOL Student Expert 16th Jul, 2020
Hello,
For calculating the 75% eligibility criteria for JEE mains, Candidates must have 5 subjects in the qualifying exam with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics as mandatory subjects. So your percentage would be calculated by taking in account your marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and next two top scoring subjects.
You need to have 75%(65% for ST/SC/OBC) aggregate in 5 subjects including Physics and Mathematics and Chemistry.
For admission into NITs IIITs and GFTIs through JEE Mains, the students must have secured a minimum of 75% marks in their class 12th board exams or they must rank among the top 20 percentile in their qualifying examination.

For more details on JEE mains eligibility criteria please visit this link https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria/amp&ved=2ahUKEwi87bbv_dHqAhV683MBHaxbDVcQFjALegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw0Ddf__yVIUe0laa-JjEit-&ampcf=1
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16th Jul, 2020
Sir thank you for your time but i still have a doubt can I take information technology (out of a hundred) as the 5 th subject for sure or even environmental science (which is a subject out of 50 will it be scaled up to a hundred) I ask the following because I've heard the 5th subject has to be a vocational one but I'm not sure these qualify as vocational subjects
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