Hello,

This year the qualifying cut off for ST category is 26.7771328 percentile. So candidates scoring minimum 26.7771328 percentile or above in JEE Main belonging to ST category are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced. As you have scored 48 percentile you are eligible to appear for JEE Advanced. Cut off is determined depending on the total number of candidates appeared, difficulty level of examination and other such factors. To check the qualifying cut off for JEE Main click on the link below

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff

To know the institutes in which you may get seat you may use our JEE Main college predictor tool

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

Dear srisha

Required cut off percentile for jee mains 2022 after both sessions are

Gen - 88.41

OBC - 67.009

EWS- 63.111

SC - 43.08

St - 26.77

PWD - 0.00310

As cut off percentile required in St category is only 26 percentile and you have scored 48 percentile, so yes you can definitely apply for jee advance 2022 and can try your best to get IIT college.

You can use this link for predicting college at your expected marks

https://engineering.careers360.com/jee-main-college-predictor?utm_source=qna&utm_medium=jee_cp

Hope this information helps you

All the best