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Yes you are eligible for jee main. CBSE has a rule if a student do not gets pass in an exam he/she can give the improvement exam of CBSE. The marks which is higher in both the year is concluded your final marks. Don't worry you are eligible for jee mains as well as jee advance(if you clear jee mains).

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IIT JEE Mains 2018 Eligibility Criteria | Marks, No. of Attempts & Age Limit Details

To make it easy for you, we’ve divided the Eligibility Criteria for JEE Mains 2018 into various aspects. Please read them carefully & set yourself prepared to appear in the JEE Mains Exam.

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1. Nationality & Citizenship

It doesn’t matter whether you’re Indian Citizen or from Foreign Nationals, you might be eligible for JEE Mains, if you fulfill the below criteria –

Indian Citizen can apply.

NRIs, PIOs, OCIs & Foreign national candidates can also apply.

2. Age Limit & Date of Birth

Please check out the IIT JEE Mains Eligibility 2018 Criteria based on the age limit for General/OBC/ST/SC/PWD Categories.

For General & OBC:

As per the JEE Main Eligibility 2018, the candidates must have born after 1 st October 1993 i.e. they must not age more than 24 Years while appearing in the exam.

For ST/SC/PWD:

The eligibility criteria for JEE Mains 2018 says that the candidates belonging to any of these categories – ST, SC, PWD can be benefitted with 5 Years of Age Relaxation.

This means that they must have born after 1 st October 1988 (Upper Age Limit – 29 Years) to appear in the exam.

3. Year of Appearance in 12 th Class/Diploma Degree/Equivalent Exam

We have classified the ‘IIT JEE Mains 2018 Eligibility Criteria – Years of Appearance’ in 3 categories based on their Educational Qualification. Please check below –

12 th Class/Equivalent Exam Passed Out Candidates in 2016/2017.

12 th Class/Equivalent Exam Appearing Candidates in 2018.

Diploma Holders who have already passed or are in their final year of pursuing Degree.

Which are the Equivalent Exams to appear in JEE Mains?

1. 12 th Board Exam

2. Intermediate or 2 Year Pre-University Examination recognized by a Board/University

3. Final Examination of 2 Year Course of Joint Services Wing of NDA.

4. NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) Senior Secondary School Examination

5. Any School/Board/University Exam in India/Foreign Country recognized by Associate of Indian Universities (AIU).

List of JEE Mains Eligible Examination recognized by IITs

1. S.C. Vocational Examination

2. AICTE Recognized Diploma Course of at least 3 Years Duration

3. General Certificate Education (GCE) Examination (London/Cambridge/Sri Lanka)

4. S.C. Exam of Cambridge University

5. International Baccalaureate Diploma from Geneva

IIT JEE Main 2018 Eligibility Criteria for Droppers

The candidates who have dropped a year for exam preparation must have a look at the important aspects of IIT JEE Main Eligibility Criteria for Droppers 2018.

The drop out candidates must also follow the same rules as stated in the above points. But to give them a wise idea, we have come up with a quick glance of IIT JEE Mains Eligibility Criteria 2018.

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