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TANU JAIN 20th Dec, 2018

Hello Riya,

Well, there will be negative marking for the JEE Mains exam, and for each incorrect answer 1/4th marks will be deducted.

There will be total 90 questions which be asked in the exam and each question carry 4 mark.

In physics, chemistry and mathematics there will be 30 questions and each carry 4 mark.

Hope this will help you. Best of luck.

Aditi amrendra Student Expert 20th Dec, 2018
Hello,


Yes, there is negative marking in JEE Main. For each incorrect answer, 1 mark will be deducted.
For correct answer, 4 marks is given.

You Can check detailed article of jee mains marks distribution here.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-exam-pattern

Goodluck
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Shivam Gautam 20th Dec, 2018
Hello Dear

Yeah definitely it is . There will be +4 marks for the right answer and -1 marks for the wrong answer. Below the link is given through which you can able to check all the details about that.

https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-exam-pattern/amp#aoh=15452755308102&amp_ct=1545275534799&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s

All the best
harsh Student Expert 20th Dec, 2018
Yes there is negative marking in JEE mains.
+4 for every correct answer.
-1 for incorrect answer
0 for not attempting .
So good luck.
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20th Dec, 2018
Thnks
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Student Expert 20th Dec, 2018
welcome..
And good luck.
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