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if I get 170 in JEE mains can I qualify for joining any NIT or IIT my category is obc


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Dinesh Suthar 6th Nov, 2021
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Sayantika sur 6th Nov, 2021

Hello,

Yeah you are qualified for NITs, IIITs ,CFTIs and you are eligible for giving jee advance. If you want to get admission in then you have must go through jee advance.. The tentative qualifying marks in  jee mains  for GEN category is 89.75,for GEN(EWS category ) it is 78.21, for OBC-NCL is 74.31,for SC is 54, for ST it is 44.But if you want to predict your college you can follow this link:-

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I hope it will help you.

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abhinandan09211 6th Nov, 2021
You will definately get a seat in NIT if you have got 170 marks in JEE MAINS.
But for IIT you must get a rank atleast under 10000.
Thankyou!!
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I hope you are doing good,

With this marks you can get into NIT but It all depends upon the closing ranks which differs every year and also your category.

Following are the factors that will be considered while determining the cutoff of NITs.


Number of candidates appeared for the exam.


Number of seats available.


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