Hello,

Yes, the 75% eligibility criteria for JEE (Main and Advanced) includes your overall board marks — that is, the total marks from both theory and practical exams combined, as declared in your final board result.

Here's how it works:

• For JEE Advanced eligibility (and NITs, IIITs, GFTIs through JEE Main), a general/OBC category student must:

  1. Score at least 75% aggregate in Class 12 board exams (65% for SC/ST), or

  2. Be in the top 20 percentile of their respective board

• The 75% is calculated on the total marks in all subjects considered by your board (including theory + practical, internal + external assessments as applicable).

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So yes — practical exam marks are included in your board percentage, and therefore count toward the 75% eligibility.

Heu Abhishek,

I hope you are absolutely fine. As per your mentioned query , yes there is a criteria of 75% in class 12th for getting admission in NITs , IITs .

To know more , refer this:

https://engineering.careers360.com/user/update-profile?destination=https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/is-75-criteria-removed-from-jee-main

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