JEE Main 2026: Preparation Tips & Study Plan
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Hello aspirant
Hope you are doing great there . A candidate can give jee mains in three consecutive years . Let me explain this with the help of an example . Suppose a candidate has passes his 12th in 2000 , then he can give jee main in the following year:-
2000
2021
2022
I hope you got your answer
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Hello
If you are in class 12th right now, then you will be appearing for your class 12th board examination in 2022 and thus as class 12th board appearing student you will become eligible for jee main 2022
For your reference,
Jee main eligibility criteria is given below-
--------) Qualification required :- to be eligible for JEE mains you need 10+2/equivalent qualification.
Course
Required Criteria based on Class 12th or equivalent
B.E/B.Tech
Passed qualifying examination with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects
along with any one of :-
----)Chemistry
-----)Biotechnology
-----)Biology
----) Technical Vocational subject.
B.Arch
Passed qualifying examination with
-----)Mathematics,
-----)Physics,
------) Chemistry
B.Planning
Passed qualifying examination with Mathematics
--------) Passing year :- one is eligible for JEE main examination for consecutive three years starting from the year of appearing for 12th /equivalent examination i. e to be eligible for JEE mains 2022 you should be either appearing for 12th board exam or equivalent in 2022 or should have passed it in 2021 or 2020
with 12th appearing year as 2022,
you will be eligible for jee main 2022 , 2023 and 2024 as well.
--------) There is no age limit to be eligible
- -------) there is no minimum percentage requirement to be eligible for JEE Main.
But yes,
To be eligible for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs one needs at least 75% marks in class 12th if belongs to General or OBC category or at least 65% marks in class 12th if belongs to Sc or St category.
For this year i. e 2021 this minimum percentage requirement of 75% - 65 % has been lifted off .
But in 2022, yes this 75-65 % criteria for NITs, IIITs, CFTIs will be there( if removed due to conditions like pandemic then nta will notify about it)
For detailed information about jee main eligibility criteria go through our page, the link for which is provided below
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-eligibility-criteria
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Hi aspirant,
A person can appear for the jee main examination for three consecutive years starting from the year year in which the candidate appears for the higher secondary examination. That means you can write the entrance test in years 2022, 2023& 2024.
To boost your preparation and achieve your dream of studying in a prestigious IIT, NIT or IIIT college do try our jee mock test at https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-mock-test
Hope it helps!!
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