what is the cutoff mark to qualify jee mains 2021 for obc?
Hi
It's quite difficult to predict jee mains 2021 cut off, but when we go through previous year trends then
JEE mains 2020 qualifying CUT OFF is given below for different categories:-
* General :- 90.3765335 percentile
* GEN-EWS :- 70.2435518 percentile
* Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL) :-72.8887969
* Scheduled Caste (SC) :- 50.1760245 percentile
* Scheduled Tribe (ST):- 39.0696101 percentile
* PwD :- 0.0618524 percentile
, an obc category student required a minimum of 72.8887969 percentile to qualifying JEE mains 2020 which is equivalent to around 41 marks , as per our article at
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-marks-vs-percentile/amp
But cut off percentile for jee mains keeps changing every year depending upon various factors like number of students that appeared in the exam, kind of marks obtained by them , toughness level of the examination for different shifts of the exam etc.
So , you should try to get at least 15 to 20 marks more to be on the safer side to clear JEE mains 2021.
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Thankyou
Hello Aspirant,
See the qualifying cut-offs for JEE-Main are released after the declaration of JEE-Main 2021 results which is expected to be out in the end of May '21 after the last attempt of JEE-Main 2021. One need to necessarily qualify the JEE-Main 2021 cut-offs released by NTA to become eligible for JEE-Advance 2021. But yes we can help you with the expected cut-off percentile for JEE-Main 2021 which is a s given below :-
Category |
Cutoff |
Common Rank List (CRL) |
90- 95 |
GEN-EWS |
70- 75 |
Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL) |
70- 75 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) |
50- 55 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) |
40- 45 |
PwD |
1-2 |
Note that the final cut-offs are bound to change depending upon various factors. You can check out all details about JEE-Main qualifying cut-offs from the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff
On December 16th 2020 the application process for JEE-Main 2021 February attempt has been started by National Testing Agency (NTA) which is the conducting authority for JEE-Main 2021. You can apply for JEE-Main from the official portal of JEE-Main which is given below :-
https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/webinfo2021/Page/Page?PageId=1&LangId=P
Note that this application process will continues till January 16th 2021 and last date for payment of application fee is January 17th 2021 after which neither application nor application fee will be accepted and then after the correction window will be opened for the applicants from January 19th to January 21st 2021. Admit cards will be available for download from second week of February 2021 and the examination will be conducted from February 23rd to February 26th 2021 in two shifts per day, for February attempt.
A candidate will also have option to apply for one Session or more than one Session (February/ March /April /May 2021) together and pay exam fee accordingly. In other words, if a candidate wishes to apply only for one Session, he / she has to pay Examination Fee only for that Session during the current application period and will have opportunity to apply again for the March/ April / May Sessions.
To qualify for JEE Mains, there is no minimum aggregate percentage criteriabut yes if you want to take admission into NITs, IIITs or CFTIs then you should score a minimum aggregate of 75% in your class 12th if you belongs to General/Unreserved category and 65% if you belongs to any of the reserved category.
Also from this year according to New Education Policy the JEE-Main examination will be conducted in English, Hindi and other regional languages such as Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Odia and Malayalam.
In JEE-Main 2021 there will be two sections for each subject, Section-A will be of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) and Section-B will contain Questions whose answers are to be filled in as a numerical value.
In Section B, candidates have to attempt any five questions out of 10. There will be no negative marking for Section B.
All question will be of 4 marks and in MCQs there will be negative marking of (-1) on incorrect attempt.
This year JEE-Main is being conducted with slight changes in it's pattern and it's conduction and you can check out all the changes from the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-main
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
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