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JEE Main Exam Pattern

Every figure here is from the JEE (Main) 2026 information bulletin and the result press release of 20 April 2026.

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JEE Main · checked 19 September 2026

JEE Main at a glance, from the official notices

The dates, vacancies and rules below are read on the conducting body’s own site and rewritten as each notice appears. The guide beneath carries the full pattern, syllabus, cut-offs and free mock tests.

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19September 2026

Checked 19 September 2026

JEE Main: the facts that matter now

  1. 01

    Session 1: notice 31 October 2025, applications to 27 November, examination 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28 January 2026 in ten shifts, result 16 February.…

    2026 cycle

  2. 02

    16,04,854 unique candidates registered for Paper 1 and 15,38,468 appeared; 13,04,653 appeared in January and 10,34,330 in April; 8,00,516 sat both…

    2026 numbers

  3. 03

    Top 2,50,000: UR 93.4123549 percentile, EWS 82.4164528, OBC-NCL 80.9232583, SC 63.9172792, ST 52.0174712, UR-PwBD 0.0023186

    JEE Advanced 2026 cut-off

  4. 04

    Not yet notified; the 2026 Session 1 notice came on 31 October 2025 with the examination from 21 January — expect the 2027 notice in late October…

    JEE Main 2027

Pattern

JEE Main — JEE Main exam pattern: 75 questions, 300 marks, marking, percentile scoring and cut-offs

JEE Main Paper 1 is a three-hour computer-based test of 75 compulsory questions for 300 marks — 20 multiple-choice and 5 numerical-value questions in each of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry — with +4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong one in both sections.

Structure.
SubjectSection ASection BMarks
Mathematics20 MCQs5 numerical100
Physics20 MCQs5 numerical100
Chemistry20 MCQs5 numerical100
Total6015300
Scoring.
RuleDetail
Marking+4 / −1 / 0 in both sections
SessionsJanuary and April; the better total NTA score counts
NTA scorePercentile by shift, merged across all shifts of both sessions
Tie-breakMathematics, Physics, Chemistry scores; then fewer wrong answers overall and by subject
JEE Advanced cut-off 2026UR 93.41, EWS 82.42, OBC-NCL 80.92, SC 63.92, ST 52.02 percentile
NIT+ admissionJEE Main rank plus 75 per cent (65 for SC, ST, PwD) or top-20-percentile in class 12

Why 2026 had 19 shifts

Ten shifts in January and nine in April, each with its own paper; percentile scoring is what makes the shifts comparable, and it is why the All India Rank is computed only after Session 2.

Exam resources

Everything for JEE Main

Six resource pages, each kept in step with the latest official notification.

JEE Main SyllabusJEE Main syllabus — physics, chemistry and mathematics topics drawn from the class 11 and 12 curriculum.JEE Main Exam PatternJEE Main exam pattern 2026 and 2027 — 75 compulsory questions, 300 marks, Section A MCQs and Section B numerical, +4/−1, percentile scoring, cut-offs.JEE Main Previous PapersJEE Main previous year papers — building a topic weighting table and practising the numerical value question format.JEE Main Mock TestsJEE Main mock tests — full three-hour computer-based practice with the correct marking scheme and numerical sections.JEE Main PreparationJEE Main preparation strategy — sequencing the three subjects, using the two sessions, and building speed alongside board study.JEE Main Study MaterialJEE Main study material — physics, chemistry and mathematics notes mapped to the class 11 and 12 syllabus.

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