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    JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile – Category Wise Cutoff

    JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile – Category Wise Cutoff

    K Guna SahitiUpdated on 16 Feb 2026, 08:37 PM IST

    JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile - Candidates who score more than the JEE Main qualifying percentile become eligible for JEE Advanced 2026. Candidates can find the expected JEE Mains 2026 qualifying percentile here. It is released along with the JEE Main 2026 result after the session 2 exam. The minimum percentile required to apply for JEE Advanced exam is also called the JEE Main 2026 cutoff. This year, it is expected to be 93+ for general category. NTA determines the JEE Mains 2026 Advanced qualifying percentile based on the exam difficulty, category of applicants and the category wise distribution of aspirants who can appear for JEE Advanced. The JEE Mains 2026 aspirants can go through this page for further details.
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    1. JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile
    2. How is JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile Calculated?
    3. Category-Wise Distribution for JEE Advanced 2026
    4. What Affects the JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile
    5. Expected JEE Main Marks vs Rank vs Percentile 2026
    JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile – Category Wise Cutoff
    JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile Out? Check Expected Cutoff

    The JEE Main 2026 Advanced qualifying percentile data will be announced along with session 2 results. Until then, check the expected data below.

    JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile

    NTA will release the JEE Mains qualifying percentile 2026 for Advanced as a cutoff. Those who score above the said cutoff will become eligible for JEE Advanced. However, note that the category-wise distribution of the number of top candidates who can take the exam is the ultimate deciding factor. Check the table given below for the expected JEE Main 2026 advanced qualifying percentile for general, OBC, SC, ST and EWS in the table below.

    Expected JEE Main 2026 Qualifying Percentile for JEE Advanced

    Category

    JEE Mains qualifying marks 2026

    General

    93 to 95

    OBC-NCL

    80 to 82

    EWS

    80 to 82

    SC

    60 to 62

    ST

    47 to 49

    How is JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile Calculated?

    Candidates wondering how to calculate the JEE Main 2026 qualifying percentile for Advanced must know the normalisation formula. Yes! NTA uses a JEE normalisation formula to derive the percentile in JEE Main. It is essential to give a comparative score. The JEE Main 2026 Advanced qualifying percentile varies category-wise as well. Here is the formula-

    Total Percentile (T1P)= (100 x No. of candidates from the session with a raw score equal to or less than T1 score) / Total No. of candidates who appeared in the session

    Category-Wise Distribution for JEE Advanced 2026

    It is important to note the number of candidates from each category who can become eligible for JEE Advanced. This number is determined based on the seat matrix of IITs. Note that after securing the required JEE Mains 2026 Advanced qualifying cutoff, aspirants must also be in the top set of accepted candidates as per their category.

    Category

    Number of candidates who score the best

    OPEN

    96187

    101250

    OPEN-PwD

    5063

    OBC-NCL

    64125

    67500

    OBC-NCL-PwD

    3375

    SC

    35625

    37500

    SC-PwD

    1875

    ST

    17812

    18750

    ST-PwD

    938

    GEN-EWS

    23750

    25000

    GEN-EWS-PwD

    1250

    What Affects the JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile

    As discussed above, the JEE Main qualifying percentile 2026 for Advanced depends on the following factors.

    • JEE Main 2026 difficulty level in each shift (scores will be normalised accordingly)

    • Number of applicants who appeared for JEE Main

    • Category of exam takers

    • Competition in in the exam

    • Category-wise distribution of candidates who can take the JEE Advanced

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    Expected JEE Main Marks vs Rank vs Percentile 2026

    Use the JEE Main 2026 Marks vs Percentile to know what marks are required to cross the JEE Mains qualifying percentile for advanced. Also, know the rank using the data given in the table.

    JEE Main Marks

    JEE Main Percentile

    JEE Main Rank

    300-291

    100-99.999

    1 - 15

    292-280

    99.99890732 - 99.99617561

    16 - 56

    279-271

    99.99417236 - 99.99153171

    86 - 125

    268-259

    99.99034797 - 99.97687156

    142 - 341

    258-250

    99.97413985 - 99.95228621

    381 - 704

    249-240

    99.95028296 - 99.91549924

    733 - 1246

    239-230

    99.91395128 - 99.87060821

    1269 - 1909

    229-220

    99.86150253 - 99.78191884

    2043 - 3217

    219-210

    99.77499852 - 99.69159044

    3319 - 4549

    209- 200

    99.68494329 - 99.57503767

    4647 - 6269

    199-190

    99.56019541 - 99.40858575

    6488 - 8724

    189- 180

    99.39319714 - 99.17311273

    8951 - 12197

    179-170

    99.1567225 - 98.87981861

    12439 - 16524

    169-160

    98.85149993 - 98.52824811

    16942 - 21710

    159-150

    98.49801724 -98.09290531

    22156 - 28132

    149-140

    98.07460288 - 97.54301298

    28402 - 36243

    139-130

    97.4927496 - 96.87838902

    36985 - 46047

    129-120

    96.80927687 - 96.0687115

    47066 - 57991

    119-110

    95.983027 - 95.05625037

    59254 - 72925

    109-100

    94.96737888 - 93.8020333

    74236 - 91426

    99-90

    93.67910655 - 92.21882783

    93240 - 114780

    89-80

    92.05811248 - 90.27631202

    117151 - 143434

    79-70

    90.0448455 - 87.51810893

    1468491 - 184121

    69-60

    87.33654157 - 83.89085926

    186799- 237626

    59-50

    83.5119717 - 78.35114254

    243215 - 319343

    49-40

    77.81927947 - 69.5797271

    327188 - 448730

    39-30

    68.80219265 - 56.09102043

    460200 - 647703

    29-20

    54.01037138 - 36.58463962

    678394 935442

    19-10

    35.2885364 - 18.16647924

    954561 - 1207129

    9-0

    17.14582299 -5.71472799

    1222184 - 1390805

    Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

    Q: What is the JEE Main 2026 Advanced Qualifying Percentile?
    A:

    Based on exam trends, it is expected to be 93+ for general, 80+ for OBC, 60+ for SC and 47+ for ST. 

    Q: What is the cut-off for JEE Advanced 2026?
    A:

    The cutoff of JEE Advanced 2026 is yet to be determined. It will be released along with each round og counselling.

    Q: What is the cut off for IIT 2026?
    A:

    JoSAA will release the IIT 2026 cutoff for BTech during the counslling process. 

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    Hi Narendra,

    Please download the Hindi medium JEE Mains question paper with solution from the link given below:

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    Hi Manish Saraswat,

    Yes, you can get NIT seat with 84.89 percentile in JEE Mains. Your's JEE Main rank is expected to be 2 lakh 22 thousand plus. See the list of NITs from the link below in which you may get an NIT seat.

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    Hi,

    High - weightage chapters in JEE Mains are based on past paper analysis, not official NTA rules. Some topics come up more often, so students use them for smart revision. You can refer to this link for details:

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    Hi Sasika,

    Careers360 provides JEE study material, including books, notes, previous year papers, and revision PDFs for Physics, Chemistry, and Maths.

    You can check subject-wise study material here:

    https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-main/study-material