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JEE Main Expected Cutoff 2026: National Testing Agency will release the JEE Main 2026 cutoff on its official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in along with the results. As per the official data of the previous year, the expected JEE Main 2026 for the general category is 93.5 to 95.5 percentiles with around 290 to 300 marks. The cutoff for SC is expected to be 60 - 62 percentiles, while for ST to be between 47 and 49.5 percentiles. Candidates need to clear the cutoff to be eligible for the JEE Advanced exam. The authority conducted the session 2 of the JEE Main 2026 exam from April 2 to 8, 2026. Read the article below to know more about the JEE Main expected Cutoff 2026.
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The minimum qualifying cutoff for the JEE Main 2026 exam will be released by NTA on the official website. Eligibility of the candiadtes for the JEE Advanced exam, as well as for admission, will be based on the minimum qualifying JEE Main cutoff through JoSAA counselling. The JEE Main minimum qualifying cutoff below has been given based on the previous trends.
| JEE Main 2026 Category-wise Qualifying Cutoff | |
|---|---|
Category | Expected Percentile |
General | 93 - 95 |
OBC-NCL | 79 - 80.5 |
EWS | 80 - 82 |
SC | 60 - 62 |
ST | 48 - 51 |
UR - PwD | 0.001 - 0.02 |
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The JEE Main expected cutoff percentile and marks data have been given in the table below. The JEE Main cutoff percentile is different from the marks. Candidates can get the JEE Main 2026 expected cutoff percentile vs marks from the information given here.
JEE Main Expected Cutoff 2026 Percentile Vs Marks | |
|---|---|
JEE Main Cutoff Percentile (Expected) | JEE Main Marks (Expected) |
95.5 - 100 | 275 - 300 |
90.5 - 94 | 245 - 270 |
85.5 - 89 | 215 - 240 |
80.5 - 84 | 185 - 210 |
75.5 - 79 | 155 - 180 |
Here is the JEE Main 2025 minimum qualifying cutoff percentile taken from the official data. Candidates can get an idea about the JEE Main 2026 expected cutoff with the information given in the table below.
Category | JEE Main Cutoff 2025 |
|---|---|
General | 93.1023262 |
OBC-NCL | 79.4313582 |
SC | 61.1526933 |
ST | 47.9026465 |
EWS | 80.3830119 |
Persons with Disability | 0.0079349 |
Candidates can refer to the JEE Main marks vs percentile vs rank 2026 expected provided here. The JEE Mains marks vs percentile 2026 are the percentile scores corresponding to the marks in the NTA JEE Main exam.
| 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 |
The JEE Main cutoff refers to the minimum marks or percentile that are required by the student to qualify for the upcoming JEE Advanced exam, or which will make the student eligible for admission into prestigious engineering institutes like NITs. The cutoffs will be different for different categories. Many factors also influence the decision of the JEE Main cutoff, such as the number of students appearing for exam, the candidates' category, the difficulty level of the exam, etc.
Candidates must note that the JEE Main cutoff is not consistent. Certain factors affect the Cutoff trends every year. Here are the factors which are responsible for the changes shift-wise.
Number of candidates in your session
Difficulty level of the paper shift-wise
Normalization process
Score distributing and clustering
Attempt strategy & negative marking
Subject-wise performance
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The expected minimum JEE Main 2026 cutoff is 93 percentile.
The expected JEE Main 2026 cutoff for OBC category is 79 percentile.
The main factors that influence the JEE Main cutoff is difficulty level of the exam, the number of candidates who appeared for the exam, candidates' performance, reservation categories, etc.
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