JEE Main Passing Marks 2026 - Check Previous Year Trends

JEE Main Passing Marks 2026 - Check Previous Year Trends

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K Guna SahitiUpdated on 19 Dec 2025, 12:47 PM IST
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JEE Main Passing Marks 2026 - NTA will release the cutoff in the form of a percentile that makes up the JEE Mains passing marks. However, the JEE Main 2026 result will not have pass or fail status mentioned in it. The JEE Main passing percentile determines the eligiblity to attempt the JEE Advanced only. Careers360 will provide the expected JEE Mains passing marks 2026 as per the difficulty level and student reactions after the NTA JEE Main exam is held. Meanwhile, aspirants can refer to the previous year passing marks of JEE Main here. Based on past year’s JEE Main passing marks trends, students must try to get a percentile of 95 or above to be on the safer side. The best of two JEE Main 2026 attempts will be considered while determining the JEE Main passing marks.

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  1. JEE Main 2026 Passing Marks
  2. JEE Main Passing Marks (Year-wise)
  3. Passing Marks of JEE Main (Category-wise)
  4. Factors Determining the JEE Main 2026 Passing Marks
JEE Main Passing Marks 2026 - Check Previous Year Trends
JEE Main Passing Marks

Note that NTA does not release raw marks in the JEE Main result. The authority employs a JEE Main normalisation method to provide the JEE Main passing percentile. However, candidates can check the JEE Main marks vs percentile vs rank to translate percentile to marks. Gaining JEE passing marks do not guarantee admission. Aspirants can use the JEE Main college predictor to know the which college may accept the probable passing percentile for BTech admission.

JEE Main 2026 Passing Marks

The JEE Main passing marks are the minimum marks to qualify for JEE Main 2026 to get admission in various JEE participating institutes. NTA does not release the result in the form of JEE Main passing marks. However, the category wise JEE Main passing percentile 2026 will be provided. Students will know the JEE main passing marks 2026 for computer science, mechanical engineering and other subjects through the JEE Main cutoffs 2026. This article will be updated with the JEE Main 2026 passing marks for each category.

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JEE Main Passing Marks (Year-wise)

Since 2019, the exam conducting body has released the JEE Main result in the form of percentile and ranks only. Students can check the previous year JEE passing percentile below. The JEE Main passing marks for general and other categories can be derived from marks vs percentile JEE main data. Note that, the authority used to release the JEE Main passing marks till 2018 only. The following tables shoe the JEE Main passing score or percentile.

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JEE Main 2025 Passing Score

Category

JEE Main Qualifying Score 2025

General

93.1023262

Persons with Disability

0.0079349

EWS

80.3830119

OBC-NCL

79.4313582

SC

61.1526933

ST

47.9026465

JEE Main Passing Score 2024

Category

Score

General

93.2362181

General-PwD

0.0018700

EWS

81.3266412

OBC-NCL

79.6757881

SC

60.0923182

ST

46.6975840

JEE Main 2023 Passing Score

Category

Score

General

90.78

General-PwD

0.001

EWS

75.62

OBC-NCL

73.61

SC

51.98

ST

37.23

Also check: JEE Main 2026 counselling

JEE Main Passing Score 2022

Category

Score

General

88.41

General-PwD

0.003

EWS

63.11

OBC-NCL

67.01

SC

43.08

ST

26.78

JEE Main 2021 Passing Score

Category

Score

General

87.90

General-PwD

1.01

EWS

66.22

OBC-NCL

68.02

SC

46.88

ST

34.67

JEE Main Passing Score 2020

Category

Score

General

90.38

General-PwD

0.06

EWS

70.24

OBC-NCL

72.89

SC

50.18

ST

39.07

JEE Main 2019 Passing Score

Category

Score

General

89.76

General-PwD

0.11

EWS

78.22

OBC-NCL

74.32

SC

54.01

ST

44.33

JEE Main Passing Marks 2018

Category

Marks

General

74

OBC-NCL

45

SC

29

ST

24

PwD

-35

JEE Main 2017 Passing Marks

Category

Marks

General

81

OBC-NCL

49

SC

32

ST

27

PwD

1

Passing Marks of JEE Main (Category-wise)

NTA will not release the JEE Main passing marks, but the score/percentile. The category-wise JEE Main passing percentile are available in the given tables.

General Category JEE Main Passing Score

Year

Score

2025

93.1023262

2024

93.24

2023

90.78

2022

88.41

2021

87.90

2020

90.38

2019

89.75

General PwD JEE Main Passing Score

Year

Score

2025

0.0079349

2024

0.0018

2023

0.001

2022

0.003

2021

0.010

2020

0.06

2019

0.11

EWS Category JEE Main Passing Score

Year

Score

2025

80.3830119

2024

81.33

2023

75.62

2022

63.11

2021

66.22

2020

70.24

2019

78.22

JEE Main Passing Score for OBC-NCL Category

Year

Score

2025

79.4313582

2024

79.68

2023

73.61

2022

67.01

2021

68.02

2020

72.89

2019

74.32

2018

45

2017

49

JEE Main Passing Score for SC Category

Year

Score

2025

61.1526933

2024

60.09

2023

51.98

2022

43.08

2021

46.88

2020

50.18

2019

54.01

JEE Main Passing Score of ST Category

Year

Score

2025

47.9026465

2024

46.697

2023

37.23

2022

26.78

2021

34.67

2020

39.07

2019

44.33

Also check: JEE Cutoffs for Top IITs

Factors Determining the JEE Main 2026 Passing Marks

The authorities prepare the JEE Main passing marks 2026 based on various factors. The following factors determine the passing marks of JEE Main 2026:

  • Number of applicants who appeared for JEE Main

  • Performance of all the candidates in the JEE Main examination

  • The overall difficulty level of the JEE Main 2026

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: What is the minimum mark required to appear for JEE Main 2026?
A:

There is not minimum marks required to appear for the JEE Main 2026. However, candidates have to secure a minimum aggregate of 75% for general (65% for SC/ST) in class 12th or equivalent in 2026, 2025 or 2024 to be eligible for admission at IITs, NITs, IIITs or CFTIs.

Q: What are the expected passing marks of JEE Main 2026 for general category?
A:

The JEE Main passing marks for General category is expected to be greater than 90. The percentile can be around 93 to 94.

Q: Are the JEE main qualifying and admission cutoff the same?
A:

No. The JEE Main qualifying cutoffs are the minimum percentile required to pass JEE Mains, while the JEE Main admission cutoffs are the minimum ranks for admission into an institute.

Q: What is the passing mark for JEE 2026?
A:

The passing marks for JEE Main 2026 have yet to be determined. In 2025, candidates had to get a minimum of 93.1023262 for the General category, 79.4313582 for OBC, 80.3830119 for EWS, 61.1526933 for SC, and 47.9026465 for ST to pass the JEE Main exam.

Q: How is the JEE Main passing marks determined?
A:

The authorities consider factors such as the exam difficulty level, no. of applicants, overall performance of candidates in the exam, etc.

Q: Minimum JEE Main marks to qualify for JEE Advanced?
A:

The top 2,50,000 qualifiers of JEE Main will be eligible to sit for the JEE Advanced exam. The expected mark to qualify JEE Main and appear for JEE Advanced 2026 is 93 to 94, for the OC category. 

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