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JEE Main Passing Marks 2026 - Candidates can go through the article to know what the JEE Main 2026 passing marks are. Each year, NTA releases the minimum cutoff which makes up the JEE Mains passing marks. 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. Those who get above the said JEE Main 2026 passing percentile will become eligible for JEE Advanced. 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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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.
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.
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.
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 |
Category | Score |
General | 93.2362181 |
General-PwD | 0.0018700 |
EWS | 81.3266412 |
OBC-NCL | 79.6757881 |
SC | 60.0923182 |
ST | 46.6975840 |
Category | Score |
General | 90.78 |
General-PwD | 0.001 |
EWS | 75.62 |
OBC-NCL | 73.61 |
SC | 51.98 |
ST | 37.23 |
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Category | Score |
General | 88.41 |
General-PwD | 0.003 |
EWS | 63.11 |
OBC-NCL | 67.01 |
SC | 43.08 |
ST | 26.78 |
Category | Score |
General | 87.90 |
General-PwD | 1.01 |
EWS | 66.22 |
OBC-NCL | 68.02 |
SC | 46.88 |
ST | 34.67 |
Category | Score |
General | 90.38 |
General-PwD | 0.06 |
EWS | 70.24 |
OBC-NCL | 72.89 |
SC | 50.18 |
ST | 39.07 |
Category | Score |
General | 89.76 |
General-PwD | 0.11 |
EWS | 78.22 |
OBC-NCL | 74.32 |
SC | 54.01 |
ST | 44.33 |
Category | Marks |
General | 74 |
OBC-NCL | 45 |
SC | 29 |
ST | 24 |
PwD | -35 |
Category | Marks |
General | 81 |
OBC-NCL | 49 |
SC | 32 |
ST | 27 |
PwD | 1 |
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.
Year | Score |
2025 | 93.1023262 |
2024 | 93.24 |
2023 | 90.78 |
2022 | 88.41 |
2021 | 87.90 |
2020 | 90.38 |
2019 | 89.75 |
Year | Score |
2025 | 0.0079349 |
2024 | 0.0018 |
2023 | 0.001 |
2022 | 0.003 |
2021 | 0.010 |
2020 | 0.06 |
2019 | 0.11 |
Year | Score |
2025 | 80.3830119 |
2024 | 81.33 |
2023 | 75.62 |
2022 | 63.11 |
2021 | 66.22 |
2020 | 70.24 |
2019 | 78.22 |
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 |
Year | Score |
2025 | 61.1526933 |
2024 | 60.09 |
2023 | 51.98 |
2022 | 43.08 |
2021 | 46.88 |
2020 | 50.18 |
2019 | 54.01 |
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
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)
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.
The JEE Main passing marks for General category is expected to be greater than 90. The percentile can be around 93 to 94.
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.
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.
The authorities consider factors such as the exam difficulty level, no. of applicants, overall performance of candidates in the exam, etc.
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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The session 1 of JEE mains exam is starting from January 21 to 30, 2026 and session 2 from April 2 to 9, 2026. The format for this examination is computer based. This prestigious engineering examination conducted by National Testing Agency is a first step towards getting an admission in one the IIT's, later through JEE Advanced.
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You can access the JEE Main 2026 sample papers (Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics) with answer keys from the mentioned link below:
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If you mistakenly registered as a General category candidate for JEE Mains 2026, but you actually belong to OBC-NCL, you cannot change the category unless the correction window specifically allows category correction. The National Testing Agency (NTA) sometimes provides the option to edit category during the correction window, but this is not guaranteed every year.
If category correction is allowed, you can upload your valid OBC-NCL certificate and update your category. If the correction window does not allow changing the category, then you will have to appear as a General category candidate for that attempt and will not be able to claim OBC-NCL reservation benefits for that session.
Make sure to keep checking the official correction notice to see which fields can be edited.
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If you mistakenly entered your serial number instead of your admission number during JEE Mains registration, you do not need to worry. NTA mainly verifies your identity through your name, date of birth, school details, photographs, and other documents. The admission number is not used for eligibility verification, so this mistake usually does not cause any issue.
If the correction window opens and allows editing of personal details, you can correct it. If the field is non-editable, you can leave it as it is because it will not affect your exam, admit card, or result. Just make sure all other details are correct.
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