Qualifying Marks for JEE Mains 2026: The National Testing Agency will release the qualifying marks for JEE Mains 2026 exam along with JEE Mains 2026 results. Candidates who are qualified in JEE Mains exam only will be allowed to appear for the JEE Advanced 2026 exam. Based on the previous years trends, the expected JEE Mains 2026 qualifying marks will be around 95 marks out of 300. The authority will publish passing marks in the form of JEE Mains percentile cutoff score. Candidates who are qualified in JEE Mains 2026 will get an engineering seat in one of Top NITs and IIITs. The session 1 of JEE Mains results will be declared by February 16, 2026.
Students will find the JEE Main 2026 final answer key PDF and session 1 scorecard on the official websites as follows.
The JEE Main qualifying cutoff is different for general category, OBC, EWS, SC, ST, PwD and others. The JEE Main qualifying marks gets changed every year because of various factors like difficulty level of exam, number of students appeared for the exam, etc. Read the article carefully to know more about qualifying marks for JEE Mains 2026.
The authority will publish the JEE Main qualifying cutoff marks along with the results on the official website. We will update the JEE Mains 2026 qualifying marks after it is officially released. By the time candidates can find the previous years' qualifying marks for the JEE Mains exam.
Category | JEE Mains Marks (Out of 300) |
General | 95 |
EWS | 53 |
OBC | 51 |
SC | 34 |
ST | 26 |
Category | JEE Mains Marks (Out of 300) |
General | 96 |
EWS | 54 |
OBC | 52 |
SC | 33 |
ST | 27 |
Category | JEE Mains Marks (Out of 300) |
General | 83 |
EWS | 46 |
OBC | 44 |
SC | 28 |
ST | 21 |
Category | JEE Mains Marks (Out of 300) |
General | 74 |
EWS | 73 |
OBC | 39 |
SC | 24 |
ST | 17 |
Category | JEE Mains Marks (Out of 300) |
General | 73 |
EWS | 72 |
OBC | 40 |
SC | 25 |
ST | 19 |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Yes, candidates may qualify in JEE Main 2026 exam, however the general candidates are expected to get around 95 marks to cross the qualifying JEE Main cutoff marks.
The authority will publish the qualifying marks for JEE Mains 2026 along with results.
General category candidates need to score a minimum of 95 marks out of 300 to qualify for the JEE Mains 2026 exam.
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