Which JEE Main score will NTA use for common rank list?
Which JEE Main score will NTA use for common rank list? - National Testing Agency conducts JEE Main twice in a year. Candidates have the option of appearing in either or both the exams and the scores best out of two is considered for ranking. Although NTA has clarified its criteria of selecting best of two scores, students still have some ambiguity about which JEE Main score will be used by NTA for the common merit rank list. NTA is conducting the exam two times – once in January and once in April. Candidates can attempt one of the exams or both. So if you are one of those students who is attempting the exam twice – both in January and April 2021 then you should read the article below to know which JEE Main score will be used by NTA to determine the rank list.
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Salient Facts about New NTA JEE Main
JEE Main is held by the National Testing Agency which was set up in November 2017 exclusively for conducting entrance exams pertaining to higher education.
JEE Main 2021 will be a computer-based test and will be held twice a year
JEE Main Mock tests are available on official website.
As recommended by Council of Architecture to NTA regarding JEE Main Paper II, candidates must secure at least 50% marks in the qualifying examination and 50% marks in PCM individually.
3400 Schools/ Engineering Colleges as Test Practise Centres (TPCs) are opened for practice on the mock tests for free.
Each student will be assigned a unique paper from a large databank prepared by experts.
Rank List will be prepared in May for JoSAA Counselling.
Procedure for JEE Main Ranks
National Testing Agency will announce the rank list after the JEE Main result 2021 April is announced. The reason is that many candidates will appear for both the exams – JEE Main January and April. The JEE Main 2021 rank/ merit list will be prepared based on the percentile score of the candidate. So, to calculate the percentile score, in the case where the candidate has appeared for both the exam, the better of the two scores will be considered. So how will the score be used by NTA to prepare the JEE Main common rank list? The details are given below.
Appearing in JEE Main 2021 January OR April? Scores of the respective January OR April test will be used.
Appearing in both JEE Main 2021 January and JEE Main April 2021? The better of the two scores will be used. So it means that if the score for JEE Main April is more than January or vice versa, it will be used. The lower score will be ignored.
How will be the JEE Main 2021 score calculated?
The JEE Main score 2021 for Paper-1 and Paper-2 will be calculated differently. Mentioned below is the procedure for the calculation for both the papers.
Score of JEE Main = Number of correct answers x 4 – number of incorrect answers x 1
How is Candidate's Percentile Score for JEE Main paper-1 Calculated?
The percentile score will be the normalized score for JEE Main 2021 (instead of the raw marks of the candidate). The JEE Main 2021 percentile scores will be calculated up to 7 decimal places. NTA will use the following method to calculate the percentile score of a candidate:
-->100 * Number of candidates appeared in the ‘Session’ with raw score ‘Equal To Or Less’ than the candidate/Total number of the candidates appeared in the ‘Session'.
Rank List Preparation for JEE Main 2021 for Paper-1
Ranks will be prepared on the basis of the percentile scores of the candidates in JEE Main 2021 as mentioned above. However, there may be instances where more than two candidates may score the same marks. In such a case the inter-se-merit guidelines will be enforced to allot the rank.
- Candidates with the higher percentile score obtained in Mathematics will be given a better rank.
- If the tie still remains unresolved the candidates with higher percentile score in Physics will be awarded a better rank.
- If the tie still remains unresolved the candidates with the higher percentile score in Chemistry will be awarded a better rank.
- In case the tie is still not resolved, then the candidates older in age to be preferred.
Raw marks for JEE Main paper-2
JEE Main paper-2 is conducted in two shifts, the raw marks obtained by all the candidates who appeared in the first attempt will be declared. This shall comprise the actual marks obtained in Paper-2 of JEE (Main)– 2021 for the first attempt.
Rank List Preparation for JEE Main 2021 for Paper-2
The rank list will be prepared by merging the raw scores of the first and the second attempt. Candidates who have appeared in both the attempts; their best of the two raw marks will be considered. The total raw marks of both the attempts and rank of Paper-2 for all candidates will be declared. This shall comprise the total raw marks obtained by the candidate in the first attempt as well as in the second attempt along with All India rank and All India category rank. In case of a tie, inter-se merit will be determined in the following order.
- Candidates obtaining higher marks in Aptitude Test in Paper-2
- Candidates obtaining higher marks in Drawing Test in Paper-2
- Candidates older in age
- If the resolution is not possible after this criterion, candidates will be given the same rank.
Important Points of JEE Main Common Rank List
The common rank list of JEE Main will include candidates given ranks as per their performance but with a tag of GEN, GEN-PwD, OBC-NCL, OBC-NCL-PwD, SC, SC-PwD, ST or ST-PwD.
The category ranks will be separate from the JEE Main 2021 common rank list where the list will consist of the same category candidates assigned ranks on the basis of their performance in JEE Main 2021.
Allotment will be on the basis of CRL which is also called as the common rank list.
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Questions related to JEE Main
Id qualified jee with 62 percentile, is there a seat available in any b. tech govt college for direct admission?
Almost all the admission processes are over of the year 2020. And as we all know that jee mains score is only valid for a year. Jee mains 2021 is a month away, so I would suggest you to appear for it again because right now you are too late to take admission in any college and in few months next session would start so this is the only option left according to me.
can i change my catagory from general to ews before jossa counselling....?bcoz i dont have garuntee of issuing ews at that time so i mention general catogary in my registration of jee mains..? plz guide me....
Hello Aspirant,
Unfortunately not because at the time of JOSAA registration, JOSAA automatically takes your data from JEE-Main and JEE-Advance so your category cannot be changed at that point of time but at this point of time you can wait till the attempt of May 2021 which is the last attempt of JEE-Main 2021. What I want to suggest you is, If you don't have your reserved category certificate for EWS category right now then you can submit the undertaking which declares that you will submit the original and valid caste certificate later on at the time of admission. You can download the undertaking from the official portal of NTA, for which link is also given below :-
https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/webinfo2021/File/GetFile?FileId=5&LangId=P
When you visit on the above link you will find a PDF and on page no.9 there is undertaking format which you have to download and after filling it you have to upload it on the place of category certificate in the JEE-Main 2021 Application form.
But if by that time you will not upload the certificate then you will be considered under General category and then the seat will be allotted to you under General/Unreserved category.
For complete details about JOSAA counselling kindly check out the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/josaa
Some insights of JEE-Main 2021 :-
> To qualify for JEE Mains, there is no minimum aggregate percentage criteria and also if you want to take admission into NITs, IIITs or CFTIs then you should pass in your class 12th. Because as per the latest announcement made by our Hon'ble Education minister Mr.Ramesh Pokhariyal Nishank, the 75% criteria has been removed for upcoming year 2021-22.
> Also from this year according to New Education Policy the JEE-Main examination will be conducted in English, Hindi and other regional languages such as Bengali, Gujarati, Assamese, Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, Odia and Malayalam.
> In JEE-Main 2021 there will be total 90 question out of which you have to attempt only 75 (25 from each section) and there will be two sections for each subject, Section-A will be of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs)(20 compulsory questions) and Section-B will contain Questions whose answers are to be filled in as a numerical value (10 numerical based questions out of which only 5 are compulsory to be attempted).
> In Section B, candidates have to attempt any five questions out of 10. There will be no negative marking for Section B.
> All question will be of 4 marks and in MCQs there will be negative marking of (-1) on incorrect attempt.
This year JEE-Main is being conducted with slight changes in it's pattern and it's conduction and you can check out all the changes from the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-main
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
differentiate the difficult level of neet, jee mains,jee advance
Hi
JEE and NEET are two completely different examinations, so comparing them is quite difficult.
Jee main is gateway to engineering colleges including NITs, IIITs, CFTIs while NEET is the gateway to medical colleges for MBBS, BDS, ayush courses and veterinary i.e BVSc . In jee main, questions are asked from physics, chemistry and maths while in NEET questions are asked from physics, chemistry and Biology.
But yes,
As far as difficulty level of the question is concerned JEE MAIN is TOUGHER than neet.
This is because,
In jee main both breadth and depth of questions is covered, I mean you will see variety of questions and many tricky ones are asked as well , but in neet only breadth or variety of questions are there but these are generally formula based, question of very high difficulty level is not asked and overall paper in general remains easy to moderate.
In terms of competition,
neet is tougher because, number of seats in government medical colleges is handful when considered to Engineering colleges. And when someone doesn't get a seat in a govt medical college then generally he has no other options as fee of private medical colleges is insanely high and it can be up to around 1 crore unlike engineering where even if you don't perform very well, you still have choice of decent private colleges at affordable fee.
Coming to JEE advanced, it is conducted by IITs.
JEE advanced is the toughest when it comes to level of difficulty.
This is because,
In JEE advanced questions single concept questions are rarely asked ,questions are a mix of two or more concepts which makes them very tricky and to solve them you need to have deep understanding of the concepts. Also in JEE advanced you have MCQs having more than one correct options and its paper pattern keeps changing a bit every year which makes it challenging
So, in Short, in terms of level of difficulty:-
JEE ADVANCED > JEE MAIN > NEET
I hope that you find this helpful
If you have any other doubt then you can always reach us to clear them :) we are always available to help you out and guide you
Thank you
syllabus for jee mains and advance
Hello Aspirant,
See as of now the latest syllabus for JEE-Main 2021 is described below and the same has been uploaded on the official webste of JEE-Main on the pertal of NTA whocse link is given at the end :-
@Mathematics
> Complex numbers and quadratic equations
> Matrices and determinants
> Sets, relations and functions
> Mathematical induction
> Permutations and combinations
> Mathematical reasoning
> Limit, continuity and differentiability
> Integral calculus
> Three-dimensional geometry
> Differential equations
> Binomial theorem and its simple applications
> Sequence and Series
> Vector algebra
> Statistics and probability
> Trigonometry
> Co-ordinate geometry
@Physics
> Physics and measurement
> Rotational motion
> Thermodynamics
> Kinematics
> Work, energy and power
> Properties of solids and liquids
> Gravitation
> Laws of motion
> Oscillations and waves
> Electronic devices
> Kinetic theory of gases
> Current electricity
> Communication systems
> Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents
> Magnetic effects of current and magnetism
> Optics
> Electromagnetic waves
> Atoms and nuclei
> Electrostatics
> Dual nature of matter and radiation
+Experimental skills
@Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
> Some basic concepts in chemistry
> States of matter
> Atomic structure
> Chemical bonding and molecular structure
> Chemical thermodynamics
> Solutions
> Equilibrium
> Redox reactions and electrochemistry
> Chemical kinetics
> Surface chemistry
Organic Chemistry
> Purification and characterization of organic compounds
> Hydrocarbons
> Chemistry in everyday life
> Principles related to practical chemistry
> Organic compounds containing halogens
> Organic compounds containing oxygen
> Organic compounds containing nitrogen
> Polymers
> Some basic principles of organic chemistry
> Biomolecules
Inorganic Chemistry
> Classification of elements and periodicity in properties
> Hydrogen
> Block elements (alkali and alkaline earth metals)
> P Block elements group 13 to group 18 elements
> d- and f - block elements
> Co-ordination compounds
> Environmental chemistry
> General principles and processes of isolation of metals
PDF of JEE-Main 2021 syllabus as released by NTA :-
https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/webinfo2021/File/GetFile?FileId=9&LangId=P
For complete syllabus for JEE-Main 2021 and their PDFs along with the detailed content weightage, kindly check out the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-syllabus-weightage
For JEE-Advance syllabus kindly check out the link given below :-
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-advanced-syllabus
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
should I have to pay fee in iit s after qualified in jee entrance
Yes, after you qualify jee advance and get admission in one of the iit's, then as a normal college would charge fees, you have to also pay the fees to study at an iit. However there are tuition fee waivers for students whose family income is low and also for obc, sc and st category students. While the general category students have to pay the complete fees. Students also take up education loans to pay their fees. B. Tech at an iit would cost cost a general student around 1.5-2 lakhs per annum.