Which JEE Main 2025 score will NTA use for common rank list? - NTA conducts the most important entrance examination JEE Main for admission into undergraduate engineering colleges in India. The National Testing Agency administers the exam twice a year: January and April sessions. For JEE Main 2025 exam the January session will take place from January 22 to 31, while the April session will be conducted from April 1 to 8, 2025. Candidates' best scores from the two sessions will be used for ranking purposes, which plays a crucial role in securing admissions. Despite NTA outlining the criteria for selecting the best score, some confusion remains among students regarding the preparation of the common rank list.
The list of details allowed to edit in the JEE Main 2026 application form is as follows.
Aspirants who are planning to appear for the JEE Main 2025 exam should keep a close eye on the official website of NTA to get the latest updates about the exam dates and other details. Understanding the selection criteria and preparing accordingly can significantly increase the chances of success in the exam and securing admission into the top engineering colleges in India.
The National Testing Agency will release the JEE Main 2025 rank list after the JEE Main result. Due to the large number of candidates appearing for the JEE Main exam, the rank/merit list is prepared based on the JEE Mains cutoff 2025 percentile score of the candidate. To calculate the percentile score, if a candidate has appeared for both exam sessions, the better of the two scores will be considered. The score used by NTA to prepare the JEE Main common rank list will prioritize the better score obtained by the candidate from the two sessions.
Appearing in JEE Main 2025? Scores of the respective test will be used.
Appearing in both JEE Main 2025? The better of the two scores will be used. The lower score will be ignored.
| Marks out of 300 | Rank |
| 288- 294 | 20-11 |
| 280-284 | 44-22 |
| 270- 279 | 107-63 |
| 252- 268 | 522-106 |
| 231-249 | 1385-546 |
| 215-230 | 2798-1421 |
| 202-214 | 4666-2862 |
| 190-200 | 6664- 4830 |
| 175-189 | 10746-7151 |
| 161-174 | 16163-11018 |
| 149-159 | 21145-16495 |
| 132-148 | 32826-22238 |
| 120-131 | 43174-33636 |
| 110-119 | 54293-44115 |
| 102-109 | 65758-55269 |
| 95-101 | 76260-66999 |
| 89-94 | 87219-78111 |
| 79-88 | 109329-90144 |
| 64-87 | 169542-92303 |
| 44-62 | 326517-173239 |
| 1-42 | 1025009-334080 |
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The JEE Main score 2025 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
The percentile score will be the normalized score for JEE Main exam 2025 (instead of the raw marks of the candidate). The JEE Main 2025 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'.
Ranks will be prepared based on the percentile scores of the candidates in JEE Main 2025 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.
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) 2025 for the first attempt.
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.
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 2025 common rank list where the list will consist of the same category candidates assigned ranks based on their performance in JEE Main 2025.
Allotment will be based on CRL which is also called as the common rank list.
JEE Main 2025 new official website is jeemain.nta.nic.in.
As with the previous year, Section B does not contain any more optional questions. Applicants must sit for all 5 numerical questions in each subject.
The details of JEE Main 2025 exam pattern for Mathematics: Section A consists of 20 MCQs, Section B has 10 numerical problems. As mentioned earlier five numerical questions will be asked in section B wherein none of the questions will be covered in other questions of the same type. This pattern holds good for both Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech) and Paper 2 (B.Arch/B.Planning).
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 2025 will be a computer-based test and will be held twice a year
JEE Main Mock tests will be available on the official website.
As recommended by the 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 Practice Centres (TPCs) are open for practice on the mock tests for free.
Each student will be assigned a unique paper from a large data bank prepared by experts.
Rank List will be prepared in May for JoSAA Counselling.
On Question asked by student community
Hey there,
Your OBC-NCL certificate will not be valid for the JEE Mains 2026 application as it is from June 2024. You can apply for a new one as soon as possible. For the JEE Mains, the OBC-NCL certificate should be issued on or after 1 April 2025.
And as for your Aadhar, the mistakes in your name and Date of Birth will be an issue during the document verification process. The details should match your 10th-class certificate. So you will also need to update it as soon as possible.
Hope it helps!!!
Hello Satyam,
Yes, your EWS certificate is valid.
In Bihar, the EWS certificate can be issued by the Circle Officer, BDO, SDO, or DM. So a certificate signed by the Circle Officer (Revenue Officer) is acceptable.
If the format of your certificate is the same as the Central Government EWS format, then it is valid for JEE Main registration and also for JoSAA counselling. The heading “Government of Bihar” does not create any problem.
Just remember one point:
For
JoSAA 2026
, you will need an EWS certificate issued on or after 1 April 2025. Even if your current certificate works for registration, you must update it before counselling.
Hope it helps !
Hello murali
No, your son is not eligible for OBC NCL for IIT JEE because you fall in the "creamy layer" occupational category, regardless of your current employment status or family income. Students whose family income is less than Rs. 8 lakhs annually and they are not belong to the "creamy layer".
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Thank You
Hello,
You can fill the JEE Main form even if you are a private candidate
Write the
name of the school/board from where you are appearing as a private candidate
.
If your Class 12 admit card or registration slip shows a school/centre name, use that exactly.
If your board lists you as a “Private Candidate” under the board name , then write:
CBSE – Private Candidate
(or your board name – Private Candidate)
Use the pin code of the examination centre/school mentioned on your Class 12 private candidate admit card or registration details.
If your board does not give any school address and only shows the regional office address, then use the regional office address pin code given by your board.
Hope it helps !
Hello Aspirant
You should not leave the OBC-NCL certificate ID blank in the JEE Main form it can create problems later.
NTA wants the certificate details while filling the form, not just at counselling. If you can, apply for the OBC-NCL certificate immediately so you get the ID on time.
If you fail to submit the certificate during counselling, your category will shift to General. It’s safer to enter OBC-NCL only if you’re sure you’ll get the certificate before counselling.
Hope it will help you
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