Book 8: Entrance Exam for engineering aspirants

Introduction:

JEE Main is the most important engineering entrance that you would write as an engineering
aspirant. This is a computer-based online test conducted by National Testing Agency for students
aspiring to pursue undergraduate courses in top engineering institutes in India.
The national Institutes of technologies and select list of private universities/ institutes select their
students through the rank that the student gets in JEE Mains.
It is the first phase of the IIT Joint Entrance Exam. The JEE Main examination is conducted in two
sessions and candidates can take the exam either in the month of January or in April. The
candidates can further opt to appear for one exam or both exams. The better of two NTA scores will
be considered by the exam conducting authority in preparing the ranks/merit list.
More significantly, students are granted admission to IITs, CFITs, NITs, and other Government
funded technical institutes based on the marks obtained in JEE Main. Also, the top 2,50,000
students from JEE Main will qualify to appear for JEE Advanced.

Exam Name Joint Entrance Examination (Main) or JEE Main

 Computed Based Test for BE/BTech/BArchBPlanning

Mode of Exam
 Pen and paper-based for Drawing section in BArch

 3 hours for B.Tech/B.Arch/B.Plan

Duration
 3.5 hours for BArch and BPlanning both

Exam Frequency Four times a year (February, March, April and May sessions)

Around 21 lakh
Total Registrations
Around 8,58,273 in JEE Main 2020

Official Website jeemain.nta.nic.in

 Paper-1:  BE/BTech
Papers  Paper-2A: BArch
 Paper-2B: BPlanning

 BE/BTech: 300
Total Marks
 BArch and BPlanning: 400
  BE/BTech: 90
Total Questions Asked
 BArch: 82
(Increased in 2021)
 BPlanning: 105

 4 for each correct response

 -1 for each incorrect response
Marking Scheme
 No marks for unattempted questions
 No negative marking for Non-MCQ questions

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