JEE Mains (Joint Entrance Examination) 2020 Notification Released
What is JEE Mains? & Why JEE Mains?
JEE Mains(Joint Entrance Examination) is an Engineering Entrance examination for admission into Undergraduate Engineering Programs at NITs, IIITs, Other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions, Institutions funded by participating State Governments and other Institutions. The Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) of JEE (Main) will also be considered for JEE (Advanced), which the candidate should appear for getting admitted into the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs.
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The NTA (National Testing Agency) will conduct the JEE Mains(Joint Entrance Examination)-2019
Between 06.01.2020 to 11.01.2020 - From 1st Week of SEPTEMBER-2019, Online registration for JEE Mains-2020 will be open. Here you can find how to apply for JEE mains-2020, Examination Centres, Syllabus, Important Dates, Seat Matrix and courses availability
Important Points in JEE Mains 2020:
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The JEE (Main)-2020 will be conducted twice before admissions from this academic session.
The first attempt of JEE (Main) – 2020 will be held in January, 2020 whereas the second attempt will be held in April, 2020. The test will be held on different shifts/dates in both the attempts. The NTA will release the application form of JEE (Main)-2020 for the first attempt in September, 2019 and for the second attempt in February, 2020.The students will have the following benefits of the new pattern:
- This will give one more opportunity to the student to improve their scores in examination if they fail to give their best in first attempt without wasting their whole academic year.
- In first attempt, the students will get a first-hand experience of taking an examination and to know their mistakes which they can improve while attempting for the second time.
- The student’s best of the two scores will be considered for preparation of Merit List/ Ranking.
- There shall be No weightage for the 12th class marks in calculating the ranks in the JEE (Main) examination
Eligibility for appearing in JEE (Main) – 2020
Date of Birth:
For appearing in the JEE (Main) examination there is no age limit for the candidates. The candidates who have passed XII examination in 2018, 2019 or appearing in 2020 irrespective of their age can appear in JEE (Main) Examination – 2020 and the candidate must passed/appearing with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/ Technical Vocational subject.
Year of Appearance in Qualifying Examination:
Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2019 or 2020; or those who are appearing in their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2020 are eligible to appear in both January, 2020 and April, 2020 JEE (Main)-2020 Examination.
Number of subjects in the Qualifying Examination:
Candidates must have taken at least five subjects in class 12th/ qualifying examination in order to be eligible for writing JEE (Main) – 2020.
For the candidates to qualify for the admission in the IITs/NITs/IIITs and such other GFTIs whose admissions are based on the JEE (Advanced)/JEE (Main) ranks, they should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12th class examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination conducted by the respective Boards. For SC/ST students the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th class examination.
Application Procedure:
4 Simple Steps to be followed to apply online
- Register for the Online Application Form, choose your Password and note down system generated Application Number.
- Complete the Application Form Candidate can login with the system generated Application Number and created Password for completing the Application Form .
- Upload Scanned Images of Photograph and Signature
- Pay Examination Fee by debit/credit card/Net Banking/UPI/PAYTM of Syndicate/SBI/ICICI/HDFC Bank.
Examination Fees:
jee mains-2020 exam shall have two papers
- Paper-I: For B.E/B.Tech
- Paper-II: For B.Arch
The fee (in Indian Rupees) for JEE(Main)-2020 is as follows:
| Fee Payable: FOR EXAMINATION CENTRE OPTED | IN INDIA | OUTSIDE INDIA | |
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| Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.)
orPaper-2 (B. Arch/ B.Planning) | General/ OBC (Non-creamy layer)* | Boys – Rs650/-
Girls – Rs 325/- | Boys – Rs 3000/-
Girls – Rs 1500/- |
| SC/ST/PwD/ Transgender | Boys – Rs325/-
Girls – Rs325/ | Boys – Rs 1500/-
Girls – Rs 1500/ |
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| Both Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.)
and Paper-2 (B. Arch/ B.Planning) | General/ OBC (Non-creamy layer)* | Boys – Rs1300/-
Girls – Rs650/- | Boys – Rs 6000/-
Girls – Rs 3000/- |
| SC/ST/PwD/ Transgender | Boys – Rs650/-
Girls – Rs650/- | Boys – Rs 3000/-
Girls – Rs 3000/- |
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| Service/Processing charges & Service Taxes are to be paid by the candidate, as applicable | |||
Mode of Payment:
The fee may be submitted either by any credit/debit card through Net Banking/UPI/ PAYTM.
Exam Pattern:
Mode of Exam:Computer Based Test Only
** For Paper-2 (B. Arch/ B.Planning):To be attempted in one sitting. Mathematics- Part I and Aptitude Test-Part II in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only and Drawing Test Part III in “Pen & Paper Based” (offline) mode to be attempted on Drawing sheet
| Paper-1 (B.E./B. Tech.) : “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only to be attempted on Computer | |||
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| Subject wise dist ribution of Questions, Total Number of Questions and Marks | Subject | No of Questions | Marks |
| Mathematics | (20+5*) | 100 | |
| Physics | (20+5*) | 100 | |
| Chemistry | (20+5*) | 100 | |
| Total | 75 | 300 | |
| Marking Scheme for MCQs | Correct Answer: Four mark (+4)
Incorrect Answer: Minus one mark (-1) |
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| Paper-2 (B. Arch/ B.Planning):To be attempted in one sitting. Mathematics- Part I and Aptitude Test-Part II in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only and Drawing Test Part III in “Pen & Paper Based” (offline) mode to be attempted on Drawing sheet | |||
| Subject wise distribution of Questions, Total Number of Questions and Marks | Subject | No of Questions | Marks |
| Mathematics-Part I | (20+5*) | 100 | |
| Aptitude Test-Part II | 50 | 200 | |
| Drawing Test Part III | 02 | 100 | |
| Total | 77 | 400 | |
| Marking Scheme for MCQs (Part-I&II) | Correct Answer: Four mark (+4)
Incorrect Answer: Minus one mark (-1) |
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| For Part-III Drawing Test | Two questions to be evaluated out of 100 marks . | ||
| (B.Planning):To be attempted in one sitting. Mathematics- Part I ;Aptitude Test-Part II and Planning Based Questions Part III in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only | |||
| Subject wise distribution of Questions, Total Number of Questions and Marks | Subject | No of Questions | Marks |
| Mathematics-Part I | (20+5*) | 100 | |
| Aptitude Test-Part II | 50 | 200 | |
| Planning Based Objective Type MCQ-Part III | 25 | 100 | |
| Total | 100 | 400 | |
| Marking Scheme for MCQs (Part-I&II) | Correct Answer: Four mark (+4)
Incorrect Answer: Minus one mark (-1) |
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| **20 questions will be MCQs and 5* questions will have answer to be filled as numerical value.** | |||
| Marking Scheme for questions for which answer is a Numerical value | Correct Answer: Four mark (+4)
Incorrect Answer: No mark (0) |
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Medium of Question Papers:
| All Examination Centre Cities | English and Hindi Medium |
| Examination Centre Cities in Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli | English, Hindi and Gujarati |
Seat Allocation Process and Admission Procedure:
- Candidates shall be offered admission based on their choices and All India Ranks of JEE (Main)-2020 through a Seat Allocation Process
- The candidates will be able to make their choices online for branches/programmes and institutes at appropriate time.
- The verification of documents would be done after the Seat Allocation Process.
- Gen-EWS, SC, ST, OBC and PwD candidates will be required to produce original certificate as per prescribed formats issued by the competent authority at the time of Seat Allocation Process as well as at the time of admission, failing which they will not be considered for admission.
Complete Schedule For JEE Mains First Attempt 2020:
| EVENTS | DATES |
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| On-line submission of Application Form (Upto 11.50p.m) | 03.09.2019 to 30.09.2019 |
| Date for successful final transaction of fee
(through Credit/Debit Card/UPI and Net Banking/PAYTM Service) up to 11.50 p.m. | 03.09.2019 to 01.10.2019 |
| Correction in Particulars of application form on website only | 11.10.2019 to 17.10.2019 (up to 11.50 p.m.) |
| Dates of Examination | Between 06.01.2020 to 11.01.2020 |
| Timing of Examination | First Shift : 9.30 a.m. to 12.30 p.m. |
| Second Shift : 2.30 p.m. to 5.30 p.m. | |
| Printing of Admit Cards from NTA’s website | From 06.12.2019 |
| Centre, Date and Shift of Examination (Those appearing in both the papers i.e. Paper-1 and Paper-2, the Date, Centre and Shift may be different for Paper-1 and Paper-2) | As indicated on Admit Card |
| Display of recorded responses and Answer Keys for inviting challenges on NTA’s website | Date shall be displayed on the NTA”s website |
| Declaration of Result on NTA’s website | By 31st January, 2020 |
Schedule of Examination:
| Dates of Examination | Between 06.01.2020 (Monday) to 11.01.2020 (Saturday)(Exact date, shift and city of examination for B.E./B.Tech and B.Arch/B.Planning will be made available on NTA’s website on 06.12.2019) | |
| Mode of Examination | B.E./B.Tech | “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only |
| B.Arch. | Mathematics- Part I and Aptitude Test-Part II in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only | |
| Drawing Test –Part III in “Pen & Paper Based” (offline) mode to be attempted on Drawing sheet | ||
| B.Plan. | Mathematics- Part I , Aptitude Test-Part II and Planning related MCQ’s – Part III in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only | |
| First Shift | Second Shift | |
| Timing of Examination for B.E./B.Tech | 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m |
| Timing of Examination for B.Arch | 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. | 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m |
| Timing of Examination for B.Planning | …….. | 2:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m |
| Timing of Examination for B.Arch & B.Planning (both) | …….. | 2:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m |
| Entry in the Examination Centre/Hall/Room,physical frisking, document verification.Invigilators record manual attendance and Biometric registration at registration desk. Cross checking of admit card, signature and photo match, to be completed by the invigilator | 7:30 a.m. – Upto 9:00 a.m. | 01:00 p.m. – Upto 2:00 p.m. |
| Instructions by the Invigilators | 9:00 a.m. to 9:20 a.m | 2:00 p.m. to 2:20 p.m |
| Candidates login to read instructions | 9:20 a.m | 2:20 p.m |
| Test Commences | 9:30 a.m | 2:30 p.m |