JEE Main 2022 Exam

About JEE Main 2022 Exam

JEE (Main): Joint Entrance Examination

JEE (Main) is an All-India Level Engineering/Architecture Entrance Competitive Examination organized by the National Testing Agency (NTA). It was previously organized as All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE).
JEE main is conducted two times in a year (It was conducted 4 times in 2021) by National Testing Agency (NTA).
Students who qualify JEE Main examination will be eligible to get admissions into National Institutes of Technology (NITs) & Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIITs)
To be eligible for undergraduate engineering courses from(Any of the NITs, IIITs, Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTI) or Institutions that are funded by participating State Governments) following points are considered:
- The performance in class 12 or equivalent qualifying examination and
- JEE (Main) Score
Another important point is to note that the Paper-1 (B.E./B. Tech.) of JEE(Main) is an Eligibility Test for the JEE (Advanced) examination. A candidate must appear for the JEE(Advanced) exam if the candidate is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programs offered by the IITs.
No. of seats available through JEE (Main) is close to 32000, in different NITs, IIITs, IIEST and GFTIs

Eligibility Criteria

Age Limit- There is no age limit for the candidates who are appearing for JEE (Main) examination. They should have either passed XII Std/equivalent qualifying examination in the same year or two years prior. If they are willing to take admissions into anInstitute, then they must fulfill age limit requirements of that Institute.
Number of attempts- The no. of attempts for admission in a particular academic session will be considered as 'One’. Total number of attempts is limited to 3 for JEE (Main).
Eligibility for appearing in JEE Main exam allows a candidate to appear in the examination for three consecutive years (6 times over 3 years).
It is optional for the candidate to appear once or twice in any academic session.
If a candidate appears in both the tests (January and April) or any number of tests in one academic year then the better of the two/all scores will be used for the admission and, best of the scores would be taken for the merit list for the eligibility for JEE Advanced.

Parameters	Particulars
Exam Mode	Computer-based test mode (online at designated centres)
Exam Duration	3 hours (4 hours for persons with benchmark disabilities)
Subjects	Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics
Total number of questions	75 (Each subject will have 25 questions), in 2021 Each subject has 30 Questions with a choice to solve 25 questions
Type of Questions	20 Objective questions (in 2021 25 questions with option to solve any 20) having 4 options each with only 1 correct option 5 Numerical questions with numerical value as an answer
Marking Scheme	For One option correct question - 4 Marks to be awarded for every correct answer and 1 Mark to be deducted for every incorrect answer For answer with a numeric value - 4 Marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 0 Mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer
Maximum Marks	300
Medium of paper	English or Hindi (Candidates from Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli can opt for Gujarati as well)

Class 12 marks have no weightage in the preparation of JEE Main ranks. Students should know that the ranks will be determined based on their score in the entrance exam.
However, for admission into IITs, NITs, CFTIs the score that candidates have secured in their class 12 board exam will be considered. In this, candidates should have passed their exam with a minimum of 75 percent and for SC/ST it should be 65 percent. Students should further be in the top 20 percentile to be eligible for admissions.