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JEE Main Passing Marks 2025, Cutoff For IITs And NITs, Previous Year Cutoff Trend

JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 is expected to be 90 for the general category candidates, 80 for the GEN-EWS candidates, 57 for the SC candidates, and 46 for the ST candidates.
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JEE Main Passing Marks 2025

“Candidates appearing for the JEE Main exam must be aware of the passing mark criteria to be eligible for the next round or a desired course in a top college. Check the article to know more.”

JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 is expected to be 90 for the general category candidates, 80 for the GEN-EWS candidates, 57 for the SC candidates, and 46 for the ST candidates. All the participating candidates must secure JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 to be included in the rank list. Candidates who will participate in JEE Main 2025 exam and secure more than 250 marks will be eligible for JEE Advanced exam . NTA is expected to conduct JEE Main 2025 Session 1 in the last week of January 2025.

JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 (Expected)

JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 are different for different categories of candidates. For the general category, it is expected to be 90, for the SC category, it will be 57, and for the ST category, it will be 46. Candidates can check the category-wise expected JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 in the table below.
JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 (Expected)
Category JEE Mains Passing Score
Common Rank List 90
GEN-EWS 80
OBC-NCL 76
SC 57
ST 46
PwD 0.0018

JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 for Paper 2 (Expected)

JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 for Paper 2 vary based on colleges and years. Candidates need to secure a minimum of 50-55% marks in their class 12th grade exam with Maths as a compulsory subject to appear for the Paper 2 exam. Candidates can check the category-wise expected JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 for Paper 2 in the table below.
JEE Main Passing Marks 2025 for Paper 2
Category Paper 2 Passing Marks
General 85 to 90
EWS 70 to 75
OBC-NCL 70 to 75
SC 50 to 55
ST 35 to 40

JEE Main Passing Marks 2025: Determining Factors

Candidates who want to qualify JEE Main must score equal to or higher than the qualifying cutoff marks. NTA determines the cutoff based on several factors. Candidates can check the factors below
  • A number of appeared candidates in JEE Main 2025 exam.
  • Number of available seats for admission into the participating institutes.
  • The overall difficulty level of JEE Main 2025 Question Paper .
  • Category of the candidates.
  • Previous years’ cutoff trends for JEE Main 2025.

JEE Main Passing Marks 2024

The JEE Main Exam is a national level competitive examination conducted every year. The examination is held twice a year and is tough to clear as many candidates appear for the exam to get admission in top colleges. The JEE Main passing marks vary every year based on various factors like difficulty level of exam, number of participants, etc. Candidates who scored a good percentile in the JEE Main exam get selected for the next level of Joint Entrance Exam which is JEE Advanced Exam. The Passing marks in JEE Main exam is based on categories of candidates too. Candidates must score equal to or more than the JEE Cut off for various colleges to secure a desire course in a college.

JEE Main Qualifying Marks 2024

JEE Main Qualifying Marks refer to the minimum marks to qualify for JEE Main 2024 exam. Candidates can check the category-wise qualifying marks for JEE main below. JEE Main Passing Marks 2024 for included in the common rank list was 93.2362.
JEE Main Passing Marks 2024
Category JEE Mains Passing Score
Common Rank List 93.2362181
GEN-EWS 81.3266412
OBC-NCL 79.6757881
SC 60.0923182
ST 46.697584
PwD 0.0018

JEE Main Passing Marks 2024 to Qualify for JEE Advanced

JEE Main Passing Marks 2024 for JEE Advanced differs for students belonging to different categories such as General, OBC-NCL, SC, ST, and Gen-EWS. Check the expected qualifying marks for JEE Advanced.
Category NTA JEE Main 2024 Qualifying Percentile for JEE Advanced (Expected)
General 90.78
Gen-EWS 75.62
OBC-NCL 73.61
SC 51.98
ST 37.23
PwD 0.001

Passing Marks for JEE Mains 2023

The minimum mark needed to pass the JEE Main 2023 exam is known as the qualifying mark for JEE Main 2023 . After the second session is over, the JEE Main 2023 passing marks will be announced. Furthermore, different categories have different JEE Mains qualifying marks. The table below displays the anticipated JEE Main 2023 passing marks by category.
Passing Marks For JEE Mains 2023
Category Passing marks
General 90
EWS 78
OBC-NCL 75
SC 55
ST 44

Passing Marks For JEE Main for Previous Years

The JEE Mains passing marks are announced by the organization in charge of the exam. Therefore, aspirants should be aware that the number of marks needed to pass the JEE Mains will differ for each category. The previous years' qualifying marks for JEE Mains were as follows:

JEE Main Passing Marks 2022

JEE Main Passing Marks 2022 : JEE Main 2022 was split into two sessions in June and July. The following list includes the qualifying marks for various categories:

JEE Main Passing Marks 2022
Category Passing marks
General 89.75
EWS 78.21
OBC-NCL 74.31
SC 54
ST 44

JEE Main Passing Marks 2021

For 2021, there were four JEE Mains sessions. The following are the JEE Mains passing scores. JEE Main Passing Marks 2021 for different categories is updated in the table below.
JEE Main Passing Marks 2021
Category Passing marks
General 91
EWS 82
OBC-NCL 76
SC 55
ST 44

JEE Main Passing Marks 2020

The following is a list of all the categories' JEE Mains 2020 exam passing scores for the January session. Candidates can check the category-wise JEE Main Passing Marks 2020 in the table below.
JEE Main Passing Marks 2020
Category Passing marks
General 89
OBC 74
SC 54
ST 44
PwD 0.11

Check : JEE Main Chemistry Notes 2024

JEE Main Passing Marks 2019

The National Testing Agency administered the JEE Mains exam from January 8 to January 12, 2019. 11,09,250 candidates registered to take the JEE Mains exam that year. The JEE Mains 2019 qualifying scores have been made public by NTA for all categories.
JEE Main Passing Marks 2019
Category Passing marks
General 89.7
OBC 74.3
SC 54.01
ST 44.33
PwD 0.11

Also Check : How Many Ma​rks are Required to Clear JEE Main

Passing Marks For JEE Main 2018

CBSE administered JEE Mains 2018 in both online and offline formats. On April 8, 2018, they conducted the offline exam, and on April 15, and 16, they conducted the online exam. The JEE Main 2018 qualifying marks are as follows for each category:
Passing Marks For JEE Main 2018
Category Passing marks
General 74
OBC 45
SC 29
ST 24
PwD -35

Also Check  : JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers

Passing Marks For JEE Main 2017

The JEE Mains 2017 exam was administered by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in both offline and online formats. On April 2, 2017, they conducted the offline exam; on April 8–9, 2017, they conducted the online exam. CBSE revealed each candidate's respective category's JEE Main 2017 passing scores. These are:
Passing Marks For JEE Main 2017
Category Passing marks
General 81
OBC 49
SC 32
ST 27

Passing Marks For JEE Main 2016

For three days, the JEE Mains test 2016 was conducted in both offline and online formats by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). They conducted the offline exam on April 3, 2016; on April 9–10, 2016, they conducted the online exam. For each category, the minimum scores are as follows:
Passing Marks For JEE Main 2016
Category Passing marks
General 100
OBC 70
SC 52
ST 48

Also Check : JEE Main Eligibility Criteria 2025

JEE Main Cutoff 2025 (Expected)

JoSAA is going to release JEE Main Cutoff after each round of counselling. Candidates will be able to check the category-wise JEE Main Cutoff 2025 for NITs, IIITs, and GFITS here. Till then, candidates can check the expected JEE Main Cutoff 2025 in the below table
Category JEE Main Paas Marks (Expected) JEE Main Percentile Marks (Expected)
General 90 90.78
EWS 80 75.62
OBC-NCL 76 73.61
SC 57 51.98
ST 46 37.23
PwD 0.0618524 0.001
JEE Main 2025 Exam Overview Candidates can check the important highlights for the exam in the table below. NTA is expected to conduct JEE Main 2025 exam for Session 1 in the last week of January 2025, for Session 2 in April 2025.
JEE Main 2025 Exam Overview
Particulars Details
Name of the Examination Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main)
Conducting Body National Testing Agency (NTA)
Level of examination Undergraduate Exam at the National Level
Exam Frequency Twice a year (January and April)
Exam Mode Computed Based Test (CBT) for admissions to BE/ BTech/ BArch/ BPlan Pen and paper-based test (PBT) for Drawing section in BArch
Courses offered via entrance exam BE/BTech, BArch, BPlan
Mode of Application Online
Exam duration
  • 3 hours for BTech/ BArch/ BPlan
  • 3.5 hours for BArch and B.Planning both
  • 4 hours for PwD candidates
Papers and Total Marks
  • Paper-1: BE/BTech (300 marks)
  • Paper-2A: BArch (400 marks)
  • Paper-2B: BPlan (400 marks)
Total Questions
  • BE/BTech: 75
  • BArch: 77
  • BPlan: 100
Marking Scheme
  • +4 for each correct response
  • -1 for each incorrect response
  • No marks for unattempted questions
Language/Medium of Exam English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu
Colleges Accepting Exam Score All NIT, IIITs, and CFTIs
Official Website jeemain.nta.nic.in
JEE Main Previous Year Cutoff The passing marks for JEE Main exam also depend upon the previous year cut off marks. Candidates must be familiar with three-four years cut-offs. The previous year's cut-off can serve as a reference for the candidates preparing for the exam. It can give them an idea of the minimum marks required to qualify for the JEE Main exam this year.

JEE Main Cutoff 2023

Candidates can check the JEE Main Cutoff 2023 for admission to the top engineering colleges in India. The cutoff for the general category was 90.77, for the SC category, was 51.97, and for the ST category was 37.23.
JEE Main Cutoff 2023
Category Cutoff
General 90.7788642
EWS 75.6229025
OBC 73.6114227
SC 51.9776027
ST 37.2348772
PwD 0.0013527

Also Check : JEE Main Previous Year Question Papers

JEE Main Cutoff 2022

Candidates can check the JEE Main Cutoff 2022 for admission to the top engineering colleges in India. The cutoff for the general category was 88.41, for the SC category, was 43.08, and for the ST category was 26.77.
JEE Main Cutoff 2022
CATEGORY Marks
General 88.4121383
Gen-PwD 0.0031029
EWS 63.1114141
OBC-NCL 67.0090297
SC 43.0820954
ST 26.7771328

Also Check : JEE Main Marks Vs Ranks 2025

JEE Main Cutoff 2021

Candidates can check the JEE Main Cutoff 2021 for admission to the top engineering colleges in India. The cutoff for the general category was 66.22, for the SC category, was 46.88, and for the ST category was 34.67.
JEE Main Cutoff 2021
CATEGORY Cut off marks
EWS 66.2214845
OBC-NCL 68.0234447
SC 46.8825338
ST 34.6728999
UR 87.8992241
UR-PH 0.0096375

Also Check : JEE Advanced 2025 Exam Date

JEE Main Cutoff 2020

Candidates can check the JEE Main Cutoff 2020 for admission to the top engineering colleges in India. The cutoff for the general category was 90.37, for the SC category, was 50.17, and for the ST category was 39.06.
JEE Main Cutoff 2020
CATEGORY Cut off marks
EWS 70.2435518
OBC-NCL 72.8887969
SC 50.1760245
ST 39.0696101
UR 90.3765335
PwD 0.0618524

Check : JEE Main Exam Pattern

JEE Main Cutoff 2019

Candidates can check the JEE Main Cutoff 2019 for admission to the top engineering colleges in India. The cutoff for the general category was 89.75, for the SC category, was 54.01, and for the ST category was 44.33.
JEE Main Cutoff 2019
Category Cut off based on paper I
Common Rank List (CRL) 89.7548849
GEN-EWS 78.2174869
Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL) 74.3166557
Scheduled Caste (SC) 54.0128155
Scheduled Tribe (ST) 44.3345172
PwD 0.11371730

JEE Main Passing Marks FAQs

Q1. What are the JEE Main passing marks?

Ans: JEE Main passing marks are the minimum marks required to clear the JEE Main exam and qualify for the next exam, which is the JEE Advanced exam. Candidates must score equal to or more than the minimum cut off marks.

Q2. What are the factors that determine the JEE Main passing marks?

Ans: Some of the factors that determine the JEE Main passing marks are exam difficulty, number of candidates, categories of candidates, previous year cut offs, etc. Candidates can check the factors in detail under this article.

Q3. What are the expected qualifying marks for the JEE Main 2025 exam?

Ans: There has been no official announcement of the anticipated qualifying scores for JEE Main 2025. Make the most of your chances by concentrating on thorough exam preparation.

Q4. What is JEE main 2025 Exam Date?

Ans. Candidates can expect JEE Main 2025 session 1 exam is going to be conducted in the last week of January 2025, and Session 2 is going to be conducted in April 2025.
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