Approximately 85% of NRI and Indian students prefer engineering as a career option after completing 12th. In India, there are many governments and private engineering colleges available where Indian and NRI candidates can get admission. But they have to write JEE Main and Advanced if they want to get admission into a Government Engineering College or in a Good Private Engineering College.
JEE Main is an engineering entrance test for Indian & NRI students in India, Middle Eastern countries such as Saudi Arabia, Oman, Qatar, UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, etc. and more countries.
The JEE Main 2025 Competitive Race starts with its first step, i.e. JEE Main Preparation. The April JEE Main Exam will be administered in online mode only by NTA from 24th January to 01st February 2025 (For January Session) and 04th April 2025 to 15th April 2025 (For April Session). To make Online Exams safe and secure, LAN instead of the Internet is used by the Exam Convenor Authority to take the exam.
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JEE Main 2025-26 Exam Pattern (For Indians and NRIs)
Indians and NRIs who wish to apply for JEE Main, the JEE main exam pattern will be the same for Indian and NRI candidates.
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NTA has released JEE Main 2025 Exam Pattern and there are no changes in its design along with the types of questions and marking scheme.
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Numeric value-based answer questions are there to the JEE Main 2025 Paper format like before.
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NTA also declared the availability of the test in 13 languages i.e. English, Hindi, and Gujarati and more.
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Paper-1 will be entirely computer-based with 300 maximum marks covering MCQs and Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics numerical-value-type questions.
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B. Arch, B. Planning papers will have sections based on mathematics and aptitude in common with the third section of drawing or planning, respectively.
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The overall marks will be 400 each for B.Arch and B.Planning and an aspirant taking both of the exams will have a total time period of 3 hours and 30 minutes.
JEE Main 2025-26 Exam Pattern for (B.E./B. Tech)
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JEE Main 2025-26 (B.E./B. Tech) |
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Mode of Exam |
Computer-Based Mode |
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Duration of Exam |
3 hours |
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Total Subjects |
(PCM) Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics |
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Number of Ques |
(Total 90 Ques)
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Type of Ques |
60 (MCQs having 4 options each with 1 correct option) + 30 ( Numerical Value Ques) |
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Maximum Marks |
300 Marks |
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Marking System of papers |
For MCQs:-
For Non- MCQs:-
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Medium of Paper |
English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. |
JEE Main 2025-26 Exam Pattern for (B. Arch)
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Factors |
JEE Main 2025-26 (B. Arch) |
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Mode of Exam |
Mathematics and Aptitude- (Computer-Based Mode) Drawing- (Pen and paper mode) |
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Duration of Exam |
3 hours |
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Maximum Marks |
400 Marks |
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Total Subjects |
(Mathematics, Aptitude Test, & Drawing Test) |
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Number of Ques |
(Total 77 Ques)
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Type of Questions |
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Marking System of Papers |
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Medium of Paper |
English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. |
JEE Main 2025-26 Exam Pattern for (B. Planning)
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Factors |
JEE Main 2025-26 (B. Planning) |
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Mode of Exam |
Computer-Based Mode |
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Duration of Exam |
3 hours |
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Maximum Marks |
400 Marks |
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Total Subjects |
(Mathematics, Aptitude Test, & Planning Based ) |
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Number of Ques |
(Total 100 Ques)
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Type of Ques |
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Marking System of Papers |
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Medium of Paper |
English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. |
JEE Advanced 2025-26 Exam Pattern (Indians & NRIs)
After qualifying for JEE Main, NRI and Indian candidates who wish to be admitted to IITs must appear for JEE Advanced. JEE Advanced is administered annually by the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The first 2.5 lakh JEE Main qualifying candidates in the JEE Advanced paper are selected
IIT Madras will conduct JEE Advanced 2025 on 26th May, 2025. The official website of JEE advanced for the 2025 session has been revised. It also published important dates along with the update on the official website (jeeadv.ac.in). The IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) had announced it would conduct the examination in the United States and designate it as an overseas examination center.
| Particulars | Details |
| Mode of the examination | Computer-based examination |
| Medium of the examination | English and Hindi |
| Number of Papers | Two compulsory papers- Paper 1 and Paper 2 |
| Total time duration | 3 hours for each paper (4 hours for PwD candidates) |
| Number of sections | Both papers include 3 sections- Paper 1-Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics Paper 2- Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics |
| Number of questions | 54 (18 questions in each subject) |
| Marking Scheme | The exam has a concept of full, partial and zero marks. |
JEE Advanced 2025-26 Paper-1 Exam Pattern
The Paper-1 Pattern of JEE Advanced 2025 is given below:
| Sections | Type of questions | Marking scheme | Maximum marks |
| 1 | Sec-I had 08 questions of Numerical Based Decimal Type with answer correct to 2 decimal digits. | Full marks: +3 for the correct answer Zero Marks: 0 in all other cases |
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| 2 | Sec-II had (06) Six questions with four options in which one or more than one option(s) were correct. | Full marks: +4 If only (all) the correct options are chosen Partial Marks: +3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three correct options are chosen Partial Marks: +2 If three or more options are correct but only two correct options are chosen Partial Marks: +1 If two or more options are correct but only one correct option is chosen Zero Marks:: 0 If none of the options are chosen Negative Marks: -2 In all other cases |
24 |
| 3 | Sec-III had 04 questions with each question of Match List type i.e. Match List-I to List-II. List-I had 4 questions to be matched to List-II which had 5 options. One or more than one options were correct. | Full marks: +3 in case all options are correct, Zero Marks:: 0 if none of the options are chosen Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases |
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JEE Advanced 2025-26 Paper-2 Exam Pattern
The Paper-2 Pattern of JEE Advanced 2025-26 is given below:
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| 1 | MCQs with 4 options (one or more than one correct option) | 6 | plus (+) 4 if only (all) the correct option(s) is (are) chosen | plus (+4) if all four options are correct, but only three options are chosen plus (+2) if three or more options are correct, but only two options are chosen, both of the options must be correct plus (+1) if two or more options are correct, but only one option is chosen, and it must be correct | 0 If none of the options are chosen |
-2 (in all other cases) | 24 |
| 2 | Numerical value answer type questions | 6 | plus (+4) if only the correct numerical value is given | – | No marks will be awarded if no attempt is made | – | 24 |
| 3 | Single-digit integer answer (0-9) | 6 | plus (+3) if only the correct integer is entered | – | 0 In all other cases |
-1 in all other cases | 18 |
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