JEE-Main, is Common Entrance Exam for admission to the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs),

Key dates
Official notification release 18th November 2016
Application form release 1st December 2016
Application Form Close 16th January, 2017
Image Correction Facility 10th December 2016 (onwards)
Last date of fee payment 18th January, 2017
Application form correction window 25th January to 3rd February 2017
Correction in Aadhaar details 23rd February 2017
Release of Admit Card 14th March, 2017
JEE Main offline exam (Pen and Paper Based exam) 2nd April 2017
JEE Main Answer Key (by Sarvgyan) 2nd April 2017
JEE Main online exam (Computer Based exam) 8th & 9th April, 2017
Display of answer key & OMR sheet (paper-1) 18th – 22nd April 2017
Result declaration (paper 1) 27th April 2017
Display of answer key & OMR sheet (paper-2) 11th May 2017
Declaration of All India Rank for JEE Main (Paper 2) 26th May 2017
Counselling start 15th June 2017
Special round counselling 27th July 2017


Exam Pattern

The JEE Main exam pattern for paper I and Paper II is given below:

JEE Main Paper I:

Courses: It is held for engineering courses (B.Tech/BE).

Number of Questions: It is consisted of 90 MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions).

Subjects: The paper will be asked from subjects as Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

Language: Hindi, English (candidates can select while filling the application form)

Mode: It will be commenced via both; online & offline.

Exam Timings: 9:30 to 12:30 (paper-1) and 2:00 to 5:00 (paper-2)

Duration: 3 hours. (4 hours for the candidates having 40% or more disability)

Marking Scheme: 4 marks for each correct response.

Negative Marking: 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect response or multi-responses.

Subjects Questions Marks
Chemistry 30 120
Physics 30 120
Mathematics 30 120
Total 90 360

JEE Main Paper II:

Courses: It is held for Architecture course. (B.Arch).

Number of Questions: It is consisted of 82 questions (MCQs) out of which 30 questions from mathematics, 50 questions from aptitude test and 2 questions (descriptive) of drawing test.

Subjects: The paper will be asked from subjects as Mathematics, Aptitude, Drawing.

Language: Hindi, English (candidates can select while filling the application form)

Mode: It will be commenced via offline mode.

Duration: 3 hours. (4 hours for the candidates having 40% or more disability)

Marking Scheme: 4 marks for each correct response (2 questions of drawing will carry 70 marks).

Negative Marking: 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect or multi-responses.

Subjects Questions Marks
Mathematics 30 120
Aptitude test 50 200
Drawing 2 70
Total 82 390