JEE Main cut-off is the minimum number of marks that a candidate have to score in the JEE Main Exam so as to eligible for JEE Advance and to get admission in various engineering colleges of the country, these include IIT’s, NIT’s, and various government and private engineering colleges of the country.

The JEE Main cut-off is announced by CBSE

The JEE Main cut-off is determined by:

Number of students who have applied for JEE Mains
Comparative scoring pattern
Difficulty level of the exam
Number of students who have cleared JEE Mains

JEE MAIN 2016 Expected Cutoff

Category Cut Off

General 100

OBC-NCL 70

SC 52

ST 48