Joint Entrance Examination – Main

Joint Entrance Examination – Main (JEE-Main), formerly All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE), is an Indian standardised computer-based test for admission to various technical undergraduate programs in engineering, architecture, and planning across colleges in India. The exam is conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA).for Admission for B.Tech, B.Arch, etc. programs in the premier technical institutes such as the National Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Information Technology are based on the rank secured in the JEE-Main. It is usually conducted twice every year. But in 2021, it was held four times.

Not to be confused with Joint Entrance Examination – Advanced.

Joint Entrance Examination – Main
AcronymJEE-Main
TypeElectronic assessment
Developer / administratorNational Testing Agency
Knowledge / skills tested
PurposeAdmission to undergraduate Engineering and architecture courses in 31 NITs, 25 IIITs and 26 GFTIs (Government Funded Technical Institutions). Also serves as a preliminary selection for JEE-Advanced.
Year started2002 (2002)
Duration3 hours, (30 mins extra for paper 2)
Score / grade range-75 to +300 in Paper 1
Offered2 times per year
Restrictions on attemptsWithin 3 years of passing Class XII, maximum three attempts in consecutive years. No age-bar
Countries / regionsIndia
LanguagesEnglish, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, and Telugu.
Annual number of test takers 2,290,281 (2021)[1]
Prerequisites / eligibility criteriaClass 12 or equivalent with Mathematics, Physics and any one of the technical subjects prescribed by AICTE from recognised board/university.
Qualification rate19.1% (141,699 appeared for JEE Advanced out of 732,000)
Websitehttps://jeemain.nta.nic.in/

History

The AIEEE was introduced in 2002, since the newly established NIT and IIIT universities wanted an entrance examination paper of a higher standard than the Common Engineering Test (CET), which was formerly used for admission to all non-IIT engineering universities, including even RECs and IIITs, owing mostly to the rising competition and the goal of maintaining the exclusiveness of such institutes of national importance. It was renamed to JEE-Main in 2013.

Until 2018, the exam was held both in pen-paper and CBT mode,[2] as well as was held in the first week of April by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE).

Until 2017, CBSE conducted JEE–Main. Since 2018, National Testing Agency conducts JEE-Main.

The 2020 and 2021 exams were postponed and conducted later in the same years, due to the coronavirus pandemic.[3] 2021 was the only year of JEE mains or IIT JEE Exams history, when maximum 4 number of attempts were given to students.[4] In general, for the rest of the years, the JEE mains exam were taken either in 1 attempt or in 2 attempts.

In 2022, NTA will conduct the JEE-Main exam in two phases - June and July.[5]

Structure

The examination consists of only two papers: Paper 1 for B.E./B.Tech courses and Paper 2 for B.Arch and B.Planning courses.[6] A candidate can opt for any or both the papers. Paper 1 is mandatorily a computer based test (called Online mode) from 2018 onwards. Until 2018, there was an option between offline pen and paper mode and online mode. The examination was conducted only in offline pen and paper mode till 2010. In 2011, as per the orders of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, CBSE conducted Paper 1 in Computer-Based Test mode for the first one lakh candidates who opted for the same, while the remaining students took the examination in the conventional pen and paper mode.[7] The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at the examination is limited to three in consecutive years. As of 2018, the top 2,24,000 rankers of JEE (Main) will qualify to take the second and final level of examination: JEE (Advanced).[8]

In 2010 the Ministry of Human Resource Development announced plans to replace JEE by 2013 with a common entrance test for all government engineering colleges which will be called Indian Science Engineering Eligibility Test (ISEET).[9][10] Accordingly, MHRD proposes to set up National Testing Service, which will be an autonomous and self-sustained agency to conduct this new common entrance test.

JEE-Main examination also serves as a preliminary requisite examination for JEE-Advanced.

Languages

The exam is offered in thirteen languages, namely Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya, Punjabi, Tamil, Urdu, and Telugu.[11]

Mode of Exam
  • B.E./B.Tech (Paper 1): Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics - parts 1, 2, and 3 respectively - are conducted in Computer Based Test mode only.
  • B.Arch (Paper 2): Mathematics and Aptitude Test - parts 1 and 2 respectively - are held in Computer Based Test mode only, while a Drawing Test - or part 3 - is in offline mode - on a drawing sheet.
  • B.Planning (Paper 3): Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Planning Based Questions - parts 1, 2, and 3 respectively - are held in Computer Based Test mode only.[12][13]

Participating institutes

Institutes participating in the 2017 centralized seat allocation process included:[14]

Number of applicants by year

The number of applicants taking the JEE-Main has varied over the years, with a peak of over 1.35 million in 2014.[15]

Year Phase Number of applicants
2021 4 732,000[16]
3 709,519 [16]
2 619,638 [16]
1 661,761 [16]
2020 2 858,273[17]
1 921,261[18]
2019 2 935,741[19]
1 929,198[19]
2018 Once

a year

 1,259,000[20]
20171,186,454[21]
20161,194,938 [22]
20151,304,495[23]
20141,356,805[24]
20131,282,000[25]
2012 1,220,000

Counselling

Earlier, counselling for the JEE-Main was conducted through the CSAB; but, now, the authorities have made changes in the counselling procedure. The JAB (Joint Admission Board), representing IITs, and the CSAB (Central Seat Allocation Board), making agreements on behalf of the NITs (National Institutes of Technology) and other CFTIs (Centrally Funded Technical Institutes), are now united to conduct counselling (common counselling) for the two exams of the IIT-JEE. The memo for the same was signed on May 2, 2015. These two together are known as the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA).[26]

2011 incident

In 2011, CBSE postponed the examination by a few hours after the question papers were leaked in Uttar Pradesh the night before. Meanwhile, alternate set of question papers were sent to the Examination Centres. CBSE announced the postponement, 30 minutes before the scheduled start of the examination.[27][28]

See also

References
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