JEE Main 2023 results: Marks see uptick, 43 candidates secure 100 percentile

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Of the 43, 11 hail from Telangana, followed by Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan (5 each); Uttar Pradesh (4), Gujarat and Karnataka (3 each); Delhi and Maharashtra (2 each). Haryana, Chandigarh, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh account for one each.

The JEE (Main), apart from being a gateway to BE/BTech at NITs and other centrally funded technical institutions, is also an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced). Only those who clear the cut off will be able to take a shot at pursuing engineering at the IITs.

For general category candidates, the cut off for JEE (Advanced)-2023 is 90.77, up from 88.4 in 2022, 87.9 in 2021. The qualifying scores for general candidates were 90.3 and 89.7 in 2020 and 2019, respectively.

For SC candidates, 51.97 is the cut off this time, as against 43.08 in 2022, 46.8 in 2021, 50.1 in 2020, and 54.01 in 2019. Cut-off for ST students is 37.23 this time, going up from last year’s 26.7, 34.6 in 2021. The bar was higher in 2020 and 2019 with qualifying scores at 39.06 and 44.3 respectively.

The OBC (non-creamy layer) cut off has also increased to 73.61, as against 67 in 2022, 68.02 in 2021, 72.8 in 2020. For the EWS category candidates, the cut off this time is 75.62, compares to last year’s 63.11.

Apart from a slide in the qualifying scores for JEE advanced and the number of candidates securing 100 percentile, 2022 had also registered a four-year low in the number of registrations. This year, a marked rebound could be seen on this count as well.

The total of number of registrations went up from 10.26 lakh last year to 11.62 lakh, of which 11.13 lakh candidates appeared in both sessions of the exam held on 13 dates between January 24 and April 15. In case of candidates who appeared in both sessions, the better score will be used for admissions.

The social categorisation of the toppers show that 32 belong to the general category, one is an SC, three fall in the EWS category, seven are classified as OBC (NL). The top score in the ST bracket is 99.99.

The NTA had restored the Class 12 performance criterion of 75 per cent for qualifying JEE Main-2023. The requirement was waived in the previous three editions of the entrance test held after the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.