JEE Main 2024 Answer Key (OUT): Check expected cut-off for session 1

The JEE Main cut-offs will depend on multiple factors, including the number of candidates, availability of seats at participating institutions, previous year's trends and the difficulty level of the exam.

JEE Main answer key link will be made available at jeemain.nta.ac.in (Express image/ representative)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) held the first session of JEE Main 2024 from January 24 to February 1, for which the result was declared on February 13 morning. The JEE Main 2024 cut-off will be the determining factor for the eligibility to register for JEE Advanced and admission to the IITs, NITs, IIEST, IIITs and other-GFTIs. JEE cut-offs depend on various factors, including the number of total candidates, availability of seats at participating institutions, previous year’s trends and the difficulty level of the exam.

According to Saurabh Kumar, chief academic officer of Vidyamandir Classes, the expected cut-off for JEE Main 2024 session 1 will vary category-wise and will be as follows:

– General: 89.75

– EWS: 78.21

– OBC: 74.31

– SC: 44

– PWD: 0.11

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According to Infinity Learn by Sri Chaitanya, going by the difficulty level of the multiple shifts of the exam, the 99.5 percentile score will hover around 184 to 200. Here is a detailed percentile and marks required.

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Percentile	Marks Required
Percentile	Jan 27 Shift 1	Jan 27 Shift 2	Jan 29 Shift 1	Jan 29 Shift 2	Jan 30 Shift 1	Jan 30 Shift 2	Jan 31 Shift 1	Jan 31 Shift 2	Feb 1 Shift 1	Feb 1 Shift 2
99.5	200	190	193	200	198	185	184	187	196	189
99.00 – 99.49	190	175	177	185	183	168	165	170	180	173
98.00 – 98.99	172	154	158	165	162	149	145	150	160	153
97.00 – 97.99	155	138	142	148	145	132	128	133	144	136
96.00 – 96.99	142	125	128	133	131	118	115	120	130	121
95.00 – 95.99	132	114	117	120	119	107	103	110	118	111
94.00 – 94.99	124	105	107	110	109	100	95	101	108	102
93.00 – 93.99	115	98	99	102	102	95	91	95	100	97
92.00 – 92.99	108	93	93	96	96	89	86	90	95	92
91.00 – 91.99	103	88	89	92	93	85	82	86	91	89
90.00 – 90.99	99	85	86	90	89	80	77	82	88	85

According to data shared by NTA, 95.8 per cent of the registered candidates appeared for paper 1 (BE / BTech) in the JEE Main January 2024 exam. This is one of the highest percentages of attendance for JEE Main since NTA has started conducting JEE Main examination, NTA said. Out of the 12,21,615 candidates registering for JEE Main paper 1, as many as 11,70,036 candidates appeared. The JEE Main session 1 BArch paper was taken by 55,493 candidates out of the total 74,002 registered candidates.

Apart from the 544 exam centres in 291 cities, JEE Main session 1 was also conducted in 21 cities outside India.

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The session 1 result is set to be declared on February 12. The NTA has released the final answer keys of the JEE Main paper 1 already. The JEE Main 2024 answer keys have been released at the NTA’s official websites – nta.ac.in and jeemain.nta.ac.in.