JEE Main expected cut-off, final answer key release date

JEE Main Result 2024: According to experts in the field, the JEE Main 2024 cut-off for the general category candidate will see a rise from 90.7788642 last year to 92.19 this year.

JEE Main result is awaited, here is expected cut-off (Express image/ representative)

JEE Main Result 2024: Candidates who appeared for the JEE Main 2024 in January and April can expect a minor rise in the JEE Main cut-off this year, suggest increase in number of candidates and past years’ cut-off. The number of JEE Main candidates in both sessions was over 24 lakh, 12,21,624 in session 1 and 12.57 lakh in session 2.

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The JEE Main cut-off for students belonging to the Common Rank List or the general category was 90.7788642 last year. It was 2.3667259 points higher than the 2022.

According to Mohit Tyagi of Competishun, the JEE main cut-off to become eligible for JEE Advanced for general category candidates will see an increase — up from 90.7788642 last year to 92.19 this year. For OBC-NCL, the cut-off to be 77.67.

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JEE Main expected cut-off 2024

Category	JEE Main Expected Cut-Off
General	92.19
OBC-NCL	77.67
SC	59.3
ST	46.86153846
GEN-EWS	79.37076923

The JEE Main cut-off also is depended on multiple factors including the number of total candidates taking the exam and the difficulty level of each of the session.

JEE Main cut-off from the past 5 years

Category	JEE Main 2023 Cut-Off	JEE Main 2022 Cut-Off	JEE Main 2021 Cut-Off	JEE Main 2020 Cut-Off	JEE Main 2019 Cut-Off
General	90.7788642	88.4121383	87.8992241	90.3765335	89.7548849
OBC-NCL	73.6114227	67.0090297	68.0234447	72.8887969	74.3166557
SC	51.9776027	43.0820954	46.8825338	50.1760245	54.0128155
ST	37.2348772	26.7771328	34.6728999	39.0696101	44.3345172
GEN-EWS	75.6229025	63.1114141	66.2214845	70.2435518	78.2174869
Gen-PwD	0.0013527	0.0031029	0.0096375	0.0618524	0.1137173

In session 1, students had achieved a percentile of 99.96, setting the stage for competition, Nitin Vijay, founder and CEO of Motion Education reiterated. Considering that the session 2 paper 1 exams were moderately easier, he added, it is expected that the candidates will surpass the prior benchmark registered in session 1. With the majority of the questions coming from the Class 11 and 12 NCERT curriculum, there are chances that the students might outperform the session 1 result, he added.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) concluded the paper 1 exams of the second session of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) on April 12. NTA is expected to declare the JEE Main result on April 25. The result link will be made live at the JEE Main official website – jeemain.nta.ac.in. The final answer key will also be released soon.

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