JEE Main 2017: Admit Card, Exam Dates, Pattern, Preparation Tips

JEE Main 2017 exam is the most looked for exam among the understudies of India. JEE (Joint Entrance Examination) is a two level examination (Main and Advanced) directed by CBSE Board. Hopefuls can get confirmations in B.Tech/B.Arch programs offered by NITs, IIITs and other designing organizations through JEE Main exam while IITs offer these courses through JEE Advanced exam. JEE Main exam is additionally considered as a qualifying exam to show up JEE Advanced exam. Form correction has begin from 25th January. Competitors can check here the legitimate and point by point data of JEE Main 2017 including application form, exam dates, exam pattern, eligibility and syllabus. JEE Main 2017 online application has been shut at this point. Check more points of interest beneath.

What is New in JEE Main 2017?

• The weightage of 12th marks will not be considered for calculating JEE Main Rank from 2017.
• There is no minimum criteria for 12th percentage for appearing in JEE Main 2017 exam.
• For the candidates to qualify for the admission in the IITs/NITs/IIITs and such other CFTIs whose admissions are based on the JEE (Advanced)/JEE(Main) ranks, they should have secured at least 75% marks in the 12^th class examination, or be in the top 20 percentile in the 12th class examination conducted by the respective Boards. For SC/ST students the qualifying marks would be 65% in the 12th class examination.
• All the Indian citizen candidates should possess AADHAAR card issued by UIDAI. At the time of filling application form of JEE (Main)–2017, the candidates will have to enter their AADHAAR number, name, date of birth & gender which will be validated with the UIDAI’s data.  In case, these particulars do not match, the candidates will not be able to fill the application form for JEE (Main)–2017. Therefore, the candidates are advised to ensure that their AADHAAR card has correct details of their name, date of birth & gender as per school records. If there is some mismatch in these details, the candidates should immediately get it corrected in AADHAAR data or school records, as the case may be. (See latest notification about Aadhaar card above)

JEE Main 2017 Exam Dates

The Exam date of offline & online paper and result date for JEE Main 2017 have been released. Check dates here:

The notification for JEE Main 2017 registration was released on 18th Nov, 2016.

You can check detailed JEE Main Exam Dates 2017 here.

JEE Main 2017 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates are suggested to check the JEE Main 2017 eligibility criteria before applying:

• Age Limit: Candidate’s date of birth should fall on or after 01 October, 1992 for general candidates and 01, October 1987 for SC, ST and PwD candidates.
• Candidates appearing/passed 12^th or equivalent exam in 2015 or 2016 with PCM are eligible to apply.
• Candidates who have passed 12^th or equivalent exam in 2014 are not eligible to apply.
• Number of Subjects in 12th: Aspirants should have minimum five subjects in 12^th/qualifying examination.
• Number of Attempts: Candidate can attempt JEE Main exam three times only.
• Diploma (3 years) holders are also eligible to apply.

JEE Main 2017 Application Form

• Candidates are required to fill the JEE Main Application Form 2017 only through online process. The application form was available from 1st December 2016.
• No other modes will be entertained to fill and submit the application form.
• The last date to fill the application form was 16th January, 2017. Now, the application form has been closed.
• Candidate can submit only one application form. More than one application form filling will lead to rejection.
• There is no need to send the printed application form to the CBSE Board.

Learn How to Fill JEE Main Application Form 2017

Application Fee:

The application fee payment can be made through two modes online mode (debit/credit card) or offline mode (e-challan of Syndicate/Canara/ICICI/HDFC Bank). Application fee can be paid till 18th January 2017.

The application fee criteria of JEE Main exam is mentioned below:

JEE Main Application Form Correction:

• Candidates now have a chance to made correction in the application form.
• Changes from CBT to PBT will not be entertained during the correction.
• Correction period  has been announced from 10th December, 2016.
• Correction in particulars of application form will start from 25th January to 3rd February 2017.
• Any further corrections in application form after closing the correction period will not be entertained.
• Only selected and permitted entries may be modified.

JEE Main 2017 Exam Pattern

The JEE Main 2017 exam pattern for paper I and Paper II is given below:

JEE Main Paper I:

• Courses: It is held for engineering courses (B.Tech/BE).
• Number of Questions: It is consisted of 90 MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions).
• Subjects: The paper will be asked from subjects as Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.
• Language: Hindi, English (candidates can select while filling the application form)
• Mode: It will be commenced via both; online & offline.
• Duration: 3 hours.  (4 hours for the candidates having 40% or more disability)
• Marking Scheme: 4 marks for each correct response.
• Negative Marking: 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect response or multi-responses.

JEE Main Paper II:

• Courses: It is held for Architecture course. (B.Arch).
• Number of Questions: It is consisted of 82 questions (MCQs) out of which 30 questions from mathematics, 50 questions from aptitude test and 2 questions (descriptive) of drawing test.
• Subjects: The paper will be asked from subjects as Mathematics, Aptitude, Drawing.
• Language: Hindi, English (candidates can select while filling the application form)
• Mode: It will be commenced via offline mode.
• Duration: 3 hours. (4 hours for the candidates having 40% or more disability)
• Marking Scheme: 4 marks for each correct response (2 questions of drawing will carry 70 marks).
• Negative Marking: 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect or multi-responses.

Preparation Tips

Candidates may check the JEE Main preparation tips for scoring well in the exam. Every year a large number of candidates appear to this exam. First of all, candidates should prepare for this exam as per officially prescribed syllabus. Candidates should gather the best study materials for preparation. Also including previous years question papers in study material will get them familiar with the exam pattern and questions weightage.

JEE Main 2017 Syllabus

Before preparing for exam, candidates are advised to gather complete information regarding JEE Main Syllabus 2017. JEE Main 2017 syllabus will be composed of paper 1 and paper 2 syllabus. JEE main paper 1 will be asked for the B.Tech (Engineering) while paper 2 will be asked for architecture (B.Arch).

JEE Main Paper 1 Syllabus:

The JEE Main paper 1 will be composed of all theory topics of three subjects which are physics, chemistry and mathematics.

JEE Main Paper 2 Syllabus:

The JEE Main paper 2 has been divided into three parts i.e. mathematics, aptitude test and drawing test.