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JEE Main 2019: Check Expected Cut-off for JEE Advanced, Top 2.45 lakh
candidates to be shortlisted

By Rahul Tamar

Apr 11, 2019 14:30 IST

In order to implement the newly introduced 10 percent quota for students belonging to
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Category, the number of eligible candidates for JEE
Advanced 2019 has been increased to 2, 45, 000. The April session of JEE Main 2019 is
being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) from April 7 to 12 (excluding April
11) at 470 centres. As per the information shared by the national testing agency, 9, 35, 741
candidates registered for Paper 1 of JEE Main 2019. The morning and evening shifts of JEE
Main 2019 exam has been successfully concluded on first 4 days (April 7, 8, 9 & 10). As we
all know the January session of JEE Main 2019 was successfully concluded from 8th to 12th
January. Candidates who appeared for JEE Main 2019 in January or April session (or both)
curiously want to know the answers to the following queries:

 How will NTA prepare merit list for JEE Main 2019 as the exam conducted in two
sessions?
 What will be the minimum marks required in JEE Main 2019 to qualify for JEE
Advanced 2019?
 Is the JEE Main cut off expected to dip this year?

JEE Main 2019 Paper I (April 10, 9 & 8, All Shifts): Analysis, Students Reaction –
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JEE Main 2019: Merit List

This time, the National Testing Agency (NTA) will follow normalization procedure based on
percentile score in JEE Main 2019. NTA will consider better of the two NTA Scores of all
candidates who appeared in Jan 2019 and April 2019 examinations. Students can check the
complete normalization procedure with the help of the link provided below:

JEE Main 2019: Merit List to be based on Normalized/Percentile Score

JEE Main 2019: Expected Qualifying Marks for JEE Advanced 2019

To determine shortlisted candidates for JEE Advanced 2019, the JEE Main appearing
candidates should score more than the minimum qualifying marks. Let’s know about the
factors that will affect the JEE Main 2019 cut-off this year.

1. Difficulty Level of Question Paper:

The most important factor having an immediate effect on JEE Main cut off marks is level of
difficulty in JEE Main question paper. Therefore, we can estimate if the level of difficulty for
JEE Main is high then, the cut off marks will be low. As per students feedback who appeared

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 in January and April session, the the level of difficulty for JEE Main Question Paper 2019 is
same as previous years.

2. Number of Applicants for JEE Main:

One of the biggest factors that affect the cut off marks of JEE Main is the number of students
applying and appearing for the exam. An increased number of candidates for JEE Main can
result in high cut off for the year and vice versa. As for JEE Main 2019, the number of
applicants has decreased by 5-8% as compared to last year. Therefore, we can expecta fall in
JEE Main cut off marks due to relatively less competition.

JEE Main 2019 Paper I: Memory Based Questions and Topics (April 9 & 8, All Shifts)

3. Number of Candidates for JEE Advanced 2019:

In order to implement the newly introduced 10 percent quota for students belonging to
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Category, approximately 25 per cent seats will be
added to ensure that the reservation does not disturb the existing quota for SC, ST and other
categories, as mentioned bythe Union HRD Minister Mr. PrakashJavdekar. As a result of this
decision, the number of eligible candidates has been increased to 2, 45, 000. Last year, only
2.24 lakh candidates were eligible to appear for the next stage i.e., JEE Advanced. Therefore,
due to increase in the number of candidates to be shortlisted for JEE Advanced, the cutoff
marks of JEE Main can be low in comparison with last year.

Check category-wise distribution of top 2, 45, 000 candidates of JEE Main 2019 from the
table given below:

Category Number of “Top” candidates

OPEN 108229
113925
OPEN-PwD 5696
GEN-EWS 9310
9800
GEN-EWS-PwD 490
OBC-NCL 62843
66150
OBC-NCL-PwD 3307
SC 34913
36750
SC-PwD 1837
ST 17456
18375
ST-PwD 919

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4. Previous year’s cut off for JEE Main:

After analysing the cut off trends of JEE Main in previous years, we can see that the cut off
marks have fluctuated a lot. The minimum cut off marks for JEE Main 2017 was 81 marks
for general category students. On the other hand, the JEE Main 2018 cut off was dropped by
3 marks. Thus, the JEE Main cut-off is dropping year by year.

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 JEE Main Cut off Trends for past years –

Category 2018 2017 2016 2015

General 74 81 100 105
OBC-NCL 45 49 70 70
SC 29 32 52 50
ST 24 27 48 44

Considering all these factors as mentioned above and by looking at the previous years’ cut off
marks of JEE Main, we can determine the expected JEE Main cut off as under –

JEE Main 2019: Expected Cut-off Marks

Category JEE Main 2019 Expected cut-off

General 72-76
OBC – Non-Creamy
43-47
Layer
SC 27-31
ST 22-26

Conclusion:

This is only the expected JEE Main 2019 cut-off or qualifying marks to qualify for JEE
Advanced 2019. But for getting admission into their favourite NITs, IIITs, CFTIs, students
will have to score high rank in JEE Main 2019.

JEE Main 2019 Paper I: Check how to

secure good rank to qualify for JEE
Advanced
By Rahul Tomar

Apr 9, 2019 09:32 IST

Today is the second day of JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 of April session. Students who only want
to qualify for JEE Advanced 2019, need to solve 30 questions correctly in JEE Main 2019
April exam. Check the strategy and planning to secure good rank.

JEE Main 2019

A total of 90 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) from Maths, Physics and Chemistry will be
asked in JEE Main 2019 April exam. For each correct answer, candidates will be awarded 4
marks, while for every question which is attempted incorrectly, 1 mark will be deducted from
the total score. As per the analysis of previous years’ cut-off of JEE Main, appearing
candidates need to attempt only 30 questions correctly in April exam to qualify for JEE

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 Advanced 2019. If any student solves 30 questions correctly, then he/she can easily qualify to
appear for JEE Advanced 2019.

JEE Main 2019 Paper II Concludes: Detailed Analysis, Review & Students’ Feedback -
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JEE Main 2019 Paper I to start from today, check updates and details here

Let’s check how it can be possible.

First we go through the minimum marks required to qualify for JEE Advanced over the last
years.

Year Category JEE Main Qualifying Marks

General 74
OBC – NCL 45
2018
SC 29
ST 24
General 81
OBC – NCL 49
2017
SC 32
ST 27
General 100
OBC – NCL 70
2016
SC 52
ST 48
General 105
OBC – NCL 70
2015
SC 50
ST 44

From the above table it can be easily concluded that the minimum marks required to qualify
for JEE Advanced is increasing year by year. In 2015, the minimum marks required to
qualify for JEE Advanced was 105 for general category students. To get 105 students needed
to solve 27 questions only. As per experts, the minimum qualifying marks required in JEE
Main 2019 to qualify for JEE Advanced can’t be more than 100. Therefore, if students solve
30 questions correctly then they can easily qualify for JEE Advanced 2019.

Appearing candidates can go through the list of important chapters of Physics, Chemistry and
Mathematics which will help them to solve 30 questions correctly in JEE Main 2019 April
exam.

Subject Important Chapters

 Modern Physics
 Heat and Thermodynamics
Physics  Optics
 Current Electricity
 Electrostatics

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  Magnetics

 Transition Elements and Coordination Chemistry

 Periodic table and Representative Elements
 Thermodynamics And Gaseous State
 Atomic Structure
Chemistry  Chemical Bonding
 Chemical And Ionic Equilibrium
 Solid State And Surface Chemistry
 Nuclear Chemistry And Environment

 Coordinate Geometry
 Limits, Continuity and Differentiability
 Integral Calculus
 Complex numbers and Quadratic Equation
Mathematics  Matrices and Determinants
 Statistics and Probability
 Three Dimensional Geometry
 Vector Algebra

Conclusion:

Only those candidates who don’t want to take admission in any other college other than IITs,
can use this concept in upcoming JEE Main 2019. The target of solving 30 correct questions
will provide a plenty of time for candidates to attempt JEE Main Question Paper 20

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