NTA JEE Main 2020: The online registration for the Joint Entrance Examinations (JEE Main 2020) has started from today onward (September 3,2019).
The National Testing Agency has changed the exam pattern of JEE Main 2020 and from now onwards instead of two exams one for admission to BArch and other for BTech, there will be one more exam for admission to BPlan or Bachelors in Planning.
The BPlan has been approved by the JEE Apex Board (JAB).
JEE Main will be held from January 6 to 11, while the second examination is scheduled to be conducted from April 3 to 9, 2020.
The candidates who want to apply can directly visit to its official website, jeemain.nic.in till September 30, 2019.
JEE Main 2020: Eligibility criteria
BTech :
A score of at least 75% in class 12 board exams or a place among the top 20 percentile of the Boards is required to be eligible for JEE main or advanced.
For candidates of the SC and ST categories this has been lowered to 65%.
Candidates should have mathematics as compulsory subject along with one of the Chemistry/Biotechnology/Biology/ Technical Vocational subject.
BArch :
Candidates must have 50% marks in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics and also 50% marks in aggregate of the qualifying examination.
B.Planning :
The candidates should have passed the qualifying examination with 50 % marks in Mathematics and 50% marks in aggregate of the qualifying examination. This means candidates having commerce or Arts with Maths are also applicable to apply.
Changes made in JEE 2020 :
- The number of questions to be asked in the exam has been reduced from 30 to 25
- Out of the 25 questions 20 will be based on multiple-type questions a total of 5 questions will be asked in numerical type.
- There will be equal weightage to mathematics, physics and chemistry.
- Each question will be for four marks and for objective type questions, one mark will be deducted for every wrong answer while for numerical-type questions there will be no negative marking.
- Aptitude test will be of 200 marks. In the drawing test for BArch which was 100 marks used to have three questions and will now have only 2 questions.
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