JEE-Main Results: 56 Candidates Achieve Perfect Score, Cut-offs See Five-Year High

The National Testing Agency (NTA) announced the results of the JEE-Main engineering entrance exam, revealing a notable achievement with 56 candidates, including two females, securing a perfect 100 NTA score. 

This accomplishment is distributed between the January and April sessions, with 23 candidates achieving perfection in January and 33 in April.

NTA scores, which are normalized across multiple sessions, are based on the relative performance of all examinees. The marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session, as explained by a senior NTA official.

Break-up of Top Scorers:

Among the top scorers, 40 are from the general category, 10 from the OBC category, and six from the gen-EWS category. Notably, no candidates from the SC and ST categories achieved the 100 NTA score mark this year. Additionally, 39 candidates faced a three-year ban due to unfair means during the examination.

State-wise Performance:

Telangana maintains its dominance for the third consecutive year, with 15 candidates among the top scorers, followed by Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, and Delhi. Out of the 14.1 lakh candidates who appeared for the exam, nearly 96% aimed to qualify for JEE (Advanced), the entrance test for admission to the IITs and other centrally funded technical institutions.

JEE (Advanced) Cut-Off:

The cut-off marks have reached a five-year high across categories. For the general category, the qualifying percentile rose to 93.2, while for general-EWS, it increased to 81.3. The OBC category saw a rise to 79.6, and significant increases were observed for the SC and ST categories as well.

Registration for JEE (Advanced):

With 2,50,284 candidates qualifying for JEE (Advanced), registration for the exam is set to begin on April 27. Uttar Pradesh leads in the number of successful candidates, followed by Maharashtra and Telangana. Around 17,385 undergraduate seats across the IITs will be available for admission through JEE (Advanced).

Following is the list of 10 candidates along with their home state who received 100 NTA Score: in Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.):

• Gajare Nilkrishna Nirmalkumar of Maharashtra
• Dakshesh Sanjay Mishra of Maharashtra
• Aarav Bhatt of Haryana
• Aaditya Kumar of Rajasthan
• Hundekar Vidith of Telangana
• Muthavarapu Anoop of Telangana
• Venkata Sai Teja Madineni of Telangana
• Chintu Sateesh Kumar of Andhra Pradesh
• Reddi Anil of Telangana
• Aryan Prakash of Maharashtra