The National Testing Agency has announced the JEE Main Exam Date on the official website. The dates are also available on the twitter handle of HRD Ministry. The examination will be conducted now in September the first week, the exam was earlier scheduled in January but could not be conducted citing the COVID pandemic.
JEE Main Exam Date
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The JEE Mains Exam Date has been rescheduled for 2020, the exam which was scheduled for April was rescheduled for July and then again for September 2020. The decision related to the JEE Main is taken by the Union Ministry of HRD. The ministry has assured that the exams will be conducted keeping in mind the safety norms. The students who attend the JEE Mains Exam can take admission in any of the National Institute of Technology. The students who wish to take admission in IITs have to appear for JEE Advanced.
Summary of JEE Main Exam Date
| Summary | Details |
| Recruiting Organisation | National Testing Agency |
| Notified Exam | JEE Mains |
| Notification Date | 07 February 2020- 12 March 2020 |
| Application correction window | 04 July 2020- 12 July 2020 |
| Application Process | Online |
| Latest Exam Dates | Earlier- July 2020 Computer Based Test- 01 September 2020 to 20 September 2020 |
| Total colleges participating | Top National Institute of Technology participate |
| Qualification | The candidate needs to have completed his Class XII with first division from a recognised educational board. The candidate needs to complete his class XII with Physics, Chemistry and Maths. |
| Selection process | Computer Based Test Personal Interview and Counselling |
| Official notification | Read here |
| Official Website | Click Here |
How to check the JEE Main Exam Date?
JEE Main Exam Date has been announced by the HRD minister on his twitter handle. The examination was scheduled for April 2020 but it was delayed due to COVID-19. The JEE Main Exam Date was announced earlier for July 2020 but the exam has to be further postponed due to the ongoing pandemic. As per sources, the exams have been announced for September 2020. The JEE Main Admit Card for the online test will be available on the official website of NTA 15 days before the examination. The students should keep a regular tab on the official website regarding more updates of the JEE Main Exam date.
The candidates can follow the below steps to download the admit card whenever it is available:
- Visit the official website of NTA
- Click on the JEE Main section,
- Visit the flash link of the JEE Main Exam Date.
- Check the latest exam dates as available on the website. OR
- Follow the official twitter handle of HRD Minister.
- All the latest exam dates are available on the official website.
Revised JEE Main Exam Date
The HRD Minister, Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announces the JEE Main Exam Date on his twitter handle and on the official website of National Testing Agency. The revised JEE Main Exam Date is present in the table below:
| Important Timeline | Previous Dates | Major dates |
| Fee payment | 7th February to 12th March 2020 | 7th February to 12th March 2020 |
| Correction in particulars | 13th March to 16th March 2020 | 13th March to 16th March 2020 |
| Last date for application submission | 12th March 2020 | 12th March 2020 |
| Application correction re-open | June 2020 | 4th – 20th July 2020 |
| Releasing of admit card | July 2020 | August 2020 |
| Exam date | 18 July 2020 20 July 2020 21 July 2020, 22 July 2020 23 Jul 2020 | 1st – 6th September 2020 |
| Answer key release | August 2020 | September 2020 |
| Answer key objection window | August 2020- September 2020 | September 2020 – October 2020 |
| Final Result announcement | September 2020 | September 2020 |
| Counselling starts | October 2020 | October 2020 |
JEE Main Exam Pattern
The JEE Main Exam Pattern has been declared by the National Testing Agency, the exam is conducted for three courses viz B.Tech, B.Arch and B. Planning. The minutes of the JEE Main Exam Pattern is as follows:
- The exam will be conducted online for the B. Tech while it will be conducted in paper-based form for the B. Arch and B. Planning,
- The language of the examination will be conducted in English, Hindi, and all other official state languages.
- 20 Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)
- 5 Questions with an answer as a numerical value
- +4 marks will be awarded for the correct answer
- -1 marks will be deducted for each incorrect MCQ
- No marks will be deducted for the incorrect answers of the objective answer.
B.Tech
| Subjects | No of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time duration |
| Mathematics | 25(20+5) | 100 | 3 hours or total 180 minutes |
| Physics | 25(20+5) | 100 | |
| Chemistry | 25(20+5) | 100 | |
| Total | 75 | 300 |
B.Arch
Subjects | No of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time duration |
| Mathematics | 25(20+5) | 100 | 3 hours or total 180 minutes |
| Aptitude | 50 | 200 | |
| Drawing Exam | 2 | 100, 50 marks each | |
| Total | 72 | 400 |
B. Planning
| Subjects | No of Questions | Maximum Marks | Time duration |
| Mathematics | 25(20+5) | 100 | 3 hours or total 180 minutes |
| Aptitude | 50 | 200 | |
| Drawing Exam | 2 | 100 | |
| Total | 72 | 400 |
Recommended Books for JEE Main
The books recommended for the preparation of JEE Mains for all the three subjects are as follows:
| Subjects | Recommended Books |
| Mathematics | NCERT Physics for class 11th and 12th Concepts of Physics Vol I and II by H.C. Verma Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Walker |
| Chemistry | NCERT Chemistry for class 11th and 12th Numerical Chemistry by P. Bahadur Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee Organic Chemistry by Morrison & Boyd |
| Physics | NCERT Maths for class 11th and 12th Trigonometry by S. L. Loney Mathematics by R D Sharma for class 11th and 12th Higher Algebra by Hall & Knight Problems in Calculus of One Variable by I.A. Maron |
JEE Main Admit Card
The NTA will release the JEE Main Admit Card when the dates for the examination is been finalized by the agency. The HRD ministry has notified that the JEE Main will be conducted in September first week, hence the JEE Main Admit Card will be released on the official website of NTA. The NTA will release the official JEE Main Admit Card as soon as the lockdown eases, the notice was scheduled to be released in July 2020. JEE Mains Hall Ticket will be available for all the candidates who will fill the form of JEE Mains 2020, the hall ticket will be available soon.
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