JEE Main 2026: Preparation Tips & Study Plan
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Dear Aspirant,
First of all JEE Mains exam is based on percentile and not percentage. To get a good college you need to aim for at least 98 percentile. But yes to be eligible for JEE Mains you need to get minimum 75% in your Board exam. If you belong to SC/ST category then you need to score only 65% in your board exams to be eligible to give this exam.
I am providing you some links which will definitely help you to prepare for this competitive exam.
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-preparation-tips
https://learn.careers360.com/engineering/jee-main-preparation-material/
I hope I have helped.
ALL THE BEST
Below are the last year's category wise cutoff percentile in JEE Mains to qualify for JEE Advanced-
Category
Cutoff
Common Rank List (CRL)
90.3765335
GEN-EWS
70.2435518
Other Backward Classes (OBC-NCL)
72.8887969
Scheduled Caste (SC)
50.1760245
Scheduled Tribe (ST)
39.0696101
pwd - 0.0618524
Expected Cutoff marks for JEE Mains 2021 :
90- 95
70- 75
50- 55
40- 45
PwD
1-2
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff#Previous-Years-Cutoff-of-JEE-Main
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-cutoff#Types-of-JEE-Main-Cutoff-2021
Careers360 Mock test for JEE Mains-
https://learn.careers360.com/knockoutfull-jee-main-april/
Some tips for JEE Mains :
https://engineering.careers360.com/articles/jee-main-preparation-tips-toppers
Hope this helps.All the best!!!!
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