What Do You Mean By JEE Main

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JEE main is stands for to provide engineering admission through entrance exam. JEE is a Joint entrance exam.

Joint Entrance Examination main is an all India common engineering entrance examination of objective pattern which is conducted for admission in various engineering colleges and courses all over the country.

It is look upon globally as one of the most challenging engineering admission tests

JEE Main is for those candidates who wish to get into BE or B.Tech courses in the National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), other Centrally Funded Technical Institutes (CFTIs) and engineering colleges of the participating states.

Number of applicants by year:

Year No. of Students
2016 1,207,000
2015 1,300,000
2014 1,350,000
2013 1,400,000

Categories are broadly segregated as follows-
General :
SC (Scheduled Caste)
ST (Scheduled Tribes)
BC-NCL (Backward Classes if they belong to the Non-Creamy Layer)
PwD (Persons with Disability)

JEE Main exam has two papers, Paper-1 and Paper-2. Candidates may opt for either or both of them. Both papers contain multiple choice questions.

Paper 1 is for admission to B.E./B.Tech courses.

It is conducted both online and offline. Paper-2 is for admission in B.Arch and B.Planning courses.

It is conducted offline only.