JEE Mains 2020 January Session entrance test will be conducted from 6th to 9th January 2020. The April Session exam will be held from 3rd to 9th April 2020.

Check the complete NTA JEE Main Exam pattern provided below, before starting your exam preparation:

• Exam Mode: The entrance test will be organized in online CBT mode. However, the drawing test of Paper II (B.Arch) will be only held in offline mode.
• Number of Papers: The entrance exam will be held in two papers : Paper I and Paper II. Paper I will be held for admission into B.E/B.Tech programme. Paper II will be held for admission into B.Arch and B.Plan programmes.
• Type of Questions: The questions in both the papers will be of objective type. As per new changes, the paper will also have questions in which answers are to be filled as numerical values. The drawing test of B.Arch paper will be of subjective type.
• Total Marks: Paper of B.E/ B.Tech will be of total 300 marks. While, B.Arch/ B.Plan will be of total 400 marks. Number of Questions: Paper of B.E/ B.Tech will consists of total 75 questions. B.Arch paper will have total of 77 questions and B.Plan paper will have total of 100 questions.
• Marking Scheme: 4 marks will be given for every correct answer. 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer. Language Medium: The question paper will be available in English, Hindi, Gujarati & some other state languages.
• Time Duration: The time duration to complete the paper will be of 3 hours. Extra time of 1 hour will be provided to candidates with 40% disability (PwD candidates).

General Eligibility:

• Qualifying Exam: Applying candidate must have passed 10+2 level exam or its equivalent in 2018 or 2019 from a recognized board or university. Appearing Candidates: Candidates who are appearing in class 12th exam can also apply.
• Diploma Holders: Candidates who are holding diploma can also apply for admissions only in IITs.
• Qualifying Subjects: For B.E/B.tech, candidate in their 12th level must have passed with at least of five subjects with Physics and Mathematics as compulsory subjects along with Biology, Chemistry, Biotechnology or any other technical vocational. For B.Arch: Students must have passed 12th level with Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry subjects.
• For B.Plan: For B.Planning, students must have passed their 12th level with Mathematics subject.
• Age Criterion: There is no age limit prescribed to apply for JEE Main 2020.
• Total Attempts: There will be no attempt limit.
• Institutions wise Eligibility: To get admission into IITs. NITs, CFTIs and other institutions through CSAB, students have secured 75% (For ST/SC 65%) marks or must be under top 20 percentile in 12th level exams.
• On the basis of All India Rank of the candidate secured in the test, admission will be provided.

JEE Main 2020 New Changes Introduced

• From the year 2020, the exam will be conducted separately for BE/B.Tech, B.Arch & Planning courses. Candidates can appear for all the courses or separately.
• Application Fee has been increased as compared to last year. It can be paid through online mode.
• Changes in Exam pattern: New changes have been introduced in the exam pattern of JEE Main 2020. The number of questions in the exam paper has been decreased to 25 questions (per subject) on comparison to last year (30 questions). Also, besides the MCQs in the paper there will be questions whose answers are to be filled as numerical values.
• From this year, the paper pattern of B.Plan has been separately introduced in JEE Main.
• From 2019 onwards, National Testing Agency (NTA) is given the responsibility to conduct the entrance exams of JEE Main.
• NTA JEE Main 2020 will be conducted twice every year in the months of January & April in online CBT mode.
• The age limit to apply for JEE Mains has been removed. Now candidates fulfilling the eligibility criterion can apply for the exam irrespective of their age.
• For JEE Main Paper 2 (B.Arch/B.Plan), it is mandatory for the candidates to have Physics, Mathematics and Chemistry subjects.
• Aadhar card is not mandatory to apply for JEE Mains 2020 entrance exams.
• Candidates appearing among the top 2,45,000 qualified students will be eligible to appear for JEE Advanced.
• NTA has set up more than 3400 Practice centers in the country for the preparation of the students.