JEE Main 2018 Exam Date, Pattern, Application Form, Eligibility

JEE Main 2018 Exam date

JEE (Joint Entrance Exam ) Main 2018

JEE (Joint Entrance Exam ) Main 2018 Examination Programme has released by the CBSE Central Board of Secondary Education This Joint Entrance Exam Main will be commence on 8th April, 2018.Candidates can apply for JEE Main 2018 through Online mode only. So candidates must apply online through the official website www.jeemain.nic.in according to exam schedule of CBSE. There will not be any hard copy of Application form for the JEE Main Exam 2018 by the authority.
JEE Main 2018 Exam will be conducted in two papers and duration 3 hours. This exam Centres are in all metro cities and towns of India as well as some aboard. Students who are waiting for JEE Main 2018 must check eligibility criteria such as age, year of appearing in qualifying exam, number of attempts before applying, JEE (Joint Entrance Exam ) Main 2018 is a top level entrance examination for Engineering of India.

Candidates can get admission to B.Tech,/BE/B.Arch courses in NIT,IIT and other Indian engineering colleges through JEE Main and IIT conducted JEE Advance Exam for admission to above courses.JEE Main Exam will be considered eligible to appear in JEE Advanced  Examination. Candidates get complete details of JEE Main 2018 exam date, Application form, Admit Card, Exam Result, Cutoff, eligibility, Exam Pattern syllabus etc. from this page given below.

Impression- JEE Main 2018 Exam Date has notification by CBSE. The Joint Entrance Exam Main will be commence on 8th April, 2018

Important Date of JEE (Joint Entrance Exam ) Main 2018

SL EVENT DATE
01 JEE Main 2018 notification published on 1st week of Dec, 2017
02 Application form available online on 1st week of Dec, 2017
03 JEE Main 2018 Pen & Paper based exam
(Offline mode) on
8th April 2018 (announced)

Mode of Examination:
The Paper-1(B.E. / B. Tech.)(Described below) of JEE (Main) will be conducted in two separate modes i.e. Offline (Pen and Paper Based Examination) mode and Online (Computer Based Examination) mode.
The Paper-2 (B. Arch. / B. Planning.) of JEE (Main) will be conducted only in Pen and Paper based examination mode. A candidate will opt for either Pen and Paper Based or Computer Based examination modes for Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) only.

Type of Examination:
JEE (Main) – 2018 shall have two papers, Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.) and Paper-2 (B. Arch./B. Planning.). Candidates may take Paper-1 (B. E./B. Tech.), or Paper-2 (B. Arch./B. Planning.), or both as per the course(s)they are seeking admission to. Subject combinations for each paper, type of questions in each paper and mode of examination available is given in the table below.

Type of Examination JEE (Main) – 2018

Eligibility for appearing in JEE (Main) – 2017

Date of Birth Only those candidates whose date of birth falls on or after October 01, 1992 are eligible. However, in the case of Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Persons with Disabilities (PwD) candidates, upper age limit is relaxed by 5 years, i.e. SC, ST and PwD candidates who are born on or after October 01, 1987 are eligible. Date of birth as recorded in the Secondary Education Board/University certificate will only be considered.

Year of Appearance in Qualifying Examination (QE) Only those candidates who have passed their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2015 or2016; or those who are appearing in their Class 12th Exam or any equivalent qualifying examination in 2017 are eligible to appear in JEE(Main)- 2017. Candidates who passed Class 12th/Qualifying examination in 2014 or before as well as those who will appear in such examination in 2018 or later are not eligible to appear in JEE (Main) – 2017. Candidates who appeared in class 12th/equivalent qualifying Examinations in 2014, did not pass in 2014, but passed in 2015 are also not eligible to appear in JEE (Main) 2017.

Number of subjects in the Qualifying Examination (QE) Candidates must have taken at least five subjects in class 12th / qualifying examination in order to be eligible for writing JEE (Main) – 2017. The candidates who have taken four subjects are not permitted to write JEE (Main)2017and if such candidates appear in JEE(Main) 2017 by furnishing wrong information, their rank/result will not be declared.

Number of Attempts
The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) shall be limited to 03(three). CANDIDATES ARE ALSO ADVISED TO NOTE AND VERIFY FOR THEMSELVES THE ELIGIBILITY FOR APPEARING IN JEE(ADVANCED) – 2018 AS WELL AS ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION TO VARIOUS INSTITUTES. BEING ELIGIBLE TO WRITE JEE (Main) AND BY OBTAINING AN ALL INDIA RANK IN JEE (Main), A CANDIDATE DOES NOT AUTOMATICALLY BECOME ELIGIBLE FOR ADMISSION. CANDIDATES SEEKING ADMISSION TO THE INSTITUTIONS IN THE STATES OF GUJARAT MADHYA PRADESHNAGALAND AND ODISHA, WHICH WERE EARLIER ADMITTING BASED ON THEIR STATE LEVEL EXAMINATION, ARE ALSO ADVISED TO VERIFY THEIR ELIGIBILITY AS PER CRITERIA LAID DOWN BY THESE STATE GOVERMENTS.

No. of Attempts and Age limit for the states of Madhya Pradesh and Odisha: Since the states of Madhya Pradesh, Nagaland and Odisha have joined JEE (Main) system from 2014. The age limit, for admission to institutions in these states which were earlier admitting candidates based on their state level examinations, will be as per their past practice only. The number of attempts in such cases will also remain same as per their past practice. This will however be obviously not applicable for admission to IITs/NITs/IIITs/CFTIs.

Score and Result for JEE (Main) – 2017
The score and rank of Paper-I of JEE (Main) – 2018 for all candidates will be declared by  April 2018. This score shall comprise the actual marks obtained in Paper-I of JEE (Main) – 2017 along with the status of those who qualify for appearing in JEE (Advanced) – 2017 provided and subject to other conditions of eligibility being met. The rank shall comprise All India rank and All India category rank.
Only the All India Rank (AIR) is used for admissions through Central Seat Allocation Board to NITs/IIITs/CFTIs/SFIs/Others, while other ranks are for information purposes.
No score/rank card will be dispatched to the candidates and the candidates are advised to download their score/rank cards from the JEE (Main) website http://jeemain.nic.in only. In case of a tie, i.e. when two or more candidates obtain equal marks, inter-se merit of such candidates shall be decided in the order mentioned on next page:

Instructions for Pen and Paper Based Examination

1. Five minutes before the commencement of the paper the candidate will be asked to break / open the seal of the Test Booklet. He/She will take out the Answer Sheet carefully. The candidate should check carefully that the Test Booklet Code printed on Side-2 of the Answer Sheet is the same as printed on the Test Booklet. In case of discrepancy, the candidate should immediately report the matter to the Invigilator for replacement of both the Test Booklet and the Answer Sheet.
2. Candidate will then write particulars with Blue/Black ball point pen only on both the sides of the Answer Sheet. Use of pencil is strictly prohibited. If one uses the pencil, his/her answer sheet will be rejected and no correspondence will be entertained in this regard. After completing this step, the candidates will wait for the instruction by the invigilator.

3. The test will start exactly at the time mentioned in the Admit Card and an announcement to this effect will be made by the invigilator.
4. The test will be of 3 hrs duration
5. The test paper will be consisting questions of Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics and all questions will have equal weight age.
6. There will be three parts in the question paper consisting of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics having equal weight age.
7. Each question is allotted 4 (four) marks for the correct response. ¼ (one fourth) marks i.e. one mark will be deducted for indicating incorrect response of each question. No deduction from the total score will be made if no response is indicated for a question.
8. There is only one correct response for each question out of four responses given. In case, the candidate darkens more than one response for a question, one mark will be deducted. November 10, 2016

9. During the examination time, the invigilator will check Admit Card of the candidate to satisfy himself/herself about the identity of each candidate. The invigilator will also put his / her signatures in the place provided in the Answer Sheet on Side-1.
10. The Ball Pens will be supplied to the candidates in the examination hall so they should not bring any type of Pen/Ball Pens with them.
11. A signal will be given at the beginning of the examination and at half-time. A signal will also be given before the closing time when the candidate must stop marking the responses.
12. The candidate will check that the Test-booklet contains as many numbers of pages as are written on the top of the first page of the Test Booklet. The candidates should also verify the serial number and series of the Test Booklet with the serial number and series of OMR sheet. In case of any variation, the Test Booklet and OMR sheet should be immediately returned to the invigilator for the replacement with another set of same series available in the examination hall/centre.
13. The candidates must sign twice on the Attendance Sheet at the appropriate place. Firstly, immediately after commencement of the Examination and for the second time while handing over the Answer Sheet to the Invigilator. The candidates are also required to put their left hand thumb impression in the space provided in the Attendance Sheet.
14. The candidates are governed by all Rules and Regulations of the Board with regard to their conduct in the Examination Hall. All cases of unfair means will be dealt with as per rules.

 

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