JEE main 2017: Cut-off goes low, see what you need to qualify for JEE advanced
JEE Main 2017 results: The percentage is calculated from the marks scored divided by the total marks and multiplied by 100
JEE Main 2017 results: Students were greeted with a pleasant surprise as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) declared the JEE Main 2017 results today and the cut-off for JEE advanced was unexpectedly low this year. The Joint Entrance Exam 2017 main were held in April 2, 8 and 9, this year. The cut-off for the general category is 81, which brings a twist in prior predictions which believed the cut-off would be between 95 to 105 this year.
JEE Main 2017 results: . About 2.2 lakh candidates will qualify for the JEE Advanced 2017
“The cut off was low this year due to the level of difficulty of the mathematics paper,” says Venkat Ramana, JEE exam head of TIME Hyderabad. This year, the JEE main score will not be determined on the basis of the class 12 board marks. The eligibility for JEE advanced will completely be dependent on the JEE main score and rank.
Last year, the JEE main cut-off was 100 and OBC, SC and ST categories was at 70, 52 and 48 respectively. The cut-off in 2015 was 105 for general category candidates and for OBC, SC and ST category candidates it was 70, 50 and 44 respectively.
About 10.20 lakh students participated in the JEE main exam this year. On the basis of JEE Main rankings, about 2.20 lakh top scorers will be given chance to appear in JEE Advanced 2017. The qualified candidates have to get registered in JEE Advanced.
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and will consists of 90 questions on physics, chemistry and mathematics. MCQs are asked in JEE Main and descriptive questions are asked in CBSE Class 12th Board Exam. There is no negative marking for class 12th board exams whereas incorrect questions attract negative marking in JEE Main.
JEE Main 2017 Results with AIR
Latest Update :
- JEE Main 2017 Results along with AIRs will be published on 27 April. The link will be activated here.
- JEE Advanced Registration will start from 28 April 2017.
How to check JEE Main 2017 Results?
Checking your JEE Main Result seems like a bit hectic specifically after the declaration of result on JEE main portal. But do not worry and just keep in touch with our website for regular updates about JEE Main 2017 Result. The following are some basic details you need to keep in mind to view your JEE Main Result.
In order to check the results, candidates should follow the steps listed below:
- Go to the official website, jeemain.nic.in
- Click on the link, ‘JEE (Main) 2017’
- Enter the roll number and date of birth
- Click to submit
- Results will be displayed
- Download the copy of Result and save it for future reference.
Note: CBSE will announce the all India rank or Jee Main result 2017 (paper 1) score of top 220000 candidates. Following will be eligible to appear in Jee Advanced exam for IITs.
Score & Result For JEE MAIN – 2017
After the result declaration, the data is submitted to the concerned state government/institute or SEAT ALLOCATION BOARD for Seat allotment Process and admission procedure.
The secretariat (JEE Main) does not collect the information regarding the availability of seats in the institutions and reservation criteria followed by the institutions.
For any admission related queries, the candidates are advised to refer to JoSAA website http://josaa.nic.in.
While selecting the candidates from the final list after advanced, the following order will be followed:
JEE Mains is the foremost exam for engineering entrance in India. It is also the first stage exam which caters to IIT aspirants in the country.
Nearly 15 lakhs students appear in this examination and out of which only 1.5 lakhs (approx.) clear this examination.
JEE Main 2017: Important Dates
- Answer Keys & OMR sheet display: 3rd-4th week of April 2017
- Challenge against answer keys to be accepted from: 4th week of April 2017
- JEE Main 2017 – Results: April 27th, 2017
- Declaration of All India Ranks (AIR): 3rd week of June 2017
JEE Main 2017 Expected Cut off Marks
The average cut-off marks for this exam is between 105 and 120 out of 360. Any aspirant who gets more than 150 is sure to get a seat in various NITs in the country.
JEE Main 2017 Cut-Off along with the result will be declared in the last week of April 2017. The Central Board of 
Secondary Education is the main conducting authority of the JEE Main 2017 examination. This exam will be conducted for those aspirants seeking admission in top engineering institutions of the country. On the basis of cut-off marks students will get admission in various government and private institutions. Here in this article, we are providing details regarding JEE Main Cut-Off 2017.
| Category | Expected Cut-off |
| General | 98 |
| OBC-NCL | 68 |
| SC | 50 |
| ST | 46 |
We have also provided the cut off of previous years to help the students to get an overview of the cutoff marks they can expect for JEE Main 2017. The JEE Main 2017 Cut off is also the minimum cutoff that is required to be eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2017. In the year 2016, about 12 lakh candidates appeared for the JEE Main and Nearly 2 lakh candidates cleared the JEE Main 2016.
JEE Main Previous Years Cut-Off
| Category | 2016 Cut off score | 2015 Cut off score | 2014 Cut off score |
| General | 100 | 105 | 115 |
| OBC-NCL | 70 | 70 | 74 |
| SC | 52 | 50 | 53 |
| ST | 48 | 44 | 47 |
Opening and Closing Rank of NITs
| S no. | Name of Institutes | 2016 | 2015 | ||
| Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | ||
| 1 | NIT Arunachal Pradesh | 39 | 215470 | 49 | 641665 |
| 2 | NIT Agartala | 36 | 282713 | 184 | 368499 |
| 3 | NIT Allahabad | 4 | 28453 | 17 | 30358 |
| 4 | NIT Bhopal | 6 | 27275 | 9 | 34020 |
| 5 | NIT Calicut | 11 | 28679 | 4 | 35656 |
| 6 | NIT Delhi | 58 | 19138 | 163 | 30635 |
| 7 | NIT Durgapur | 69 | 45159 | 47 | 76633 |
| 8 | NIT Goa | 164 | 83915 | 248 | 65205 |
| 9 | NIT Hamirpur | 54 | 87902 | 3 | 117379 |
| 10 | NIT Jaipur | 8 | 27987 | 3 | 32897 |
| 11 | NIT Jalandhar | 40 | 71301 | 57 | 161495 |
| 12 | NIT Jamshedpur | 57 | 35764 | 22 | 35666 |
| 13 | NIT Kurukshetra | 35 | 29806 | 70 | 40268 |
| 14 | NIT Meghalaya | 423 | 122673 | 376 | 96527 |
| 15 | NIT Mizoram | 159 | 1074213 | 869 | 1097535 |
| 16 | NIT Manipur | 18 | 459666 | 943 | 610201 |
| 17 | NIT Nagpur | 391 | 32360 | 3 | 66911 |
| 18 | NIT Nagaland | 12 | 42185 | 509 | 92967 |
| 19 | NIT Patna | 23 | 7891 | 35 | 91833 |
| 20 | NIT Puducherry | 182 | 143596 | 118 | 129512 |
| 21 | NIT Raipur | 26 | 90465 | 35 | 109465 |
| 22 | NIT Rourkela | 15 | 71467 | 14 | 354157 |
| 23 | NIT Surat | 13 | 55666 | 46 | 493044 |
| 24 | NIT Srinagar | 74 | 252451 | 181 | 393113 |
| 25 | NIT Sikkim | 169 | 979418 | 309 | 1175666 |
| 26 | NIT Silchar | 785 | 58691 | 186 | 64910 |
| 27 | NIT Surathkal | 4 | 32588 | 15 | 43354 |
| 28 | NIT Tiruchirappalli | 57 | 26489 | 5 | 27085 |
| 29 | NIT Uttarakhand | 264 | 56366 | 226 | 97362 |
| 30 | NIT Warangal | 5 | 29270 | 3 | 25741 |
| 31 | NIT Andhra Pradesh | 105 | 37051 | – | – |
Opening and Closing Rank of IITs:
| S no. | Name of Institutes | 2016 | 2015 | |||
| Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |||
| 1 | IIT Bombay | 1 | 4880 | 1 | 4564 | |
| 2 | IIT Bhubaneshwar | 22 | 8482 | 38 | 7352 | |
| 3 | IIT (BHU) Varanasi | 1 | 9873 | 13 | 4706 | |
| 4 | IIT Delhi | 1 | 5431 | 5 | 4706 | |
| 5 | IIT Gandhinagar | 1 | 6869 | 154 | 7024 | |
| 6 | IIT Guwahati | 1396 | 27928 | 9 | 6859 | |
| 7 | IIT Hyderabad | 3 | 6844 | 108 | 5862 | |
| 8 | IIT Indore | 10 | 7732 | 27 | 4250 | |
| 9 | IIT Jodhpur | 31 | 6006 | 392 | 5345 | |
| 10 | IIT Kanpur | 1 | 7469 | 6 | 5942 | |
| 11 | IIT Madras | 1 | 9353 | 12 | 7963 | |
| 12 | IIT Mandi | 56 | 7124 | 329 | 6313 | |
| 13 | IIT Palakkad | 33 | 8648 | 83 | 7330 | |
| 14 | IIT Patna | 23 | 7891 | 41 | 6949 | |
| 15 | IIT Roorkee | 1 | 10422 | 11 | 9528 | |
| 16 | IIT Ropar | 4 | 7372 | 130 | 5323 | |
| 17 | IIT Tirupati | 5 | 8536 | 118 | 7197 | |
| 18 | ISM, Dhanbad | 17 | 9589 | 25 | 8204 | |
| 19 | IIT Kharagpur | 2 | 10310 | 3 | 9553 | |
| 20 | IIT Goa | 43 | 7571 | – | – | |
| 21 | IIT Bhilai | 26 | 8379 | – | – | |
Opening and Closing Rank of IIITs and GFPIs:
| S. no. | Name of Institutes | 2016 | 2015 | ||
| Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | ||
| 1 | IIIT Allahabad | 70 | 16198 | 107 | 17797 |
| 2 | IIIT Guwahati | 1396 | 27928 | 1301 | 35592 |
| 3 | IIIT Gwalior | 89 | 17860 | 404 | 18862 |
| 4 | IIIT Dharwad | 225 | 29996 | 688 | 48534 |
| 5 | IIIT Kota | 276 | 27240 | 410 | 27545 |
| 6 | IIIT Kalyani | 338 | 32430 | 865 | 49154 |
| 7 | IIIT Lucknow | 650 | 23216 | 731 | 27434 |
| 8 | IIIT Kurnool | 243 | 33862 | 89 | 33131 |
| 9 | IIIT Kottayam | 297 | 29215 | 438 | 47428 |
| 10 | IIIT Manipur | 2179 | 40661 | 2381 | 69014 |
| 11 | IIIT Jabalpur | 168 | 25501 | 344 | 29549 |
| 12 | IIIT Kancheepuram | 142 | 30344 | 349 | 35421 |
| 13 | IIIT Tiruchirappalli | 57 | 25229 | 447 | 47184 |
| 14 | IIIT Sonepat | 587 | 28667 | 1554 | 36620 |
| 15 | IIIT Una | 136 | 30886 | 1248 | 40275 |
| 16 | IIIT Vadodara | 168 | 27270 | 136 | 36552 |
| 17 | IICT Bhadohi | 623 | 53311 | 635 | 158637 |
| 18 | GKV Haridwar | 116 | 50951 | 339 | 103832 |
| 19 | BIT Mesra | 31 | 51314 | 18 | 77485 |
| 20 | IT- GGU Bilaspur | 360 | 53965 | 318 | 147703 |
The board has decided that there won’t be any weightage for the class 12 marks in calculating the ranks in the JEE (Main) examination 2017, but candidates should score min percentile.
