S. Vishnu Sharma
JEE Mains 2021 will be conducted in 13 Indian languages next year.
Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said this while making announcements about the exam on 16 December.
Taking a hint from the New Education Policy (NEP) for the first time JEE Mains 2021 will be conducted in Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Urdu , Hindi, English and Gujarati, said Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
JEE Mains 2021 to be held in 13 great Indian languages
If this happens, then students who are comfortable with local languages can attend the exam too. Which means JEE Mains 2021 is likely to witness a greater participation.
That is not all, there is more to JEE Mains 2021 than meets the eye. The next year will witness JEE Mains being conducted four times a year.
The first edition of JEE Mains 2021 will be conducted from 23 to 26 February next year. The subsequent editions will be conducted in March, April and May.
What would students gain by conducting JEE Mains 2021 for four times in a year? This will give a chance to students to choose from the widely available schedules, said Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
If a student has to attend board exams whose dates are clashing with JEE Mains 2021, they need not worry as the exams will be conducted four times a year.
They can choose a schedule convenient for them and attend the exam. This is expected to make a big difference for students.
Unlike the previous years where JEE Mains was conducted only twice, next year could be more convenient as JEE Mains 2021 will be held four times.
If students miss JEE Mains exam owing to clashing board exam or school exam schedules they need not wait till next year as they were doing it in the past years, said S. Venugopal, faculty with JEE Mains coaching centre.
Agreeing with him is K. Ramamurthy, maths teacher with a CBSE school. Since JEE Mains 2021 is likely to be conducted four times a year, students can write their board exams and also attempt JEE Mains, he said.
Union Minister for Education Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank said they have analysed the suggestions that have come from students and parents.
Based on the suggestions, it is decided to conduct JEE Mains 2021 four times – February, March, April and May.
The first session of JEE Mains 2021 will be conducted from 23 to 26 February and the results will be released with in five days after the last date of the exam, said Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
The students have a choice to attend any one of the four sessions during the year, however, they need not attend all the sessions in JEE Mains 2021.
In case if students attend more than one time, their best scores in the sessions attended will be taken into consideration while preparing the merit list or ranking.
The question paper for JEE Mains 2021 will contain 90 questions, candidates should attempt a total 75 questions.
Each paper in JEE Mains 2021, will have 90 questions, which means three subjects (maths, physics and chemistry) will have 30 questions each.
If the candidates are to answer 75 questions in JEE Mains 2021, then each subject will have 25 questions to answer in each subject.
Students will have benefits, said Union Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank.
If one is not able to score much in the first attempt, candidates can try to get a good score in the subsequent attempts, he said.
JEE Mains 2021 exam
The registration for JEE Mains 2021 exam commenced from 16 December onwards and will go on till 16 January 2021.
Last date to submit application fee is 17 January 2021.
The correction process in the application form submitted for JEE Mains 2021 can be taken up from 19 to 21 January.
JEE Mains 2021 exam will be conducted from 23, 24, 25 and 26 February 2021. This is the first session.
The second session of JEE Mains 2021 will be conducted from 15 to 18 March, the third session of JEE Mains 2021 will be conducted from 27 to 30 April and the fourth session of JEE Mains 2021 will be from 24 to 28 May.
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It is to note that JEE Mains 2021 will have Paper 1, Paper 2A and Paper 2B. Students interested in pursuing engineering BE or BTech can attend Paper 1.
Students aspiring to study architecture (BArch) in their graduation must attempt Paper 2A in JEE Mains 2021.
Applicants focusing on planning (BPlanning) must attempt Paper 2B in JEE Mains 2021.
Paper 1 of JEE Mains 2021 will be held in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only and questions will be from maths, physics and chemistry.
Paper 2A in JEE Mains 2021 will have three parts The first part will have questions in maths, second part will have questions related to Aptitude Test. The third part of Paper 2 will have a drawing test.
The first and second part of Paper 2A of JEE Mains 2021 will be conducted in CBT mode only.
The third part of Paper 2A will be conducted in pen and paper mode only.
Paper 2B of JEE Mains 2021 will have two parts, first part will have questions from maths, second part will have questions related to Aptitude Test and part three will have questions related to Planning.
Paper 2B will be conducted in CBT mode. Correction in application forms already submitted for JEE Mains 2021 (February session) have to be made from 19 to 21 January.
The admit cards for JEE Mains 2021 February session will be available for download on the official website in second week of February 2021.
JEE Mains will be held in two sessions, morning and evening. The morning session will be from 9 am to 12 pm and second session of JEE Mains 2021 will be from second shift will from 3 pm to 6 pm.
The eligibility
The eligibility for applying for JEE Mains 2021 is a pass in plus-two exam.
Applicants targeting BE or BTech through JEE Mains must be a pass in plus two with Physics and Mathematics as main subjects along with any one from Biology, Biotechnology, Chemistry or any other technical vocational subject.
Those targeting BArch through JEE Mains must have 50 percent pass marks in plus-two with maths, physics and chemistry as subjects.
Applicants keen on BPlanning course must have passed plus-two with maths, physics and chemistry as subjects.
Applicants must have a minimum of 50 to 55 percent pass marks in their qualifying exam.
How to apply
Applicants have to visit the official website of JEE Mains exam at ‘https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/webinfo2021/Page/Page?PageId=1&LangId=P#’
Candidates can scroll down the webpage after it downloads and look for the button ‘Apply for JEE (Main) 2021’ written in white colour on blue background.
The button will be located at the bottom of the page just below the description of National Testing Agency and the exam.
Soon after clicking the button, applicants will go to another webpage where they can see a button ‘New Registration’ written in white colour on orange background.
‘New Registration’ will be below a description about how to go about applying online for JEE Mains.
Post clicking the New Registration, applicants can register and obtain user name (application number) and password.
Candidates have to login using the username and password obtained after registration.
Applicants can see the space for entering the username and password on the right side of the same page where they clicked button ‘New Registration’
‘New Registration’ is located on the left and sign in boxes for username and password will be on the right side next to it.
Post sigining in, applicants can begin applying for JEE Mains which would take place next year.
After application filling is over, candidates can pay the registration fee using using SBI/Canara Bank/HDFC Bank/ICICI Bank/Paytm Payment Gateway through Debit Card/Credit Card/Net Banking/UPI and keep proof of fee paid.
The registration fee
The fee to be paide while applying for JEE Mains next year is given in the tabular format below:
| FEE | In India | Outside India | |
| B.E/ B.Tech or B.Arch. or B. Planning | Gen/ Gen-EWS/ OBC (NCL) | Boys- Rs. 650/-
Girls- Rs. 325/- |
Boys- 3000/-
Girls- 1500/- |
| SC/ ST/ PwD/ Transgender | Boys-Rs. 325/-
Girls-Rs. 325/- |
Boys- 1500/-
Girls- 1500/- |
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| B.E/ B.Tech & B.Arch.
or B.E/ B.Tech & B.Plan or B.E/ B.Tech , B. Arch & B.Plan Or B.Arch. & B.Plan |
Gen/ Gen-EWS/ OBC (NCL) | Boys- Rs. 1300/-
Girls- Rs. 650/- |
Boys- Rs. 6000/-
Girls- Rs. 3000/- |
| SC/ ST/ PwD/ Transgender | Boys- Rs. 650/-
Girls- Rs. 650/- |
Boys- Rs. 3000/-
Girls- Rs. 3000/- |
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The information bulletin about JEE Mains for next year is accessible at the url ‘https://jeemain.nta.nic.in/webinfo2021/File/GetFile?FileId=1&LangId=P’