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National Testing Agency
JEE Main
The national engineering paper — NITs, IIITs, and the gate to JEE Advanced.
Competition, recent cycles
| Year | Registered | Appeared | Qualified | Seats | Seat per appeared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15,39,848 | 14,75,103 | 2,50,236 | ||
| 2024 | 14,76,557 | 14,15,110 | 2,50,284 |
What preparing for it involves
| Body of knowledge | Preparation |
|---|---|
| Physics | ≈ 200 h |
| Chemistry | ≈ 190 h |
| Maths & quantitative | ≈ 210 h |
A leading approximately marks hours that were estimated rather than counted from a syllabus topic list. How these figures are derived is set out in the overlap model.
Sources
- competition[2024] — JEE Main 2024 result statistics — unique candidates across both sessions, checked 9 Aug 2026 · reported by a news outlet, not the exam body
- competition[2025] — JEE Main 2025 result statistics, reporting NTA's session-2 release, checked 9 Aug 2026 · reported by a news outlet, not the exam body