National Testing Agency (NTA) conducts Joint Entrance Examination, JEE (Main), for admission to undergraduate engineering programs at NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTI), institutions funded by participating State Governments, and other Institutions.

JEE (Main) is also an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which you have to take if you are aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programs offered by the IITs.

The JEE (Main) is conducted in two sessions. This gives you one more opportunity to improve your score if you fail to give your best in the first attempt without wasting the whole academic year. The best of the two NTA scores is considered for preparation of Merit List and Ranking.

JEE (Main) comprises two papers. Paper 1 is conducted for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programs (B.E/B.Tech.) and Paper 2 is conducted for admission to B. Arch and B. Planning courses in the country.

Paper 1 consists of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Questions for which the answer is a numerical value, with equal weightage to Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry. It is conducted as Computer Based Test (CBT) mode.

Each Subject has two sections. Section A is of Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) and Section B contains Questions whose answers are to be filled in as a numerical value. In Section B, you have to attempt any 5 questions out of 10. There is negative marking for both Section A and Section B.