JEE Main Exam Pattern – The Joint Entrance Examination, JEE (Main) comprises two papers. Paper 1 is conducted for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programs (B.E/B.Tech.) at NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs), Institutions/Universities funded/recognized by participating State Governments. JEE (Main) is also an eligibility test for JEE (Advanced), which is conducted for admission to IITs. Paper 2 is conducted for admission to B. Arch and B. Planning courses in the Country. From the year 2021, Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Lucknow and Madan Mohan Malviya University of Technology, Gorakhpur will be using the score sheet of JEE (Main) for admission to the B.Tech./M.Tech. (Integrated)/B.Arch. Courses in its affiliated colleges across the State.
The JEE (Main) – 2022 will be conducted in 02 (two) sessions for admissions in the next academic session. The candidates will thus benefit in the following ways:
A candidate need not appear in both Sessions. However, if a candidate appears in more than one Session then his/her best of the JEE (Main) – 2022 NTA Scores will be considered for preparation of Merit List/ Ranking.
Exam Mode | Computer-based test mode |
Exam Duration | 3 hours (4 hours for persons with benchmark disabilities) |
Subjects | Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics |
Total number of questions | 90 (need to answer 75 questions) |
Type of Questions | 20 Objective questions having 4 options each with only 1 correct option 10 Numerical questions out of which 5 needs to be answered |
JEE Main Marking Scheme | JEE Main Marking Scheme for Paper 1 is- For MCQs - 4 Marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 1 Mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer For answer with a numeric value - 4 Marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 0 Mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer |
JEE Main Maximum Marks | 300 |
Medium of paper | English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. |
Paper 2A (B. Arch): Mathematics (Part-I) and Aptitude Test (Part-II) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only and Drawing Test (Part-III) in pen and paper (offline) mode, to be attempted on drawing sheet of A4 size.
Paper 2B (B. Planning): Mathematics (Part-I), Aptitude Test (Part-II), and Planning Based Questions (Part-III) in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only
Particulars | JEE Main Exam Pattern Details |
Mode of Examination | Computer-based examination except for Drawing section in B.Arch |
Language of Examination | English or Hindi - For All Centre Cities English or Hindi or Gujarati- For Centre Cities in Gujarat, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |
Duration of Examination | 3 hours |
Number of Sections | There are three sections in both B.Arch and B.Plan papers. B.Arch:
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Type of Questions | B.Arch- Type of questions for each section of B.Arch-
Type of questions for each section of B.Planning-
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Number of Questions | B.Arch: 82 Questions B.Plan: 100 Questions |
Total Marks | 400 Marks |
Marking Scheme | JEE Main Marking Scheme for Paper 2 is- MCQs- Candidates will be awarded 4 marks for each correct answer and there will be a negative marking of 1 mark on each incorrect answer. Questions with numerical value answers - Candidates will be awarded 4 marks for each correct answer and there will be no negative marking. Marking Scheme for Drawing Test - Two questions are evaluated out of 100 marks |
Candidates can check the JEE Main paper pattern for B.Arch and B. Plan explaining the number of questions in each section and respective makes from the following table.
Subjects | Number of Questions | Marks |
Mathematics | 25 (20+5) 5 Questions with answers as a numerical value. |
100 |
Aptitude | 50 | 200 |
Drawing Test | 2 | 100 |
Total | 82 Questions | 400 Marks |
JEE B.Planning will be held in online mode only.
Subjects | Number of Questions | Marks |
Mathematics | 25 (20+5) 5 Questions with answers as a numerical value. |
100 |
Aptitude | 50 | 200 |
Planning Test | 25 | 100 |
Total | 100 Questions | 400 Marks |