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:

 

  • This will give two opportunities to the candidates to improve their scores in the examination if they are not able to give their best in one
  • In the first attempt, the students will get a first-hand experience of taking an examination and will know their mistakes which they can improve while attempting for the second time.
  • This will reduce the chances of dropping a year and droppers would not have to waste an entire
  • If anyone missed the examination due to reasons beyond control (such as the Board examination), then he/she will not have to wait for one entire

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.

JEE Main 2021 Exam Pattern for Paper 1
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.
JEE Main Exam Pattern - Paper 2 (B.Arch. and B.Plan)

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

JEE Main Exam Pattern
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:
  • Mathematics
  • Aptitude test
  • Drawing test
B.Plan:
  • Mathematics
  • Aptitude test
  • Planning test
Type of Questions B.Arch-
Type of questions for each section of B.Arch-
  • Mathematics- Multiple- choice questions and questions with numerical value as answers
  • Aptitude- Multiple- choice questions
  • Drawing- Drawing aptitude
B.Planning-
Type of questions for each section of B.Planning-
  • Mathematics- Multiple- choice questions and questions with numerical value as answers
  • Aptitude- Multiple- choice questions
  • Planning- Multiple- choice questions
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
JEE Main Exam Pattern Paper 1 for B.Arch and B.Plan

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.

JEE Main Exam Pattern for B.Arch
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 Main Exam Pattern for B. Plan

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