JEE Mains 2021 : Frequently Asked Questions
2020-12-28In order to bring further clarity to students, National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) for JEE Mains 2021, which will be conducted in 4 Sessions this year, in the month February, March, April and May 2021. FAQs answer some of the key concerns of students.
JEE (Mains) is conducted for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programs at NITs, IIITs, other centrally funded Technical Institutions, Institutions funded by several participating State Governments, and several other Institutions. This yea onwards, UP state shall also admit students based on JEE-Mains and has decided to scrap its state level entrance exam UPSEE (for engineering admissions). JEE (Mains) is also an eligibility test for the JEE (Advanced), which the candidate has to take if he/she is aspiring for admission to the undergraduate programmes offered by the IITs.
Language options : This year, NTA is offering option of taking the test in as many as 13 languages, as listed below :
English : All Examination Centres in India
Hindi : All Examination Centres in India
English and Urdu : All Examination Centres in India
English and Assamese : Examination Centres in Assam
English and Bengali : Examination Centres in West Bengal, Tripura and Andaman & Nicobar Island
English and Gujarati : Examination Centres in Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli
English and Kannada : Examination Centres in Karnataka
English and Marathi : Examination Centres in Maharashtra
English and Malayalam : Examination Centres in Kerala and Lakshadweep
English and Odia : Examination Centres in Odisha
English and Punjabi : Examination Centres in Punjab, Chandigarh and Delhi
English and Tamil : Examination Centres in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Andaman & Nicobar Island
English and Telugu : Examination Centres in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
Key dates
Last date to apply : 16 Jan 2021
Entrance exam Session 1 : 23 to 26 Feb 2021
Entrance exam Session 1 : 15 to 18 Mar 2021
Entrance exam Session 3 : 27 to 30 Apr 2021
Entrance exam Session 4 : 24 to 28 May 2021
Top Engineering Entrance Exams : In addition to JEE-Mains and JEE-Advanced, there are over 70 Engineering Entrance Exams conducted every year, some of which have strict domicile requirements. Some of the exams like BITSAT, UGEE-IIITH, ICAR-AIEEA-UG, CET-IMU-Eng, AMU, CUET-BTech, CUSAT-CAT lead to admission in premium institutes.