Age:

• Candidates should be born on or after 1st October 1993.
• Date of Birth will be considered as mentioned in secondary education board certificate.
• 5 years relaxation i.e. DOB falls on or after 1st October 1988 shall be provided in the upper age limit for SC/ST & PWD candidates.

Qualification:

• Passed the 12th examination/qualifying examination with 5 subjects and must be passed/appearing with Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics subjects.
• Candidates have to secure the passing marks.
• There is no minimum marks requirement in the 12th examination for writing the JEE Main exam.
• Those who have appeared and passed the higher secondary examination in 2016 and 2017 are also eligible to apply.
• Candidates appearing the final examination of 12th in 2018 can also fill the JEE Main application form.
• Diploma holders may also apply for JEE Main 2018 but only eligible for admission to IITs.
• Diploma holders will be eligible for JEE Main so that they can further apply for JEE Advanced but not eligible for admission on the basis of JEE Main scores.

Number of Attempts:

• 3 attempts will be given for clearing the JEE Main.
• JEE Advanced can be attempted maximum 2 times in consecutive years.

The application fee has to be paid to complete the application process. Application fee can be paid either through online or offline mode. Application fee paid is non-refundable. The application fee for different categories is as follows
 

Participating Indian Institutes of Technology

Participating Government Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs)

Other Institutes which accept JEE Main 2017 Score

List of States/ Institutes considering JEE Main rank for their own seats allocation Process

List of Universities/ Self- Financed deemed Universities/ other Institutions participating in CENTRAL SEAT ALLOCATION BOARD (CSAB) through JEE (Main) 2018. (Eligible for Spot Round only)

Preparation Tips:

• You should plan accordingly when solving the question paper. For calculations, you should use short methods instead of solving the sum with irrelevant steps.
• Practice as many you can before the examination with proper guidance.
• You should practice in regular basis and should not take the help of calculator.
• You should be clear about the concepts and formulas.
• You should also concentrate on accuracy and speed to get success.
• You should solve easy questions at first then move on to the tougher questions.

Important points to be noted for online examinations

• You should follow a sequence when completing the questions.
• You should also practice lot of mock tests for good preparation.
• During preparation you should try to cover numerous topics and try to click on correct option in the examination pertaining to different subjects as as Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry.

• You should reach 30 minutes prior at the examination centre.
• Do not forget to bring you admit card at examination centre.
• You should complete those questions at first about which you are pretty confident and try to avoid those which you are not confident about.
• Do the easier ones at first and then do the tougher ones.

Best Reference Books for Physics

• HC Verma – Concepts of Physics (Part I)
• HC Verma – Concepts of Physics (Part II)
• IIT JEE Physics – DC Pandey
• Problems in General Physics – I.E. Irodov
• Physics for IIT-JEE – Resnick, Halliday, Walker.
• Problems in Physics – S.S. Krotov

Best Reference Books for Chemistry 

• Organic Chemistry – Morrison Boyd
• Organic Chemistry – O.P Tandon.
• Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations – R.C. Mukherjee
• Numerical Chemistry – P. Bahadur
• Concise Inorganic Chemistry – J.D. Lee

Best Reference Books for Mathematics

• IIT Mathematics – M.L. Khanna
• Differential Calculus – A Das Gupta
• Class XI & XII Mathematics – R.D. Sharma.
• Trigonometry, Geometry Books – S.L. Loney.
• Problems in Calculus of One Variable – I.A. Maron
• Higher Algebra- Hall and Knight

Executive Director,

Joint Entrance Examination Unit Central Board of Secondary Education,

F.I.E, 482, Patparganj,

Industrial Area, Delhi-110092.

Telephone No:011-22144770, 011-22144774, 011-22144775

Helpline No: 8506061071 to 78

Email: jeemain@nic.in

JEE Main Exam Pattern:

• Type of questions: Objective type
• Duration of exam: 3 hours
• Marking Scheme: 4 marks will be allotted for each correct answer 
• Negative Marking: For incorrect answers, negative marking of 1 mark will be done
• Medium for all exam centers: English and Hindi
   

Candidates are required to fill the JEE Main Application Form 2018 only through online process. The application form was available from November 2017.

Important points to be noted about JEE Main 2018 application form

• The applicants should go through the information bulletin carefully before filling the application form.

• They must check the eligibility criteria before they start with application process.

• The applicants can approach any one of the facilitation centres (set up by CBSE) in case they need any kind of assistance regarding online registration.

• These centres will provide helps for free. The list of these facilitation centres is available in information bulletin or in the official website of CBSE.

• The applicants are allowed any kind of correction before the payment of application fee.

Prerequisite for application form for JEE Main

• Valid mail ID and contact number.

• Documents of qualifying examination.

• For payment of application fee- debit/credit card, e-challan.

• Scanned images of photograph, signature and thumb impression.

• A password to login for registration process.

Instructions for scanned images and password

• The scanned images of signature, photograph and thumb impression must have in jpg/jpeg format.

• The image size for photograph should be between 4kb to 40kb, within dimension 3.5cm (width) / 4.5cm (height). The photograph must have latest and must have the name of applicants and the date.

• The image size for signature should be between 1kb to 30kb, within dimension 3.5cm (length) / 1.5cm (height).

• The image size for thumb impression should be between 1kb to 30kb, within dimension 3.5cm (length) / 1.5cm (height). The applicants who do not have left thumb can also submit the impression of their right hand thumb. In case, if both the thumbs are not there then impression of any other finger can also be submitted.

• The password should be of 8-13 character using upper & lower case with minimum 1 numeric value & special character.

• Also choose security question & answer which can be easily answered.

Steps by Step Guidelines for Filling Online Application

Below are some of the general steps with the help of which you can easily fill and submit your online form.

• First and the most important step is that you should visit the organization official website and read the instructions provided there for doing online registration.

• No other/offline mode of application will be accepted.

• The next step is to make sure that you should have relevant documents like photograph, signature, educational and other certificates in proper format which are required to be uploaded during registration process.

• Now, fill the online form with correct details as per the given instructions and preview them carefully before going to the next step or submitting the form.

• Use proper payment mode (if applicable) as mentioned in the instructions. This may include either making payment through Bank Challan Form or Debit/Credit/Master/Visa Card or Demand Draft.
  
  Note: Only those students who pass the JEE Mains will be allowed to appear for the JEE Advanced exam.

JEE Main 2018 Counselling at a Glance

The candidates who have qualified the JEE Main exam 2018 are eligible for the counselling process. Seat allocation will be based on the basis of rank scored by the candidates.

Candidates can select the seats of government and private engineering colleges on the basis of his/ her choice. JEE Main 2018 counselling will be held for both the courses i.e. engineering and architecture. Candidates who are eligible for both the courses will be allotted only one seat as per their first preference.

JEE Main 2018 Counselling Procedure

JEE Main counselling procedure comprises of the following steps:

Step 1- Online Registration

• Go to the official website of JEE Main 2018.
• Enter all the details such as name, date of birth, category, address and bank details.
• Pay the counselling fees via- challan, debit card or credit card.

Step 2- Online Choice Filling and Locking

• Login your account.
• Mark options of colleges and courses after login.
• Make choices carefully, choices once locked will not be changed.
• Fill maximum possible choices for allotment.
• Lock the choices before the deadline.
• Choice locking will be done after each round of counselling.
• Candidates can mark upgraded choice in successive rounds of choice filling and locking process.

Step 3- Seat Allotment and Document Verification

• Allotment will be done on the basis of reservation norms, choices filled and vacancies.
• There will be multiple rounds of counselling and seat allotment.
• Pay the fees to confirm the allotment of seat.
• Get all the documents checked by the officials.
• A provisional admission letter will be issued on completion of the process.

Step 4- Reporting to Allocated Institute

JEE Main 2018 Spot Seat Allotment

• A spot round of seat allotment is possible if there are vacant seats from the usual rounds of counselling.
• No fresh registration is required from an already registered candidate.

JEE Main 2018 Counselling- Necessary Documents

• Class X certificate.
• Class XII certificate.
• Category certificate (if applicable)
• Passport size photographs.
• JEE Main 2018 rank card.

Before preparing for exam, candidates are advised to gather complete information regarding JEE Main Syllabus 2018. JEE Main 2018 syllabus will be composed of paper 1 and paper 2 syllabus. JEE main paper 1 will be asked for the B.Tech (Engineering) while paper 2 will be asked for architecture (B.Arch).The examination syllabus includes the topics from Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. As we already discussed that the syllabus of JEE Main 2018 is very much similar to 11^th and 12^th standard of CBSE board. The applicants are advised to read the syllabus in detail to understand the topics and chapters thoroughly.

JEE Main 2018 Syllabus Paper I: The JEE Main paper 1 will be composed of all theory topics of three subjects which are physics, chemistry and mathematics.

A brief information of JEE Main Syllabus    

JEE Main 2018 Syllabus Paper II:  

The JEE Main paper 2 has been divided into three parts i.e. mathematics, aptitude test and drawing test.

Part A: Objects, Texture related to Architecture and build environment. Visualizing three dimensional objects from two dimensional drawings. Awareness of persons, places, Buildings, Materials. Different sides of three dimensional objects. Visualizing. Analytical Reasoning Mental Ability (Visual, Numerical and Verbal).

Part B: Design and drawing of geometrical or abstract shapes and patterns in pencil. Three dimensional – perception: Understanding and appreciation of scale and proportion of objects, building forms and elements, colour texture, harmony and contrast. Creating two dimensional and three dimensional compositions using given shapes and forms. Transformation of forms both 2 D and 3 D union, subtraction, rotation, development of surfaces and volumes, Generation of Plan, elevations and 3 D views of objects. Landscape (river fronts, jungles. gardens, trees, plants etc.) and rural life, sketching of scenes and activities from memory of urban space (public space, market, festivals, street scenes, monuments, recreational spaces etc).

Admit card

The admit card will be available tentatively in March 2018. Candidates will be able to download their admit card by entering the application number and password. Admit card of JEE Main 2018 will comprise important information such as candidate’s name, date of birth, paper, exam schedule, JEE Main 2018 examination center etc.

General Instructions:

• The authority doesn’t allow candidates to appear in the exam if they do not have their genuine admit card.
• The invigilator will ask you to show one of your photo identity proofs along with admit card. Therefore, please bring one of your identity proofs while coming to the examination centre.
• Show your admit card to the concerned person if he/she asks you to do the same.
• Ensure the correctness of data available in your admit card and claim, if there is any sort of errors.
• Please download your admit card quickly after release of its respective notification.

Details printed on the JEE Main 2018 Admit Card:

• Candidate’s name.
• Father’s name.
• Date of Birth.
• Address.
• Centre of Examination.
• Centre number.
• Date and time of the exam.
• State of Eligibility.
• Photo and signature of candidate.
• Important guidelines for the exam.

How to download the JEE Main 2018 Admit Card?

• Click on the link. (The link will be provided soon)
• Enter the Application no and password.
• Click on the “Submit” button.
• Check all the information mentioned in the Admit Card.
• Download and print your JEE Main Admit Card 2018

Note: Incase, any of the details printed in the JEE Main 2018 admit card is incorrect, contact CBSE for its rectification.

JEE Main / Advanced Physics papers:

• Current Electricity: 8 questions asked on the actual JEE paper each year on an average.
• Electrostatics: 4 questions
• Optics: 3 questions
• Heat and Thermodynamics:  2 questions
• Law of Motion: 2 questions
• Waves: 2 questions
• Simple Harmonic Motion: 2 questions

JEE Main / Advanced Maths papers:

• Coordinate Geometry – 7 Questions were asked on an average every year in the JEE.
• Continuity/ Differentiability, Limits – 3 Questions
• Complex No., Quadratic Equation – 3 Questions each
• Integral Calculus – 3 Questions
• Sequence and Series – 2 Questions
• Trigonometry – 2 Questions

JEE Main / Advanced Chemistry papers:

• ransition Element and Coordination Chemistry – 3 questions are asked each year on an average in JEE
• Periodic Table and Representative Elements – 3 questions
• Gaseous State – 2 questions
• Atomic structure – 2 questions
• Amines – 2 questions
• Solution and Colligative Properties – 2 questions
• General Organic Chemistry – 2 questions
• Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives – 1 question
• Hydrocarbons – 1 question
• Carbohydrate, Amino Acids and Polymer – 1 question