ANSWER: Yes. You are eligible for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2020, provided you also satisfy all other eligibility criteria.
ANSWER: NO. You are NOT eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: NO. You are NOT eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: NO. You are NOT eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: YES. You are eligible for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2020, provided you also satisfy all other eligibility criteria.
ANSWER: NO. You are NOT eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: No. Category declared during JEE (Main) 2020 registration cannot be changed during JEE (Advanced) 2020 registration.
ANSWER: Yes, you can register by declaring that you do not belong to GEN-EWS provided your JEE (Main) 2020 score is above the General Cut-off. If your JEE (Main) 2020 score is below the General Cut-off you are not eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: No. A valid GEN-EWS certificate as per the prescribed format, given in the JEE (Advanced) 2020 website, issued on or after 01-April-2020, should be uploaded for availing the benefits of GEN-EWS category.
ANSWER: Yes, you can register by declaring that you do not belong to NCL provided your JEE (Main) 2020 score is above the General Cut-off. If your JEE (Main) 2020 score is below the General Cut-off you are not eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: No. A valid OBC-NCL certificate as per the prescribed format, given in the JEE (Advanced) 2020 website, issued on or after 01-April-2020, should be uploaded for availing the benefits of OBC-NCL category.
ANSWER: NO. For availing the benefits of reservation, OBCs should be listed in the current updated central list of OBCs (www.ncbc.nic.in). OBCs present in the state list, but not covered in the central list of OBCs (as per the list in www.ncbc.nic.in) are not eligible to claim the reservation.
ANSWER: The criteria for Non-Creamy Layer (OBC-NCL) will be as per the current notification of Government of India.
ANSWER: NO. Candidates belonging to the creamy layer of OBC are NOT entitled for reservation. Such candidates are treated as belonging to the general (GEN), i.e., unreserved category.
ANSWER: The services of a scribe (amanuensis) are available ONLY to those PwD candidates who are visually impaired OR dyslexic (Severe) OR have disability in the upper limbs OR have lost fingers / hands thereby preventing them to properly operate the Computer Based Test platform. PwD candidates who desire to avail the services of a scribe MUST opt for this during the online registration of JEE (Advanced) 2020 [i.e. while registering for JEE (Advanced) 2020].
ANSWER: The PwD candidates with benchmark disability, with or without scribe, will get one hour compensatory time, i.e., the end time will be 13:00 IST for Paper 1 and 18:30 IST for Paper 2.
ANSWER: PwD candidates who desire to avail the services of a scribe must opt for this option at the time of the online registration for JEE (Advanced) 2020 by submitting the request in the prescribed format. The requisition, along with a copy of the PwD certificate OR a copy of the certificate of Dyslexia (Severe), should be uploaded at the time of online registration for JEE (Advanced) 2020. The formats for the Request Letter and PwD/Dyslexia (Severe) certificates are given in Annexure-II [CERTIFICATE FORMATS of JEE (Advanced) 2020] of Information Brochure.
ANSWER: Upload the Class XII marks statement.
ANSWER: Yes. The candidates who appeared in Class XII examination in 2020 do not have to upload any document with respect to Class XII examination at the time of JEE (Advanced) 2020 registration.
ANSWER: No. Only the candidates who qualify JEE (Advanced) 2020 are eligible for AAT 2020. There is no relation between JEE (Main) B.Arch. and/or B.Planning Paper(s) and AAT.
ANSWER: Yes. Candidates who had taken admissions in NITs in 2019 are eligible for appearing in JEE (Advanced) 2020, provided they satisfy all other eligibility criteria.
ANSWER: Yes, you are eligible to write JEE (Advanced) 2020, provided you also satisfy all other eligibility criteria.
ANSWER: Yes, you are eligible to write JEE (Advanced) 2020, provided you also satisfy all other eligibility criteria.
ANSWER: No. You are not eligible to write JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: No. You are not eligible to write JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: If you have accepted a seat in an IIT and did not withdraw from the allotted seat in the IIT then you are NOT eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020. However, if you have accepted a seat in NITs/IIITs/Other GFTIs (i.e. any institution other than an IIT) through JoSAA 2019 then you are eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020, provided you satisfy all other eligibility criteria.
ANSWER: Yes. You are eligible for JEE (Advanced) 2020, provided you satisfy all other eligibility criteria.
ANSWER: NO. If you have NOT completed Step 3 of the registration process by paying the registration fees, your registration is NOT complete. If your registration is not complete, your admit card for JEE (Advanced) 2020 examination may not be generated and you may not be eligible to write JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: In case of any problem in downloading of the admit card, the candidate should immediately contact the Chairman, JEE (Advanced) 2020 of their respective zonal coordinating IIT.
ANSWER: Not all defense service personnel children are eligible for DS category seats. DS category seats are earmarked for children of defense / paramilitary personnel killed or permanently disabled in action during war or peacetime operations. A certificate (format provided in Annexure II: Form DS in the Information Brochure) issued by a competent authority in the Directorate of Resettlement and Rehabilitation, New Delhi under the Ministry of Defence or the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India is required to be eligible for belonging to DS category.
ANSWER: Yes, both Paper 1 and Paper 2 are compulsory. If a candidate is absent in any of the papers, then the candidate will be considered as absent in JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: NO. You will be considered absent in JEE (Advanced) 2020 and the result will not be prepared/declared. It is compulsory to appear in both the papers.
ANSWER: NO. There is no need to indicate QUESTION paper language at the time of JEE (Advanced) 2020 registration. Candidates will have the option to choose their preferred language (English or Hindi), as the default language for viewing the questions, at the start of the Computer Based Test (CBT) examination of JEE (Advanced) 2020.
ANSWER: Questions will be displayed on the screen of the Candidate in the chosen default language (English or Hindi). Further, the candidate can also switch/toggle between English or Hindi languages, as the viewing language of any question, anytime during the entire period of the examination. The candidate will also be having the option of changing default QUESTION viewing language anytime during the examination.
ANSWER: Yes, you will be given “Scribble Pad” (containing blank sheets, for rough work) at the start of every paper of JEE (Advanced) 2020. You can do all your calculations inside this “Scribble Pad”. You will need to bring your own pen/pencil.
ANSWER: No.
ANSWER: The responses of all the candidates who have appeared for both Paper 1 and Paper 2, recorded during the exam, along with the questions of each paper, will be available for download from the candidate portal link to be made available at the JEE (Advanced) 2020 website.
ANSWER: If the aggregate marks scored by two or more candidates are the same, then the following tie-break policy will be used for awarding ranks: Step 1: Candidates having higher positive marks will be awarded higher rank. If the tie breaking criterion at Step 1 fails to break the tie, then the following criterion at Step 2 will be followed. Step 2: Higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Mathematics. If this does not break the tie, higher rank will be assigned to the candidate who has obtained higher marks in Physics. If there is a tie even after this, candidates will be assigned the same rank.
ANSWER: All JEE (Advanced) 2020 qualified candidates MUST register with Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2020 and fill in course choices in order to be eligible for admission in IITs.
ANSWER: All candidates who have qualified in JEE (Advanced) 2020 MUST register on Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA) 2020 website and also MUST fill in their course choices in order to be eligible for admission in IITs. If any JEE (Advanced) 2020 qualified candidate has not done the same, then the candidate will not be considered for admission to any program in IITs.
ANSWER: NO. If you have not filled in your course choices by the deadline (last date for choice filling), then you will NOT be considered for admission to any program in IITs.
ANSWER: Candidates who appeared in Class XII (or equivalent) examination for the first time in 2019 and wish to (or have to) reappear in 2020 with the objective to qualify through top 20 percentile cut-off criteria, MUST reappear in all the subjects. For such candidates, top 20 percentile cut-off for 2020 will be considered.
ANSWER: If a candidate has passed her/his Class XII (or equivalent) in 2019 and wishes to improve his/her aggregate marks to meet the “aggregate marks of 75% (or 65% for SC, ST and PwD) criterion”, she/he can reappear in any number of subjects she/he wishes for improvement. The percentage marks in this situation will be calculated by considering the marks obtained in 2019 or 2020, whichever is higher, in the respective subjects, in her/his two attempts in 2019 and 2020.
ANSWER: The marks scored in the following five subjects will be considered for calculating the aggregate marks of the candidates (and also the cut-off marks for fulfilling the top 20 percentile criterion).
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Mathematics
- A language (if the candidate has taken more than one language, then the language with the higher marks will be considered)
- Any subject other than the above four (the subject with the highest marks will be considered).
ANSWER: For eligibility criteria for foreign candidates for JEE (Advanced) 2020, click here.
