JEE Main 2024 Results Declared: Check Your Scorecards Here
JEE-Main results: Record 56 candidates achieve 100 NTA score, JEE-Advanced cut-off at 5-year high
NEW DELHI: A record 56 candidates, including two females, achieved 100 NTA score in engineering entrance exam JEE-Main, the National Testing Agency (NTA) announced on Wednesday night.
The qualifying percentile for JEE (Advanced), the entrance test for admission to the 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), touched a five-year high.
While 23 candidates in the JEE (Main) January session scored 100 NTA score, 33 candidates in the April session achieved it.
The 56 toppers include 40 from the general category, 10 from the OBC category and six from the gen-EWS category. No candidate from the SC and ST categories managed to get 100 NTA score this year.
DIRECT LINK TO CHECK JEE MAIN SCORECARDS
According to officials, the NTA score is not the same as the percentage of marks obtained.
“NTA scores are normalised scores across multi-session papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session. The marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session of examinees,” a senior NTA official explained.
The official further said that 39 candidates were debarred from taking JEE-Main for three years for using unfair means during the exam.
Candidates’ ranks are released taking into consideration the best of the two NTA scores in accordance with the policy already in place.
With 15 candidates in the top scorer list, Telangana continues to lead state-wise for the third consecutive year.
