JEE Main 2021 January Session Exam will be held on 2nd week of January 2021. The Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Government of India (GOI) has established the National Testing Agency (NTA) as an independent autonomous and self-sustained premier testing organization under Society Registration Act 1860 for conducting efficient, transparent and international standards tests in order to assess the competency of candidates for admissions to premier higher education institutions.

JEE Main 2021 Exam pattern has been announced, and according to the NTA, the Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be conducted in two shifts per day. According to the latest notification released by NTA, Paper 1 will be Computer Based Test (CBT) and Paper 2 will be Partially CBT Based (Mathematics and Aptitude Test) and Partly Pen Paper Based (Drawing Section).

It is very important for the students to make sure that they are aware of the latest JEE Main Exam pattern which is declared by NTA. JEE Main Exam Pattern will help the JEE Main Aspirants to understand the whole weighted of the questions. Students can also check the JEE Main 2021 Syllabus to check the details about the Subjects.

JEE Main 2021 Exam Pattern

JEE Main 2021 Examination will be organized on 2nd week of January 2021 for January Session and on 3rd week of March 2021 for April session. The number of attempts which a candidate can avail at JEE (Main) is limited to 03 (three).

• The NTA (National Testing Agency) 2021 Exams are Conducted Totally in 11 Languages like English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Odiya, Tamil, Urdu & Telugu.

New Pattern

The students will have the following benefits of the new pattern:

• This will give one more opportunity to the students to improve their scores in the examination if they fail to give their best in the first attempt without wasting their whole academic year.
• In the first attempt, the students will get a first-hand experience of taking an examination and to 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 a full year.
• If anyone missed the examination due to reasons beyond control, then he/she won’t have to wait for one full year.
• The student’s best of the two NTA scores will be considered for the preparation of Merit List/ Ranking.

JEE Main 2021 Previous Year Exam Pattern

Mode of Examination

JEE (Main)-2021 will be conducted in the following mode:

• Paper-1 (B.E. /B. Tech.) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only.
• Paper-2 (B. Arch/ B.Planning): Mathematics- Part I and Aptitude Test-Part II in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only and Drawing Test -Part III in “Pen & Paper Based” (offline) mode to be attempted on the drawing sheet.

Type of Examination

JEE Main 2021 shall have two papers, Paper-1 (B. E. /B. Tech.) and Paper-2 (B. Arch. /B.Planning). Candidates may take Paper-1 (B. E. /B. Tech.), or Paper-2 (B. Arch. /B.Planning.), or both as per the course(s) they are seeking admission to. Subject combinations for each paper, type of questions in each paper and mode of examination is given in the table below:

A requirement of papers for different courses is given in the table below:

Choice of Medium of Question Papers

The medium of Question Paper shall be in English, Hindi, and Gujarati. The option of question paper language should be exercised while filling up the Application Form and it cannot be changed at a later stage.

Previous Year Schedule of Examination 2021

The examination schedule for JEE Main Exam 2021 for both shifts is given below: