Summary: Gain insights into the JEE Main 2024 Paper 2 Cut-Off, essential for securing admission into B.Arch/B.Plan programs at top institutes like NITs and GFTIs. Explore the latest trends, factors influencing cut-offs, and set effective preparation strategies to ace the exam.

JEE Mains Paper 2 Cut-off marks are the minimum qualifying marks you need to score to be selected for the next stage of JEE Main Paper 2 Exam.

Cut-off marks will help you know the closing rank of various institutes offering admissions. This year, the exam is conducted in two sessions.

Note that the JEE Mains Paper 2 cut-off will differ for each institute and vary for different programs and categories.

JEE Main Paper 2 Cut-Off is released for all the sessions once the exam is completed.

This article will give you detailed information about the previous year's cut-off marks and the factors affecting cut-off marks.

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"Cut-off marks will help you know the closing rank of various institutes within which admissions are offered. This year, the exam is conducted in two sessions."

JEE Mains 2024 Paper 2 Cut-Off

The JEE Main cut-off will be released in the form of the opening and closing rank within which admission will be offered by the institute. You are eligible for the counseling process only if you score above the JEE Main Paper 2 Cut-Off.

Go through the previous year's JEE Main Paper 2 cut-off for various B. Arch institutes to get an idea about the ranks within which admission was offered by the institutes. The expected cut off for JEE Mains Paper 2 is estimated after the exams are concluded. 

According to the latest updates, there has been a noticeable increase in the JEE Main cut off across various categories from 2023 to 2024.

Here's a breakdown of the cut off changes for each category:

Category	2023 Cut Off	2024 Cut Off	Difference
UR-ALL	90.7788642	93.2362181	+2.4573539
UR-PH	0.0013527	0.00187	+0.0005173
EWS-ALL	75.6229025	81.3266412	+5.7037387
OBC-ALL	73.6114227	79.6757881	+6.0643654
SC-ALL	51.9776027	60.0923182	+8.1147155
ST-ALL	37.2348772	46.697584	+9.4627068

Trends in JEE Main Cut Off 2024

Over the years, the JEE Main cut off has shown variability, largely influenced by factors such as the difficulty level of the examination, the number of candidates appearing for the exam, and changes in reservation policies and seat allocation strategies.

The recent increase in cut offs across all categories suggests a competitive trend in exams where higher performance standards are becoming the norm. This may be attributed to an increase in the number of aspirants or potentially more challenging exam conditions.

JEE Main Previous Year Cut Off

JEE Main Cutoff 2023

The table below displays the JEE Main paper 2 cut off category wise of NTA Score for JEE Advanced 2023 based on B.E./B.Tech (Paper1).

Category	Minimum Percentile Cutoff	Maximum Percentile Cutoff	Total
UR-ALL (General)	90.7788642	100	98612
UR-PH (General – PwD)	0.0013527	90.7638032	2685
EWS-ALL	75.6229025	90.7773597	25057
OBC-ALL	73.6114227	90.7773597	67613
SC-ALL	51.9776027	90.7773597	37536
ST-ALL	37.2348772	90.7773597	18752

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JEE Main Paper 2 Cut Off for NIT 2022

The table below lists the minimum and highest cutoffs for JEE Main Paper 2 in the year 2022.

Course Name	Category	Male		Female
		Home State	Other State	Home State	Other State
MNIT Jaipur	OPEN	1389	732	1389	732
	EWS	439	211	439	211
	OBC NCL	1118	448	1118	448
	SC	613	247	613	247
	ST	94	115	148	115
MANIT Bhopal	OBC	2420	941	2420	941
	EWS	589	302	589	302
	OBC/NCL	3013	547	3013	547
	SC	443	289	443	289
	ST	476	162	476	172
NIT Calicut	Open	342	491	342	491
	EWS	163	312
	OBC-NCL	169	305	169	305
	SC	108	89	108	89
	ST	1385	86	86
NIT Hamirpur	OBC	7246	985	7246	985
	EWS	274	1529	274
	OBC/NCL	9959	594	9959	594
	SC	1287	261	1287	261
	ST	364	117	364	130
NIT Patna	OPEN	3544	1134	3544	1134
	EWS	485	393	644	393
	OBC NCL	1446	616	1446	616
	SC	695	336	695	336
	ST	578	578
NIT Raipur	OBC	2197	1046	2197	1046
	EWS	1465	319	1465	319
	General	2358	562	2358	562
	SC	357	298	357	298
	ST	136	129	192	129
NIT Rourkela	OBC	1285	622	1572	622
	EWS	101	231	101	231
	General	832	375	832	375
	SC	205	123	205	123
	ST	131	43	131	43
NIT Trichy	OBC	797	248	797	248
	EWS	661	129	661	129
	General	330	234	330	234
	SC	194	72	194	72
	ST	352	14	352	32
VNIT Nagpur	OBC	686	885	686	885
	EWS	233	326	233	326
	General	428	473	428	473
	SC	149	233	149	233
	ST	201	146	201	146

JEE Main 2021 Paper 2 Cut-Off

Check the JEE Main 2021 Paper 2 Cut-Off in the table below: 

Category	Minimum Score	Maximum Score
UR	87.8992241	100
UR-PH	0.0096375	87.8273359
EWS	66.2214845	87.8950071
OBC-NCL	68.0234447	87.8950071
SC	46.8825338	87.8950071
ST	34.6728999	87.8474721

JEE Main 2020 Paper 2 Cut-Off (Architecture)

The Cut-Off marks vary for each category. Those who have scored above the cut-off were eligible for JEE Main Paper 2 Counselling. Check out the table below to know the previous year's cut-off of JEE Main Paper 2.

Course Name	Category	Male		Female
		Home State	Other State	Home State	Other State
MNIT Jaipur	OPEN	2260	930	2260	930
	EWS	972	273	972	394
	OBC NCL	2530	573	5484	635
	SC	832	345	832	345
	ST	1015	202	1015	202
MANIT Bhopal	OBC	3289	605	3289	605
	EWS	447	242	447	282
	General	2455	1104	2455	1104
	SC	1119	374	1119	374
	ST	409	173	409	173
NIT Calicut	OBC	173	418	173	418
	EWS	1101	144	1101	165
	Open	376	599	376	599
	Open (PwD)	4	80	4	80
	SC	184	137	184	137
	ST	2527	66	66
NIT Hamirpur	OBC	15232	710	15232	710
	EWS	1625	327	1625	327
	General	5406	1327	5406	1327
	SC	1008	280	1008	280
	ST	1088	80	1088	231
NIT Patna	OPEN	4900	1454	4900	1454
	EWS	570	366	570	414
	OBC NCL	2080	713	2080	713
	SC	905	384	905	384
	ST	2115	203	2115	203
NIT Raipur	OBC	4648	717	4648	717
	EWS	4050	356	4050	356
	General	5515	1415	5515	1415
	SC	1392	358	1392	358
	ST	273	196	392	196
NIT Rourkela	OBC	2301	511	2301	511
	EWS	-	-	-	-
	General	1974	842	1974	842
	SC	61	103	61	103
	ST	336	31	336	31
NIT Trichy	OBC	439	251	439	251
	EWS	2912	96	2912	96
	General	615	422	615	422
	SC	341	130	550	167
	ST	641	65	641	65
VNIT Nagpur	OBC	655	622	655	622
	EWS	225	261	225	265
	General	926	1183	926	1183
	SC	277	343	277	343
	ST	153	200	153	200

Check here: List of Architecture Colleges Accepting JEE Mains Score

JEE Mains 2019 Paper 2 Cut-off Marks (Architecture)

S.No	Name of the Institutes	Category	Home Quota		Other State
			Opening Rank	Closing Rank	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
1	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	General	940	3582	1493	2475
		OBC-NCL	1434	2445	1035	1606
		SC	465	1703	170	586
		ST	240	447	40	280
		EWS	787	1397	517	607
2	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	General	1802	4967	2329	3054
		OBC-NCL	1597	3739	862	1557
		SC	1820	2595	196	495
		ST	363	567	218	253
		EWS	803	989	422	502
3	National Institute of Technology, Calicut	General	821	1668	945	1362
		OBC-NCL	495	693	395	804
		SC	434	676	183	358
		ST	586	1108	81	81
		EWS	333	333	230	230
4	National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur	General	3934	9328	1786	3599
		OBC-NCL	3797	24979	1024	1583
		SC	543	1989	323	559
		ST	1152	1240	210	275
		EWS	1333	2662	614	656
5	National Institute of Technology, Patna	General	4686	7416	1101	1683
		OBC-NCL	3232	3900	3051	3828
		SC	931	1521	431	598
		ST	707	707	290	290
		EWS	835	1205	646	681
6	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	General	3190	7772	2027	3886
		OBC-NCL	3541	14806	1490	1680
		SC	994	1753	391	686
		ST	422	443	181	271
		EWS	902	1987	552	595
7	National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	General	1717	2903	1167	1949
		OBC-NCL	857	1272	721	997
		SC	503	876	148	291
		ST	349	349	158	158
		EWS	1241	1241	318	318
8	National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	General	1189	2468	121	1075
		OBC-NCL	793	1043	338	652
		SC	175	271	131	163
		ST	366	741	103	103
		EWS	652	798	141	158
9	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	General	897	2853	2156	3250
		OBC-NCL	952	1652	923	1610
		SC	292	482	317	684
		ST	148	2110	100	250
		EWS	413	891	460	633

JEE Mains Paper 2 Cut Off 2018 (Architecture)

S.No	Name of the Institutes	Category	Home Quota		Other State
			Opening Rank	Closing Rank	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
1	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	General	568	2401	756	1263
		OBC-NCL	392	1688	399	779
		SC	99	589	82	275
		ST	160	498	32	51
2	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	General	232	3235	971	1629
		OBC-NCL	583	2192	294	772
		SC	190	765	104	288
		ST	29	439	57	139
3	National Institute of Technology, Calicut	General	663	1141	44	1323
		OBC-NCL	244	393	233	506
		SC	127	577	70	145
		ST	229	229	46	84
4	National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur	General	2491	11202	872	1902
		OBC-NCL	2184	38348	479	888
		SC	445	1269	141	194
		ST	320	486	49	122
5	National Institute of Technology, Patna	General	1625	4151	1169	2092
		OBC-NCL	855	1478	538	930
		SC	223	427	205	377
		ST	312	560	114	170
6	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	General	1452	8689	294	1977
		OBC-NCL	1364	13542	396	883
		SC	361	1333	125	281
		ST	250	478	111	159
7	National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	General	676	2005	637	1469
		OBC-NCL	340	2087	249	610
		SC	114	114	143	172
		ST	47	47	42	111
8	National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	General	765	1550	436	670
		OBC-NCL	280	577	156	319
		SC	117	273	69	152
		ST	274	596	23	42
9	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	General	692	1513	952	1578
		OBC-NCL	250	701	252	700
		SC	81	207	152	240
		ST	51	57	119	119

JEE Mains Paper 2 Cut Off 2018: for Architecture in CFTIs

S. No	Name of the Institute	Category	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
1	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra	General	658	3869
		SC	288	1258
		ST	196	826
2	Mizoram University, Aizawal	General	1453	2883
		SC	201	523
		ST	126	412
3	School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal	General	262	809
		OBC-NCL	155	600
		SC	541	180
		ST	19	72
4	School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi	General	7	486
		OBC-NCL	79	302
		SC	23	71
		ST	9	67
5	School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada	General	465	1275
		OBC-NCL	251	627
		SC	91	310
		ST	56	168
6	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra	General	1366	3023

Cut Off Marks for JEE Mains Paper 2 B Arch 2017: for Architecture Engineering in NITs

S.No	Name of the Institutes	Category	Home Quota		Other State
			Opening Rank	Closing Rank	Opening Rank	Closing Rank
1	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	General	610	2697	498	1738
		OBC-NCL	522	2600	439	959
		SC	277	849	114	371
		ST	130	642	77	233
2	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	General	578	3105	497	1928
		OBC-NCL	520	1842	373	1060
		SC	230	603	130	511
		ST	74	414	86	236
3	National Institute of Technology, Calicut	General	240	1302	386	1475
		OBC-NCL	282	498	291	637
		SC	52	174	109	307
		ST	50	1834	37	41
4	National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur	General	1746	6297	920	2325
		OBC-NCL	2439	10461	446	1105
		SC	301	676	197	512
		ST	118	562	91	247
5	National Institute of Technology, Patna	General	1986	4153	1526	2553
		OBC-NCL	984	1759	548	1130
		SC	366	762	117	593
		ST	160	511	78	78
6	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	General	1783	8370	547	2450
		OBC-NCL	1265	5094	552	1117
		SC	564	3173	165	526
		ST	47	331	93	364
7	National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	General	1472	4216	639	1712
		OBC-NCL	1127	2453	292	835
		SC	283	666	149	305
		ST	105	335	28	135
8	National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	General	413	1149	79	831
		OBC-NCL	314	465	127	470
		SC	79	285	55	148
		ST	291	599	10	64
9	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	General	312	1931	850	1952
		OBC-NCL	397	945	394	851
		SC	54	242	85	434
		ST	96	115	45	97

JEE Main Paper 2 Cutoff 2017: for Architecture in CFTIs 

Here are the JEE Mains Paper 2 Cut-Off marks for the Architecture course. 

S.No.	Name of the Institutes	Category	Home Quota		Other State
			OR	CR	OR	CR
1	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra	General	1514	6633	592	2194
		SC	392	1193	166	471
		ST	180	1042	63	249
2	Mizoram University, Aizawal	General	1605	3373	1605	3373
		SC	302	658	302	658
		ST	141	453	141	453
3	School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal	General	183	1017	183	1017
		OBC-NCL	270	956	270	956
		SC	90	238	90	238
		ST	68	245	68	245
4	School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi	General	2	523	2	523
		OBC-NCL	110	371	110	371
		SC	14	105	14	105
		ST	12	94	12	94
5	School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada	General	280	1676	280	1676
		OBC-NCL	335	858	335	858
		SC	102	397	102	397
		ST	64	336	64	336
6	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra	General	1461	3474	1461	3474

JEE Mains Paper 2 Cut Off 2017: for Planning Engineering in NITs

S.No	Name of the Institutes	Category	Home Quota		Other State
			OR	CR	OR	CR
1	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	General	1393	5952	1259	3388
		OBC-NCL	938	3195	571	1285
		SC	270	1143	262	592
		ST	268	1559	142	461
2	School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal	General	989	3214	989	3214
		OBC-NCL	478	1287	478	1287
		SC	259	646	259	646
		ST	179	456	179	456
3	School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada	General	911	3265	911	3265
		OBC-NCL	524	1292	524	1292
		SC	256	655	256	655
		ST	171	469	171	469
4	School of Planning and Architecture, New Delhi	General	415	2052	415	2052
		OBC-NCL	340	889	340	889
		SC	93	529	93	529
		ST	53	278	53	278

Cut Off of Paper 2 JEE Mains 2016: for Architecture Engineering in NITs

S.No	Name of the Institute	Category	Opening Ranks	Closing Ranks
1	Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur	General	165	2475
		General_PWD	38	38
		OBC-NCL	419	1731
		SC	164	573
		ST	40	495
2	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	General	875	3734
		General_PWD	41	71
		OBC-NCL	512	1546
		SC	234	444
		ST	96	451
3	National Institute of Technology, Calicut	General	203	2136
		General_PWD	77	77
		OBC-NCL	390	835
		OBC-NCL_PWD	11	32
		SC	73	670
		ST	48	1051
4	National Institute of Technology, Hamirpur	General	1271	7485
		General_PWD	74	74
		OBC-NCL	681	12086
		SC	208	996
		ST	54	1163
5	National Institute of Technology, Patna	General	2054	5569
		General_PWD	11	11
		OBC-NCL	785	2038
		SC	327	893
		ST	92	932
6	National Institute of Technology, Raipur	General	1707	7321
		OBC-NCL	644	4459
		OBC-NCL_PWD	26	26
		SC	269	2451
		ST	179	503
7	National Institute of Technology, Rourkela	General	858	2943
		General_PWD	59	59
		OBC-NCL	517	1571
		SC	99	401
		ST	57	566
8	National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli	General	426	3286
		General_PWD	23	23
		OBC-NCL	291	1525
		SC	44	319
		ST	20	901
9	Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur	General	575	2377
		General_PWD	70	70
		OBC-NCL	426	1173
		SC	121	403
		SC_PWD	14	14
		ST	50	218

Cut Off JEE Mains Paper 2 2016: for Architecture Engineering in CFTIs

S.No.	Name of the Institute	Category	Opening Ranks	Closing Ranks
1	Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra	General	698	6481
		General_PWD	78	78
		SC	314	598
		ST	114	908
2	Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur	General	1015	3854
		OBC	941	1606
		OBC-NCL	547	1606
		SC	200	332
		ST	144	303
3	Mizoram University, Aizawl	General	2259	4696
		General_PWD	87	178
		SC	401	762
		ST	173	643
4	School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal	General	816	2144
		General_PWD	49	207
		OBC	539	1022
		OBC-NCL	489	1058
		OBC-NCL_PWD	45	111
		SC	126	414
		ST	137	347
5	School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi	General	98	975
		General_PWD	29	29
		OBC	238	544
		OBC-NCL	200	556
		OBC-NCL_PWD	21	21
		SC	69	223
		SC_PWD	3	23
		ST	28	99
6	School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada	General	836	3542
		General_PWD	55	55
		OBC-NCL	510	1306
		OBC-NCL_PWD	31	56
		SC	63	536
		ST	32	517
7	Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra	General	2026	4791

Check here:  JEE Main Paper 2 Result 

JEE Mains Paper 2 Cut Off 2016: for Planning Engineering in NITs

S.No	Name of the Institute	Category	Opening Ranks	Closing Ranks
1	Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology, Bhopal	General	314	5493
		OBC-NCL	629	1963
		SC	93	1103
		ST	120	530
2	School of Planning and Architecture, Delhi	General	434	2292
		OBC	450	1174
		OBC-NCL	450	1175
		SC	182	354
		SC_PWD	23	23
		ST	87	541
3	School of Planning and Architecture, Vijayawada	General	1528	4369
		General_PWD	85	213
		OBC	1106	1607
		OBC-NCL	744	1667
		SC	280	786
		ST	248	455

Factors Affecting JEE Mains 2024 Paper 2 Cut Off 

The following factors are considered while determining the JEE Mains Paper 2 Cut Off.

• The number of aspirants who appeared for the exam
• The number of seats offered for B.Arch or B.Planning
• The difficulty level of the exam
• Previous year cutoff trends
• Category under which admission is desired

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The JEE Mains Paper 2 cut-off is an important criterion for students pursuing B.Arch/B.Plan programs at prestigious institutions such as NITs and GFTIs. These cut-offs, which vary by institute, program, and category, reflect the difficult nature of admissions.

They not only help students understand the minimum scores needed to advance in the selection process, but also help them set realistic preparation goals. Analyzing these trends allows applicants to assess their admission chances and strategize accordingly.

Key Takeaways:

• Importance of Cut-Offs: JEE Main Paper 2 Cut-Offs are crucial for B.Arch/B.Plan admissions, indicating minimum scores required for consideration.
• Institute Variability: Cut-Offs vary by institute, category, and available seats, impacting admission chances.
• Release and Insight: Cut-Offs are released post-exam, offering insights into closing ranks and aiding decision-making during counseling.
• Influential Factors: Factors like test-taker numbers, available seats, and exam difficulty influence Cut-Offs.
• Preparation Strategy: Analyzing past exam cut-offs helps set realistic preparation goals and devise effective exam strategies involving mock tests.