Updated On : June 15, 2023
JEE Main Paper 2 is the national level entrance exam conducted by NTA for admission into top architecture schools across the Country.
Are you planning to appear for JEE Main Paper 2 Exam but worried about clearing the exam? Well, with proper preparation, you can remove the exam with a high score.
This post shall take you through the previous year's JEE Main Paper 2 trend and difficulty level. By going through the JEE Main Paper Exam trend, you can get an idea about the difficulty level of the question paper, the type of questions asked, how many have cleared the exam and more.
Over the years, there is an increase in the number of students taking up JEE Main paper 2 Exam. Let us understand the statistical data of last year's JEE Main Paper 2 Exam Analysis below.
Let us go through the previous year difficulty level of JEE Main Paper 2 Exam.
Subject | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
Mathematics | Easy to Moderate | Easy to Moderate | Difficult |
Aptitude | Easy | Easy | Easy |
Drawing | Easy | Easy | Easy |
Planning | Easy | - | - |
A good score means that it lets you be shortlisted for JEE Advanced Exam. Generally, a good score in JEE Main is 250+. Currently, NTA shall announce the JEE Main Paper 2 Result in percentile.
The below table shows the estimated percentile based on the previous year data. From the below data, you can understand that you need to score at least 200-210 marks in JEE Mains Exam to get shortlisted for JEE Advanced.
Year | JEE Main Cutoff for JEE Advanced (General Category) | SC | ST | OBC |
2020 | 90.3765335 | 50.1760245 | 39.0696101 | 72.8887969 |
2019 | 90 Percentile | 40 | 40 | 70 |
2017 (in Marks) | 81 | 32 | 27 | 49 |
2016 (in Marks) | 100 | 52 | 48 | 70 |
2015 (in Marks) | 105 | 50 | 44 | 70 |
2014 (in Marks) | 115 | 53 | 47 | 74 |
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If you wish to get admission in NITs through JEE Main, a good score can be around 85-95 percentile. Along with this percentile, you must secure a rank between 15000-20000 to get admission to top NITs.
As per the previous year's trend, whoever secured ranks between 1-20000 could get admission into top NITs across the country.
To get admission to top IITs, a good score of 80-90 percentile is required. It would help if you got a rank between 1-25000 to get admission to top IITs across the country.
Previously, whose ranks were between 1-25000 could get admission into top IITs. A few candidates whose ranks were beyond 25,000 - 1,00,000 also made it to IIITs (newer IIITs/ regional-level IIITs).
If you wish to get admission to top engineering colleges in India (apart from IITs, NITs or IIITs), you must have above 80 percentile in JEE Main exam. There is also an option to appear for entrance exams conducted by various deemed universities.
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