JEE Advanced 2021: Exam Date(Announced), Application Form

JEE Advanced 2021 Exam Status

JEE Advanced 2021 News

• The Education Minister of India has announced the exam date on 26 July 2021. JEE Advanced 2021 is going to be held on 03 October 2021.
• The Relaxation in the 75% requirement of class 12th has been removed this year as well.

JEE Advanced 2021 Important Dates

The candidates can check JEE Advanced 2021 Dates below in the table:

JEE Advanced 2021 Application Form

JEE Advanced 2021 Application form will be available online. Candidates must visit the official website to download the information brochure/bulletin for all the essential information related to the Application form. Candidates should consider the following steps while filling the JEE Advanced 2021 Registration form:

• Class X certificate( as per date of birth) or birth certificate.
• Class XII or equivalent certificate.
• If the name is not matching with Class X certificate, a gazette notification showing the change of name is to be provided.

• GEN-EWS certificate issued by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

• OBC-NCL certificate issued by Government of India in confirmation with the latest guidelines and updates on the Central List of State-wise OBCs.

• Caste certificate for SC or ST in confirmation with the latest guidelines of the Government of India.

• Physical Disability certificate issued by the notified medical authority.

Application Fee

JEE Advanced 2021 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates need to fulfil the given JEE Advanced 2021 eligibility criteria to appear in the exam. Check details below:

To be eligible to give JEE Advanced 2021, the candidate must be among the top 2,24,000 students (including all categories) in Paper-1 of JEE Main 2021. Given below is information regarding the percentage of various categories of candidates :

• Candidates should have been born on or after 01 October 1994.
• Five-year relaxation is given to SC, ST and PWD candidates.

• Candidates are permitted to attempt JEE Advanced a maximum of two times in two consecutive years. 

Candidates are not eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2021, if

• They took admission at any of the IITs in the past (whether or not they continued in the course);   OR
• They accepted admission by reporting at a reporting centre in the past;   OR
• If their admission to any IITs was cancelled in the past.

However, if they joined a preparatory course in any of the IITs in 2019 for the first time, they would be eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2021. If candidates had paid seat acceptance fee in 2019, they would still be eligible to appear in JEE Advanced 2021 if,

• They did not report at any reporting centre.   OR
• Withdrew before the last round of seat allotment.    OR
• Had their seat cancelled (for whatever reason) before the last round of seat allotment for IITs, during the joint seat allocation in 2019?

JEE Advanced 2021 Exam Pattern

Exam patterns help candidates to prepare themselves well for the examination. So, candidates can refer to the JEE Advanced 2021 Exam Pattern given below:

JEE Advanced 2021 Syllabus

The syllabus for JEE Advanced 2021 is given below for the candidates to get an idea about the various topics under each subject.

1. General Physics
2. Mechanics
3. Thermal Physics
4. Electricity and Magnetism
5. Optics
6. Modern Physics

Chemistry syllabus will include various topics from Physical Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry and Organic Chemistry.

1.Physical Chemistry

• General Topics
• Gaseous and Liquid States
• Atomic structure and chemical bonding
• Energetics
• Electrochemistry
• Chemical equilibrium
• Thermodynamics
• Chemical kinetics
• Solid-state
• Solutions
• Surface chemistry
• Nuclear Chemistry

• Isolation/preparation and properties of non-metals
• Preparation and properties of compounds
• Transition elements (3d series)
• Ores and Minerals
• Extractive metallurgy
• Principles of qualitative analysis

• Concepts
• Preparation, properties and reactions of alkanes
• Preparation, properties and reactions of alkenes and alkynes
• Reactions of benzene
• Phenols
• Characteristic reactions
• Carbohydrates
• Amino acids and peptides
• Properties and uses of some important polymers
• Practical organic chemistry

• Algebra
• Trigonometry
• Analytical geometry
• Differential calculus
• Integral calculus
• Vectors

• Freehand drawing
• Geometrical drawing
• Three-dimensional perception
• Imagination and aesthetic sensitivity
• Architectural awareness

JEE Advanced 2021 Admit Card

JEE Advanced Admit card 2021 will be available online. The candidates who have submitted the JEE Advanced 2021 registration form successfully can download the Admit Card for JEE Advanced 2021:

• Candidates can avail the Admit Card from the official website by entering the registration credentials.
• Candidates should carefully check the entries in the admit card and in case of any issues found they can contact the Chairman, JEE Advanced exam 2021 of the respective zonal coordinating IIT.
• In case a candidate is facing a problem downloading the admit card, he/she should immediately contact the Chairman, JEE Advanced 2021 of the respective zonal coordinating IIT.
• The JEE Advanced 2021 admit card will contain the below details:
  • Candidate’s Name
  • Roll Number
  • Date of Birth
  • Category
  • Signature
  • Exam Date
  • Exam Centre

JEE Advanced 2021 Exam Schedule

The JEE Advanced 2021 entrance exam will be conducted by the IITs under the supervision of the Joint Admission Board (JAB). Based on this exam, candidates can take admission in the Bachelor's, Integrated Masters and Dual Degree programs in all the IITs. JAB will do the final decision regarding the candidate's admission in IITs, and it depends on their JEE (Advanced) 2021 score.

This exam is consists of two papers, Paper 1 and Paper 2. For each paper, candidates will be provided with a duration of three hours. Candidate must have to appear in both the papers. The exam will be held in the computer-based test mode.

JEE Advanced 2021 Answer Key

Candidates must take note of the following important facts about the JEE Advanced 2021 Answer Key:

• IIT Kharagpur will release the answer key on its official website.
• First, IIT KGP releases a provisional answer key.
• Candidates can check and challenge the provisional answer key on paying a requisite processing fee.
• After receiving feedback from candidates, IIT KGP publishes the final answer keys.
• Compilation of marks for JEE Advanced results is as per the final answer key.

JEE Advanced 2021 Result 

• Joint Entrance Exam Advanced 2021 results will be declared on the official website.
• The aspirants can assess their JEE Advanced 2021 results with the help of their registration number and date of birth.
•  All India Rank (AIR) and Category Rank (CR) of qualified aspirants will be available on the online portal after the results are declared and the JEE Advanced 2021 counselling dates will be announced shortly after.
•  The aspirants who appeared for both paper I and Paper II will only be considered for Common Rank List (CRL). 
• Individual rank cards will not be sent to the candidates.

JEE Advanced 2021 Rank Lists

The JEE Advanced 2021 Rank List will be decided if the candidates fulfil the below-given Criteria:

• Candidates who appear for both Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be considered for the ranking.
• The marks scored in total in the subject Physics in both Paper 1 and Paper 2 will be equal to the marks allotted in Physics for JEE Advanced 2021
• In the same waymarks for Chemistry and Mathematics will be calculated.
• The rank list is prepared based on the aggregate marks obtained by a candidate in JEE Advanced 2021.
• There will be no waiting list for ranking in JEE Advanced 2021.
• Only those candidates who score the minimum prescribed marks in each subject and aggregate will be included in the rank list.

JEE Advanced 2021 Tie-Breaking

If the aggregate marks of two or more candidates are the same, then a tie-break policy is used for awarding ranks:

• Step 1: Candidates having higher positive marks will be awarded a higher rank. In case if this also fails to break the tie then follow step 2
• Step 2: Higher rank is assigned to that candidate who scored higher marks in Mathematics. If this also fails to break the tie, higher rank will be assigned to a candidate scoring high in Physics. If again there is a tie, then the candidates will be assigned the same rank.

JEE Advanced 2021 Cutoff Marks

To be included in the rank list of JEE Advanced, the candidates must secure a minimum score in the exam. The minimum score varies from category to category and the same is given in the table below of JEE Advanced Cut off:

Previous Year Statistics for JEE Advanced Exam

Check the previous year analysis for JEE Advanced examination:

JEE Advanced 2021 Counselling

The counselling process for JEE Advanced examination for the academic year 2021 will take place after the result is declared.

• The seats in IITs, NITs, IIITs and other Govt. Funded Technical Institutes (GFTIs) will be allocated by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority(JoSAA)
• All the candidates who have qualified in the exam are eligible for admission and will have to participate in the joint seat allocation process by filling their choices of courses.
• The procedure to fill the choices will be made available by JoSAA through Seat Allotment Brochure.
• The schedule for seat allotment will be announced separately by JoSAA.

Courses Offered by IITs

Type of Academic programs offered at IITs with their minimum duration*

*Only those academic programs are mentioned here for which admission is based on JEE Advanced. These institutes also offer other courses which have different admission criteria.

This year instead of 2.4 lakh, 2.5 lakh JEE Man top qualifiers will be allowed to appear for JEE Advanced 2021. 2nd Paper which usually starts from 2:00 PM will now start at 2:30 PM. Check the complete schedule below:

• JEE Advanced exam will be conducted in the United States of America (USA). The centre will be established in San Francisco.
• JAB has also decided to remove exam centres from Colombo and Addis Ababa. The decision has been taken due to lower candidate record in previous years.

JEE Advanced Reservation Criteria 2020

Check the reservation criteria prescribed by IIT Delhi given below.

Candidates can download JEE Advanced 2021 Information brochure Pdf here.

JEE Advanced 2021 Exam Centres

• Candidates will have to choose 6 cities/towns from a zone of their choice at the time of online registration.
• Though a candidate will be allotted the city/town of his/her preferences a different city/town in the same/other zones may be allowed under exceptional Criteria.
• Request for change of city/ town once allotted will not be entertained under any circumstances.

A tentative list of cities/towns under different zone is given below:

JEE Advanced 2021 Highlights

In the below table check JEE Advanced 2021 highlights:

About Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur), The Test organising Body of 2021

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur is a government technical and research autonomous university established by the government of India in 1951. It is the first of the IITs to be established and is recognised as an Institute of National Importance. The first Indian Institute of Technology was born in May 1950 in Hijli, Kharagpur (City in West Bengal).  Follow IIT Kharagpur on Twitter - https://twitter.com/IITKgp. 

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