JEE Main cut-off 2025 rises by just 1 point for SC, ST; category-wise cut-offs show mixed trends
Anu Parthiban | April 19, 2025 | 12:28 AM IST | 2 mins read
JEE Main cut-offs 2025 for JEE Advanced 2025 for general category is 93.10 percentile. Category-wise JEE Mains cut-off for OBC, SC, ST, EWS candidates announced.
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try now testNEW DELHI: The Joint Entrance Examination Main cut-offs go by just 1 point for SC, ST categories. The JEE Main cut-off 2025 for all categories - General, OBC-NCL, EWS, SC, and ST - for JEE Advanced 2025 is out at jeemain.nta.nic.in. To secure a seat in Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), obtaining the minimum JEE Mains cut-off 2025 isn’t enough, aspirants will have to qualify the JEE Advanced 2025 exam as well. JEE Main result 2025 (out) live updates.
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The mixed trends and slight variation in JEE Main cut-off indicate that the exam and performance of students has been almost similar to last year's. As per the overall exam analysis, students found the JEE Main session 1 and session 2 exams ‘easy’ in difficulty compared to the previous year. Subject experts also predicted the JEE Main cut-offs 2025 to go up for IIT admissions.
JEE Main Cut-off 2025: Category-wise number of qualified
As per the JEE Main results 2025 , general category students will need a 93.10 percentile to qualify for JEE Advanced. The JEE Mains cut-off for EWS candidates is fixed at 80.38, OBC at 79.43. The JEE cut-offs for SC and ST at 61.15 and 47.90 respectively.
|
Category |
JEE Main 2025 |
JEE Mains 2024 |
||
|
Percentile range |
Number of candidates qualified |
Percentile Range |
Number of candidates qualified |
|
|
UR-General |
100 - 93.1023262 |
97,321 |
100.0000000 – 93.2362181 |
97,351 |
|
UR - PwD |
93.0950208 - 0.0079349 |
3,950 |
93.2041331 – 0.0018700 |
3,973 |
|
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) |
93.0950208 - 80.383011 |
25,009 |
93.2312696 – 81.3266412 |
25,029 |
|
OBC-Non-Creamy Layer (OBC - NCL) |
93.0950208 - 79.4313582 |
67,614 |
93.2312696 – 79.6757881 |
67,570 |
|
Scheduled Caste (SC) |
93.0950208 - 61.1526933 |
37,519 |
93.2312696 – 60.0923182 |
37,581 |
|
Scheduled Tribe (ST) |
93.0950208 47.9026465 |
18,823 |
93.2312696 – 46.6975840 |
18,780 |
|
Total |
|
2,50,236 |
|
2,50,284 |
JEE Main cut-off trends of past 4 years
The JEE Main 2025 cut-offs increased by slightly 1% percentile point for SC and ST compared to the previous year’s trends.
|
Category |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
Change (2024-2025) |
|
General |
88.41 |
90.78 |
93.24 |
93.10 |
-0.14 |
|
Gen-PwD |
0.003 |
0.001 |
0.00187 |
0.00793 |
+0.00606 |
|
EWS |
63.11 |
75.62 |
81.33 |
80.38 |
-0.95 |
|
OBC-NCL |
67.01 |
73.61 |
79.68 |
79.43 |
-0.25 |
|
SC |
43.08 |
51.98 |
60.09 |
61.15 |
+1.06 |
|
ST |
26.78 |
37.23 |
46.70 |
47.90 |
+1.20 |
Top course-wise JEE Main cut-off for IITs
Students aiming for IITs can check previous years’ JEE closing ranks for top courses.
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