The Joint Entrance Examination Main is an exam conducted to recruit engineering graduates for a number of engineering institutes in India. This exam is also used to screen candidates for JEE Advanced 2019, which is used to admit candidates for IITs. In the following post, we would take a look at the important things that you should take a look at when you are applying for JEE Main Exam 2019
JEE Main Exam 2019 – Important Dates
From 2019, the exam would be held twice a year. The following table gives the complete details of the dates for JEE Main.
| Application Date | September 1 to October 1, 2018 |
| Registration for Test Practise Centres Starts | September 1, 2018 |
| Release of Admit Card | December 17, 2018 |
| The announcement of Date and Shift for Paper I and II | October 5, 2018 |
| The announcement of Exam City for Paper I and II | October 19, 2018 |
| JEE Main 2019 | Paper I
January 9, 10, 11 and 12 Paper II January 8 |
The JEE Main Exam would again be conducted in the month of April 2019. The following table gives the details of JEE Main Important Dates for April 2019.
| Application Date | February 8 to March 7, 2019 |
| Release of Admit Card | March 18, 2019 |
| JEE Main 2019 | April 6 to 20, 2019 |
To know more details about the dates, click on the link below:
JEE Main Exam 2019 – Eligibility Criteria
JEE Main Exam 2019 eligibility criteria include:
- Citizenship and Nationality
- Date of Birth and Age limit
- Year in which appeared for class 12th/Diploma
- Number of subjects
- Number of previous attempts
- Marks required for JEE Main 2019
- Aadhaar card Enroll
To get more details about the JEE Main Exam 2019 eligibility criteria, click on the link below:
JEE Main Exam Eligibility Criteria Details
JEE Main Exam 2019 – The Application Form
Documents You Would Need
To fill your JEE Main Form, you need to have the following documents:
- Recent Passport Sized Colored Photographs (Scanned Copy)
- Valid Signature on a white paper (Scanned Copy)
- Class X Documents – Certificate and Marksheets
- Class XII Documents – Certificate and Marksheets
- Aadhar Card
- Passport number/Voter ID card/Ration card number etc.
- Valid Email ID and Phone Number
- Debit Card/Credit Card or e-Challan for Application Fee
The Complete Process of Filling up the Form
Filling up the application form for JEE Main is really easy. It involves the following steps:
- Register and fill application form online for JEE Main
- Upload the Photo and Signature
- JEE Main 2019 Application fee payment
- Confirmation Slip Printout
Register and fill the application form online for IIT JEE Main 2019
Step 1: Visit the official JEE Main website and Click on “Apply JEE Main online”.
Step 2: The first thing that you would need to do is register on the website with personal details like nationality, state of eligibility, identification type, identification number, name, date of birth, gender, the school board of class 12 examination, year of passing or year in which appeared for class 12.
Step 3: Next, you would need to fill in details like exam paper applying for, preferable exam mode – Online or Offline, choices for exam centres, the medium of question paper, category, class 10 passing year, class 12 passing year, school information along with the board information.
Step 4: You would need to create a password before submitting JEE main 2019 application form. Click on next to move on to the final confirmation page for application details. Candidates can review all the details filled and then can go to the previous page by clicking on edit credentials or submit the application form.
Uploading the Photo and Signature
Step 5: After submission, candidates will be redirected to another step. You would need to upload images of your signature and photo. You need to follow the following instructions to upload the photo.
Important instructions for Images
- Only JPEG/JPG file format photograph should be used with dimension 3.5 cm x 4.5 cm.
- Size of the photographs should be between 4 KB to 40 KB.
- Photographs should be coloured otherwise, black and white with clear contrast.
- On Candidate Photograph, name and date of taking the photograph should be printed
- The signature should be same as the one in class X and XII certificates and should be clearly visible in the scanned image.
Step 6: Click on the Review button to proceed to next page where candidates can finally review the images and proceed to the application fee payment page.
JEE Main Fee payment
Step 7: Pay the application fee as per the table given below using Credit Card/Debit Card or e-Challan.
JEE Main Fee Details
| Pen and Paper Mode – Offline Exam | ||
| Category | B.E./B.Tech. OR B.Arch/B.Planning | Both B.E./B.Tech. AND B.Arch/B.Planning |
| General/OBC | Rs. 1000 (Boys) Rs. 500 (Girls) |
Rs. 1800 (Boys) Rs. 900 (Girls) |
| SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 500 (Boys) Rs. 500 (Girls) |
Rs. 900 (Boys) Rs. 900 (Girls) |
| Computer-based mode – Online Exam | ||
| General/OBC | Rs. 500 (Boys) Rs. 250 (Girls) |
Rs. 1300 (Boys) Rs. 650 (Girls) |
| SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 250 (Boys) Rs. 250 (Girls) |
Rs. 650 (Boys) Rs. 650 (Girls) |
Exam Centres in Foreign Country – Application fee structure for JEE Main 2019
| Pen and Paper Mode – Offline exam | ||
| Category | B.E./B.Tech. or B.Arch/B.Planning | Both B.E./B.Tech. and B.Arch/B.Planning |
| General/OBC | Rs. 2500 (Boys) Rs. 1250 (Girls) |
Rs. 3800 (Boys) Rs. 1900 (Girls) |
| SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 1250 (Boys) Rs. 1250 (Girls) |
Rs. 1900 (Boys) Rs. 1900 (Girls) |
| Pen and Paper Mode – Online Exam | ||
| General/OBC | Rs. 2500 (Boys) Rs. 1250 (Girls) |
Rs. 3800 (Boys) Rs. 1900 (Girls) |
| SC/ST/PWD | Rs. 1250 (Boys) Rs. 1250 (Girls) |
Rs. 1900 (Boys) Rs. 1900 (Girls) |
Printout of Confirmation Slip
Step 8: The final stage of the process is getting the confirmation slip. You need to submit the final form and download the acknowledgement sheet for the application form of JEE Main 2019. This acknowledgment sheet will be used as a confirmation to your application for JEE Main 2019.
To know more details about the JEE Main Application Form, click on the link below:
JEE Main Exam 2019 – Downloading the Hall Ticket
To download your JEE Main Hall Ticket, you need to click on the link below:
JEE Main Hall Ticket 2019 – Download Now
*Please note that the link is not active now. We would be activating the link as soon as the JEE Main admit card is officially released.
To know the complete details of downloading the hall ticket, click on the link below:
The Exam Pattern of JEE Main Exam 2019
The JEE Main exam is used to admit to two different courses – Bachelors in Engineering/Technology (B.Tech) and Bachelors in Architecture (B.Arch). Now, for each of the courses, you need to appear for different papers.
- Paper I – for admission into B.Tech/BE courses
- Paper II – for admission into B.Arch Courses
To get further details about the JEE Main Exam Pattern, click on the link below:
Syllabus for JEE Main 2019
Let us now take a look at the Syllabus for JEE Main 2019. As we have seen above, there are two papers: Paper I and Paper II. Paper 1 includes 3 sections:
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Maths
The syllabus for these three sections is given below:
| Physics | Chemistry | Mathematics |
| Physics and Measurement | Basic Concepts | Sets, Relations and functions |
| Kinematics | States of Matter | Quadratic Equations and Expressions |
| Laws of motion | Atomic Structure | Complex Numbers |
| Work, energy and Power | Chemical bonding and Molecular Structure | Matrices and Determinants |
| Rotational motion | Chemical thermodynamics | Permutations and Combinations |
| Solids and Liquids | Solutions | Mathematical Induction |
| Gravitation | Equilibrium | Binomial theorem |
| Rotational dynamics | Electrochecmistry and Redox Reactions | Sequences and Series |
| Thermodynamics | Redox and equivalent concepts | Limit, Continuity and Differentiability |
| Kinetic Theory of Gases | Chemical Kinetics | Integral Calculus |
| Oscillation and waves | Surface Chemistry | Differential Equations |
| Electrostats | Nuclear chemistry (radioactivity) | Co-ordinate Geometry |
| Current Electricity | Periodic table and properties | Three dimensional Geometry |
| Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism | Isolation of Metals | Vector algebra |
| Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Currents | Hydrogen | Statistics and Probability |
| Electromagnetic Waves | s-block and p-block elements | Trigonometry |
| Optics | d & f block elements | Mathematical Reasoning |
| Dual nature of Matter and Radiation | Coordination compounds | |
| Atoms and Nuclei | Environmental Chemistry | |
| Electronics Devices | Basic principles of Organic Chemistry | |
| Communication Systems | Hydrocarbons | |
| Experimental Skills | Organic Compounds using Halogens, Oxygen and Nitrogen | |
| Current Electricity | Polymers | |
| Biomolecules | ||
| Practical Chemistry | ||
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JEE Main 2019 Syllabus for Paper 2
Like Paper 1, Paper 2 also includes 3 sections:
- Mathematics
- Drawing
- Aptitude Test
The following table gives the detail of the syllabus for JEE Main Paper 2
| Drawing | Aptitude | Mathematics |
| Drawing and Designing of geometrical or abstract shapes & patterns in pencil | Awareness of Places, persons, buildings, and materials | Sets, Relations, and functions |
| Transformation of forms both 2D and 3D union | Texture and Objects related to Architecture | Quadratic Equations and Expressions |
| Elevation and 3D views of objects rotation | Visualizing 3D objects from 2D drawings | Complex Numbers |
| Development of Surfaces and Volumes | Visualizing Different sides of 3D Objects | Matrices and Determinants |
| Generation of Plan | Mental Ability | Permutations and Combinations |
| Creating 2D & 3D compositions using given shapes and forms | Analytical Reasoning | Mathematical Induction |
| Sketching of activities from memory of urban scenes | Color Texture | Binomial theorem |
| Contrast and Harmony | Sequences and Series | |
| Building Forms and Elements | Limit, Continuity and Differentiability | |
| 3D- Perception and Appreciation of scale and proportion of objects. | Integral Calculus | |
| Differential Equations | ||
| Co-ordinate Geometry | ||
| Three-dimensional Geometry | ||
| Vector algebra | ||
| Statistics and Probability | ||
| Trigonometry | ||
| Mathematical Reasoning |
Changes in the Frequency of the Exam
There are some changes brought about in the exam. Perhaps one of the biggest change in the JEE Main Exam is in the frequency of the exam. Earlier JEE Main was conducted only once. However, JEE Main 2019 would be conducted twice a year. In 2019, the exam dates would be in January and April.
A candidate can give the exam once or even both the times. If you fail to clear the exam in the first session, you can appear for in the second session. Even if you pass the first session, you can still appear in the second session to improve your score and get admitted in a better institute.
To know about the other changes in the exam, click on the link below:
JEE Main Exam 2019 – Important Changes
Checking Your JEE Main Result 2019
To check the JEE Main 2019 Result, click on the link below:
- Visit the link given above for official website of JEE Main 2019
- Click the link for JEE Main 2019
- Fill in your registration ID and password click on submit to get the results
- Candidates will be able to download and save their scorecard for JEE Main result 2019. Therefore, a printout should be taken as soon as possible.
- Candidates will be required to submit their valid JEE Main 2019 result scorecard with the admission application and counselling fee through the official website to get admission in their preferred college.
These were the details of the JEE Main Exam 2019. We wish you all the best for the exam!
