24 Candidates Score Perfect 100 in JEE (Main) Session 2, Results Announced by NTA
New Delhi, April 19 — The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced the results of the second session of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Main), with 24 candidates achieving a perfect NTA score of 100.
As per agency report, the list of top scorers includes seven candidates from Rajasthan, three each from Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, and Maharashtra, two each from Delhi, West Bengal, and Gujarat, and one candidate each from Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Among the 24 top scorers, two are female candidates.
Of these high-scoring candidates, 21 belong to the general category, while one candidate each represents the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Other Backward Classes (OBC) categories.
More than 9.92 lakh candidates appeared in the second session of this highly competitive engineering entrance exam. In comparison, over 10.61 lakh students had appeared for the first session.
NTA clarified that the NTA score is a normalized score and not a direct percentage. It is calculated on the basis of the relative performance of candidates in multi-session exams and is mapped on a scale ranging from 100 to 0.
The results from both Paper 1 and Paper 2 of JEE (Main) will determine eligibility for the JEE (Advanced) examination, which leads to admission in 23 Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). For candidates who appeared in both sessions, the higher of their two scores has been considered for ranking.
The examination was conducted in 13 languages including Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu. A total of 531 exam centers were set up across 300 cities, including 15 international locations such as Manama, Doha, Sharjah, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Muscat, Riyadh, Singapore, Kuwait City, Kuala Lumpur, Kathmandu, West Java, Washington, Lagos, and Munich.
During the second session, results for 110 candidates were withheld due to the use of unfair means including submission of fake documents. Additionally, 23 results were withheld due to discrepancies in photographs, biometric data, or other identity-related details. These candidates have been asked to submit verified identity proof from a gazetted officer within a stipulated time to have their results released.
In the previous session, 39 candidates had also been debarred for involvement in malpractice.
