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JEE Main 2025 Result Session 2 Update: NTA Responds to the Answer Key Controversy

Last update: Apr 22, 2025

JEE Main 2025 Result Session 2 Update: NTA will declare the JEE Main Session 2 Result on April 17, 2025. Before the result declaration, NTA responds to the recent controversy on the answer key, where experts and students flagged 9 errors.
Through a series of updates on X on April 15, NTA claimed that it follows a fair and transparent examination procedure. To address the controversy, the agency further clarified that candidates should wait for the JEE Main 2025 Final Answer Key. The score will be determined by the final answer key. So, controversy based on the provisional answer key is not desirable.
NTA issued the JEE Main 2025 Answer Key on April 11, 2025. Since its release, students and experts from leading coaching institutes have identified 9 errors. Among these, 2 are from Mathematics, 3 from Chemistry, and 4 from Physics. As per the experts, these types of basic mistakes in the national-level exam are unacceptable.

JEE Main Result 2025 Session 2: How to Download?

Once the result is out, candidates can access the result from the official website. Websites such as nta.ac.in, jeemain.nta.nic.in, examinationservices.com will host JEE Main 2025 result. Following the steps below, candidates can access the result.

  • Candidates should visit the official website at jeemain.nta.nic.in.
  • Next, candidates should click on the ‘JEE Main Session 2 Result 2025 Link’.
  • After that, candidates are required to enter their application number and password.
  • Upon submitting, JEE Main 2025 Session 2 result will be displayed on the screen



JEE Main 2025 Result Session 2: How Many Students Appeared?

As per various media resources, more than 12 lakh students appeared in JEE Main 2025 Session I exam. Among the 14 students secure perfect 100%ile.

Total Number of Students Appearing in JEE Main Year-Wise Trend

In 2024, more than 11 lakh students appeared in the Joint Entrance Examination. This year, the number of students has increased. The session 2 students’ appearance is not published by NTA yet. 

Year Total Registered Total Appeared Qualified for JEE Advanced
2024 (Session 1) 12,21,624 11,70,048
2024 (Session 2) 11,79,569 10,67,959
2023 17,91,398 17,07,334 Top 2,00,000
2022 10,26,799 9,05,590 Top 2,50,000
2021 10,48,012 9,39,008 2,50,186
2020 ~11.74 Lakhs ~10.23 Lakhs 2,50,681
2019 12,37,892 11,47,125 2,45,000
2018 11,48,000 ~10.43 Lakhs 2,31,024

JEE Main 2025 Result Session 2: Why Cut Off may Increase?

As per the experts, this year, JEE Main 2025 cutoff may increase for the general category candidates who wish to appear in JEE Advanced 2025. The cutoff for the general category may increase up to 92.19 percent. Last year, the JEE Main cutoff was 90.77%.

JEE Main Previous Years Cutoff Trend 

JEE Main Previous Years Cutoff Trend will help candidates to get a general idea about the JEE Main Cutoff 2025. To get details information on the cutoff candidates can refer to the list below:

Category 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
General 93.2362181 90.7788642 88.4121383 87.8992241 90.3765335 89.754884
OBC-NCL 79.6757881 73.6114227 67.0090297 68.0234447 72.8887969 74.316655
SC 60.0923182 51.9776027 43.0820954 46.8825338 50.1760245 54.012815
ST 46.697584 37.2348772 26.7771328 34.6728999 39.0696101 44.334517
GEN-EWS 81.3266412 75.6229025 63.1114141 66.2214845 70.2435518 78.217486
Gen-PwD 0.00187 0.0013527 0.0031029 0.0096375 0.0618524 0.1137173

NTA will release a normalised score by evaluating the relative performance of the candidates across all the shifts. As per NTA rules, raw marks are converted into percentiles to maintain transparency in the exam procedure.

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