The National Testing Agency has released the toppers list for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains 2020, with 24 candidates scoring a perfect 100/100.
While Telangana has maximum 100 percentile scorers at 8, Delhi is at the second spot with 5 hundred percentile scorers followed by Rajasthan (4), Andhra Pradesh (3), Haryana (2) and one candidate each from Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The exam was held between September 1-6, amid the COVID-19 pandemic and stringent safety measures and after being postponed multiple times due to fears of spreading the virus further. Staggered entry and exit for candidates, sanitisers at the gate, distribution of masks and maintaining distance as candidates queued up, were among the scenes witnessed at the exam centres across the country.
Around 6.35 lakh candidates took the exam out of 8.58 lakh, that is 74 per cent of those who registered, amid fears that the safety measures would not be enough, and difficulties in reaching the venues in some cases.
Here is how to check your results in the JEE-Main:
1. Visit the official website jeemain.nic.in
2. Click on “View Results/Scorecard”
3. Enter your application number and date of birth
4. Enter the security pin number
5. Login and check your scores
How the exam was held amid a pandemic
Increasing the number of examination centres, alternate seating plans, fewer candidates per room and staggered entry and exit were among the steps taken by the National Testing Agency for safely conducting the crucial exam.
While the governments of Odisha, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh had assured students that they would provide transportation to candidates, a group of IIT alumni and students also launched a portal to provide transport facilities to exam centres for the candidates in need.
There had been a growing chorus for postponing JEE-Mains and medical entrance exam NEET amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases.
The Supreme Court had earlier dismissed a plea seeking postponement of the two exams amid a spurt in the number of COVID-19 cases, saying a "precious year" of students cannot be wasted and life has to go on.
Based on the results of the JEE-Mains Paper 1 and Paper 2, the top 2.45 lakh candidates will be eligible to appear for the JEE-Advanced exam, which is a one-stop exam to get admission into the 23 premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). JEE-Advanced is scheduled to take place on September 27.
With inputs from PTI
