24 students score perfect 100 percentile in JEE Main 2025; results declared by NTA
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Saturday announced the results of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech), with 24 candidates securing a perfect 100 percentile.
The exam was conducted in two sessions — January and April — witnessing a massive turnout. A total of 1,539,848 unique candidates registered across both sessions, of which 147,5103 appeared. In the January session alone, 13,115,444 students registered and 12,581,36 appeared, while the April session saw 10,618,40 registrations and 9,92,350 actual participants.
The computer-based examination was held in 13 languages across 300 cities, including 15 international centres such as Dubai, Singapore, Doha, and Washington, DC.
Among the 24 candidates who scored a perfect 100 percentile, Rajasthan accounted for the highest number with seven students, followed by Maharashtra and Telangana with four each. Uttar Pradesh had three toppers, West Bengal had two, and Gujarat, Delhi, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh had one each.
Two female candidates were featured among the top scorers: Devdutta Majhi from West Bengal and Sai Manogna Guthikonda from Andhra Pradesh.
The NTA also released the category-wise cut-off percentiles for eligibility to appear in JEE Advanced 2025. The cut-off for the unreserved (UR) category was the 93.10 percentile. For the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), it was 80.38; for OBC-NCL, 79.43; for Scheduled Castes (SC), 61.15; and for Scheduled Tribes (ST), 47.90. For persons with benchmark disability (PwBD) in the UR category, the cut-off stood at 0.0079 percentile.
To ensure the integrity of the examination process, NTA implemented advanced security measures including AI-based video analytics, 5G jammers, live CCTV surveillance, and biometric attendance systems. Despite these efforts, results of 110 candidates were withheld due to the use of unfair means, while results of another 23 were withheld due to identity verification discrepancies.
Now that the JEE Main results are out, eligible candidates will move forward to the JEE Advanced — the gateway to securing admission in the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs).
Notably, 8,335,366 candidates registered for both sessions of the exam, and 7,753,833 appeared in both. For those who appeared in both sessions, the higher of the two scores was considered for the final result.
(DD News)
