2023 JEE Main Session-1 results: 20 candidates score 100 percentile
What's the story
The National Testing Agency (NTA) on Tuesday announced the much-awaited results of the 2023 Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main Session 1 for Paper 1 (engineering).
A total of 20 candidates who appeared for the engineering entrance exam under the JEE Main Session 1 have reportedly secured the 100 percentile.
Candidates can check their results on the official website (jeemain.nta.nic.in).
Here's everything to know.
Twitter Post
Take a look at the NTA's announcement
NTA declares JEE (Main) Session-1 scores for Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech.); 20 candidates received a 100 NTA Score pic.twitter.com/lWfWnsQfaF
— ANI (@ANI) February 7, 2023
Steps
How to download JEE Main scorecard?
Candidates must visit the official JEE Main website (jeemain.nta.nic.in) and click on the "Results for JEE MAIN (2023): Paper 1 - B.E./B.Tech" option on the homepage.
On the next page, they must enter their login credentials, like the application number, date of birth, and security pin, and click on "Submit."
The JEE Main scorecard will then appear on the screen, which can be downloaded.
Information
Final answer key was released earlier
Before the results, the NTA released the final answer key for the 2023 JEE Main Session 1 Paper 1 on Monday. While the provisional answer key was issued earlier on Thursday, the candidates were given time until Saturday to raise any challenges to the same.
Details
Over 9 lakh students appeared for JEE Main this session
This year, the JEE Main Session 1 was held by the NTA on January 24, 25, 28, 29, 30, and 31 and February 1.
While Paper 2 (for BArch/BPlanning) was held on January 28, Paper 1 (for BE/BTech) was held on the remaining dates.
Reportedly, a total of 8.6 lakh students appeared for Paper 1, and 46,000 candidates took Paper 2.
Toppers
These 20 candidates scored 100 percentile
Among the JEE Main toppers who scored the 100 percentile are Abhineet Majety, Amogh Jalan, Apurva Samota, Ashik Stenny, Bikkina Abhinav Chowdary, Deshank Pratap Singh, Dhruv Sanjay Jain, Dnyanesh Hemendra Shinde, and Duggineni Venkata Yugesh.
Gulshan Kumar, Guthikonda Abhiram, Kaushal Vijayvergiya, Krish Gupta, Mayank Soni, NKVishwaajith, Nipun Goel, Rishi Kalra, Soham Das, Suthar Harshul Sanjaybhai, and Vavilala Chidvilas Reddy also secured the 100 percentile.
Details
Two girls secured 99.99 percentile
Of the 100 percentile scorers this session, 14 belonged to the general category, while four candidates were from the OBC-NCL category and one each from the SC and Gen-EWS categories, per the NTA.
While there are no female candidates who have made the 100 percentile this time, two girl students have reportedly secured the 99.99 percentile, while 10 others scored the 99 percentile.