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Kalpit Veerwal tops JEE Main 2017 exam, scores 360 out of 360 marks

The results of Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2017 and cut-off for eligibility to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017 have been released yesterday. 

Kalpit Veerwal, an Udaipur lad, has topped the exam by scoring perfect 360 out of 360 marks. 

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The results of Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2017 and cut-off for eligibility to appear in JEE (Advanced) 2017 have been released yesterday. 

Kalpit Veerwal, an Udaipur lad, has topped the exam by scoring perfect 360 out of 360 marks. 

The JEE Main cut-off was set at 81 for general category candidates. The percentages, as per JEE Advanced rules, of various categories are: 27 per cent for OBC-NCL, 15 per cent for SC, 7.5 per cent for ST and the remaining 50.5 per cent is OPEN for all.

In a press release, the CBSE website said a total of 11,86,454 candidates appeared out of which 221427 have qualified for the JEE Advanced 2017.

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Among them, 1002781 students registered for the offline exam out of which 956716 have appeared. For JEE Main 2017 online exam, the registration was low as 183673 have applied while only 165635 have given the entrance examination for admissions in IITs and NITs.

A total of 932 boys have entered the top 1000 while only 68 girls are in the slot. Even among the top 5000, the number of girls remains low with only 466 girls among 4534 boys. Among the 2,21,427 candidates who have qualified to appear in JEE advanced which will be held in May 21, 2017, there were 46,160 girls and 1,75,267 boys.

Candidates can check their results here

http://cbseresults.nic.in/jee_main_zxc/Jee_cbse_2017.htm

The Joint Entrance Exam  (JEE) Advanced 2017 is scheduled to be held on May 21 by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras. As per the schedule released, registration for JEE Advanced 2017 will begin on April 28 on the official website, jeeadv.ac.in

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Source – CBSE | Image courtesy – Facebook

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