JEE Main Session 2 Result 2026 Live Updates: NTA Final Answer Key Out, Scorecard To Be Released Shortly, Check Direct Link Here

The NTA is likely to announce the JEE Main session 2 BE/BTech paper results and All India Rank (AIR) list in the evening today, April 20, 2026. Though, no official confirmation has been provided by the agency.

Following the release of the JEE Main Session 2 Paper 1 results, candidates who have qualified for the examination will be eligible to participate in the counseling process once the results are declared. Counseling applications will be available on the official JoSAA website. For admission to engineering degree programs, there will be 5–6 rounds of seat allocation.

Candidates who have qualified for the examination will be eligible to participate in the counseling process once the results are declared. Counseling applications will be available on the official JoSAA website. For admission to engineering degree programs, there will be 5–6 rounds of seat allocation.

The JEE Main scorecard of candidates will be generated as per their names in Class 10th certificate or marksheet.

Yes, NTA is most likely to release the BE/BTech paper scorecards today, April 20, 2026, as per its earlier announcement.

The JEE Main session 2 results will likely be announced today for more than 11 lakh students.

Students will be able to download their scorecard on the official websites jeemain.nta.nic.in and exams.nta.nic.in using their application number and password.

To access the scorecard, candidates will need the following login credentials:

1. Application number

2. Password

NTA has released the JEE Mains 2026 final answer key PDF. Final answer key is crucial as it is used for the calculation of final scores after reviewing all objections raised against the provisional answer key.

2 questions have been dropped:,

Candidates will be awarded four marks for each correct answer, and one mark will be deducted for an incorrect answer. The total score will be calculated using the given formula.

Total Marks = (Correct Answers X 4) - (Incorrect MCQs X 1).

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the final answer key for JEE Main Session 2 BE/BTech (Paper 1) and has dropped two questions from Physics. 

Final Answer Key Direct Download Link

This year, approximately 11.23 lakh candidates appeared for Session 2 of JEE Main 2026. For Paper 1 (BE/BTech), about 11.06 lakh candidates registered, with an overall attendance of nearly 93 per cent.

NTA has announced that the JEE Main 2026 Session 2 result will be declared by April 20, 2026, on the official website jeemain.nta.nic.in. The result will carry percentile scores, All India Rank (AIR), and each candidate’s eligibility status for JEE Advanced 2026. 

The login credentials required to download the scorecard are

-Application number

-Password

NTA will release the JEE Main session 2 paper 1 scorecards shortly. Direct link to download will be notified here.

Category-wise expected cut-offs based on previous trends are as follows:

UR/ General: 93-95 percentile,

Ashi Grewal from Haryana secured the highest NTA percentile among female candidates in JEE Main 2026 Session 1, scoring 99.9969766 percentile in Paper 1. None of the 12 candidates who achieved a perfect 100th percentile in the January session was female- all 12 were male.

The window for candidates to raise objections against the JEE Main 2026 Session 2 provisional answer key closed on April 13, 2026, at 11:50 PM.

NTA has officially stated that the JEE Main 2026 Session 2 result will be declared by April 20, TODAY. However, the exact time of release has not been confirmed yet. Based on past trends, the result is usually announced in the late evening or night hours. 

The JEE Main 2026 scorecard will remain available for download on jeemain.nta.nic.in until July 31, 2026. The document is required for JoSAA counselling, JEE Advanced registration, and document verification during college admissions.

The JEE Main examination is conducted in multiple shifts, each having a different difficulty level. Therefore, to ensure fairness across all shifts, the NTA employs a normalization process to calculate percentiles.

Percentile formula:

Percentile = (Number of candidates with score <= yours / Total candidates in session) x 100

Note: The difficulty level of shifts is balanced through normalisation

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will be declaring the JEE Main 2026 Session 2 result by April 20, as announced by the exam authority earlier. Once released, it will be available on the official website of JEE Main Session 2 at jeemain.nta.nic.in. 

The applications for JEE Advanced 2026 for Indian students will begin on April 23 and end on May 2, 2026. Only those students will be eligible for JEE Advanced who clear JEE Main 2026.

Students can visit the following websites to check their JEE Main 2026 result:

– jeemain.nta.nic.in

– nta.ac.in

Shreyas Mishra, a student of Kulachi Hansraj Model School, had secured a perfect 100 percentile in JEE Main 2026 Session 1, the only candidate from Delhi to do so. A total of 12 students had scored 100 percentile in the Session 1 exams.

In the JEE Main exam, each correct answer is worth 4 marks and for each wrong answer, 1 mark is deducted. Unanswered for marked-for-review questions receive 0 marks.

Right answer: +4

Wrong answer: -1

The JEE Advanced 2026 examination will take place on May 17, 2026, which is a sunday. This year the organising institute is IIT Roorkee.

In 2025 the JEE Main results were declared on April 18. Total 24 candidates has scored 100 percentile in the JEE Main Paper 1 Session 2.

According to a press release by NTA, for Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.), around 11.06 lakh candidates had registered in India and 4,229 from abroad. The attendance was of about 93 per cent and Aadhaar authentication of around 97 per cent.

On the day the JEE Main exam was scheduled in Riyadh, that is, April 5, a power disruption occurred. The exam was then rescheduled and successfully held later on April 6 and April 8, 2026.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the JEE Main 2026 Session 2 results by April 20, 2026. NTA often releases the scores late at night or a day ahead of schedule once the final answer key is finalized.

Students are advised to only check their results on the official websites. Some links might bear similar names to the official ones, but they are fake. Please avoid these links:

–upmsp-edu.com

–jeemainnic.in

–jeeguide.co.in

Once the JEE Main 2026 score is released, there is often a question left lingering, i.e., What next?
Once the scorecard is released, if the student meets the cutoff, he or she can register for JEE Advanced, which will start on April 23, 2026.

When the JEE Main 2026 result for session 2 is released, the details mentioned on the scorecard will be as follows:

-Subject-wise percentile

-Total NTA score

-All India Rank (AIR)

-Candidate's Rank

-Personal Details

-Eligibility Status for JEE Advanced 2026

To check the JEE Main 2026 Result, follow the steps given below:

Step 1: Visit the official NTA website at jeemain.nta.nic.in to access the portal.

Step 2: Click the given link to view the JEE Main 2026 Session 2 Result.

Step 3: Enter your unique application number and date of birth in the required fields.

Step 4: Input the security pin exactly as shown to verify your login session.

Step 5: Submit the details to view your scorecard and All India Rank online.

Step 6: Download and print the result for your future counseling and admission process.