JEE-Main 2025 result: 14 candidates bag perfect score in first edition of exam

Fourteen candidates from across the country scored a perfect 100 in the first edition of the Joint Entrance Examination JEE Main 2025 with the highest number hailing from Rajasthan the National Testing Agency NTA announced on TuesdayOf the 14 top scorers 12 are from general category and one each is from the Other Backward Category OBC and Scheduled Caste SC categories news agency PTI reported While 13 of the toppers are males one female candidate has also got the top scoreThe scores of 39 candidates have not been declared as they were found indulging in unfair means practices the NTA saidMore than 1258 lakh candidates had appeared for the first edition of the entrance examAmong the candidates who secured an NTA score of 100 five are from Rajasthan two each from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and one each from Karnataka Andhra Pradesh Gujarat Telangana and Maharashtra PTI reportedThe toppers included Ayush Singhal Rajit Gupta Saksham Jindal Arnav Singh and Om Prakash Behera from Rajasthan Daksh and Harsh Jha from Delhi Shreyas Lohiya and Sourav from Uttar Pradesh Kushagra Gupta Karnataka Vishad Jain Maharashtra Shiven Vikas Toshniwal Gujarat Sai Manogna Guthikonda Andhra Pradesh and Bani Brata Majee TelanganaAccording to NTA officials the score is not the same as percentage of marks PTI reportedNTA scores are normalised scores across multisession papers and are based on the relative performance of all those who appeared for the examination in one session a senior official explainedThe marks obtained are converted into a scale ranging from 100 to 0 for each session of examinees the official addedThe JEEMain examination was held in 13 languages Assamese Bengali English Gujarati Hindi Kannada Malayalam Marathi Odia Punjabi Tamil Telugu and UrduIt was also conducted in 15 cities outside India including Manama Doha Dubai Kathmandu Muscat Riyadh Sharjah Singapore Kuwait City Kuala Lumpur Abu Dhabi W Java Washington Lagos Nigeria and MunichWhile the first edition of the exam was conducted in JanuaryFebruary the second edition is scheduled in April Based on the results of JEEMains Paper 1 and Paper 2 the candidates will be shortlisted to appear for the JEEAdvanced exam which is a onestop exam to get admission into the 23 premier Indian Institutes of Technology IITsAfter both sessions of JEE Main2025 Examination the ranks of the candidates will be released taking into consideration the best of the two NTA scores in accordance with the policy already madeAccording to the officials a Central Control Room was opened to monitor and facilitate the smooth conduct of the examination on the groundAs many as 277 city coordinators 894 observers 38 NTA flying squad and representatives of certain government security agencies were deputed for examination duties in various cities and centres The exam centres were also monitored using AIbased video analytics and virtual observers The latest 5G jammers were also installed at exam centres NTA coordinated with state and district authorities to form committees and carry out physical audit of exam centres the official saidWith PTI inputs