JEE Main 2025: 1 or 2, how many times can you give JEE Main exam in a year? Clear your confusion, know the answer..

JEE Main 2025: Lakhs of students who appeared for the 12th board examination from the Math stream this year and those who passed 12th last year will appear for the JEE Main exam in 2025. The top 2.5 lakh students who pass it appear for the JEE Advanced exam. Passing the JEE exam is necessary for admission to the top engineering colleges in the country. Only the top scorers of JEE get seats in IIT Bombay, IIT Delhi, IIT College, and other top colleges.

Every year more than 10 lakh students appear for the JEE Main exam (JEE Main Exam). It is included in the list of the toughest exams in the world. The JEE Main exam is held twice a year. In such a situation, students are very confused about whether they should appear for the JEE Main exam once or both times. If you are also preparing to appear for the JEE Main exam in 2025 and have any kind of confusion about the session, then know what you should do.

When will the JEE Main exam be held in 2025?
The JEE Main exam is held twice a year. During peak COVID, JEE Main exam was conducted 4 times a year. The first session of JEE Main is usually held between the last week of January and the first week of February. Then the second session of JEE Main is conducted in April. The dates will be known after the JEE Main registration process starts. Separate registration has to be done for both the sessions of JEE Main exam.

Can one appear for the JEE Main exam twice?

Now the question arises if the JEE Main exam is held twice a year, then how many times can students appear in it? Any student can appear in both the sessions of JEE Main if he wants. No limitation has been fixed regarding this. If you get fewer marks in JEE Main Session 1, you can also appear in JEE Main Session 2. JEE Main Session 1 can be considered as a practice test. JEE Main Session 2 allows correcting past mistakes.

There are many benefits of taking the exam again.
The IIT which conducts the JEE Main exam will also select the best score from both the sessions. A lot of flexibility has been given in this process. If your performance in JEE Main session 1 is better then that will be considered and if you score better marks in the second session then the final rank will be given on that basis. If you feel that your performance in the first session was good for your chosen college and you are completely satisfied with it then there is no need to take the exam for the second session.