JEE Main 2021 July exam results announced, 17 candidates score 100%

The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2021 result has been announced for the third session. According to the National Testing Agency (NTA), 17 students scored at the perfect 100 percentile during the third session. Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have the most toppers, with four each.

The third session of the national-level entrance test, originally scheduled for April 2021, has been postponed due to the Covid pandemic. It finally took place in July. JEE Mains will be held one more time, following which the all-India merit list will be released. In the third session, over 7 lakh students registered for the entrance exam.

“The examination was conducted at 915 centres in 334 cities [including 12 cities outside India in Baharain, Colombo, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Kualalampur, Lagos, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, and Kuwait],” the NTA stated.

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“On 3 and 4 August 2021, examinations were conducted for the 1899 candidates in the flood-affected districts of Kolhapur, Palghar, Ratnagiri, Raigadh, Sangli, and Satara in Maharashtra State who were unable to appear on 25 and 27 July 2021,” it added.

Toppers in JEE Main 2021

1.Lokesh karanam (Andhra Pradesh)

2.Venkata Paneesh Duggineni (Andhra Pradesh)

3.Veera Silva Pasala (Andhra Pradesh)

4.Rahul Naidu Kanchanapalli (Andhra Pradesh)

5.Vishal Vaibhav (Bihar)

6.Sixthly, Anshul Verma (Rajasthan)

7.Ruchir Bansal (Delhi NCT)

8.Pravakar Kataria (Delhi NCT)

9. Cruel (Haryana)

1. Anmol (Haryana)

11.Gaurab Das (Karnataka)

12.Lokesh Reddy Polu Lakshmi Sai (Telangana)

13.Madhur Adarsh Reddy (Telangana)

14.Venkata Karthikeya Sai Vydhik Velavali (Telangana)

15.Aditya Josyula Venkata (Telangana)

16.Amaiya Singhal (Uttar Pradesh)

1. Pal Aggarwal (Uttar Pradesh)

JEE Main is the entry point for admission to several of India’s premier engineering colleges, including the National Institutes of Technology (NITs) and Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) (IIITs). Additionally, it serves as a prerequisite for JEE Advanced – the IIT admissions test.