The National Testing Agency (NTA) has released the results for JEE Main 2026 Session-1, and registrations for Session-2 are now open at jeemain.nta.nic.in. This year, 12 candidates achieved a perfect 100 percentile, with 11 of them from the General category, mostly from North India.
State-Wise Top Scorers
- Delhi: Shreyas Mishra – AIR 1
- Rajasthan: Kabir Chhillar, Chiranjib Kar, Arnav Gautam
- Andhra Pradesh: Narendrababu Gari Mahith, Pasala Mohit
- Bihar: Shubham Kumar
- Odisha: Bhavesh Patra
- Haryana: Anay Jain
- Maharashtra: Madhav Viradiya
- Gujarat: Purohit Nimai
- Telangana: Vivan Sharad Maheshwari
Notably, there were no female toppers among the 100-percentile scorers. Aashi Grewal from Haryana, scoring 99.9969766, topped among female candidates.
Category-Wise Highlights
- OBC-NCL (Central List): Narendrababu Gari Mahith
- General-EWS: Shreshth Jasoria (Rajasthan) – 99.9992442
- SC: Deva Srived (Andhra Pradesh) – 99.9992271
- ST: Daksh Sehra (Rajasthan) – 99.9938620
- PwD: Arsh Jain (Madhya Pradesh) – 99.9100843
Answer Key Updates
Following objections to the provisional answer key, NTA dropped 9 questions—2 from Mathematics and 7 from Physics—and revised the answers for 5 questions. Candidates in shifts where questions were dropped received full marks for those questions, regardless of attempts. For questions with multiple correct answers, students selecting any correct option were awarded full marks.
Security Measures
This year, NTA implemented OTP-based Aadhaar e-KYC for candidate verification. Exams were monitored by 311 city coordinators, 726 observers, over 311 anti-cheating teams, and 215 central government representatives. CCTV surveillance, AI-based video monitoring, and 5G jammers were installed at all centers.
Participation and Attendance
Session-1 saw 96.26% attendance. Out of 13,55,293 registrations, 13,04,653 candidates appeared—8.55 lakh males and 4.49 lakh females. Candidates can appear for either one session or both, with the best score counted for final merit.
Session-2 Registration & Exam Dates
Registrations for Session-2 are open until 25 February 2026. The exam will be conducted from 2 April to 9 April 2026, with final results expected by 20 April 2026.
North vs South Performance
While South Indian students traditionally dominated top ranks, this year 3 toppers are from southern states, with the majority of toppers hailing from the Hindi-speaking belt of North India. The increasing number of IIT seats and new courses is driving students’ aspirations for premier engineering institutes, both in India and abroad, where Indian professionals occupy senior roles in IT and software sectors.
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