Nearly two lakh students appear for JEE (Advanced) exam

New Delhi: Around two lakh students on Sunday appeared for the JEE (Advanced) examination for entry into the coveted IITs.

IIT Guwahati is the organising institute for JEE 2016. There were two papers in the JEE (Advanced) in which the students appeared.

Nearly two lakh candidates had cleared the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main-2016 to appear for JEE (Advanced). The results of JEE Main were declared by Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) last month.

1,98,228 candidates had cleared the JEE (Main) examination which was held both online and offline in 132 cities.

Nearly 12 lakh candidates had taken this exam of which 19,820 have qualified for the JEE (Advanced) Online while 1,78,408 candidates have qualified for the JEE (Advanced) offline test.