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JEE Main centre-day checklist — admit card, self-declaration, photo ID, dress rules — plus a reporting-time plan built on the gate-closing rule.
This checklist covers everything a JEE Main candidate must carry, wear and plan on exam day — the printed admit card with self-declaration, one passport photograph, an original photo ID — and works a reporting timeline backwards from the shift start using the 30-minute gate-closing rule from the NTA Information Bulletin. It also projects marks from an attempt plan under the +4/−1 scheme across the 75-question, 300-mark paper.
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Items that can actually keep you out of the centre are separated from nice-to-haves.
Gate closing, arrival, departure and wake-up times are derived from the shift start, not guessed.
Projects a score from questions attempted and accuracy under the real +4/−1 scheme.
Four things are entry-critical: the admit card printed from the NTA portal, the self-declaration (undertaking) printed with it, one passport-size photograph matching the uploaded one for the attendance sheet, and an original valid photo ID such as Aadhaar, PAN, passport, driving licence, voter ID or a school ID. PwBD candidates additionally carry their certificate and scribe approval where applicable.
The gate closes 30 minutes before the paper begins — 8:30 am for the 9 am shift, 2:30 pm for the 3 pm shift — and no candidate is admitted after that. The reporting time printed on the admit card is usually about 90 minutes before the shift, so plan to be at the centre at least an hour before gate closing to absorb frisking and document checks.
Phones, bluetooth devices, earphones, calculators, log tables, watches of every kind including smart watches, books, notes, bags, wallets, caps, goggles, metallic items and food are all barred. Rough sheets are provided at the desk and must be returned; a transparent water bottle and a transparent ball pen are permitted.
Paper 1 has 75 questions — 25 each in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics — worth 300 marks. Every correct answer earns +4 and every wrong answer deducts 1 mark, in both the MCQ and numerical-value sections. That makes the break-even accuracy on a pure guess 20%, and gives you 2.4 minutes per question across the 3-hour paper.