The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the Joint Entrance Examination (Main)– 2024 Session 1 (January 2024) in about 544 Centers in 291 Cities (including 21 cities outside India) as per the details given below for Paper 1:

Date of Exam Paper 
27, 29, 30, 31 January and 01 February 2024

Paper 1 (B.E./B. Tech.)

Registered candidates
1221624

Appeared candidates
1170048

The JEE (Main) – 2024 Examination was conducted in Computer Based Test (CBT) as per the following details:

i. B.E. /B. Tech.(Paper1) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode only.
ii. B. Arch. (Paper 2A): Mathematics-(Part I) and Aptitude Test-(Part II) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode and Drawing Test –(Part III) in “Pen & Paper” (offline) mode.
iii. B. Planning(Paper 2B): Mathematics-(Part I), Aptitude Test-(Part II), and Planning (Part III) in “Computer Based Test (CBT)” mode.

The Examination was held in 13 languages (Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu).
The Examination was also conducted in 21 cities outside India Manama, Doha, Dubai, Kathmandu, Muscat, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Kuwait City, Kuala Lumpur, Lagos/Abuja, Colombo, Jakarta, Moscow, Ottawa, Port Louis, Bangkok, and Washington D.C.
The examination was also conducted in Abu Dhabi, Hong Kong, and Oslo cities for the first time.