Formula
total = (correct × marks) − (wrong × penalty) for each question type, summedpartial marks on a multiple-correct question = number of correct options chosen (when no wrong option is chosen)
- Full marks, partial marks and the penalty are inputs
- Unattempted questions score 0
Add the marks gained on each question type and subtract the marks lost.
Worked example
A sample attempt with the default marks
- Single-correct — correct
- 6
- Single-correct — wrong
- 2
- Marks for a correct single-correct answer
- 3
- Marks lost for a wrong single-correct answer
- 1
- Multiple-correct — all correct options chosen
- 3
- Multiple-correct — partial: 3 correct options chosen
- 1
- Multiple-correct — partial: 2 correct options chosen
- 1
- Multiple-correct — partial: 1 correct option chosen
- 0
- Multiple-correct — any wrong option chosen
- 2
- Marks for a fully correct multiple-correct answer
- 4
- Marks lost for a wrong multiple-correct answer
- 2
- Numerical — correct
- 4
- Numerical — wrong
- 1
- Marks for a correct numerical answer
- 4
- Marks lost for a wrong numerical answer
- 0
Total marks
45
Marks gained: 51
Marks lost: 6
Questions attempted: 20
How it works
JEE Advanced mixes question types: single-correct multiple choice, multiple-correct questions where partial marking applies, and questions with a numerical answer. The organising IIT announces the pattern each year, and the number of questions and marks per type has not stayed fixed, so this calculator takes the counts of each outcome and the marks as inputs rather than assuming one year's paper.
The defaults — single-correct +3/−1, multiple-correct +4 with a −2 penalty for any wrong option, numerical +4 with no penalty — are the scheme that most published summaries describe for recent papers. On a multiple-correct question, partial marking awards one mark per correct option chosen when no wrong option is chosen, so choosing three correct options earns 3, two earns 2 and one earns 1.
Change any figure to match your paper's instructions. Add the maximum marks to see a percentage, or a cut-off from the official result notice to see how far above or below it you are. This tool does not estimate a rank; for that you would need every candidate's marks. For a simpler paper use the generic Exam Score Calculator, or for the main exam see the JEE Main Marks Calculator.
Assumptions and limits
- The default marks reflect the scheme most published summaries report for recent papers. They are editable because IIT sets the scheme each year in the paper's instructions.
- Partial marking is modelled as one mark per correct option chosen when no wrong option is chosen.
- Qualifying criteria and cut-offs change each year; enter the official figure yourself to compare.
Rules, sources and review date
- Applies to
- JEE Advanced paper scoring — marks per question type are user-editable — India (IIT-organised, JEE Advanced)
- Effective from
- 2026 cycle
- Last checked
- 13 Oct 2026
- Sources
- Note
- Published summaries disagree on section counts and per-type marks, and one states that the pattern is not announced in advance. Only the rule types (partial marking, penalties) are modelled; the marks are yours to set.