24 JEE candidates get a complete 100 score

Twenty-four students scored a perfect 100 in the Joint Entrance Examination JEE Main for admission into engineering colleges.

While four top scorers are from Rajasthan and Telangana each, three are from Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh have two top scorers each.

The remaining top scorers are from Delhi, Karnataka, Haryana and Punjab.

For the first time, the JEE-Main was conducted two times this year in January and April in online mode.

The examination is conducted for admission to engineering colleges across the country. Those clearing the JEE-Main are also eligible for appearing for JEE-Advanced for admission to the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology.