The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) on Wednesday declared the results of Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2016 which is used to shortlist candidates who want to join the IITs and other top engineering colleges.

A total of 1,98,228 candidates have qualified for JEE-advanced. While JEE-main determines the admission to engineering courses at non-IIT institutions; students are short-listed from here to appear for JEE-advanced that determines admission to IITs.