This time, twin brothers Mahroof and Masroor Ahmed Khan from Bhubaneswar have secured identical scores in the JEE-Main 2026 Session 1 Paper 1 examination.
Published: February 17, 2026 9:36 AM IST
The National Testing Agency (NTA) has declared the results of JEE (Main) 2026 Session 1 Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.), with 12 candidates securing a perfect 100 NTA score (percentile). The exam recorded an overall attendance of 96.26 per cent.
According to the release, 12 candidates achieved a 100 NTA Score (percentile) in the JEE (Main) 2026 Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.). The top scorers include Shreyas Mishra (Delhi-NCT), Narendrababu Gari Mahith and Pasala Mohith (Andhra Pradesh), and Shubham Kumar (Bihar), among others.
This time, twin brothers Mahroof and Masroor Ahmed Khan from Bhubaneswar have secured identical scores in the JEE-Main 2026 Session 1 Paper 1 examination. The brothers prepared in Kota for the engineering entrance test.
#WATCH | Kota, Rajasthan: Twin brothers Mahroof and Masroor Ahmed Khan from Bhubaneswar made history by achieving identical scores in the JEE-Main exam.
“Luckily, there weren’t too many difficulties. It was quite smooth sailing. All the teachers helped a lot. I just did whatever… pic.twitter.com/yR14CyEcAx
— ANI (@ANI) February 17, 2026
While speaking to news agency ANI, one of the brothers said, “Luckily, there weren’t too many difficulties. It was quite smooth sailing. All the teachers helped a lot. I just did whatever the teachers told me to do, and followed up, did all the work. Nothing else, nothing special.”
Furthermore, he stated, “I’ve devoted a lot of time to preparation. I’ve been preparing for JEE on my own for 5 years. A lot of hard work has gone into it, and Kota has definitely helped a lot.”While the other brother said, “I had difficulty; sometimes I got low marks because of silly mistakes. I talked to the teacher about it.”
Later, he added, “Studying NCERT is good for JEE. I would like to give credit to Allen, my parents, my family, and my hard work as well.”
NTA conducted the Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.) of Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 2026 Session 1 (January) in 658 Centres in 326 Cities (including 15 cities outside India). The examination was conducted in Computer-Based Test (CBT) mode across 658 centres in 326 cities, including 15 cities outside India. It was held in 13 languages — Assamese, Bengali, English, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
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