JEE Main 2022: Previous year's exam analysis, important topics, paper pattern

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vikrant.shukla | January 24, 2022 | 03:27 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) is expected to release the JEE Main 2022 exam dates soon. The JEE Main exam pattern 2022 will also be released along with its notification at its official website - jeemain.nta.nic.in.

Meanwhile, those aspirants who are planning to take the JEE Main 2022 exam can check the last year’s exam pattern, analysis as well as the important topics of the JEE Mains exam. This will help candidates to have an overall idea about the IIT JEE Mains 2022 exam, types of questions asked in the marking exam and how to plan the strategy.

Also read - JEE Main 2022: Solve free sample paper to know exam pattern; Direct link to download

JEE Main Exam Pattern 2022

Particulars

Details

Exam Mode

Online mode

Test Duration

Three hours

Language of Examination

Hindi, English, Kannada, Marathi, Assamese, Bengali, Malayalam, Odia, Tamil, Telugu, Gujarati, Punjabi, and Urdu.

Type of Questions

  • Multiple choice questions (MCQs)

  • Questions with numerical value as answers

No. of Sections

Three are three sections:

  • Mathematics

  • Physics

  • Chemistry

No. of Questions

Mathematics: 25 (20+10) 10 Questions with answers as a numerical value. Out of 10 questions, 5 questions are compulsory.


Physics: 25 (20+10) 10 Questions with answers as a numerical value. Out of 10 questions, 5 questions are compulsory.


Chemistry: 25 (20+10) 10 Questions with answers as a numerical value. Out of 10 questions, 5 questions are compulsory.


Total: 75 Questions (25 questions each)

Total Marks

300 Marks (100 marks for each section)

JEE Main Marking Scheme

MCQs: Four marks for each correct answer. One mark dedication as negative marking.


Questions with numerical value answers: Four marks for each correct answer, no negative marking.


Also read: JEE Main 2022: Expert tips and guidelines to prepare for exam

JEE Main exam analysis - Previous year

  • As per previous year’s JEE Mains exam analysis, mathematics difficulty level was of moderate to difficult, while Physics was easy to moderate and Chemistry was easy.

  • The questions in mathematics were mostly based on Calculus, 3D & Vector Algebra. There were some good and tricky questions from Binomial Theorem, Permutation & Combination, Probability & Matrices.

  • Physics had questions from Kinematics, EM Waves, Electromagnetic Induction, Heat & Thermodynamics, Semiconductors, Modern Physics & Optics.

  • As per JEE Main previous year analysis, Chemistry had questions from Organic Chemistry & Inorganic Chemistry had more weightage. Physical Chemistry was asked only in Numerical Based Type.

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JEE Main subject-wise important topics

JEE Main important topics for Physics

JEE Main important topics for Mathematics

JEE Main important topics for Chemistry

Heat & Thermodynamics

3 Dimensional Geometry

Atomic Structure

Ray Optics

Vectors

Gaseous & Liquid State

Electromagnetic Waves

Determinant & Matrices

Coordination Compound

Semiconductors

Sequence & Series

General Organic Chemistry

Rotation

Binomial Theorem & M. I.

Nuclear & Surface Chemistry

Kinematics

Circle

Chemical Bonding

Electrostatics

Probability Distribution (Binomial + Mean & Variance)

Electrochemistry

Current Electricity & Capacitors

Complex Number

Chemical Kinetics

Error & Instrument Analysis

Quadratic Equation

Alkyl Halides

Gravitation

Functions

Aromatic Compounds

Wave Optics

Definite Integral & Area Under the Curve

d-Block Elements

Properties of Matter

Straight Line

Carboxylic Acids & Its Derivatives

Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism

Application of Derivatives

Thermodynamics

Bohr’s Atomic Model

Conic Sections

Isomerism

Waves & Sound

Limits, Continuity & Differentiability

Aldehydes and Ketones

Photoelectric Effect

p-Block Elements

Oscillations

Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Current


Also read: JEE Main 2022 likely in March, will have four attempts, NEET 2022 in May: Report

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