The expected JEE Main 2023 cut-off percentile will be higher as compared to last year as the overall difficulty level of the exam was easier than previous year.
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Try NowMridusmita Deka | April 16, 2023 | 09:26 AM IST
NEW DELHI: The second edition of the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) concluded on April 15. The JEE Main exams were held in multiple shifts on all the exam days starting from April 6. The JEE Main 2023 session 2 was conducted for BE, BTech (paper 1) and BArch (paper 2A) and BPlanning (paper 2B). JEE Main 2023 Answer Key Live Updates
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The JEE Main 2023 exam was held for 300 total marks. The students had to attempt 75 questions out of 90. Each question carried four marks. The correct answer will fetch four marks and marking wrong answers will result in the deduction of one mark. The 90 questions were divided into 3 sections -- physics, chemistry and mathematics. Each of these sections had sub sections (A and B). In section A all the questions were compulsory and in section B, students had to attempt any five questions out of 10.
Sharing the overall difficulty level and expected cut-off, Nitin Arora, Assistant Director Academics Engineering, Aakash BYJU'S said: “Chemistry was the easiest section to attempt.”
While physics was moderately challenging, mathematics was the toughest section to attempt, the expert added.
Physics, Arora said, was a bit more difficult than chemistry but easier than mathematics. The physics section mostly consisted of easy to moderate-level questions. The questions in maths were lengthy and tricky to attempt. The mathematics section consisted of mostly moderate to difficult questions.
Overall Difficulty Level (on a scale of 3) (Average of all the shifts) Easy: 1; Medium: 2; Difficult: 3 | |
Subject | Difficulty Level |
Physics | 1.27 |
Chemistry | 1.20 |
Mathematics | 1.59 |
Overall | 1.34 |
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This year, the assistant director added, the expected JEE Main 2023 cut-off percentile will be higher as compared to last year, as the overall paper difficulty level was easier than the previous year.
Category | Expected Cut-Off Percentile 2023 |
General | 90- 92 |
EWS | 65-68 |
OBC - NCL | 67-70 |
SC | 45-48 |
ST | 30-33 |
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