JEE Main 2025 January 22 Exams LIVE: NTA BE, BTech shift 1 exam begins; question paper analysis for paper 1

As per the marking scheme mentioned on the JEE Main 2025 question paper, candidates will get 4 marks for each correct answer and 1 mark will be deducted for each incorrect answer.

The JEE Main 2025 exam began today, January 22. Once the shift 1 exam is over, the JEE Main 2025 question paper (memory-based questions) with solutions will be posted.

The NTA JEE Main syllabus 2025 includes Class 11 and 12 topics of physics, chemistry and mathematics. Candidates can have a look at the JEE Main syllabus 2025 for mathematics with weightage distribution below.

As per the NTA schedule, the JEE Mains exam time 2025 for January 22 shift 1 is 9 am to 12 noon. 

As per the revised pattern, the section B of the JEE Main 2025 question paper will not have optional questions. There will be only 5 questions per subject and candidates are required to answer all.

The NTA Abhyas app provides JEE Mains mock test 2025. The JEE Mains mock test are available in multiple languages including English, and Hindi.  The NTA Abhyas app can be downloaded from Google play store or Apple app store.

The JEE Mains shift 1 exams 2025 will commence at 9 am. Candidates appearing for BE, BTech paper 1 exams will be given 3 hours to attempt the computer-based test (CBT). The exam will conclude at 12 noon.  

JEE Main January 22 shift 1 exam from 9 am to 12 noon. (Source: Careers360)

The NTA has directed all exam centres to provide candidates with blank paper for rough work. Candidates who are using paper for rough work will have to write their name and roll number at the top of each of the sheets and should drop the sheets in the designated drop box without fail, before leaving the exam hall. “Failures to do so may result in a non-evaluation of your answers”.

Candidates will be allowed to take bio-break. However, if a candidate goes for bio-break, toilet, he or she will have to undergo mandatory frisking and biometrics again. “Apart from the biometric attendance and frisking at entry, candidates will be frisked and biometric attendance will be taken again on entry from bio- break/toilets break,” the NTA said.  

The NTA will be holding the national-level engineering entrance exam, JEE Mains paper 1 BE, BTech, in computer-based test (CBT) mode. Paper 2A BArch mathematics part 1 and aptitude test part 2 in CBT mode and drawing test in pen-and-paper mode.  

The invigilators will be brief candidates about the exam and complete the attendance registration process. The JEE Main question paper 2025 for shift 1 BE, BTech paper will be distributed soon. 

The JEE Main January 22 exam will be held in two shifts. Candidates will have to produce the JEE Main admit card 2025, self-declaration form, a valid photo ID, and a passport-size photograph. Students have been instructed to use transparent ball point pen while filling the attendance sheet and for rough work.

No. The NTA has instructed candidates to appear for the JEE Main January 22 exam at the allotted exam centre. "No candidate will be allowed to appear at the examination Centre, on the date and shift/time other than that allotted to him/ her in his/ her Admit Card," it said. 

Apart from private sources, a reliable set of free JEE Mains mock tests can be found on the NTA's own National Test Abhyas app. 

Entry gates have been closed. Only those candidates who have a valid JEE Main admit card 2025, self-declaration form, passport size photo have been allowed inside the exam hall. Candidates who have not complied with the dress code and those found in possession of prohibited items have not been allowed entry. 

JEE Main shift 1 exam will begin soon. (Source: Careers360)

An NTA JEE Main 2025 candidate complained of "gross mismanagement" at a JEE Main exam centre in Peenya, Bengaluru. 

@ntaofficialinn gross mismanagement at etalent, peenya center before JEE mains first session on 22.01.2025 pic.twitter.com/kIs8XLfnME

— Prema Mistry (@MistryPrema) January 22, 2025

The JEE Mains session 1 exam will be held in one exam centre each in Arunachal Pradesh and Andaman & Nicobar. The NTA will also be conducting the entrance exams in 5 Assam centres. 

Typically, once NTA JEE Mains admit card is issued, The exam centre cannot be changed. The NTA has even issues a full JEE Mains exam centre list 2025; what it does announce, however, is the list of exam cities. 

JEE Main 2025 Shift 1 candidates depositing their bags at the exam centre (Image: Careers360) 

Parents and guardians wait outside the NTA exam centre. The JEE Mains entry gates will be closed at 8.30 am.  

JEE Mains entry gate closing time (Source: Careers360)

Each exam centre will display a list in the venue indicating seat number and lab number. Candidates who have completed the verification process and biometric registration are required to proceed to the exam hall. 

JEE Main seat number 2025 will be allotted at the exam centre. 

Entry for the JEE Main 2025 Shift 1 has already begun. JEE Mains admit cards are still available on jeemain.nta.nic.in. 

JEE Main 2025 Shift 1: Candidates entering the exam centre (Image: Careers360) 

A JEE second-attempt candidate, Suraj from Rewari, Haryana, told Careers360: "This is my second attempt. I have prepared for the exam my practicing JEE Main PYQ (previous year question paper) and taking mock test. I am aiming for 98 (percentile) in exam."

JEE Mains aspirant at the exam centre.    

Students will be appearing in 11 exam centers in Bihar this year. 

The JEE Main session 1 exams will be conducted in 22 exam centres in Andhra Pradesh. 

JEE aspirant Tushar Chowdary told Careers360 before entering the exam centre that he is targetting to achieve 120 marks. "This is my first attempt. I have been focusing on all three subjects and have been taking JEE Main free mock test. I am expecting to score at least 120 marks in the exam," Tushar said. 

JEE Main aspirant takes about preparation before the exam. (Source: Careers360)

Candidates in Delhi enter the JEE Main exam centre 2025 in dense fog. 

JEE Main Delhi exam centre 2025 (Source: Careers360) 

The JEE Mains exam 2025 will be conducted in 15 cities abroad. The name of cities and country is given below. 

• Manama, Bahrain
• Doha, Qatar 
• Dubai, UAE 
• Kathmandu, Nepal 
• Muscat, Oman 
• Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 
• Sharjah, UAE 
• Abu Dhabi, UAE 
• Singapore; Kuwait 
• Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 
• Lagos, Nigeria 
• West Java, Indonesia 
• Washington DC, the USA 
• Munich, Germany.

Yes. Candidates will be allowed to wear jeans, however, it is advised that they were comfortable dress on the day of the exam.  

The high-level committee, set up by the ministry of education to review the functioning of NTA, recommended to use Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs), Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), and similar schools with good infrastructure as exam centres for JEE Mains and other computer-based test (CBT) entrance exams.

JEE Main exam centre in Delhi. (Source: Careers360) 

Candidates appearing in the JEE Mains January 22 shift 1 exams 2025 will have to note that the NTA will close the entry gates at 8.30 am. 

JEE aspirants entering exam centre in Delhi. (Source: Careers360)

Shoes, footwear with thick soles and garments with large buttons are not permitted. Candidates are also not allowed to wear cap or scarfs, or metallic items. 

Female candidates are advised to not wear mehendi, tattoo, jwellery, heavy and expensive ornaments to the exam centre, as per the JEE Main dress code guidelines.   

The NTA has changed the exam centre at Sharjah, UAE (centre code ZZ1401) due to “unavoidable circumstances”. 

Candidates will be able to download the JEE Main admit card 2025 for January 22 exam from the following official websites. 

• jeemain.nta.nic.in.
• nta.ac.in.
• examinationservices.nic.in

Candidates should carry the following documents to the JEE Main exam centre, failing which they will not be allowed to appear in the examination. 

• JEE Main admit card downloaded from the NTA official website and preferably printed in the A4 size paper. 
• Self-declaration form and a valid photo ID card such as Aadhaar card, PAN card. 
• Should carry at least two passport photographs same as the one uploaded in the JEE Main application form 2025.
• Transparent water bottle and ball point pen. 

The NTA exam centres have started allowing candidates with valid JEE Main admit card and other required documents to enter inside the exam venue. The JEE Main entry timings for shift 1 is 7 am to 8.30 am. 

JEE Main January 22 shift 1 entry begins (Image: Careers360)

The NTA JEE Main admit card consists of four pages and will look like the image given below. Page 1 contains the JEE Main exam centre details and self declaration (undertaking), page 2 has "Important instruction for candidates", and page 3 has "Important Advisory", page 4 is a declaration from Non-Aadhaar candidates.

JEE Main hall ticket 2025

The JEE Main BE, BTech paper 1 will have three sections - physics, chemistry, and mathematics (PCM). Here’s the JEE Main question paper pattern and marking scheme for January 22 shift 1 and shift 2 exams.

Some of the topics in all three subjects - physics, chemistry, and mathematics - have been removed for the JEE Mains exams 2025.  

Mathematics: Mathematical Induction and mathematical reasoning units have been deleted. 

Physics: In Physics, the communication device unit has been deleted from the JEE Main syllabus. 

Chemistry: Surface chemistry, states of matter, general principles and processes of isolation of metals, s-block elements, hydrogen, environmental chemistry, alcohol phenol and ether, and polymers chapters have been removed.

The JEE Main question paper will have English, and medium opted by the candidate during the application process. “English version will prevail in the event of any difference of opinion,” the NTA said. 

Candidates are advised not to wear cap, scarfs, any heavy dresses, metallic items, shoes or anything that covers the feet. NTA JEE Main dress code for male and female candidates.

In line with the National Education Policy (NEP 2020), the JEE Main 2025 will be conducted in 13 languages - English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, and Urdu.

Mathematics is the only subject that is common in JEE Main paper 1 and paper for BE, BTech and BArch, BPlanning courses. As per the JEE Mains deleted syllabus 2025, here's topic-wise weightage for maths subject.

As per the JEE Main PYQ, topics such as transition elements, coordination chemistry, periodic table, and representative elements have more weightage in the BE, BTech paper 1 exam. 

Here’s the JEE Mains syllabus 2025 for physics. Topic-wise weightage and marks, as per previous year’s question paper (PYQ) analysis.

The NTA JEE Main self-declaration form form can be downloaded from the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. Steps to fill JEE Main undertaking form is given below.

• Login to the NTA official website and enter your login credentials.
• Now, download all the pages of JEE Main hall ticket. Second page is the self-declaration form. 
• Read the form carefully and mark on the boxes if you have any symptoms of COVID such as fever, cough, sore throat, breathlessness. 
• Fill the box if you have possibly been in contact with a COVID-infected person or if you were in quarantine. 
• Provide details of the city you travelled to in the last 14 days.
• Sign and put your left-hand thumb impression in the space provided. Get it signed by your parents.

Self-declaration form will be attached with the JEE Main admit card 2025. A replica of the JEE Main self-declaration form is given below. 

JEE Main self-undertaking form. 

The JEE Main self-declaration form is the second page of the admit card. It is an undertaking signed by the candidates informing about any COVID-19 symptoms, details of quarantine, travel history of the past 14 days, and a possible touch with the COVID patient. Candidates will have to carry the duly filled and signed JEE Main self-declaration form with them. 

Candidates should carry the JEE Main admit card downloaded from the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in. The JEE Main hall ticket will have the address of exam centre, details of the exam, shift timings, candidate’s signature and photograph. 

What to expect at JEE Main exam centre 2025? Frisking rules, documents required

The JEE Main is conducted for admission to undergraduate engineering programmes, BE, BTech at National Institutes of Technology (NITs), Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), other Centrally-Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) institutions recognized by participating state governments. 

The JEE Main paper 1 for BE, BTech courses will be held in two shifts - shift 1 will begin from 9 am to 12 noon and shift 2 from 3 pm to 6 pm. 

The National Testing Agency (NTA) will administer the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main 2025) today in 284 exam cities in India and 15 cities abroad. On the first day, students will appear for JEE Main exam BE, BTech paper 1 in two shifts.