First 3 days of JEE Main 2025: Exam paper analysis, postponement, technical glitches

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JEE Main 2025 exam paper analysis for January session 1 exams. (Image source: JEE exam centre/ Careers360)
JEE Main 2025 exam paper analysis for January session 1 exams. (Image source: JEE exam centre/ Careers360)

Anu Parthiban | January 25, 2025 | 03:33 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The National Testing Agency (NTA) will be resuming the Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Mains 2025) on January 28 for BE, BTech paper 1 and BArch, BPlanning paper 2. The first three days saw a mix of reactions from students, parents regarding the JEE Main exam paper difficulty level, allotment of far-off exam centres, and technical glitches.

The NTA JEE Main 2025 session 1 exams are being conducted from January 22 to January 30 for paper 1 and paper 2. There is a gap of three days in between the exam that spans for 6 days. The JEE Main admit card 2025 for candidates who have been allotted January 28, 29 and 30 has also been issued on the official website, jeemain.nta.nic.in.

It was not a great start for the NTA, since it had to postpone the JEE Main January 22 exam for 114 candidates who appeared in the eTalent exam centre in Bengaluru due to technical snag. Careers360 reported about the delay in allowing candidates inside the exam hall at the same exam centre - eTalent exam centre, Peenya, Bangalore, in Karnataka - for shift 1 students.

JEE Mains Jan 22 question paper

On the first day of the national-level engineering entrance exam, JEE Main 2025 January 22 question paper 2025 had lengthy mathematics questions and the physics section was challenging. Students found chemistry to be moderate in difficulty level. The JEE January 22 shift 2 moderate in difficulty level

JEE Main January 22 question paper

Difficulty-level

Topics asked

Shift 1 physics

Easy

Mechanics, Current Electricity, Optics, Modern Physics, and Waves

Shift 2 physics

Easy to moderate

Waves, Magnetism, and Modern Physics

Shift 1 chemistry

Moderate

Electrochemistry, Kinetics, p-block, d-block, Thermodynamics, and Biomolecules

Shift 2 chemistry

Easy


Shift 1 mathematics

Difficult

Probability, Matrices, Algebra, Calculus, Vectors, Coordinate Geometry, 3D, and Calculus

Shift 2 mathematics

Moderate and lengthy

Calculus, Vectors & 3D Geometry, Matrices and Determinants, Quadratic Equations, Coordinate Geometry, and Binomial Theorem.

JEE Mains Jan 23 question paper

Students who appeared on day 2 rated the JEE Main January 23 shift 1 and shift 2 question paper moderate in difficulty level. Some students who took the exam in Delhi-NCR test centres claimed that the question paper had a few errors and the physics section had only two options instead of four.

JEE Main January 23 question paper

Difficulty-level

Topics asked

Shift 1 physics

Easy to moderate

Mechanics, Waves, and Thermodynamics

Shift 2 physics

Easy

Shift 1 chemistry

Easy

Organic Chemistry

Shift 2 chemistry

Easy to moderate

Shift 1 mathematics

Moderate to difficult

Calculus, 3D Geometry and Vectors, and Conic

Shift 2 mathematics

Moderate to difficult

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JEE Mains Jan 24 question paper

The third day of the JEE Mains exam was the easiest compared to the previous two days, as per students’ reactions. The JEE Main January 24 shift 1 question paper was moderate and shift 2 was ‘easiest’ overall, as per the session 1 exam analysis.

JEE Main January 24 question paper

Difficulty-level

Topics asked

Shift 1 physics

Easy

Vectors, ray and optics, modern physics, semiconductors and current electricity

Shift 2 physics

Easy

Shift 1 chemistry

Moderate

Chemical bonding, mole concept, electrochemistry, and determinants

Shift 2 chemistry

Easy

Shift 1 mathematics

Difficult

3D, Geometry, vectors, and conic sections

Shift 2 mathematics

Moderate

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