First 3 days of JEE Main 2025: Exam paper analysis, postponement, technical glitches
Anu Parthiban | January 25, 2025 | 03:33 PM IST | 2 mins read
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Try NowNEW 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.
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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
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JEE Main January 22 question paper |
Difficulty-level |
Topics asked |
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Shift 1 physics |
Easy |
Mechanics, Current Electricity, Optics, Modern Physics, and Waves |
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Shift 2 physics |
Easy to moderate |
Waves, Magnetism, and Modern Physics |
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Shift 1 chemistry |
Moderate |
Electrochemistry, Kinetics, p-block, d-block, Thermodynamics, and Biomolecules |
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Shift 2 chemistry |
Easy |
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Shift 1 mathematics |
Difficult |
Probability, Matrices, Algebra, Calculus, Vectors, Coordinate Geometry, 3D, and Calculus |
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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.
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JEE Main January 23 question paper |
Difficulty-level |
Topics asked |
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Shift 1 physics |
Easy to moderate |
Mechanics, Waves, and Thermodynamics |
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Shift 2 physics |
Easy |
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Shift 1 chemistry |
Easy |
Organic Chemistry |
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Shift 2 chemistry |
Easy to moderate |
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Shift 1 mathematics |
Moderate to difficult |
Calculus, 3D Geometry and Vectors, and Conic |
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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.
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JEE Main January 24 question paper |
Difficulty-level |
Topics asked |
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Shift 1 physics |
Easy |
Vectors, ray and optics, modern physics, semiconductors and current electricity |
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Shift 2 physics |
Easy |
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Shift 1 chemistry |
Moderate |
Chemical bonding, mole concept, electrochemistry, and determinants |
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Shift 2 chemistry |
Easy |
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Shift 1 mathematics |
Difficult |
3D, Geometry, vectors, and conic sections |
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Shift 2 mathematics |
Moderate |
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