JEE Main 2026 April 5 Shift 2 Analysis: Students find Maths tough; physics, chemistry easy

The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the JEE Mains 2026 session 2 day 3 shift 2 exam from 3 pm to 6 pm. The difficulty level of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE Main 2026) on April 5 was easy to moderate, as per student reactions. JEE Main 2026 April 5 Exam LIVE

As per the JEE Main 2026 April 5 shift 2 paper review, the JEE Main 2026 April 5 evening shift paper was overall easy to moderate and easier than the January session. It was similar in level to the morning shift.

In chemistry, most questions were from Inorganic, followed by physical and organic. Physics and chemistry were easy and mostly based on formulas, while mathematics was more difficult because it involved long calculations.

Also read JEE Mains 2026 April 5 Shift 1: Students find Maths lengthy, time-consuming; Physics moderate, Chemistry easy

JEE Main 2026 day 3 shift 2: Subject-wise paper analysis

The JEE Main 2026 April 5 shift 2 paper was similar to shift 1 but slightly tougher. Physics was more challenging, chemistry was easy, and mathematics was lengthy but manageable.

The subject-wise difficulty level and JEE Main day 3 shift 2 memory-based questions are given below.

JEE Main day 3 Physics analysis

According to the JEE Main physics paper review, the section on the April 5 evening shift was easy in difficulty and tougher than chemistry. Most questions were direct and based on formulas, mainly from Class 12 topics. Students took about one hour to complete it.

Topic-wise questions

• 1 question from units and dimensions
• 1 question from kinematics
• 2 questions from rotational motion (Topics- moment of inertia and energy)
• 1 question from modern physics (Topic- Debroglie)
• 2 questions from Electrostatics
• 1 question from current electricity
• 2 questions from ray optics (Topics- Lens, lens formula)

JEE Main day 3 Maths analysis

As per the JEE Main April 5 maths paper analysis, the mathematics section was of tough difficulty. It was tougher than chemistry and physics, and harder than the morning shift, though easier than the January session.

Topic-wise questions

• 1 Question from Vector Algebra & 3D Geometry
• 2 Questions from Coordinate Geometry
• 1 Question from Integral Calculus
• 1 Question from Statistics
• 1 Question from Matrices
• 2 Questions from Sequence & Series

JEE Main day 3 Chemistry analysis

As per the JEE Main chemistry paper analysis, the chemistry section in the April 5 evening shift was of easy difficulty. It was tougher than mathematics and more difficult than the morning shift.

Topic-wise questions

• 1 question from biomolecule
• 1 question from chemical kinetics
• 2 questions from GOC
• 1 question from ionic equilibrium and electrochemistry (mix)
• 1 question from the solution
• 1 question from coordination compound
• 1 question from chemistry bonding
• 1 question from salt analysis
• 1 question from thermodynamics
• 1 question from p block