JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 Analysis for all subjects – Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics - is now available. The National Testing Agency (NTA) is conducting JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 (January session) on four days - January 9, 10, 11 and 12. The exam on all these days are being held in two slots. While the first slot will be held from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, the second slot of JEE Main 2019 will be conducted from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm.
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JEE Main 2019 BTech candidates, who took the exam on January 9, shared that the exam was of moderate level. Chemistry was the easiest section, while Mathematics was the toughest. According to Hastika, a current student of IGDTU, said, " JEE Main 2019 paper was comparatively easier than 2018. I started off with Chemistry, followed by Mathematics and then Physics. I attempted almost 50 questions over all. I appeared for the exam again as I wanted a better college. I took another chance. Chemistry was the easiest of all".
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Sharing similar feedback, JEE Main Experts too believed that the exam neither difficult nor very easy. Take a look at the subject-wise analysis of JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 below.
- JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 Analysis for Mathematics
- Topic Wise Coverage in JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 Mathematics
- Class-wise coverage of Questions in JEE Main 2019 Paper 1: Mathematics
JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 Analysis for Mathematics
Ashish Sharma, an ex-faculty from FIITJEE and Brilliant Tutorials, shared that in JEE Main 2019 Paper 1, Physics was the toughest section, while Mathematics was moderate and Chemistry easy. According to him, JEE Main cutoff for 2019 will be a little bit higher as the Mathematics paper was easy in comparison to 2018. He shared that the exam cutoff in 2019 may be around 80 for general, and similarly, slightly higher for others also.
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Ashish has pursued his Post graduation from IIT Roorkee and is currently working as a senior Maths faculty at Amity University’s IIT JEE Department. Take a look at JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 Analysis for Mathematics by him, for the exam conducted on January 9, below.
| Topic |
Unit |
No of Questions asked |
| Algebra |
Permutation and Combination |
1 |
| Quadratic Equations |
1 |
|
| Sequences and Series |
1 |
|
| Complex Numbers |
1 |
|
| Calculus
|
Integration |
2 |
| Limits |
1 |
|
| Continuity |
1 |
|
| Differential equations |
1 |
|
| Maxima, minima |
1 |
|
| Functions (composite) |
1 |
|
| Area |
1 |
|
| Statistics |
- |
1 |
| Coordinate Geometry |
Parabola |
2 |
| Hyperbola |
1 |
|
| Straight Lines |
1 |
|
| Ellipse (common tangent type) |
1 |
|
| Circle |
1 |
|
| Matrices and Determinants |
Matrix |
1 |
| Solution of system of equations |
1 |
|
| Statistics and probability |
Probability |
1 |
| Limit, continuity and differentiability |
Inverse trigonometric functions |
1 |
| Trigonometry |
- |
1 |
| Matrices and determinants |
Properties and Solutions of Triangles |
1 |
| Vector Algebra |
Vector 3-D Geometry |
2 |
| Topics |
Coverage in 2018 |
Coverage in 2019 |
| Algebra |
26% |
13% |
| Calculus, Matrix and Determinants |
27% |
33% |
| Statistics, Reasoning, Sets, Relation |
12% |
7% |
| Coordinate Geometry |
18% |
20% |
| Trigonometry/Inverse |
7% |
7% |
| Vector/3D/Probability |
10% |
10% |
| Total Questions |
Class 11 |
Class 12 |
| Total questions asked in 2018 |
17 |
13 |
| Total questions asked in 2019 |
14 |
14 |
Note: Not all questions have been traced. This is just a broad break up.
JEE Main 2019 Paper 1 Analysis for the other two subjects – Physics and Chemistry will be available soon on Shiksha. The exam analysis will have details like difficulty level of the exam, types of questions asked, topic-wise weightage etc.
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NTA held JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 exam for BArch/BPlan courses on January 8 in two slots. While slot 1 was held from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm, slot 2 was conducted from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Take a look at JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 Exam Analysis below.
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