JEE Advanced 2025 Difficulty Level: 60% of Candidates Believe Exam Toughness Depends on Conducting IIT - Myth or Fact?

JEE Advanced 2025 Exam Difficultly Level

JEE Advanced toughness depends on conducting IIT - Myth

JEE Advanced toughness DOES NOT depend on conducting IIT

The toughness of the JEE Advanced question paper is not determined by a single IIT or the IIT that conducts the exam. It is important to note that the JEE Advanced paper is not set by a single IIT, but rather by experts from multiple institutes. Therefore, it is not possible to anticipate the difficulty level of JEE Advanced based on the conducting IIT.

JEE Advanced Exam Difficulty Level Over the Years

Below we have compiled the perceived difficulty level of the JEE Advanced 2025 exam by the subject matter experts and the students who took the exam:

 JEE Advanced 2025 Difficulty Level: Previous Year Analysis for Reference

Last year JEE Advanced was held by IIT Madras and the experts along with the students felt that the exam was moderate in difficulty level.  Check the detailed analysis of the previous year's JEE Advanced exam below:

JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 1 Analysis by FIITJEE experts

Check below the JEE Advanced 2024 paper 1 analysis:

1. Total Marks of Paper 1 was 180 & Duration: 3 hrs
2. The Paper had (51) questions with 17 questions in each subject.
3. The Paper-1 had (03) three parts- Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics.
4. Max. Marks for each Part was 60.
5. In each part there were Four sections:
   • Sec-I (Max. marks-12)
   • Sec-II (Max. Marks-12)
   • Sec-III (Max. marks-24)
   • Sec-IV (Max. marks-12)
6. Sec-I had (04) Four Questions with four options in which only ONE option was correct. Marking scheme in this section:
   • Full marks: +3 If only the correct option is chosen
   • Zero Marks:: 0  If none of the options are chosen
   • Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases
7. Sec-II had (03) Three questions with four options in which ONE OR MORE THAN ONE option(s) were correct. Marking scheme in this section:
   • Full marks: +4  If only (all)  the correct options are chosen
   • Partial Marks: +3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three correct options are chosen
   • Partial Marks: +2 If three or more options are correct but only two correct options are chosen
   • Partial Marks: +1 If two or more options are correct but only one correct option is chosen
   • Zero Marks:: 0  If none of the options are chosen
   • Negative Marks: -2 In all other cases
8. Sec-III had (06) Six questions of Numerical Based (Non-Negative Integer Type). Marking scheme in this section:
   • Full marks: +4 for the correct answer
   • Zero Marks: 0 in all other cases
9. Sec-IV had (04) Four questions with each question of Match List type i.e. Match List-I to List-II. List-I had 4 questions to be matched to List-II which had 5 options. One or more than one options were correct. Marking scheme in this section:
   • Full marks: +3 in case all options are correct,
   • Zero Marks: 0 if none of the options are chosen
   • Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases

Paper-1: Immediate reaction of students: Students found the overall level of paper to be Moderate to Difficult level but not easy. Students have reported Maths was Easy to Moderate, Chemistry was Moderate, but Physics was relatively difficult.

• Chemistry was not balanced as more weightages were given to Organic Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry had a few questions which were directly from NCERT. In Physical Chemistry questions covered the chapters of Chemical Kinetics, Chemical Equilibrium, Atomic Structure& Thermodynamics. In Organic Chemistry, questions mostly asked from Amines, Polymers, Biomolecules, Oxygen containing Compounds, some named reactions were also asked. Mixed concepts questions were asked. This section was reported Moderate as per students.
• Physics - More weightage was given to chapters like Kinematics, Rotational Motion, Kinetic Theory of Gases, Modern Physics, Capacitors, Current Electricity, Optics, Electrostatics, Electromagnetic Induction. Overall Physics was reported Tough as compared to the other two subjects as per students. This was a Balanced Section as per students.
• Mathematics was Easy to moderate as per the students. There were questions from Functions, Limits, Definite Integrals, Matrices, Statistics & Probability. Some good questions were asked from chapters of Permutation & Combination, Probability, Complex Numbers, 3-D Geometry, Circles and Ellipse.  Some questions were reported as being Lengthy.

JEE Advanced 2024 Paper 2 Analysis by FIITJEE experts

Check below JEE Advanced 2024 paper 2 analysis:

1. Total Marks of Paper 2 was 180 & Duration: 3 hrs.
2. The Paper had (51) questions with 17 questions in each subject.
3. Total no. of questions in Paper-2 were 51 .
4. Total Marks of Paper-2 was 180 which is same as last year.
5. The Paper-2 had (03) three parts- Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics.
6. Max. Marks for each Part was 60.
7. In each part there were Four sections:
   • Sec-I (Max. marks-12)
   • Sec-II (Max. Marks-12)
   • Sec-III (Max. marks-24)
   • Sec-IV (Max. marks-12)
8. Sec-I had (04) Four Questions with four options in which only ONE option was correct. Marking scheme in this section:
   • Full marks: +3 If only the correct option is chosen
   • Zero Marks:: 0  If none of the options are chosen
   • Negative Marks: -1 In all other cases
9. Sec-II had (03) Four questions with four options in which ONE OR MORE THAN ONE option(s) were correct. Marking scheme in this section:
   • Full marks: +4  If only (all)  the correct options are chosen
   • Partial Marks: +3 If all the four options are correct but ONLY three correct options are chosen
   • Partial Marks: +2 If three or more options are correct but only two correct options are chosen
   • Partial Marks: +1 If two or more options are correct but only one correct option is chosen
   • Zero Marks:: 0  If none of the options are chosen
   • Negative Marks: -2 In all other cases
10. Sec-III had (06) Six questions of Numerical Based (Non-Negative Integer Type). Marking scheme in this section:
    • Full marks: +4 for the correct answer
    • Zero Marks: 0 in all other cases
11. Sec-IV had (04) Four questions based on Two Paragraphs with (02) Two questions in each paragraph (Numerical based Decimal Type with answer correct to 2 decimal places). Marking scheme in this section:

• • Full marks: +3 for the correct answer.
  • Zero Marks:: 0 in all other cases.

Paper-2:   Immediate reaction of students :

• Students found the overall level of paper Moderately Tough. Tougher than Paper-1.
• Some students have reported Physics and Chemistry were Moderate, but Maths was relatively Tough. 
• Chemistry was a Tricky as per the students. Equal weightages given to Organic, Inorganic & Physical Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry had few questions of p-block, Chemical bonding, Coordination compounds which were directly from NCERT. In Physical Chemistry questions covered Electrochemistry, Ionic & Chemical Equilibrium, Electrochemistry & Surface Chemistry. In Organic Chemistry, questions mostly asked from Aldehyde & Ketones, Polymers, Biomolecules, Mixed concepts questions were asked. Qualitative Analysis was asked in Comprehension based type questions. This section was reported as Moderate per students.
• Physics. Questions were asked from Chapters of Waves & Sound, Ray &Wave Optics, Fluids, EM Waves, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics had more weightage, Kinematics, Gravitation & Electrostatics. Overall, Physics was Moderately Tough as per students. Students felt this section was not balanced. Some questions had tricky & Lengthy calculations.
• Mathematics was the Toughest as per the students. There were questions from Functions, Limits, Application of Derivatives, Definite Integrals, Area under Curve, Inverse Trigonometric functions, Vectors, 3D Geometry, Circle, Parabola, Quadratic Equations, Permutation & Combination and Probability. Students felt this section was the Toughest.
• No mistakes reported till now as the complete paper is yet to be analysed.
• As the Test was computer-based, students had the option to Clear Response to change any option, they could mark it for Review, Save and next to proceed further.
• Scribble Pads were given to students during the exam for rough work.

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