Top 10 High Scoring Maths Chapters in JEE Advanced 2026: Check Weightage Analysis from Past 11 Years

Joint Entrance Exam - Advanced 2026 ( JEE Advanced )

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Here is a comprehensive analysis of what are the 10 most important Maths chapters for the JEE Advanced aspirants. This comprehensive analysis identifies the most critical unskippable Maths chapters for the JEE Advanced exam based on 11 years of exam data. By focusing on high-weightage topics, aspirants can effectively strategise their preparation.

In this article, we have provided the 10 most important high scoring Maths chapters for the JEE Advanced aspirants. These chapters have been carrying high weightage in the past 11 years and are the do-or-die chapters for the JEE Advanced Maths section. Focusing on these chapters will fetch good marks in the exam. Check the complete analysis of the JEE Advanced Maths high weightage chapters below.

JEE Advanced Important Maths Chapters

Top 10 Maths Chapters to Clear JEE Advanced 2026 - Past 11 Year Analysis

JEE Advanced Maths High Scoring Chapters 2026: Maths is one of the most difficult sections in JEE Advanced. It is known to be a section that differentiates the toppers from the rest. The JEE Advanced maths questions require an application of multiple concepts and are very lengthy. This section consumes most of the time of the candidates in the exam. The candidates need to work on their concepts, improve speed and accuracy to attempt this section with good marks.

The JEE Advanced maths section can be tough, but it yields the highest marks if attempted accurately. In this article, we have discussed the top 10 high scoring chapters that are asked in JEE Advanced Maths. A detailed analysis has been provided of the top 10 most important do-or-die Maths chapters for the JEE Advanced exam based on the past 11 years. These are the chapters that can help you crack the JEE Advanced Maths section with high scores if you master them.

Table of contents
  • Top 10 JEE Advanced Maths High Scoring Chapters - Past 11 Years Analysis
  • Most Consistently High-Weightage Topics for JEE Advanced Maths
  • Topics with Fluctuating Weightage in JEE Advanced Maths
  • Yearly Patterns & Observations of JEE Advanced High Weightage Maths Chapters
  • Key Takeaways from the Past 11 Year Analysis of JEE Advanced Maths High Weightage Chapters

Top 10 JEE Advanced Maths High Scoring Chapters - Past 11 Years Analysis

In the table below, candidates can check the analysis of JEE Advanced high-weightage chapters in Maths. Note that candidates must prepare all topics in the JEE Advanced Maths syllabus, with more detailed attention to the following important chapters.

Topic Name 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015
Matrix & Determinants 6% 9% 8% 11% 10% 5% 12% 6% 11% 11% 5%
Trigonometry 3% 6% 7% 11% 10% 9% 9% 8% 3% 8% 10%
Probability 7% 9% 14% 10% 13% 8% 6% 5% 5% 7% 7%
Complex Numbers 7% 3% 9% 8% 6% 5% 5% 7% 3% 5% 3%
Vector 10% 7% 3% 7% 7% 6% 11% 11% 7% 3% 9%
Definite Integration 3% 11% 16% 6% 15% 6% 14% 8% 12% 8% 12%
Application of Derivatives 7% 3% 3% 3% 7% 5% 6% 3% 0% 7% 7%
Permutation & Combination 3% 3% 0% 3% 3% 6% 5% 5% 5% 3% 2%
Circle 3% 3% 3% 3% 8% 10% 10% 8% 2% 3% 3%
Fundamentals of Mathematics 0% 3% 0% 3% 3% 3% 0% 3% 0% 3% 0%
Top 10 Maths Chapters to Clear JEE Advanced

Top 10 Maths Chapters to Clear JEE Advanced 2026 - Past 11 Year Analysis

Most Consistently High-Weightage Topics for JEE Advanced Maths

These are the chapters that are the holy grail of JEE Advanced Maths sections. The most important and high-weightage chapters in JEE Advanced Maths, as per the analysis of the above data, are:

  1. Definite Integration
  2. Probability
  3. Matrix & Determinants
  4. Complex Numbers
  5. Vector Algebra

Topics with Fluctuating Weightage in JEE Advanced Maths

These are the topics that are difficult to monitor and thus seem more dangerous. These topics carry high weightage in some years but might lower their weightage share in the next one. Hence, to be on the safe side, candidates must never skip these chapters.

  1. Trigonometry
  2. Circle
  3. Application of Derivatives (AOD)
  4. Permutation & Combination

Yearly Patterns & Observations of JEE Advanced High Weightage Maths Chapters

Check below the year-wise trend of high-weightage chapters in JEE Advanced Maths.

  • Matrix & Determinants, Probability, Complex Numbers and Vectors are the topics that have been carrying high weightage in the recent years (2024 and 2025)
  • In the past few years (2023, 2022 and 2021), Definite Integration and Probability were trending. Trigonometry and matrices were also given high weightage.

Therefore, candidates can check the shift in trends. Gradually, over the years, Matrix & Determinants, Probability, Complex Numbers and Vectors have emerged as the most important and highly weighted chapters in JEE Advanced maths.

Key Takeaways from the Past 11 Year Analysis of JEE Advanced Maths High Weightage Chapters

Here is what the aspirants of the JEE Advanced exam should decipher from the above analysis:

Definite Integration, Probability, and Matrix & Determinants: Do not skip these chapters, and make sure to complete them first. These chapters must be revised regularly.

Vector and Trigonometry: Keep them as a second priority, but make sure to practice them and get a strong hold of concepts and basics in these chapters.

Complex Numbers, Circle, and AOD: These have unpredictable weightage, but make sure to have a strong hold of these chapters too. Trends in JEE Advanced can shift.

Permutation & Combination: Revise them at the end, but do not skip them.

Finally, from the above analysis, candidates must make sure to follow a strategic preparation where they can balance the JEE Advanced Maths chapters with unpredictable weightage and the chapters that always carry high weightage in the exam. 

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The JEE Advanced exam pattern is dynamic. It changes every year. The only known aspect of the JEE Advanced exam pattern are:

  1. The number of papers: There are two papers - paper 1 and paper 2.
  2. The exam mode: The JEE Advanced exam is held in computer based test mode.
  3. Duration: The exam is held for 6 hours. Each paper is of 3 hours.
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There has been no update on any changes in the JEE Advanced 2026 attempt limits. If any changes are to be made in the attempt limit, the same will be officially notified at jeeadv.ac.in. Currently, the JEE Advanced attempt limit is twice in two consecutive years.

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The JEE Advanced marking scheme changes every year. Uauallt there are questions carrying 1 marks, 2 marks, 3 marks and 4 marks. There are partial negative marking and complete negative marking format. The exact marking scheme is notified to the candidates on the exam day.

Q:   Why does the JEE Advanced exam pattern change every year?
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The changing pattern of the JEE Advanced exam can be due to various reasons:

  • One of the reason can be to check how the students perform under pressure and how weel they adapt.
  • To check how the students can deal with problems and unfamiliar formats.
  • To eliminate the candidates who rote learn.

JEE Advanced is on the toughest exam for selection to the most premiere colleges of the nation - IITs. Therefore to add to the difficulty level, the pattern is kept undiclosed until the exam day.

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