JEE Advanced Preparation Strategy for 2 Months: Most Candidates Prefer Mock Tests Over Solving PYQs

Joint Entrance Exam - Advanced 2026 ( JEE Advanced )

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JEE Advanced 2026 Exam Date

17 May '26

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What should be done in the last two months before the JEE Advanced exam? JEE Advanced 2025 will be held on May 18. With each passing month, candidates must analyse their JEE Advanced preparation and move ahead with the preparation accordingly. Read below to know what experts and previous year candidates suggest for JEE Advanced exam preparation.

What should be done in the last two months before the JEE Advanced exam? JEE Advanced 2026 will be held on May 2026. With each passing month, candidates must analyse their JEE Advanced preparation and move ahead with the preparation accordingly. As per the students who participated in a recent poll by Shiksha.com, most candidates prefer to take mock tests to prepare for the exam in the last two months. Let's check below what should be the JEE Advanced last two months preparation strategy.

JEE Advanced Preparation Strategy for 2 Months

JEE Advanced Preparation Strategy for 2 Months

JEE Advanced Preparation Strategy for 2 Months: Should you revise, complete left out topics, take mock tests or focus on important topics in the last two months before the JEE Advanced exam? Two months before the JEE Advanced exam, it is not at all recommended to start any new topic for preparation. Candidates must focus on revision, solving more and more mock exams and previous year papers. JEE Advanced exam is 50% about preparation and 50% about exam day strategy. To strategies for the exam day, candidates need to build an exam day-like environment at home and practice every day. This can be achieved by taking more and more JEE Advanced mock tests. Mock tests help the candidates strategies time management, increase speed and maintain accuracy. Read below to know what experts and previous year candidates suggest for JEE Advanced exam preparation in the last two months.

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JEE Advanced Preparation Strategy for 2 Months: Candidates Prefer Taking Mock Tests over Solving PYQs

To understand how students prepare in the last two months before the JEE Advanced exam, Shiksha.com conducted a poll that asked the participants - "What is your focus during the final 2 months of JEE Advanced preparation?"

To this, the maximum (37% of the candidates) said that they prefer to take mock tests daily. While 26% of the candidates said that they like to practice the JEE Advanced previous year question papers. While 22% said they are still completing the syllabus and the rest 15% said that they like to revise the important topics for the JEE Advanced exam.

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Q:   Where to practice the JEE Advanced mock tests?
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Aspirants can practice the JEE Advanced mock tests on the official website jeeadv.ac.in. Every year the conducting IIT releases the official JEE Advanced paper 1 and paper 2 mock tests. Candidates can practice these mock tests without any need of registration or payment of fee.

Apart from that, candidates can also practice the JEE Advanced mock exams provided by the coaching centres and experts on their respective websites.

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How to Prepare Effectively in the  Last 2 Months Before JEE Advanced 2026?

Check some tips on how to prepare for JEE Advanced in last 2 months:

  • Analyse your JEE Advanced preparation so far
  • Do not start anything new like -  do not add any untouched topic now.
  • Manage Your Study Time Wisely:
    • For Physics, revise Mechanics, Optics, and Electromagnetism from the JEE Advanced syllabus.
    • In Chemistry, make sure to revise Organic Chemistry reactions, NCERT textbooks for Inorganic Chemistry, and practice numerical problems in Physical Chemistry.
    • For Mathematics practice questions from Calculus, Algebra, and Geometry.
  • Practice using previous years’ JEE Advanced questions.
  • Revise and practice regularly

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If a student wants to join the IIT Roorkee BTech or BSc programme, then appearing for JEE Advanced is mandatory. Students have to clear the JEE Advanced cutoff and participate in counselling to get a seat. However, for any non-BTech/ BSc programme, JEE Advanced is not required. Students may submit a

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Sanjana Srivastava

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Answered 2 days ago

If you belong to the General AI category, the JEE Advanced cutoff rank required for B.Tech. in Mathematics and Computing was 856. Similarly, for B.Sc. (Research) specialisations, the cutoff rank required for admission in 2025 was 2263. 

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Rashmi Sinha

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On the JEE Main result, candidates can check if they have qualified for the JEE Advanced exam.

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Nishtha Shrivastava

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Answered a month ago

No, JEE-Main or JEE-Advanced scores are not required for scholarships at NTU Singapore. Indian students with a strong JEE-Advanced rank are advised to submit scores as it is highly valued, but not mandatory.

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Akash Gaur

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Answered 2 months ago

Yes, students can get admission in IIT Mandi with a rank of 10000 in JEE Advanced. But at this rank, admission to the top specialisations, such as CSE would not be possible. Students can get admission in Mechanical Engineering, General Engineering, Engineering Physics, and more. Interested students

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Anupama Garg

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Answered 2 months ago

Once the results are live in mid-June, the JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) counselling begins. This is the most critical phase where you'll list IIT Dharwad as your preference. The counselling runs through several rounds from late June to July. You'll need to be available during these weeks

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Rashmi Karan

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Answered 2 months ago

IIT Jammu accepts the JEE Advanced entrance exam for BTech admission. For the students belonging to the General AI quota, the cutoff ranks ranged between 5988 and 18156 for BTech admission across multiple specialisations. For the category-wise cutoff range, refer to the table below: 

CategoryJEE Advanced Cutoff Range 2025
Genenral5988 - 18156
OBC2594 - 6153
SC1266 - 3346
ST763 - 1555
EWS811- 2665

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Rashmi Sinha

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Answered 2 months ago

For IIT Palakkad B.Tech. admission, the JEE Advanced closing ranks ranged between 2229 and 5841 for the students belonging to the OBC category. Candidates can refer to the table below to view the JEE Advanced round-wise cutoff range for 2025. 

RoundJEE Advanced Cutoff Range 2025 
12229 - 5167
22293 - 5445
31153 - 2990
41168 - 2990
51182 - 3024

 

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Rashmi Sinha

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Yes, if you belong to the General AI category, you can get admission to CSE at IIT Tirupati with a JEE Advanced cutoff rank of 4000. The cutoff rank for admission varies across different categories and rounds. In 2025, for CSE admission, the last round cutoff ranks varied between 4620 and 5034 for t

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For IIT Tirupati, the JEE Advanced last round closing ranks ranged between 5034 and 16548 for BTech admission in the General category under the AI quota. Likewise, the cutoff range varies across different categories and rounds. For the last round, the category-wise range is given below: 

CategoryLast Round Cutoff 2025 
General5034 - 16548
OBC2113 - 5522
SC1018 - 3091
ST553 - 1376
EWS733 - 2434
PWD167 - 228

 

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