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: 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.
Shiksha Poll: What is your focus during the final 2 months of JEE Advanced preparation?Also Check:
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Commonly asked questions
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:
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- 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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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered a week ago
No, only IIT Bombay requires JEE Advanced for admission. Other reputed colleges like ICT Mumbai and VJTI Mumbai accept MHT-CET or JEE Main scores instead, which are comparatively easier state and national-level exams. This gives students multiple pathways into top-quality institutes, so even if you
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Answered 2 weeks ago
No, JEE Advanced is compulsory for B.Tech admission at IIT Bhubaneswar, just like every other IIT. JEE Main alone will not get you a seat here. If you clear JEE Main but not Advanced, IIIT Bhubaneswar and NITs are worth checking instead. Some Diploma and PG courses at IIT Bhubaneswar do use separate
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Answered 3 weeks ago
No, JEE Advanced is mandatory for admission into IIT Madras, just like every other IIT in India. To be eligible for JEE Advanced, you first need to qualify JEE Main and rank among the top candidates nationally. The exam tests deeper conceptual understanding in Physics, Chemistry, and Maths. Only a l
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Answered 3 weeks ago
No, JEE Advanced is compulsory for admission into any of the 23 IITs across India. To be eligible for JEE Advanced, you first need to qualify JEE Main and rank among the top candidates. The exam tests deeper conceptual understanding in Physics, Chemistry, and Maths. Only a limited number of top rank
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Answered a month ago
Yes, the Technical University of Munich accepts JEE Advanced scores to bypass a foundational year. It allows Indian students to apply directly for the UG courses without completing a Studienkolleg.
Look at other admission requirements for TUM -
- The standard 12th-grade CBSE board certifications are no
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Answered a month ago
The JEE Advanced Round 1 cutoff 2026 or admission to BTech at IIT Gandhinagar has been released. Tabulated below is the branch-wise cutoff for BTech courses (General AI category):
| Course | 2026 |
|---|---|
| B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering | 8469 |
| B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering | 3743 |
| B.Tech. in Civil Engineering | 11023 |
| B.Tech. in Materials Engineering | 11173 |
| B.Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering | 2144 |
| B.Tech. in Artificial Intelligence | 2341 |
| B.Tech. in Integrated Circuit Design and Technology | 4328 |
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Answered a month ago
The cutoff required for admission at IIST Thiruvananthapuram would depend on the course and the category. For the General category, the last round of IIST Thiruvananthapuram cutoff 2026 ranged from 28.06 to 30.28.
So, General category candidates should have a percentile of at least 28.06 to qualify f
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Answered a month ago
The IIST Thiruvananthapuram JEE Advanced cutoff 2025 was released for admission to various BTech courses for the OBC and other categories.
For the OBC category, the last round cutoff ranged from 24.44 to 26.94 for admission at this college. As per this range, BTech CSE (Data Science) was the most com
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IIT Goa CSE cutoff 2026 for the EWS AI category was 886 in the first round. Hence, candidates who want admission at this institution in the first round need to attain a rank of at least 886 or below. The lower the rank, the better.
The IIT Goa JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 was published for the first rou
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IIT Goa JEE Advanced cutoff 2026 has been released for the first round for admission to the BTech course and its various branches. The cutoff was out for different AI quota categories.
For the General AI category, the round 1 cutoff ranged from 6448 to 12299. As per this range, the most competitive
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