JEE Advanced Preparation Strategy for 2 Months: Most Candidates Prefer Mock Tests Over Solving PYQs
Joint Entrance Exam - Advanced 2026 ( JEE Advanced )
Registration - 6 Apr '26 - 2 May '26
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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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 3 weeks ago
JEE Advanced registration fee for IIT Kanpur BTech varies by category and nationality. Indian female, SC, ST, and PwD candidates need to pay INR 1600, while other Indian candidates pay INR 3200. Fees for OCI/PIO and foreign nationals depend on exam centre location and country category.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 weeks ago
JEE (Advanced) exam is the qualifying test for admission to IIT Kanpur BTech. This will be held on Sunday, May 17, and only candidates who clear this exam are eligible for the JoSAA counselling process.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 4 weeks ago
No, candidates can not raise objections in JEE Adv result. The facility to raise objection is provided only in the answer key. It is clearly mentioned in the IIT JEE advanced 2026 information brochure that any request to re-evaluate in result will not be entertained under any circumstances.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
The number of questions in each subjects are generally not same, but the total number of questions mostly ranges from 17 to 18 across all three subjects in both Paper 1 and 2. The number of questions will also be different for each type (MCQ, Matching, Single/Multi correct) within the subjects in pa
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
No, same questions never get repeated in IIT JEE exam. However, questions with similar concepts can find places in the exam. The question paper of JEE Advanced is prepared considering the syllabus and exam pattern.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
You will not be eligible for admission as preparatory ranks are not considered under round 1. Since you have already qualified to appear for JEE (Advanced), all you need to do is meet the second criterion and apply for round 2, which will be only conducted if seats from round 1 remain vacant.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
Yes, you can still get admission in Round 2 if you meet eligibility criteria to appear in JEE (Advanced) and have a valid JEE (Mains) rank. Also, you must have scored 60% or above in class 12th. For SC/ST/PwD category students, 55% or above is required.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
No, candidates need not pay any fees to participate in JEE Adv counselling. However, once the seat is allotted, candidates will need to pay approximately INR 35,000 (less for reserved category) as a seat acceptance fee and around INR 20,000 as partial admission fees. Both these payments are adjusted
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
To participate in JEE Advanced counselling, candidates must keep the following documents ready.
- JoSAA Seat Allotment Letter
- Admit card of JEE Advanced 2026
- Proof of Date of Birth Class 12/HSC/Birth Certificate/Any other certificate as proof of date of birth
- Photo ID card
- Class 12/SSC/Equivalent exam Mark
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a month ago
No, candidates have to carry the printout of their JEE Advanced admit card downloaded from the website to appear in the exam. Soft copies will not be accepted.
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Contributor-Level 10
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.