JEE MAIN 2016 paper analysis by TIME
Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2026 ( JEE Main )
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By Ajay Antony
JEE Main 2016 was conducted today, on April 3, 2016 in offline mode in centres across India. Over 12 lakh students reported to have appeared for the exam from around 2000 centres in 129 cities in India and abroad. The first paper of JEE Main 2016 was conducted between 9.30 AM and 12.30 PM.
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The exam paper was set in four different versions i.e. E, F, G and H, in which the order of subjects in each of the set was different. Also, the questions mentioned on each paper were shuffled to avoid any kind of mal practice during the exam. Aspirants can go through the answer key for JEE Main 2016 by TIME here!
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The total number of marks and questions were same in all versions in JEE Main 2016, categorized as below:
| Version |
Order of Subjects |
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| E |
Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics |
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| F |
Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics |
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| G |
Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry |
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| H |
Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry |
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Physics
As compared to other two subjects i.e. Chemistry and Mathematics, a lot of students felt that Physics was difficult as many questions were time consuming. Experts felt that EM waves and Communications were given more weightage in the exam paper. The overall difficulty in the exam is represented in the graph below:
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Take a look at the topic wise distribution of the questions in JEE Main 2016:
Chemistry Part
Majority of questions in Chemistry section were easy. However, there was one question in the exam, which does not belong to JEE Main syllabus and contained insufficient or mismatching data. Otherwise, the distribution of questions among the three areas – Physical, Organic and Inorganic were all equal.
As you can see below, about 47% of the paper was considered ‘Easy’ and only about 10% of it was ‘difficult’ making it a student friendly paper.
The topic wise analysis of the JEE Main 2016 paper for Chemistry is shown below:
Mathematics Part
Many students found the Mathematics section to be easy, but as we work through the paper we found that the questions had many hidden traps, that could have created the confusion for aspirants. The paper had only 33% of questions that were actually easy, and over 50% of the paper was set in the medium difficulty level.
There was only one question each from Statistics and Mathematical Reasoning and two direct questions from trigonometry.
Algebra, Coordinate Geometry and Differential Calculus (as expected) had major shares.
Take a look at the topic wise analysis of JEE Main 2016:
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