JEE Mains 2026 exam date session 1 is January 2026. With the exams approaching, candidates must download the JEE Main 2025 previous year papers and practice them now. Identify topics that require more work, understand your strengths, and enhance your preparation. Scroll below for the JEE Main PYQs.
JEE Mains 2025 Question Paper: Last year, the National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the JEE Main 2025 exam for B.Tech over 10 days in two sessions. Candidates can check the JEE Mains 2025 question paper with solutions shift-wise below. By practising these now, you will be able to test your knowledge and have ample time to work on your weaknesses. Recently, the authority announced that the JEE Main 2026 exam will be held in its usual bi-annual format. The JEE Main 2026 exam date for session 1 is January 21 to 30 and for session 2 is April 2 to 9, 2026. JEE Main 2026 Registration has started for session 1 exam.
JEE Mains 2025 Previous Year Question Paper
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Benefits of Practising the JEE Main 2025 Question Paper
Students must practice the JEE Main PYQs in a systematic order. Merely solving the questions at your own pace or reading through the JEE Main past year paper with solutions will not benefit candidates.
- Test your subject-knowledge
- Get familiar with the exam duration and environment
- Analyse your performance with JEE Main 2025 question paper with solutions
Commonly asked questions
There are two question types in JEE Main exam. Multiple choice questions and numerical ability questions. In MCQ, every question has 4 options with only 1 correct answer. Select the correct option. In numerical ability question type, no options are there. Solve them and write answer using keyword and mouse.
Paper 1 has 75 questions where Physics Chemistry and Mathematics, each section has 25 questions. Out of 25 questions, 20 are MCQs and five are numerical value questions. You must answer all 5 numerical value-type questions. All 20 multiple-choice questions are compulsory. Complete all 75 questions in 3 hours.
JEE Main question paper is in English, Hindi and language selected when you filled application form. In total, JEE Main is in 13 languages and you can select any language out of available options. You cannot switch language of question paper during exam.
Chapterwise weightage of class 11 and 12 topics in JEE Main are mentioned below:
- Physics: Current Electricity Waves AC, Magnetism, Laws of Motion Work, Power and Energy.
- Chemistry the high weightage topics are s and p block elements, Coordination compounds, Thermodynamics Gaseous state, Chemical bonding, Atomic structure, Polymers, Environmental Chemistry Organic Chemistry.
- Mathematics, the high weightage topics are Sequence and Series Vectors and 3D, Integral and Differential Calculus, Definite and Indefinite Integral.
How To Prepare Using JEE Mains 2025 Previous Year Questions Chapter wise PDF download?
Students must practice the JEE Main PYQs in a systematic order. Merely solving the questions at your own pace or reading through the JEE Main previous year question paper with solutions will not benefit candidates.
- Download the JEE Mains 2025 question papers with solutions.
- Sit in a quiet room and set your timer for 3 hours.
- Solve the questions within this time duration.
- Match the answers and your responses to see which questions you have attempted correctly and incorrectly.
- Note down the questions where your responses were incorrect.
- Identify the topic that the questions are framed.
- Study that particular topic again using NCERTs, reference books and watching video lectures.
- Take sectional mocks if required, and reattempt another past year JEE Main question paper to test your knowledge.

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Student Forum
Answered 3 days ago
Yes, you can get admission in B.E. at Chitkara University without JEE (Mains) on the basis of Class 12 merit if you get minimum 70% aggregate in Class 12 or minimum 70% aggregate in PCM.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
Yes, more students are exploring this option than you might realise. Several BTech colleges in Uttar Pradesh provide direct admission on the basis of Class 12th scores. Some well-known ones are Amity University Noida, Galgotias University, UPES, and KCC Institute of Technology and Management. Severa
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
I got 97th percentile in JEE Mains, and from that I got IIIT Kalyani CSE in the 5th round of JOSSA.
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Beginner-Level 1
Answered 5 days ago
Yes you can have a chancer admission !!! Content admission cell for further details
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered 5 days ago
Yes, as per the JEE Main 2026 cutoff rank for CSE, it is possible to get a CSE seat at the University of Delhi with a cutoff rank of 41000. During Round 1 seat allotment, the maximum rank required for CSE admission was 81869 for the students belonging to the OBC category under the AI quota. So, 410
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 days ago
No, JEE Main is not compulsory to get admission in BTech in BITS Pilani. Candidates should have passed Class 12 from a recognised board with a minimum 75% aggregate to be eligible for getting admission in BTech at BITS Pilani.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 days ago
Yes, Babu Banarasi Das University offer scholarship based on JEE Main scores. Check below table to know Babu Banarasi Das University JEE Main scholarship:
| General Rank In Entrance Exam | Scholarship awarded |
|---|---|
| IIT-JEE up to 2500 General Rank | 100% |
| IIT-JEE up to 5000 General Rank | 50% |
| IIT-JEE up to 10000 General Rank | 25% |
To get more information, students must visit the official website.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 days ago
DY Patil Navi Mumbai considers JEE Main, MHT CET or SAT scores for admission in BTech course. Hence, JEE Main is not compulsory. Aspirants without any of these scores, can appear for entrance test conducted by DY Patil Navi Mumbai for admission in BTech.
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Guide-Level 15
Answered 6 days ago
No, JEE Main is not compulsory to get admission in BTech at MIT WPU. Admission in BTech course is offered based on different entrance exam scores such as: JEE Main, MHT CET, PERA CET, MHT-CET-B, NEET (for bioengineering) scores.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 6 days ago
JEE Mains is one of the most competitive exams in our country. According to a press release by NTA, the total number of candidates that appeared in both sessions of the exam was 15,38,468.
The time required is subjective for each student. Roughly One to two years of preparation should be enough. Som
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