Updated on Apr 7, 2019 14:35 IST
JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 Student Reaction and Review for April exam is now available. Most of the JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 students that Shiksha spoke to shared that the exam was of moderately difficulty.
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Shiksha spoke to JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 candidates for their feedback on the exam. Read on to know how difficult was the exam in comparison to January session. 

JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 Student Reaction & Review - NTA (National Testing Agency) conducted JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 April session for BArch/ BPlan courses on April 7 in two shifts. The first (morning) shift for JEE Main paper 2 was held from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM while the second (evening) shift was conducted from 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM (afternoon shift). Most of the test takers that Shiksha spoke to, said that the paper was easy than the January session of JEE Main paper 2. However, if compared, the aptitude section in the January session was easier.

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One of the test takers Ujjwal Singh shared that the paper was very easy. However, the questions in the mathematics section did give him a tough time but he did manage to solve a few. According to him, the drawing section was the easiest of the three sections in JEE Main paper 2.

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Another JEE aspirant, Shalini shared the same experience. According to her, the paper was pretty easy to crack, especially the drawing section where she had to draw a sketch of a flower. Even she had a tough time solving the questions in the mathematics section followed by general aptitude. However, the drawing section was the best of all.

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Another aspirant Shikhar who was taking the paper for the second time shared that the paper was moderately easy than JEE Main 2019 paper 2 held in January. However, the general aptitude section was difficult in comparison to the January session. Adding more he said “The drawing section was the easiest to solve. I could not take up many questions from the other two sections. Hoping to crack the exam basis the performance in the drawing section.”

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According to Shubham Bhardwaj who was also taking the test for the second time, the paper was moderately easy in comparison to the previous session. In contrary to other test takers we spoke to, Shubham didn’t find the mathematics section difficult. As per him, the questions in mathematics were at par with the maths paper in JEE. Being a bit specific about the type of questions, he said that the question from pattern and mirror images were easy to solve than that of JEE Main Paper 2 which was held in January.

JEE Main 2019 Paper 2 comprises three sections - Aptitude, Mathematics and Drawing. The exam was of 3 hours duration with each section being of 60 minutes. For each correct answer, candidates will get +4 marks and for any question answered incorrectly, one mark will be deducted. The total marks of JEE Main Paper 2 is 390 marks with the drawing section being 70 marks (2 questions of 20 marks each and 1 question of 30 marks).

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