JEE Mains 2025 Session 2 exam 69% applicants also took session 1: Shiksha Poll
Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Main 2026 ( JEE Main )
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JEE Mains 2025 exam date session 2 is April 2, 3, 4, 7, 8 and 9. Shiksha conducted a poll to evaluate the registration of students who are appearing in the NTA JEE Mains 2025 session 2 exam. Out of 5147 students who participated in the poll, 69% students are re-appearing in the exam or also took session 1 exam in January.
The NTA will start the JEE Main 2025 session 2 exam on April 2. The JEE Mains 2025 exam session 2 will be conducted on April 2, 3, 4, 7, and 8 for BE/BTech and on April 9 for BArch/BPlan. JEE Main city intimation slip 2025 for session 2 exam has been released. Candidates can download their JEE Mains city intimation slip from the website jeemain.nta.nic.in by NTA JEE Mains 2025 login using their application number and password. NTA will issue JEE Mains admit card 2025 session 2 three days before the exam date to all the registered candidates to appear in the exam.
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As per reports, around 9 lakh candidates have registered for the JEE Mains 2025 session 2 exam, around 4 lakh less than session 1 of JEE Main. Shiksha conducted a poll to understand the students registration pattern in April session exam.
Students are not allowed to carry calculators inside the exam centre in JEE Main exam. Students can use the virtual calculator available on the screen during the exam. Virtual calculators will be available on the computer screen of students during the JEE Main exam.
JEE Main exam is held for 3 hours continuously without any break. Candidates are allowed to leave exam hall only after 3 hours of the test are over.
More students Re-appearing in session 2 exam
As per the statistics, a total 5147 students participated in the poll out of which 69% students are re-appearing in the session 2 exam after taking the session 1 exam. Less than 20% of students will be taking JEE Mains 2025 session 2 exam for the first time or they did not take the session 1 exam. On the contrary, a little more than 10% students who took the session 1 exam will not be appearing in the session 2 exam.
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The other side of more students re-appearing in the session 2 exam after taking the session 1 is – students do not get the desired marks. Although several reasons can lead to this from student’s point of view, the one reason was difficulty level of the January session exam that led students underperform and looking to reappear in the session 2 exam to improve their scores.
What was the difficulty level of JEE Mains 2025 January session exam
As per JEE Main Paper analysis of session 1 exam, based on students feedback who appeared in the paper and analyzing the difficulty level that came in the exam, the overall difficulty level of January session questions were difficult.
Candidates can check the JEE Main 2026 exam date allotted to them on their city intimation slip and JEE Main admit card. Candidates have to download the city intimation slip and admit card from the official website as per the schedule
JEE Main city intimation slip 2026 for session 1 was released on January 8 at jeemain.nta.nic.in. JEE Mains City slip have details about the JEE Main exam city in which the candidate is allotted the centre to appear in the exam and the date of exam. It helps candidates to plan their travel to the JEE Main exam centre in advance. JEE Main city intimation slip is different from the admit card.
NTA has announced the JEE Mains 2026 session 1 exam date. Paper 1 exam will be held on January 21, 22, 23, 24 and 28, and paper 2 exam will be held on January 29. NTA will conduct the exam in two shifts every exam day in approximately 300 test cities of India and abroad. Candidates can check details about exam dates and other schedules on the JEE Main official website jeemain.nta.nic.in.
Physics and Mathematics questions were very difficult and lengthy, requiring long and complex calculations to arrive at the solutions. There were questions in Physics from deleted syllabus, he topics that were removed from JEE Mains syllabus long back.
Also, a total of 12 questions were having incorrect options which led students to confusion even when they arrived at the right answer/solutions.
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