Students’ Speak: Tips to prepare for JEE Mains

By: Ayush Kumar

As you might know, syllabus is almost the same for JEE Mains and 12^th boards and for getting an IIT or NIT, you have to score at least 75 percent in your 12^th boards. First, try to score good marks in 12th boards. Moving towards JEE Mains subjects, chemistry is one of the most scoring subjects of JEE paper.

Lakhs of candidates apply for JEE Mains but only few of them get the golden wings to fly through the gates of the famous IITs and NITs. Being an engineering student and of course, being an ex-JEE aspirant, I know the mistakes that we made during our preparation time, hence I think that I am capable enough to provide a few tips and tricks to my fellow aspirants about this exam. JEE Mains exam comes along with the Class 12th exams, so there is much more stress for the students.

As you might know, the syllabus is almost the same for JEE Mains and 12^th boards and for getting an IIT or NIT, you have to score at least 75 percent in your 12^th boards. First, try to score good marks in 12th boards. Moving towards JEE Mains subjects, chemistry is one of the most scoring subjects of JEE paper. Chemistry is the subject full of exceptions and molecular formulas, therefore if you know the concepts, you can solve the chemistry section quickly. Some of the important chapters of chemistry are nomenclature, S, P, D and F blocks, Electrochemistry, Chemical Equilibrium and the important name reactions.

Mathematics is the subject that needs practice and presence of mind. It is a subject full of twists and turns and somewhat, formulas. Some of the important and scoring topics are calculus, probability, and area under the curve, matrices and determinants, vector, etc. These are the scoring as well as interesting chapters in maths.

Physics is full of real-life applications and an extreme level of thinking. Some of the important chapters are Current Electricity, Modern Physics, COM, RBD and Motions. These are lenient and the most scoring chapters of JEE Mains that you can easily cover.

December to April are the most crucial months for JEE aspirants as these are the months that decide your position in the race. So, try to practice maths and physics daily for at least three hours and try to boost up your speed of solving problems. Try to solve as many questions as you can in a day and for chemistry, you must read the important reactions and exceptions and go through them every day. Books that I would recommend are HC Verma for physics, RD Sharma and SL Arora for maths, and NCERT for chemistry.

About the Author:

Ayush Kumar is pursuing his B.Tech from JECRC University, Jaipur in CSE. He is a member of 'Maker Space Team', and loves traveling and exploring the world.