Candidates preparing for JEE Main 2026 must check out the important chapters in Maths that they should cover in the last few months before the exam. These are the most important chapters as per the analysis of the experts. Also, questions are highly expected from these chapters in the JEE Main exam 2026.
Top 10 Important Chapters for JEE Main Maths 2026
Top 10 Important Chapters for JEE Main Maths: Maths is the most challenging section in NTA JEE Main exam. Every year, this section contributes the most to difficulty level of the exam. Therefore, it is very important for the candidates to highlight which chapters carry the most importance in the Maths section of the JEE Mains exam. We have listed here the top 10 chapters of JEE Main, from where questions are highly expected this year. Topics like Three-Dimensional Geometry, Matrices and Determinants, Differential Equations, Vector Algebra are the chapters that have carried maximum weightage in the JEE Main exam last year.
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Check below what the do-or-die JEE Main Maths chapters are that the candidates have to prepare for JEE Main 2026. It is most likely, that this year too, maximum weightage will be given to these topics. However, ensure that for a high score in the exam, candidates revise all the topics given in the JEE Main syllabus 2026.
Top 10 Do or Die Chapters: Most Important JEE Main Maths Chapters
During the last phase of JEE Main 2026 preparation, candidates should check the concepts and practice questions as possible from the following chapters of Maths. The analysis done below is based on the past 5 years of exam analysis for class 11 and 12 topics separately:
| Topics | Weightage |
|---|---|
| Class 12 Topics | |
| Sequences and Series | 5.74% |
| Binomial Theorem | 5.05% |
| Complex Number | 4.75% |
| Permutations and Combinations | 3.60% |
| Quadratic Equations | 3.30% |
| Circles | 3.24% |
| Statistics | 3% |
| Straight Lines | 2.71% |
| Conic Sections: Parabola | 2.44% |
| Conic Sections: Ellipse | 2.11% |
| Class 11 topics | |
| Three Dimensional Geometry | 7.35% |
| Limit, Continuity and Differentiability | 5.50% |
| Definite Integration | 5.08% |
| Applications of Derivatives | 4.75% |
| Vector Algebra | 4.69% |
| Differential Equations | 4.16% |
| Determinants | 4.00% |
| Matrices | 3.46% |
| Probability | 3.09% |
| Application of Integrals | 2.97% |
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Analysis of the JEE Main Maths Section
As per the analysis of JEE Main exam for Maths section from the previous years, it has been noted that JEE Main Maths sections have always been challenging and on the toughest side.
The maths section is also challenging because it has calculation questions that are very lengthy and time-consuming. This section also has a lot of tricky questions that can be very challenging for the candidates.
As per the JEE Main exam pattern 2026, the maths section will have a total of 25 questions. 20 questions will be MCQs, and the rest of the 5 questions will be Numerical Value Questions. All questions are compulsory, and there is no section-wise time limit in the JEE Main 2026 exam. Each correct answer will lead to 4 marks and each wrong answer will have negative marking of -1.
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