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JEE Main January 28 shift 1 exam was toughest of all shifts in JEE Mains 2025 session 1. Most students who appeared in JEE 28 Jan shift 1 paper reported Physics questions were very difficult. Mathematics was very lengthy whereas Chemistry was easy. Check detailed subject and day-wise JEE Main paper analysis 2025 session 1.

In JEE Mains 2025 session 1 exam, January 28 shift 1 exam was relatively tougher than all other shifts. NTA conducts JEE Main exam in multiple shifts and days and, it is quite possible that some of the candidates may end up attempting a relatively tougher set of questions when compared to other sets/shifts.

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The National Testing Agency conducted the JEE Main 2025 session 1 exam on January 22, 23, 24, 28 and 29. Many students wish to know the toughest shift of JEE Mains 2025 session 1 as it helps in understanding the overall difficulty level of the exam. By knowing the hardest shift JEE Mains 2025 session 1, students can make realistic changes to their exam strategy and perform better in the upcoming session 2 exam. JEE Main January 2025 toughest shift knowledge will also help students know what topics and the type of questions are being asked in the exam, allowing them to make changes in their JEE Main 2025 preparation plan and modify their question-solving techniques. NTA has released the JEE Mains 2025 Answer Key and JEE Mains response sheet session 1.

Also Check: JEE Main 2025 Session 1 Shift wise topics covered in exam- Check chapterwise weightage of questions

Table of contents
  • JEE Main January 2025 Toughest Shift
  • JEE Main 2025 Session Toughest Shift- Shiksha Poll Verifies Exam Difficulty Level
  • Toughest Shift of JEE Mains 2025: Day-wise Analysis
  • JEE Main 2025 January 22 Difficulty Level
  • JEE Main 2025 January 23 Difficulty Level
  • JEE Main 2025 January 24 Difficulty Level
  • JEE Main 2025 January 28 Difficulty Level
  • JEE Main 2025 January 29 Difficulty Level
  • Expected Cutoff of JEE Mains 2025
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JEE Main January 2025 Toughest Shift

NTA conducts the JEE Mains exam in multiple shifts, spread across 5-6 days. The shift is allotted via the JEE Main admit card. The overall difficulty level of question papers in all JEE Mains shifts is kept similar. However, a few questions might require a longer time to solve thus raising concerns of the advantages/disadvantages to students of any particular hardest shift of JEE Main 2025.

Toughest Shift JEE Mains 2025

Exam Date/Shift

Shift 1 Difficulty Level

Shift 2 Difficulty Level

JEE Main 22 January 2025

Easy to Moderate

Moderate

JEE Main 2025 January 23

Easy

Easy to Moderate

JEE Main 24 January 2025

Easy to Moderate

Moderate

JEE Main 2025 January 28

Toughest

Moderate to Difficult

JEE Main 29 January 2025

Easy to Moderate

Moderate

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   Is one month sufficient for JEE Main preparation?
A: 
One month is not sufficient for JEE Main preparation if a student has not started preparing or have not studied earlier for the exam. As the syllabus of JEE Main is vast, studying all the topics and remembering them take a lot of effort. However, class 12 student can get a decent score in JEE Main if time after the bard exam is devoted exclusively for the JEE preparation. Since most topics of JEE Main and class 12 are similar, students need to revise all the topics and solve previous year JEE Main question papers. Start solving JEE Main mock test papers at last 3-4 days before the exam to make yourself comfortable with the exam.
Q:   How to crack JEE Mains in first attempt?
A: 

Clearing the JEE Main exam in first attempt is not a difficult task. Several students clear JEE Main while in class 12. One thing that makes it easy to clear JEE Main with class 12 is that students are in regular touch of most JEE syllabus. To score good marks in JEE Main in the first attempt, it is advised that you study class 11 and 12 topics thoroughly, clear all the concepts and solve mock test papers. Also, NCERT books which you study in class 11 and 12 are the best books for JEE Main preparation. Students must study NCERT properly and solve all the questions in the book and do not memorize the concepts as some students do rather understand the concepts.

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Candidates can check JoSAA opening and closing ranks on the official website. They have to enter the details asked to check the list of courses and colleges based on the OR and CR of each counselling round.

Q:   What is the difficulty level of JEE exam? What is it all about?
A: 

The difficulty level of JEE Main exam is a little high than the class 12 board exams. Students who are studying in class 12 can score good marks in JEE Main by studying a little extra for the JEE. Students who have studied NCERT textbooks of Physics Chemistry and Mathematics thoroughly can get good marks. The joint Entrance Examination, popularly known as JEE Main is for admission into NITs, IIITs, and GFTIs for B.Tech and architecture courses in India.

JEE Main 2025 Session Toughest Shift- Shiksha Poll Verifies Exam Difficulty Level

Shiksha conducted an online poll wherein more than 20,000 JEE Mains 2025 students participated to rate the difficulty level of January 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 exam. Candidates voted for overall difficulty level and subject-wise difficulty of all shifts and exam dates. The results of poll are

Exam Date/Level

Easy

Moderate

Difficult

JEE Main 22 January 2025

24%

59%

17%

JEE Main 23 January 2025

30%

40%

30%

JEE Main 24 January 2025

18%

71%

11%

JEE Main 28 January 2025

11%

21%

68%

JEE Main 29 January 2025

20%

50%

30%

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Toughest Shift of JEE Mains 2025: Day-wise Analysis

Candidates can check here day and shift wise difficulty level analysis of JEE Mains 2025 session 1 exam.

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Commonly asked questions
Q:   What is the qualifying score in JEE Main?
A: 
There is no minimum qualifying marks in JEE Main. Exam. However, any candidate who wish to appear in JEE Advanced need to obtain the minimum cutoff marks in JEE Main. Candidates gets all India rank in JEE Main on the basis of the score they get in the exam. Admission to the institutes like NITs, IIITs and GFTIs is given on the basis of all India rank of candidates. Candidates who wish to apply for JEE Advanced need to get the minimum JEE Main qualifying cutoff marks only after which they can apply for admission to IITs.
Q:   What is the difficulty level of JEE Main?
A: 

JEE Main difficulty level is similar to class 12 board exams. Syllabus of JEE Main is similar to class 11 and 12 syllabus. The questions asked in exam are tricky and need an in-depth understanding of subjects. They need to have conceptual understanding of every topic to score well in exam. Those who study NCERT can get a decent score in JEE Mains.

Q:   How should I prepare for JEE Mains and Advanced together?
A: 
Students can prepare for both Mains and Advanced together but it is not a wise idea to prepare together as both exams have different syllabus, exam pattern and difficulty level. The difficulty level of JEE Advanced exam is much higher than JEE Mains. If preparing together for both the exams, make a list of topics that are asked in JEE Main as well as Advanced. Solve questions from these topics from NCERT as well as additional books. For JEE Mains, students can stick to NCERT but for JEE Advanced students need to take help from books like HC Verma.

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JEE Main 2025 January 22 Difficulty Level

Shift 1

Shift 2

Physics- Easy to moderate

Physics- Moderate

Chemistry- Easy

Chemistry- Easy

Mathematics- Difficult

Mathematics- Moderate to difficult

JEE Main 2025 January 23 Difficulty Level

Shift 1

Shift 2

Physics- Easy

Physics- Easy to moderate

Chemistry- Easy

Chemistry- Easy

Mathematics- Moderate to difficult

Mathematics- Difficult

JEE Main 2025 January 24 Difficulty Level

Shift 1

Shift 2

Physics- Easy

Physics

Chemistry- Easy

Chemistry- Easy

Mathematics- Difficult

Mathematics

JEE Main 2025 January 28 Difficulty Level

Shift 1

Shift 2

Physics- Very Difficult

Physics- Difficult

Chemistry- Easy

Chemistry- Easy

Mathematics- Difficult

Mathematics- Difficult

JEE Main 2025 January 29 Difficulty Level

Shift 1

Shift 2

Physics – Moderate

Physics- Moderate

Chemistry- Easy

Chemistry- Easy

Mathematics- Difficult

Mathematics- Moderate

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JEE Mains expected cutoff 2025

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JEE Main 2025 Expected Cutoff

JEE Main 2024 Cutoff

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100.0000000 to 92.3362181

100.0000000 to 93.2362181

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92.2312696 to 79.6457881

93.2312696 to 79.6757881

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92.2312696 to 62.0923182

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92.2312696 to 47.6975840

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92.2041331 to 0.0015700

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With a JEE Main rank of 291970, you can get into NIT Calicut if you belong to the SC Home State quota category. 

For this category, the highest rank admissible was 543879 (as per the last round of NIT Calicut cutoff 2025). See the table below to know which courses you can opt for. 

CourseNIT Calicut JEE Main cutoff 2025
B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering343880
B.Tech. in Biotechnology386381
B.Tech. in Civil Engineering405588
B.Tech. in Production Engineering449781
B.Tech. in Energy Engineering543879

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Neerja Rohatgi

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Answered 3 days ago

JEE (Main) cutoff for BTech in Computer Science and Engineering in Sagar Institute of Science Technology and Research, Bhopal in the closing round has ranged between 3,75,232 to 10,07,060 from 2021 to 2023.

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Saumya Gairola

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Answered 3 days ago

Yes, students can get EIT Faridabad scholarship with 97.6 percentile in JEE Main. Applicants can get scholarship on the basis of scores in entrance exam. Check the table below to know eligiblity of scholarships offered on the basis of JEE Main scores:

Eligibility CriteriaScholarship (on tuition fee)
95.01 percentile and above50%
90.01 - 95 prcentile35%
85.01 - 90 percentile25%
80.01 - 85 percentile20%

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Gaurika Chhabra

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 3 days ago

Yes, you can get admission in BTech in Sagar Institute of Science Technology and Research without JEE (Mains) rank through College Level Counselling based on merit if there are any seats left vacant after DTE Bhopal Counselling.

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Saumya Gairola

Contributor-Level 10

Answered 3 days ago

Guru Tegh Bahadur 4th Centenary Engineering College BTech admission is based on merit and entrance. Students are selected based on academic scores and JEE Main scores. However, JEE Main scores are not enough for admission. The final seat allotement for BTech is conducted through the centralised coun

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Gaurika Chhabra

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Answered 4 days ago

Yes. The syllabus overlaps heavily, and JEE preparation often covers TS EAMCET topics. Just add state-specific mock tests for better speed and familiarity.

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Manori Patra

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Answered 4 days ago

Any candidate who cleared Class 12th with an aggregate of less than 50% must appear for JEE Mains to qualify for Sagar Institute of Science Technology and Engineering (SISTec-E) - Sagar Group of Institutions Bhopal BTech admission. Howver, candidates who cleared Class 12th with a minimum aggregate o

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Saurabh Khanduri

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Answered 5 days ago

You might be able to get a seat at Manipal Institute of Technology with a rank of 50000 if you belong to the General AI category. 

According to the Manipal Institute of Technology JEE Main cutoff 2026 for round 1, the cutoff ranged from 32577 to 102650 for the aforementioned category. Students can re

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Neerja Rohatgi

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Manipal Institute of Technology JEE Main Cutoff 2026 was released for admission to the BTech course and its various specialisations among the All India categories students. 

For the General AI category, the round 1 cutoff ranged from 32577 to 102650, wherein BTech in Mathematics and Computing and B.T

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Neerja Rohatgi

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No, candidates are not required to appear in AUEE if they have secured a valid JEE Mains score. These candidates will be directly proceeded to Alliance Selection Process. Final admission is based on a combined score of last qualifying exam, entrance exam and Alliance Selection Process score.

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