JEE Main 2025 January Session Overall Analysis: Most Difficult Shift, Important Topics, Cutoff for JEE Advanced

The JEE Main 2025 BE/BTech examination concludes today. The Paper 1 exams were conducted across two shifts on January 22, 23, 24, 28, and 29. Tomorrow, January 30, the BArch and BPlan examinations are scheduled. Below is a comprehensive analysis of the January session for the Paper 1 exam of JEE Main 2025, detailing the key trends and insights observed during the testing period.

JEE Main 2025 Jan Session Overall Analysis: Most Difficult Shift, Expected Cutoff for JEE Advanced

The National Testing Agency is currently administering the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025, with the first session taking place across numerous centres nationwide and in 15 international locations. The JEE Main 2025 Paper 1 examinations have concluded, while the Paper 2 exam is set for tomorrow, January 30, from 3:00 PM to 6:30 PM.

Analysing the overall JEE Main 2025 paper 1 exam conducted on January 22, 23, 24, 28, and 29, the candidates rated the exams as moderate in difficulty. An exception was noted during the first shift of the January 28 JEE Main exam, where candidates reported substantial challenges in the Physics section. Feedback indicates that the complexity of the Physics questions during this shift was among the most demanding compared to all other shifts of the January session and also in recent years. Additionally, this shift featured difficult Math problems alongside a Chemistry section that was deemed moderate, ultimately raising the overall difficulty profile of the exam for participants.

JEE Main 2025 January Session Difficulty Level

Check below the day-wise and shift-wise JEE Main 2025 January session difficulty level analysis for the BE/BTech paper.

JEE Main 2025 January Session - Cutoff for JEE Advanced

As per the experts below are the day-wise and shift-wise JEE Main 2025 cutoff for the JEE Advanced 2025 exam. Note that the JEE Main raw scores will be normalised and percentile scores will be made available. The final cutoff will be available with the session 2 result.

JEE Main 2025 January Session - High Weightage Topics 

In the January 2025 session of JEE Main, the following key topics emerged consistently across all subjects throughout the various days and shifts

Mathematics: The questions in Maths were focused on topics including Binomial Theorem, Limits, Integration, Conic Sections, Vector Algebra and 3D Geometry, Analytical Geometry involving straight lines and circles, Quadratic Equations, Complex Numbers, Calculus concepts, Matrices and Determinants, as well as Permutations, Combinations, and Probability.

Physics: The questions prominently featured Ray Optics, Magnetism, and Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM). Additionally, topics such as Rotational Dynamics, Kinematics, Circuit Analysis, Semiconductors, Kinetic Theory of Gases (KTG), Gravitation, and Current Electricity were also included.

Chemistry: The subjects covered included Biomolecules, Chemical Bonding, Coordination Compounds, periodic trends from the Periodic Table, Electrochemistry, the Mole Concept, Thermodynamics, and Radioactivity.

During the Shift 1 exam on January 28, there was a question that originated from a topic not covered in the JEE Main 2025 syllabus — the Carnot engine.

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