JEE Main 2025: Students Claim Out-of-Syllabus Questions in January 23 Shift 1 Exam
In the JEE Main 2025 shift 1 exam held on January 23, some students interviewed by Shiksha reported that two JEE Main questions were outside the prescribed syllabus. Check details here
Students Claim Out-of-Syllabus JEE Main Questions
JEE Main 2025 Exam: The National Testing Agency (NTA) conducted the JEE Main shift 1 Jan 23 exam at 12 PM. After the exam, some of the students who were interviewed by Shiksha.com claimed that two JEE Main 2025 questions were out of the prescribed syllabus. Apart from this, a few students also reported errors in the JEE Main questions 2025. The claims have raised concerns among aspirants and parents.
Talking about JEE Main shift 1 Jan 23 difficulty level, students rated as easy to moderate. While the Physics and Chemistry sections were relatively straightforward, the Mathematics section stood out as challenging and time-consuming. Many students complained about the significant amount of time required to solve the Mathematics questions.
Allegations of Out-of-Syllabus Questions in JEE Main 2025 Shift 1 Jan 23 Exam
One of the students who appeared for the exam stated, "One to two questions were out of the syllabus in Chemistry." Those who appeared for the exam have claimed that a few questions were not aligned with the official JEE Main syllabus provided by the NTA. These alleged discrepancies have left aspirants feeling unfairly disadvantaged, as they had prepared based on the prescribed syllabus.
With JEE Main being an important engineering entrance exam that determines eligibility for top engineering institutes like IITs, NITs, and IIITs, even minor deviations from the syllabus can have substantial implications for students’ rankings.
JEE Main 2025 Answer Key and Question Papers
With JEE Main day 2 shift 1 exam being over many coaching institutes have released memory-based questions and answers for the candidates. Candidates who have appeared JEE Main 2025 shift 1 exam can tally their answers to know the probable scores.
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JEE Main syllabus can be categorized as medium in difficulty level. The topics covered in JEE Mains syllabus are similar to CBSE class 11 and 12 syllabus. Students can prepare for JEE Mains exam using their NCERT textbooks to get a good score. Candidates aiming top colleges are however advised to refer additional books to score high marks in JEE Mains.
- Mathematics: Mathematical Induction and Mathematical Reasoning units have been removed from the syllabus of Mathematics.
- Physics: In Physics, Communication Device units has been removed from the syllabus
- Chemistry: Surface Chemistry, States of Matter, General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Metals, Hydrogen, Environmental Chemistry, Alcohol Phenol and Ether, Polymers chapters have been removed.
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