JEE Main 2026 Preparation Guide: Use NCERT, PYQ and Mock Papers for Assured Success

NTA will conduct the JEE Main 2026 exam in two sessions in January and April. Students who are still unsure about how to crack JEE Main can follow the success guide provided here. JEE Main Application Form 2026 will be released soon.

If you are one of those students who are still wondering, how you should begin your preparation for JEE Mains 2026 session 1 exam, Shiksha experts suggests you just one resource to study with - NCERT class 11 and 12 books. NCERT books have everything you need to study for JEE in a concise and self-explanatory manner.

Many students often end up scoring less in JEE just because they lack the basic understanding of topics and thus not able to solve the questions. NCERT books are just the right set of books to this problem. When combined with solving JEE Main previous year papers and mock tests, success is assured.

Are NCERT Enough to Prepare for JEE Mains?

NCERT textbooks are the best books for building strong foundation to every topics covered in the JEE Main syllabus. Many aspirants use it to prepare for JEE and other entrance exams like VITEEE, BITSAT, SRMJEEE etc. Every chapter in these books are written in easy to understand language, have ample examples to elaborate the concepts with diagrams and numerical problems to solve.

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How can you crack JEE Main with PYQs and Mock Papers Only?

There are total 86 chapters in class 11 and 12 in Physics, Chemistry and Maths. All these chapters are taught in schools. Students must have studied all these chapters as a part of board exams syllabus. They only need to revise these topics as a part of JEE Main preparation plan. Droppers can plan to revise one chapter a day and complete the syllabus in 90 days or sooner. For those who are in class 12 can also follow the same criteria or make a plan to complete the whole syllabus in 90 days.

Solve JEE Main chapterwise PYQs after completing every chapter. This will help you analyze your preparation for the exam. In the last 15 days, solve only JEE Main mock papers. Students can also solve NCERT Exemplar Problems for the JEE 2026 preparation.

NCERT textbooks are written by some of the best subject experts from the country working in top educational institutes details of some are given here.  

Chairperson, Advisory Group for Textbooks in Science and Mathematics - J.V. Narlikar, Emeritus Professor, Chairman, Advisory Committee, Inter University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCCA), Ganeshbhind, Pune University, Pune

Chief Advisor - A.W. Joshi, Professor, Honorary Visiting Scientist, NCRA, Pune (Formerly at Department of Physics, University of Pune)

Members -

• Anuradha Mathur, PGT , Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi
• Chitra Goel, PGT, Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Tyagraj Nagar, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
• Gagan Gupta, Reader, DESM, NCERT, New Delhi
• C. Pradhan, Professor, Homi Bhabha Centre of Science Education, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, V.N. Purav Marg, Mankhurd, Mumbai
• Panchapakesan, Professor (Retd.), Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi
• K. Srivastava, Professor (Retd.), Director, CSEC, University of Delhi, Delhi

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