VITEEE 2026 April 28 Shift 1 Paper Analysis Out: Impact of Negative Marking on Day 1, Topics, Difficulty Level

VITEEE 2026 April 28 shift 1 paper analysis OUT: The Vellore Institute of Technology has finally completed VIT April 28 shift 1 paper. Based on initial students feedback and reactions, overall paper was moderate. However, with negative marking this year, scenario has completely changed. While some found the paper to be balanced, on the contrary, some felt pressured and stressed due to -1 mark penalty. Read below to know more about VITEEE 2026 April 28 analysis.

VITEEE 2026 April 28 Shift 1 Paper Analysis Out: Impact of Negative Marking on Day 1, Topics Covered, Difficulty Level

VITEEE 2026 April 28 shift 1 exam is now over. The paper was held from 9:30 am to 12:00 pm. Students who attempted the VIT exam 2026 today have shared their responses and feedback on the question paper difficulty level, number of good attempts, and important topics covered in VIT exam 2026 April 28 shift 1 paper. 

VITEEE 2026 April 28 Analysis: Section-Wise Breakdown 

Based on students and experts analysis, overall VITEEE 2026 April 28 paper analysis -

• Overall - Moderate level. Paper was balanced. 

• Chemistry- Easy to moderate (concept and formula based) mostly from PYQs

• Physics - was moderately tough with few tricky questions PYQs

• Maths - was tough, lengthy, calculative, average attempt was less in this section. 

• English and Aptitude - Easy to moderate

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VIT 2026 April 28 Shift 1 Analysis: Impact of Negative Marking of Day One

Students on social media stated that the VITEEE exam April 28 shift 1 was moderate to lengthy. Many also mentioned, that the question paper was on JEE Main level. Maths was tough, especially calculus section. While Physics was easy to moderate. 

Students have mentioned that with negative marking introduced in VITEEE 2026, they had to be more cautious, which resulted paper to be more time consuming. 

VITEEE April 28 Shift 1 Exam 2026: Important Topics Covered 

Students appearing for later shifts must know that high-weightage questions were mostly asked from inorganic, organic, and physical chemistry. 

Important topics covered (Maths, Physics, and Chemistry): Chemical bonding, p, d, and s-block elements, Mole concept, thermodynamics, polymer, NCERT (12th Syllabus), GOC, co-ordination compounds, GOC, Isomer, Organic chemistry (12th chemistry), Vector 3D, Conic section, integral calculus, area under curve, differential equation, co-ordinate geometry, functions, probability, matrices, algebra questions was lengthy etc. 

VITEEE 2026 April 28 Safe Score

Based on today’s analysis, experts have stated that for VIT Category 1 and 2, the safe score might fall under the following range-

• Category 1 - 300 marks

• Category - 220 marks 

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