JEE Mains: Students rate paper as moderately difficult

Citing feedback from students, Sri Chaitanya all India IIT Coordinator, M Uma Sankar said this year’s physics and chemistry sections presented a balanced level of difficulty compared to previous years

Hyderabad: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Mains that commenced on Wednesday was rated as moderate on difficulty levels.

The paper – I (BE/BTech) offered a balanced level of difficulty with questions covered from various topics across all subjects. According to students, physics questions were covered from thermal physics, projectile motion, electrical circuits, and modern physics. Some questions were manageable, while a few required in-depth understanding of concepts.

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In mathematics, the problems required lengthy calculations, consuming time. Some topics covered were statistics, probability, vectors, 3D geometry, matrices and determinants. Students rated Chemistry as easy but they found numerical value-based questions from the physical chemistry area to be time-consuming.

Citing feedback from students, Sri Chaitanya all India IIT Coordinator, M Uma Sankar said this year’s physics and chemistry sections presented a balanced level of difficulty compared to previous years. In contrast, mathematics offered a more familiar set of questions, which encouraged students to attempt those sections confidently, he said.

He said students scoring around 100 marks can expect a percentile score above 95, indicating a higher potential for success even with moderate scoring.