Analysis of JEE Main 2016 – Paper – 1
The pen and paper mode of JEE Main test was conducted from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM across 2000 centres in 129 cities in India and abroad.
Testprepkart expert N. Tandon – IIT, Mumbai brings analysis of the JEE Main paper 2016.
- This year paper was balanced. Out of 90 questions given as many as 42 were from grade 11 and 48 were from grade 12 syllabus.
- It was observed that Physics paper was exhaustive , but Math and Chemistry papers were easy. Some of the difficult topics in Physics includes SHM, Modern Physics, Work Power and Energy and Heat & Thermodynamics.
Difficulty Level Analysis
Sr. No. |
Subject |
Difficult (in %) |
Moderate (in %) |
Easy (in %) |
1 |
Physics |
33 |
30 |
37 |
2 |
Chemistry |
7 |
33 |
60 |
3 |
Mathematics |
0 |
33 |
67 |
- In Chemistry, Physics Chemistry took 40% of questions, whereas, Inorganic and Organic took 33% and 27% respectively.
- In Math, the topics covered were Area, Hyperbola, Circles, Logs and progressions.
Subject Wise Distribution:
S.No. |
Subject |
% Distribution of marks |
|
|
|
Class 11 |
Class 12 |
1 |
Chemistry |
43% |
57% |
2 |
Mathematics |
53% |
47% |
3 |
Physics |
43% |
57% |
- This year, students were provided to mark the answer with Ball pen.
Cut off Score For JEE Main 2016
S.no. |
Category |
JEE Main 2015 Cut off Score |
JEE Main 2014 Cut offs Score |
1 |
Common Merit List (CML) |
105 |
115 |
2 |
Other Backward Class (OBC – NCL) |
70 |
74 |
3 |
Scheduled Caste (SC) |
50 |
53 |
4 |
Scheduled Tribe (ST) |
44 |
47 |
This year, the JEE cut off is expected to fall.
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