JEE Main 2018 – Ultimate Study Guide.
JEE Main Exam Pattern 2018 – CBSE has released JEE Main 2018 exam pattern. With the help of JEE Main exam pattern, candidates can get an idea about the exam like duration, type of questions asked, marking scheme such that their preparation can go accordingly. JEE Main 2018 will be held for two papers: Paper I will be held for B.E/ B.Tech aspirants, and Paper 2 for B. Arch./ B. Planning. The test pattern of IIT JEE Main 2018 has been provided for both Paper I & Paper II in the article below. The JEE Main exam pattern for both paper 1 and paper 2 determines that the exam duration of both the papers is of 3 hours each. While JEE Main Paper 1 will have questions in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics for a total of 360 marks, and JEE Main Paper 2 will have questions in Mathematics, Aptitude Test, and Drawing for a total of 390 marks.
The exam pattern of JEE Main 2018 examination will rely on whether the candidate is appearing for Paper I or Paper II. The exam pattern of each paper is discussed in detail below.
JEE Main Exam Pattern – Paper 1
Mode of Exam: Pen & Paper based (offline) or Computer Based Test (CBT/Online)
Duration of the Exam: The total time that will be given to candidates is 3 hours or 180 minutes.
Subjects: There are 3 subjects namely – Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. Questions will come only from the given JEE Main syllabus.
Total Number of questions: There will be a total number of 90 questions in the JEE Main 2018 Paper 1. Each section will contain 30 questions each.
Type of Questions: Only objective type questions will be asked. Each question will have four options out of which one will be correct.
Marking Scheme: Each correct answer will be awarded 4 marks. For Every wrong answer,JEE will fetch -1 mark while any answer with no response will not be given any marks
Total Marks awarded: The paper will be set for 360 marks.
Language and Medium of question paper: Aspitants will be given options to write their JEE Main exam both in English or Hindi except those students that belongs from Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli who can only allow to write JEE in Gujarati.
JEE Main Exam Pattern – Paper 2
Mode of JEE Examination: The JEE Main 2018 exam will be conducted in pen and paper mode only.
Exam Duration: The overall time that will be given to students to complete the exam is 3 hours or 180 minutes.
Subjects: Candidates will be selected on the basis of marks in Mathematics, General aptitude and drawing skills.
Total Number of questions: The total number of questions asked in the exam are 82 out of which Mathematics will have 50 questions, Aptitude will have 20 questions and drawing will have 2 questions
Type of Questions: While Mathematics and Aptitude will have objective type questions, drawing will have questions that will test the candidates in their drawing and sketching capabilities.
Marking Scheme: While the objective questions will be awarded 4 marks for a correct answer and a negative mark of -1 for every wrong answer, the drawing questions will be for a total of 70 marks but the marks for each question will be mentioned along with the question only.
Total Marks awarded: The question paper will be for 390 marks in total.
Language and Medium of question paper: Candidates will be given the choice of writing the paper in English or Hindi, and the candidate which belongs from Gujarat, Diu& Daman, Dadra & Nagar Haveli can choose to write the exam in Gujarati.
Recommended Books for the Preparation of JEE Main Examination
IIT JEE Main Books for Mathematics
- Trigonometry by S. L. Loney
- Higher Algebra by Hall & Knight
- Maths XI & XII by NCERT
- Co-ordinate Geometry by S. L. Loney
IIT JEE Main Books for Physics
- Problems in General Physics by I.E. Irodov
- Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick & Walker
- Concepts of Physics Vol I and II by H.C. Verma
IIT JEE Main Books for Chemistry
- Organic Chemistry by Paula Bruice Yurkanis
- Organic Chemistry by Morrison & Boyd
- Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee
- Numerical Chemistry by P. Bahadur
JEE Main Exam Analysis of Past Years Question Papers
Candidates can check the JEE Main exam analysis of the past years and it is an important component of the JEE Main preparation tips. This will give them an understanding of the questions and the topics which carry more weightage. To know more about the questions that are asked from each topic and subjects, candidates can check the detailed analysis.
JEE Main- Topic wise Analysis for Physics
|
Topic |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
Units, Dimensions, Errors, Experiments |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
|
Kinematics |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
New ton's Laws and Friction |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
Work, Power & Energy |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
System of Particles |
1 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
|
Gravitation, Rotational Mechanics |
1 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
|
Properties of Matter |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
SHM, Oscillations |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Mechanical Waves and Sound |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
|
Ray Optics, Wave Optics |
3 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
|
Heat and Thermodynamics |
5 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
|
Electrostatics |
3 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
|
Current Electricity |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
|
Magnetism, Magnetic effects of current |
2 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
|
EMI , AC and EM waves and Communication |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
Modern Physics |
5 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
|
Total |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
30 |
JEE Main- Topic wise analysis for Chemistry
|
Topic |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
|
Atomic Structure and Classification |
3 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
Chemical Bonding |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Stoichiometry |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
States of Matter |
1 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Chemical & Ionic Equilibrium |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Chemical Kinetics & Nuclear Chemistry |
1 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Chemical Thermodynamics |
2 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Solutions |
2 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Electrochemistry |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
General Organic Chemistry + Functional Group-I |
5 |
6 |
2 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
|
Organic Chemistry + Functional Group-II |
|
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