JEE Main Physics chapter-wise weightage

Questions per paper for every Physics chapter in JEE Main, from 105 papers from 2022–2026. The heaviest chapters were Current Electricity, Electrostatics, Magnetic Effect of Current & Moving Charge.

Chapter	Questions per paper	Share of Physics	2026	2025	2024	2023	2022
Current Electricity	1.81	7.2%	1.63	1.26	2.4	1.88	1.83
Electrostatics	1.31	5.3%	1.37	2.05	1.05	1.0	1.22
Magnetic Effect of Current & Moving Charge	1.16	4.6%	0.89	1.53	1.05	0.96	1.39
Rotational Dynamics	1.16	4.6%	1.21	1.68	1.1	0.92	1.0
Refraction & Prisms	1.14	4.6%	1.42	1.89	0.9	0.79	0.87
Gravitation	1.1	4.4%	0.58	0.89	1.25	1.67	0.96
Kinematics in 1D & 2D	1.09	4.3%	0.95	0.95	0.95	1.17	1.35
Thermodynamics	1.06	4.2%	1.16	1.32	1.0	0.88	1.0
Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter	0.98	3.9%	0.95	0.89	1.15	1.04	0.87
Capacitor	0.9	3.6%	1.11	1.05	0.6	0.62	1.13
Units, Dimensions & Error Analysis	0.9	3.6%	0.95	0.74	1.05	0.75	1.0
Semiconductor Devices	0.85	3.4%	0.95	0.84	0.8	0.92	0.74
Alternating Current Circuits	0.81	3.2%	0.53	0.53	1.05	0.75	1.13
Electromagnetic Induction	0.76	3.0%	1.16	0.47	0.7	1.0	0.48
Kinetic Theory of Gases	0.75	3.0%	0.53	0.53	1.0	0.96	0.7
Laws of Motion & Friction	0.74	3.0%	0.68	0.32	0.95	0.71	1.0
Centre of Mass & Collisions	0.71	2.9%	0.63	0.47	0.65	0.79	0.96
Nuclei	0.71	2.9%	0.74	0.42	0.7	0.92	0.74
Electromagnetic Waves	0.69	2.7%	0.63	0.42	0.7	0.79	0.83
Atoms	0.67	2.7%	0.58	0.63	0.95	0.54	0.65
Elastic Properties of Solids	0.65	2.6%	0.89	0.74	0.4	0.75	0.48
Work, Energy & Power	0.65	2.6%	0.58	0.84	0.6	0.54	0.7
Simple Harmonic Motion	0.54	2.2%	0.68	0.37	0.35	0.79	0.48
Circular Motion Dynamics	0.53	2.1%	0.37	0.32	0.75	0.67	0.52
Wave Optics & Interference	0.5	2.0%	0.63	0.63	0.25	0.5	0.52
Viscosity & Surface Tension	0.45	1.8%	0.63	0.47	0.55	0.25	0.39
Diffraction & Polarization	0.32	1.3%	0.53	0.26	0.5	0.21	0.17
Mechanical Waves (String Waves)	0.3	1.2%	0.16	0.32	0.15	0.42	0.39
Magnetism & Magnetic Materials	0.29	1.1%	0.21	0.32	0.1	0.33	0.43
Fluid Statics	0.28	1.1%	0.32	0.32	0.25	0.29	0.22
Thermometry, Expansion & Calorimetry	0.23	0.9%	0.32	0.21	0.15	0.17	0.3
Ray Optics & Spherical Reflection	0.21	0.8%	0.21	0.42	0.1	0.29	0.04
Mechanical Waves (Sound Waves)	0.2	0.8%	0.21	0.16	0.35	0.21	0.09
Fluid Dynamics	0.19	0.8%	0.21	0.21	0.2	0.17	0.17
Heat Transfer Mechanisms	0.16	0.6%	0.05	0.37	0.0	0.21	0.17
Laboratory Protocols & Experimental Physics	0.12	0.5%	0.11	0.11	0.3	0.04	0.09
Optical Instruments	0.08	0.3%	0.21	0.05	0.0	0.08	0.04