JEE Main 2026 (24 Jan, Shift 2) paper analysis

JEE Main 2026 (24 Jan, Shift 2) was tough compared with all 163 JEE Main papers since 2019, and the 6th easiest of the 10 shifts of the January 2026 session, by our question ratings.

Difficulty by subject

  • Physics: Tough
  • Chemistry: Moderate
  • Mathematics: Moderate

Difficulty is Autonise's own rating, not NTA's. Every question in our bank has a difficulty rating. We work out the marks a well-prepared student would expect in every JEE Main paper and rank this shift against all of them: the easiest fifth is "Easy", the toughest fifth "Tough". NTA works percentiles out within each shift, so the same marks give a higher percentile in a tougher shift; the percentile predictor uses this level.

Physics chapter-wise questions

  • Current Electricity: 3
  • Capacitor: 2
  • Rotational Dynamics: 2
  • Thermodynamics: 2
  • Circular Motion Dynamics: 1
  • Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter: 1
  • Electromagnetic Waves: 1
  • Electrostatics: 1
  • Fluid Statics: 1
  • Kinematics in 1D & 2D: 1
  • Laboratory Protocols & Experimental Physics: 1
  • Laws of Motion & Friction: 1
  • Magnetic Effect of Current & Moving Charge: 1
  • Mechanical Waves (Sound Waves): 1
  • Nuclei: 1
  • Ray Optics & Spherical Reflection: 1
  • Refraction & Prisms: 1
  • Semiconductor Devices: 1
  • Viscosity & Surface Tension: 1
  • Wave Optics & Interference: 1

Chemistry chapter-wise questions

  • Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers: 2
  • Amines, Nitro, Diazonium Salts: 2
  • Atomic Structure: 2
  • Coordination Compounds: 2
  • p-block Elements: 2
  • Aldehydes and Ketones: 1
  • Alkyl Halides (Haloalkanes & Haloarenes): 1
  • Analytical Qualitative Salt Analysis: 1
  • Biomolecules: 1
  • Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure: 1
  • Chemical Equilibrium: 1
  • Chemical Kinetics: 1
  • Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties: 1
  • Electrochemistry: 1
  • Gaseous State (Real Gases Focus): 1
  • General Organic Chemistry: 1
  • Isomerism: 1
  • Liquid Solutions & Colligative Properties: 1
  • Practical Organic Chemistry (POC): 1
  • d & f-block Elements: 1

Mathematics chapter-wise questions

  • Sequence and Series: 3
  • Permutations and Combinations: 2
  • Quadratic Equation: 2
  • Vector Algebra (Fundamentals & Products): 2
  • Application of Derivatives: 1
  • Area Under Curves: 1
  • Binomial Theorem: 1
  • Circles: 1
  • Complex Numbers: 1
  • Definite Integration: 1
  • Determinants: 1
  • Differential Equations: 1
  • Ellipse: 1
  • Functions & Graphs: 1
  • Matrices: 1
  • Parabola: 1
  • Rectangular Cartesian Coordinates & Straight Lines: 1
  • Statistics: 1
  • Three-Dimensional (3D) Coordinate Geometry: 1
  • Trigonometric Equations & Inequations: 1

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