JEE Main 2026 (28 Jan, Shift 2) paper analysis

JEE Main 2026 (28 Jan, Shift 2) was tough compared with all 163 JEE Main papers since 2019, and the 9th easiest of the 10 shifts of the January 2026 session, by our question ratings.

Difficulty by subject

  • Physics: Moderately tough
  • Chemistry: Tough
  • Mathematics: Tough

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: 2
  • Electrostatics: 2
  • Refraction & Prisms: 2
  • Alternating Current Circuits: 1
  • Capacitor: 1
  • Centre of Mass & Collisions: 1
  • Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter: 1
  • Elastic Properties of Solids: 1
  • Electromagnetic Waves: 1
  • Fluid Statics: 1
  • Kinematics in 1D & 2D: 1
  • Kinetic Theory of Gases: 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
  • Rotational Dynamics: 1
  • Simple Harmonic Motion: 1
  • Thermodynamics: 1
  • Units, Dimensions & Error Analysis: 1
  • Wave Optics & Interference: 1

Chemistry chapter-wise questions

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

Mathematics chapter-wise questions

  • Application of Derivatives: 2
  • Binomial Theorem: 2
  • Ellipse: 2
  • Sequence and Series: 2
  • Three-Dimensional (3D) Coordinate Geometry: 2
  • Area Under Curves: 1
  • Circles: 1
  • Complex Numbers: 1
  • Definite Integration: 1
  • Differential Equations: 1
  • Functions & Graphs: 1
  • Indefinite Integration: 1
  • Inverse Trigonometric Functions (ITF): 1
  • Limits, Continuity & Differentiability: 1
  • Matrices: 1
  • Parabola: 1
  • Permutations and Combinations: 1
  • Probability: 1
  • Quadratic Equation: 1
  • Vector Algebra (Fundamentals & Products): 1

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