JEE Main 2023 Analysis: Balanced paper in shift 1, exam easier than last year

JEE (MAIN) 2023 PAPER-I (for B.E. / B. Tech) was held in the morning shift on January 24, 2023. The reporting time for students was 7:20 am and the exam started sharp at 9:00 am. JEE Main live updates.

Overall, the morning shift paper was a balanced paper and the exam was easier than last year, according to students.

Students were not allowed to carry anything inside examination hall except a transparent ball point Pen, Admit Card & Aadhar Card. Transparent water Bottles were allowed. All guidelines as released by NTA earlier were followed for safety of the exam takers.

Immediate reaction from students after the exam

There were total 90* questions and Total marks of JEE Main Paper-1 was 300.

(* 5 out of 10 questions were to be attempted from Numerical Based section in each subject)

The paper had two parts & each part had three sections:

Part-I- Physics had total 30*questions – Sec-I had 20 Multiple choice questions with Single correct answers & Sec-II had 10 Numerical based questions out which only 5 had to be attempted. Marking scheme for multiple choice questions was +4 for correct response, -1 for incorrect response, 0 if not attempted. Marking scheme for numerical based questions was +4 for correct response and 0 in all other cases. Total marks of this section were 100.

Part-II- Chemistry had total 30*questions – Sec-I had 20 Multiple choice questions with Single correct answers & Sec-II had 10 Numerical based questions out which only 5 had to be attempted. Marking scheme for multiple choice questions was +4 for correct response, -1 for incorrect response, 0 if not attempted. Marking scheme for numerical based questions was +4 for correct response, -1 for incorrect response and 0 in all other cases. Total marks of this section were 100.

Part-III- Mathematics had total 30*questions – Sec-I had 20 Multiple choice questions with Single correct answers & Sec-II had 10 Numerical based questions out which only 5 had to be attempted. Marking scheme for multiple choice questions was +4 for correct response, -1 for incorrect response, 0 if not attempted. Marking scheme for numerical based questions was +4 for correct response, -1 for incorrect response and 0 in all other cases. Total marks of this section were 100.

Questions covered almost all chapters of Class XI & XII CBSE Board. Balanced Paper as per students in terms of coverage of chapters. Students reported Paper Easier than Last Year.

(4) The level of difficulty as per feedback from students on 24th January ,2023 (Forenoon Session).

Mathematics – Moderate Level. Questions were asked from all chapters with emphasis on Chapters of Algebra & Calculus. Questions asked from Determinants, 3D Geometry, Vectors, Permutation & Combination, Probability, Binomial Theorem, Complex Numbers, Functions, Limits & Continuity, Definite Integrals, Area under Curves, Parabola, Ellipse & Circle. The Numerical Section had lengthy calculations. Few questions in MCQs were reported as Lengthy.

Physics – Easy. Questions asked from Electrostatics, Magnetism, Current Electricity & Modern Physics, EM Waves, Laws of Motion, Semiconductors, Kinematics, Heat & Thermodynamics. Numerical based questions were easy. Few fact-based questions from class XII chapters of NCERT were also asked.

Chemistry – Easy to Moderate level. Organic & Inorganic Chemistry had questions directly from NCERT Books. Numerical Based questions were mostly from Physical Chemistry. Questions asked from Aldehydes & Ketones, Amines, Co-ordination Compounds, Environmental Chemistry, Ionic Equilibrium. Few questions from Organic Chemistry were reported slightly tricky.

In terms of order of Difficulty – Mathematics was Moderate, Chemistry was Easy to Moderate, while Physics was Easy. Overall, this paper was of Moderate level as per students.

(Author Ramesh Batlish is Head, FIITJEE Noida. Views expressed here are personal.)