Selected Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) conducts the Joint Entrance Examination (Advanced) each year. It is in accordance with the guidelines given by the Joint Admission Board. It is important for students as it paves the way for the Bachelor’s, Integrated Master and Dual Degree Programs.
The JEE Advanced 2024 is the second stage of the IIT JEE 2024. It is a national-level engineering entrance test for those who want to get admission to IITs. JEE Advanced is a computer-based exam and is generally conducted by one of the seven IITs, namely IIT Kharagpur, IIT Bombay, IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Delhi and IIT Guwahati.
JEE (Advanced) consists of two papers, which are carried out in two shifts on the same day. The candidates need to appear in both of them to qualify on a merit basis.
IIT Bombay was the conducting authority for the JEE Advanced 2022, which was held on 28th August 2022. The JEE Advanced in 2021 was conducted by IIT Kharagpur (as conducting authority). The examination was taken on 3rd October 2021.
Now let us analyze both the JEE Advanced exams for the years 2021 and 2022.
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JEE Advanced Paper 2 was held on the scheduled date between 2:30-5:30 PM. In terms of the difficulty level, the overall exam was moderate but lengthy. Here is a table representing the difficulty level of JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 2.
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| Maths | Difficult |
| Physics | Moderate |
| Chemistry | Moderate |
Here is the list of the chapters/topics with high weightage.
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JEE Advanced Paper 2 was moderate to tough. Physics was divided between the syllabus of classes 11 and 12 with moderate and balanced questions. Chemistry was moderate and lengthy compared to paper 1 and it had more weightage on organic chemistry. Maths had moderate difficulty but it was lengthy.
The subject-wise analysis is given in the following paragraphs:
Physics: Physics was lengthy but had a moderate level of difficulty level. It covered all the chapters and asked concept-based questions. Questions were taken from current electricity, rotational motion, kinematics, work power and energy, thermodynamics and surface tension, electrostatics, magnetism, and current electricity. The questions with mixed concepts took more time for students and were lengthy for them.
Chemistry: Chemistry was easy to moderately tough. The questions were taken from mole Concept, electrochemistry, surface chemistry, thermodynamics & chemical kinetics in the Physical chemistry section whereas in Organic Chemistry it was a balanced combination of concept-based questions. Reaction-based questions were asked from inorganic chemistry.
Mathematics: This section too was moderate but lengthy. Coordinate geometry and calculus had more questions in the paper. Mixed concept questions were taken from Functions and Progressions, Application of Derivatives with a differential equation, Vectors and Matrices, Circle with trigonometry etc. Direct questions belonged to Ellipse, Hyperbola, Permutations & Combinations, Definite Integration with Inverse of Functions. All these questions had lengthy calculations. The paper was tough as compared to the previous year but all the chapters got equal weightage.
JEE Advanced Paper 1 was held on the scheduled date between 9:00-12:00 PM. In terms of the difficulty level, the overall exam was considered to be moderate. All three portions had different difficulty levels.
The difficulty levels of these sections are given below:
| Subject | Difficulty Level |
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| Maths | Difficult |
| Physics | Moderate to Difficult |
| Chemistry | Easy |
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It was of moderate difficulty where Chemistry had more questions from the organic section and Mathematics was also balanced between class 11 and 12 topics. The subjectwise students’ review is given as under.
Chemistry: It had questions from classes 11th and 12th in equal proportion. Inorganic chemistry had NCERT-based questions. Physical chemistry covers chapters like Atomic Structure, Electrochemistry, Chemical Equilibrium, Thermodynamics, and Kinetic theory of gases. In organic chemistry, the topics covered were Polymers, Amines, Oxygen-containing compounds, and named reactions were also covered.
Physics: Rotational motion, Thermodynamics, Modern Physics, Capacitors, Kinematics, Optics, Gravitation, Current Electricity and LC circuits were the few chapters asked. As per students, it was a moderate section compared to the other two.
Mathematics: It was difficult and had tricky questions according to the students. It covered chapters like Trigonometric Equations, Harmonic Progressions (HP), Vectors, Probability, Ellipse, Matrices, Functions, etc. It also had complex numbers, 3-D Geometry and Conic sections which was the toughest part according to the students.
JEE Advanced Paper 2 was held on the scheduled date between 2:30-5:30 PM. In terms of the difficulty level, the overall exam was moderate to tough. It is to be noted that more weightage was given to the class 12th syllabus in the Chemistry section.
Here is a table representing the difficulty level of JEE Advanced 2021 Paper 2.
| Section | Difficulty Level |
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| Chemistry | Moderate to Tough |
| Physics | Easy to Moderate |
| Maths | Moderately Tough |
Here is the list of the chapters/topics with high weightage.
| Section | High Weightage Chapters |
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| Mathematics | Geometry & Calculus |
Overall the students found the exam to be difficult.
Physics: The majority of the students felt that the difficulty level of the physics portion was easy to moderate. There were 6 questions from Mechanics, 6 from electrodynamics, 3 from Modern Physics, and 2 from Optics and heat & thermodynamics each. Overall 7 questions were considered to be easy, 9 were moderate and the rest of the 3 were difficult.
Chemistry: For some of the students, this portion was not that easy. It gave complete coverage to the topic. Physical chemistry was asked in 7 questions, 6 questions were from inorganic chemistry and organic chemistry had the rest of the six. This became the most challenging part for the students. Roundabout 5 questions can be considered as easy, 12 questions were moderate and two questions were difficult.
Mathematics: Mathematics was the lengthiest of all. About 5 questions were there from algebra, 7 questions from calculus and 5 questions from coordinate geometry. There were also questions that were asked from vectors and trigonometry.
There were questions directly taken from NCERT Class 11 Physics. Maths was difficult for the majority of the students. Chemistry and Physics were moderately tough.
JEE Advanced Paper 1 was held on the scheduled date between 9:00-12:00 PM. In terms of the difficulty level, the overall exam was considered to be moderate. All three portions had different difficulty levels.
The difficulty levels of these sections are given below:
| Section | Difficulty Level |
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| Mathematics | Moderate |
| Physics | Difficult to Moderate |
| Chemistry | Easy to Moderate |
| Section | High Weightage Chapters |
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JEE Advanced Paper 1 was considered to be moderate in terms of difficulty level. Few students found it difficult and the others found it moderate to difficult. A cross-section of students expressed their views about the difficulty level, pattern, and marking scheme. There was a slight change in the pattern of JEE Advanced (paper 1) with 57 questions in total according to the students. There were 19 questions from each of the three subjects.
Physics: The physics section was easier than Mathematics and the Chemistry section was the easiest as per the students. It had most of the questions from class 12th only. Some of the difficult questions were taken from rotation and modern physics, optics and current electricity. It had application-based questions. A few found such questions difficult to complete in the given time.
Mathematics: Maths came with easy to moderate difficulty and was time-consuming. Two questions were taken from the chapter matrices & determinants. The rest of the questions came from the topics like application of derivatives, functions, definite integrals, continuity & differentiability. Questions from chapters like complex numbers, probability, and 3D geometry were there. The questions from circle & parabola in coordinate geometry were among the trickiest ones.
Chemistry: Chemistry was the easiest portion for the students. It had questions from classes 11th & 12th. Inorganic Chemistry questions asked that belonged to NCERT. The questions asked in the paper were from the chapters: Electrochemistry, Titration, and Thermodynamics. Whereas in Organic Chemistry questions were asked on the topics like Amines, Biomolecules, and Oxygen-containing Compounds.
Students felt that Chemistry was easy and Math was difficult.
The candidates need to be familiar with the exam pattern which remains similar every year with a little difference. The question papers consist of three subjects namely, Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Candidates can view the question paper in English or Hindi and the language settings can be changed during the exam.
Here is the list of topics from which the questions were asked.
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