JEE Mains 2025 Live: Day 3 exam ends; moderate paper says students

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: The JEE Main 2025 session 1 exam is scheduled for January 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 (paper 1) and January 30 (paper 2, BArch/BPlanning).

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: JEE Mains 2025 Day 3 exam afternoon shift has concluded

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: Before entering the exam hall, candidates need to undergo pre-exam formalities, which include a mandatory frisking.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: The JEE Main 2025 session 1 exam is scheduled for January 22, 23, 24, 28, 29 (paper 1) and January 30 (paper 2, BArch/BPlanning).

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: JEE Mains day 3 exam shift 2 has begun

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: JEE Mains Exam 2025 Day 3 afternoon shift will be held from 3 pm to 6 pm.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: Based on student feedback, the difficulty level of the sections can be ranked as follows: Mathematics > Chemistry > Physics- says Ajay Sharma, National Academic Director, Engineering, Aakash Educational Services Limited.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: The Mathematics section was rated as moderate to difficult. It featured a higher number of questions from Class 11 topics. Areas like 3D, Geometry, Vectors, and Conic Sections were the most represented, while Calculus also had a significant number of questions. However, the section involved lengthy calculations, making it time consuming. For many students, Mathematics was the most challenging section of the paper- says Ajay Sharma, National Academic Director, Engineering, Aakash Educational Services Limited.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: In Chemistry, the paper covered nearly all chapters, although certain units were more prominent. This section was considered the second easiest after Physics. Inorganic Chemistry had the highest weightage, followed by Organic Chemistry, with fewer questions from Physical Chemistry. Overall, the Chemistry section was straightforward and allowed students to save time for other subjects- says Ajay Sharma, National Academic Director, Engineering, Aakash Educational Services Limited.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: The Physics section was regarded as easy by most students. A majority of the questions were from Class 12 topics, with fewer from Class 11. Chapters like Mechanics, Waves, and Thermodynamics had minimal representation in this shift. On the other hand, Class 12 topics such as Optics and Electromagnetism were more prominent. Modern Physics had a moderate presence, whereas chapters like Electromagnetic Induction (EMI) and Magnetism were underrepresented- says Ajay Sharma, National Academic Director, Engineering, Aakash Educational Services Limited.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: The JEE Main paper conducted on 24th January, 2025 (Morning Shift), was of easy to moderate difficulty- says Ajay Sharma, National Academic Director, Engineering, Aakash Educational Services Limited

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: Check out the pictures of students who completed the shift 1 and await to appear for shift 2 here

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: Students wait in queue before appearing for the JEE Mains exam at an examination centre at Patliputra in Patna.

Photo credits – Santosh Kumar

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: They should not carry any prohibited items inside the exam hall and make make their own arrangements for the safekeeping of personal belongings, as all exam centres may not have this facility.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: Shift 2 will take place from 3 pm to 6 pm.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: Students were of the opinion that the overall paper has been moderate. Math questions seemed to be lengthy and calculative. Physics and Chemistry seemed to be moderate.

JEE Mains 2025 Live Updates: The first shift of day 3 concluded at 12 pm. Look out for the Paper analysis and candidates’ reactions here.

The first shift of day 3 will end at 12 pm. Paper analysis and candidates’ reactions will be shared here after the exam is over.

Candidates are not allowed to bring calculators and watches inside the exam hall. On the exam console, a clock will be displayed so that candidates can keep track of time.

All candidates must drop the rough work sheet and the admit card on the box provided, before leaving the exam hall. Failing to do this may result in the answers not being evaluated.

The first shift of JEE Main day 3 exam started at 9 am. This shift will end at 12 pm.

For any help about the JEE Mains exam, candidates can contact the NTA at 011-40759000 or email at jeemain.@nta.nic.in.

These items are not allowed inside the exam hall

Instrument/geometry/pencil box

Handbag

Purse

Any kind of paper/stationary/textual material (printed or written)

Water

Mobile phone

Earphone

Pager

Calculator

Document

Slide rules

Log tables

Camera

Tape recorder

Watch

Any metallic object.

These items are allowed inside the JEE Main exam hall-

Admit card

Photo ID proof

Photograph

PwD certificate and scribe document (if applicable)

Diabetic candidates can bring edibles as specified on the admit card.

As per the official notification the JEE Main admit card for January 28, 29 and 30 were released on January 23. Candidates can downoad their hall tickets from jeemain.nta.nic.in.