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JEE Main April 5 Exam Analysis: Students rate Physics, Chemistry as ‘easy’

The paper showed a balanced distribution of questions across chapters, with several questions based on the NCERT, according to educators.

The online application window for JEE Main 2026 will open in October. The exam will be held in two sessions – January and April 2026.The online application window for JEE Main 2026 will open in October. The exam will be held in two sessions – January and April 2026 (representative image/ Express Photo by Tashi Tobgyal)

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has concluded the morning shift of Session Two of the JEE Main examination on April 5. As per reactions from students and educators, the morning shift exam was easy, with Physics and Chemistry being easy, while Mathematics ranged from easy to moderate. The paper showed a balanced distribution of questions across chapters, with several questions based on the NCERT, according to educators.

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Ajay Sharma, the national academic director, Engineering branch at Aakash Educational Services Limited, noted that the exam held on April 5 was easy. He shared that the Physics section was easy, with questions focused on higher-weightage topics from Mechanics.

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“Direct questions from Rotational Motion were not asked, and Fluid Mechanics was absent. Electromagnetism was included, with questions from Electric Charges and Capacitors, while Magnetism had relatively fewer questions,” said Ajay.

“EMI was represented, whereas AC had low weightage. Ray Optics, Wave Optics, and Optical Instruments contributed a few questions,” Ajay noted, adding that Thermodynamics and the Photoelectric Effect were also included along with Waves.

In Chemistry, he shared that the questions were fairly evenly distributed among Organic, Inorganic, and Physical Chemistry, with slightly fewer from Physical Chemistry. Inorganic Chemistry had significant weightage and a good level of questions, he said, adding that some questions were based on laboratory manuals: “Many questions were directly from NCERT. Most were straightforward, though a few involved calculations, and some were ambiguous, making them slightly challenging to answer.”

On the other hand, the Mathematics section was easy to moderate, where questions were well distributed across chapters, with greater emphasis on Vectors, 3D Geometry, and Permutations and Combinations. “Other chapters had average representation, and Calculus had moderate weightage.

Questions were generally not lengthy; however, a few involved calculations. There was a slightly higher proportion of questions from Class 12 topics,” he claimed.

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