JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys and Solutions (2013 to 2020) – Free PDF Download
With an avalanche of engineering colleges in the country, there is a growing necessity to outstand the crowd of engineers. The right places to learn to outstand mostly include the country’s topmost educational institutes. Of course, to gain the knowledge and wisdom from those institutes, one has to take up the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE).
The JEE from 2019 is being conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA). NTA releases all other important information regarding the JEE every year for aspirant’s preparation sake. This article talks about one such information – the JEE mains previous year papers.
Advantages of Looking at Last Year JEE Mains Paper
A plethora of advantages come along with solving last year’s JEE Mains question papers. Here are some obvious advantages
- Increase in confidence, and decrease in exam anxiety are some personal level advantages
- Aids in identifying the important and weaker sections
- Helps in concentrating on important sections
- Strategizes the speed, accuracy and time management
- Helps in identifying the difficulty level trends over the years
JEE Main Question Papers from 2013 to 2020
- JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys 2020
- JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys 2019
- JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys 2018
- JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys 2017
- JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys 2016
- JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys 2015
- JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys 2014
- JEE Main Previous Year Question Paper with Answer Keys 2013
JEE Mains Question Paper Analysis
- Changes made
- Exam mode: The exam was conducted offline and online until 2018
- From 2019, the exam is being conducted only online
- Questions: There were no numerical value-based questions until 2019
- From 2020, the question paper will consist of numerical value-based questions
- The number of questions has changed from 90 to 75 for B.E. and B.Tech., 82 to 77 for B.Arch.
- Eligible Courses: The exam was not held for Bachelors in Planning before
- Overall Mark Distribution
| Subject | 2019 | 2018 | ||||||
| 11th standard | 12th standard | 11th standard | 12th standard | |||||
| Number of Questions | Sum of Marks | Number of Questions | Sum of Marks | Number of Questions | Sum of Marks | Number of Questions | Sum of Marks | |
| Chemistry | 15 | 60 | 15 | 60 | 14 | 56 | 16 | 64 |
| Physics | 13 | 52 | 17 | 68 | 13 | 60 | 17 | 60 |
| Mathematics | 15 | 60 | 15 | 60 | 13 | 52 | 17 | 68 |
- The difficulty of Question Paper
The analysis ranks easy questions to 1, medium questions to 2, difficult questions to 3. Then the overall difficulty levels across years are as given below
| Subject | 2019 – Difficulty level | 2018 – Difficulty level | 2017 – Difficulty level |
| Chemistry | 2.20 | 1.80 | 1.73 |
| Mathematics | 1.85 | 2.10 | 2.03 |
| Physics | 1.32 | 1.67 | 1.2 |
| Overall | 1.79 | 1.86 | 1.60 |
- Questions-wise analysis
The table below gives an idea about the distribution of questions within each of easy, medium and difficult levels
| Subject | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | ||||||
| Easy | Medium | Difficult | Easy | Medium | Difficult | Easy | Medium | Difficult | |
| Chemistry | 12 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 12 | 5 |
| Maths | 8 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 17 | 7 |
| Physics | 15 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 25 | 4 | 1 |
| Overall |
- Cutoff scores for the year 2019 for various categories are given below
| Category | % Reservation | Total Seats | Cut off Marks | % Cutoff |
| General | 50.5 | 111100 | 96 | 26.67 |
| OBC | 27 | 59400 | 68 | 19.44 |
| SC | 15 | 33000 | 50 | 14.44 |
| ST | 7.5 | 16500 | 47 | 13.33 |
| Total | 100 | 2,20,000 |
- The number for students who had applied for JEE Mains in previous years
| 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |
| Number of Students | 310,000 | 280,000 | 220,000 |
- Number of candidates from each exam center
| Kota | 8256 | Jaipur | 654 | Nagpur | 538 | Lucknow | 470 |
| BASE | 361 | New Delhi | 236 | Udaipur | 241 | Mumbai | 196 |
| Agra | 191 | Surat | 131 | Jodhpur | 120 | Kolkata | 105 |
| Bhopal | 97 | Ahmedabad | 95 | Hyderabad | 84 | Indore | 76 |
| Nanded | 63 | Allahabad | 61 | Bhubaneswar | 57 | Chandrapur | 57 |
| Chennai | 54 | Raipur | 47 | Nashik | 34 | Guwahati | 38 |
| Rajkot | 35 | Visakhapatnam | 32 | Gwalior | 26 | Gangapur City | 25 |
| Patna | 23 | Jabalpur | 21 | Vadodara | 18 | Ranchi | 17 |
| Aurangabad | 10 | Thiruvananthapuram | 09 | Agartala | 02 | Gulbarga | 02 |
| Kudankulam | 01 |
- Subject wise analysis
Physics
| Topic | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Electrodynamics | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Heat and Thermodynamics | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Mechanics | 9 | 10 | 8 |
| Modern Physics | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Optics | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Waves | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Chemistry
| Topic | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Inorganic chemistry-1 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Inorganic Chemistry-2 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| Organic Chemistry -1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Organic Chemistry -2 | 8 | 10 | 8 |
| Physical chemistry -1 | 6 | 7 | 7 |
| Physical chemistry -2 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Mathematics
| Topic | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 |
| Algebra | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Binomial theorem | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Complex Numbers | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Coordinate Geometry | 4 | 5 | 5 |
| Differential Calculus | 5 | 4 | 7 |
| Integral Calculus | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| Mathematical Reasoning | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Matrix & Determinants | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Permutations & Combination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Probability | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Quadratic Equations | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Sequence and Series | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Statistics | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Trigonometry | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 30 | 30 | 30 |
Observation
Around 9,58,619 students undertook the JEE Main in 2019. Day wise and shift wise analysis are given below.
- Day 1 Shift 1 Analysis
Easier subject: Chemistry section was considered to be the easiest
Time-consuming: Physics questions were time-consuming and considered the toughest
Toughest subject: Mathematics was considered to be the toughest
Overall difficulty: The paper was considered moderately difficult and had questions evenly distributed
- Day 1 Shift 2 Analysis
Easier subject: Chemistry section was considered to be the easiest
Time-consuming: Mathematics and chemistry questions were time-consuming and considered the toughest
Toughest subject: Physics was considered to be the toughest
Overall difficulty: The paper was considered moderately difficult and had questions evenly distributed
- Day 2 Shift 1 Analysis
Easier subject: Physics section was considered to be the easiest
Time-consuming: Chemistry questions were time-consuming
Toughest subject: Mathematics was considered to be the toughest
Overall difficulty: The paper was considered moderately easy
- Day 2 Shift 2 Analysis
Easier subject: Mathematics section was considered to be the easiest
Time-consuming: Mathematics and physics questions were time-consuming
Toughest subject: Chemistry was considered to be the toughest
Overall difficulty: The paper was considered moderately difficult
- Day 3 Shift 1 Analysis
Easier subject: Chemistry section was considered to be the easiest
Time-consuming: Mathematics and chemistry questions were time-consuming
Toughest subject: Physics was considered to be the toughest
Overall difficulty: The paper was considered moderately difficult and had questions evenly distributed
- Day 3 Shift 2 Analysis
Easier subject: Physics section was considered to be the easiest
Time-consuming: Mathematics and chemistry questions were time-consuming
Toughest subject: Mathematics and chemistry was considered to be the toughest
Overall difficulty: The paper was considered highly difficult
Take away!
When you think you are not prepared well, exam anxiety kicks in and grips in the performance. Lack of preparation is the right but the entire answer. Singularity in preparation in terms of knowledge alone will only mean not prepared. Time management, accuracy, and speed make the whole of the preparations. Solving previous papers is key to such preparation. With JEE Mains previous year question paper with solution pdf download, stay ahead.