Everything you need to know about IIT-JEE

Achieving success in IIT-JEE is a dream for many aspirants. Every year, lakhs of aspirants grind themselves to get success in the IIT-JEE entrance exams. Students who are aiming for IIT-JEE should keep in mind that their marks in Class XII board exams will play a vital role. Therefore, they must pay appropriate attention to board exams. Students should start their preparation with Class XII textbooks. You can also refer to NCERT books as they are prepared by many subject experts. Though it is important to experiment with multiple books and study material, students should avoid using too many reference books.

JEE Main Exam Pattern 2020:

Everything you need to know about IIT-JEE

JEE Main 2020 comprises of 2 papers; Paper 1 for engineering aspirants and Paper 2 for students seeking admissions in architecture and planning courses. According to the JEE Main 2020 exam pattern, Paper 1 will comprise multiple-choice questions and numerical questions whereas Paper 2 is now separate for B.Arch and B.Plan aspirants. JEE main exam pattern for B.Arch will comprise of objective questions for both Maths and Aptitude, numerical questions for Maths and questions for the drawing section. 

As per the JEE Main exam pattern 2020 for B.Plan, questions will be asked from Maths and aptitude and there will be an extra section on Planning with multiple choice questions on the same. Paper 1 of JEE Main exam will have 3 subjects - Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. Each section will be given equal weightage with 20 MCQs and 5 numerical questions and total marks for JEE Main 2020 Paper 1 will be 300. Candidates must go through the exam pattern to get an idea about the nature of the exam, weightage given to each section, exam duration, and other important aspects.

JEE Main Exam Pattern 2020 - Paper 1

Parameters	Particulars
Exam Duration	3 hours
Subjects	Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics
Total number of questions	75 (Each subject will have 25 questions)
Type of Questions	20 Objective questions having 4 options each with only 1 correct option. 5 Numerical questions with numerical value as answer.
Marking Scheme	For MCQs - 4 Marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 1 Mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer. For answer with numeric value - 4 Marks will be awarded for every correct answer and 0 Mark will be deducted for every incorrect answer
Maximum Marks	300
Medium of paper	English or Hindi (Candidates from Gujarat, Daman & Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli can opt for Gujarati as well)

Source: https://www.shiksha.com/b-tech/jee-main-exam-pattern

The important units/chapters of Mathematics based on their weightage in the exam are given below:

Chapters	Weightage (%)	Average number of questions asked from the chapters	Category (Based on efforts needed to score vs. weightage)
Limit, Continuity and Differentiability	5 %	2	Category 2
Application of Derivatives	7 %	2	Category 2
Differentiation	3 %	1	Category 3
Straight Line	4 %	1	Category 1
Conic Section	10 %	3	Category 2
Statistics and Probability	9 %	2
Vector and 3-D	9 %	3	Category 1
Matrix and Determinants	7 %	2	Category 1
Sequence and Series	7 %	2	Category 1
Trigonometry	6 %	2	Category 2
Quadratic Equation	4 %	1	Category 2
Integral Calculus	12 %	3	Category 2
Complex Number	3 %	1	Category 4
Binomial Theorem	3 %	1	Category 4
Sets and Relations	2 %	1	Category 3
Functions	4 %	1	Category 3
Permutation and Combination	3 %	1	Category 4
Mathematical Reasoning	2 %	1	Category 3
Total	100 %	30

The important units/chapters of Physics based on their weightage in the exam are given below:

Chapters	Weightage (%)	Average number of questions asked from the chapters	Category (Based on efforts needed to score vs. weightage)
Modern Physics	15 %	5	Category 2
Optics	9 %	3	Category 1
Heat and Thermodynamics	9 %	3	Category 1
Electrostatics	7 %	2	Category 2
Current Electricity	7 %	2	Category 1
Gravitation and Rotational Mechanics	8 %	2	Category 2
Magnetics	7 %	2	Category 2
Kinematics	4 %	1	Category 4
Units, Dimensions, Errors and Experiments	5 %	1	Category 3
Waves and Oscillation	4 %	2	Category 1
EMI and AC	6 %	1	Category 2
Solids and Fluids	6 %	1	Category 2
Laws of motion	3 %	1	Category 4
System of Particles	4 %	2	Category 2
Work, Energy and Power	3 %	1	Category 3
Semiconductor and Communication	3 %	1	Category 1
Total	100 %	30

The important units/chapters of Chemistry based on their weightage in the exam are given below:

Chapters	Weightage (%)	Average number of questions asked from the chapters	Category (Based on efforts needed to score vs. weightage)
Physical Chemistry
Basic Concepts of Chemistry	4 %	2	Category 2
Atomic Structure	3 %	1	Category 1
Ionic Equilibrium and Chemical Equilibrium	5 %	2	Category 3
Thermodynamics and Thermochemistry	6 %	2	Category 2
Electrochemistry	4 %	1	Category 1
Surface Chemistry	4 %	1	Category 1
Chemical Kinetics	2 %	1	Category 1
Solutions	5 %	1	Category 3
States of Matter	3 %	1	Category 3
Inorganic Chemistry
Chemical Bonding	5 %	2	Category 1
d-block and f-block	3 %	1	Category 1
p-block	6 %	1	Category 2
Coordination Compounds	7 %	2	Category 1
s-block	5 %	1	Category 4
Environmental chemistry	2 %	1	Category 3
Organic Chemistry
GOC	5 %	2	Category 2
Hydrocarbons	4 %	1	Category 3
Biomolecules and Polymers	6 %	1	Category 4
Practical Organic Chemistry	4 %	1	Category 2
Organic Compounds Containing Halogens	5 %	2	Category 1
Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen	5 %	1	Category 1
Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen	7 %	2	Category 2
Total	100 %	30

*Note: From 2020, JEE Main will have only 25 questions from each subject. So, the number of questions asked from any of these chapters can be changed. 

Source:https://in.pearson.com/blogs/2019/12/important-chapters-for-jee-main.html

Effective tips that can help students to achieve success in IIT-JEE exams:

• JEE Main is designed to test how well students have grasped the topics and how they apply the understanding to solve a given set of problems. Therefore, you must grill yourself into the basics until all your fundamentals are very clear. 

• Students should be very careful while choosing any study material or books for themselves. Use the ones that suit your learning style so that you can score more by indexing topics in order of priority or marks weightage they carry in JEE Main.

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• Revise, practice using previous year papers of IIT JEE, check solutions from solved papers, seek help where needed and revise and practice again. The more you practice, the more perfection you will gain.

• Time management is important in JEE Main. So, while solving model JEE question papers, keep an eye on your watch too. If solving a particular question is taking too much time, you should quickly move to the next without wasting your time and effort.

Try to plan your daily schedule in a way that you get the time for some relaxation. Adequate sleep of at least 6-7 hours a day is important otherwise your mind will not be conducive for studies the next day.