JEE Main 2025 Analysis: The National Testing Agency (NTA) on January 29 concluded the paper 1 BE and BTech paper exams in the first session of Joint Entrance Examination Main (JEE Main) 2025. NTA held the BArch and BPlanning exam paper on January 30.

According to students who appeared in JEE Main and as per feedback received from experts, questions in all the JEE Main 2025 shifts held between January 22 and 29 covered almost all chapters of Class 11 and 12 NCERT textbooks. 

The JEE Main BTech January 2025 paper comprised three subjects – physics, chemistry and mathematics and was held for 300 marks.

The paper held on the first day, January 22, has been considered moderate. Experts reviewed that the mathematics section was a bit challenging but overall the paper was balanced and could be completed within the stipulated time with proper preparation.

The JEE Main BTech, BE paper held on the second day of the January 2025 session on January 23 in two sessions was considered ‘moderate to difficult’ according to most candidates who appeared for the exam.

The JEE Main January 24 were analysed as easy to moderate. Among the three sections, Physics was the easiest, followed by Chemistry, while Mathematics was considered the most challenging due to lengthy calculations in some questions. 

The morning shift paper of JEE Main 2025 January 28 exam had moderate to difficult questions, students sharing feedback said. Among the three sections in the morning and afternoon shifts, chemistry was the easiest and served as time-savers for students. Overall, the paper was of balanced level.

Last year, the overall difficulty level in JEE Main was moderate to difficult. In 2024, the number of 100 percentilers had increased by 13 candidates in comparison to 2023 as a total of 56 candidates have received 100 NTA score in Paper 1 (BE/BTech).

Last year, for general category candidates, the cut off for JEE Advanced was 93.23 which was up from 90.77 in 2023, up from 88.4 in 2022 and 87.9 in 2021. The qualifying scores for general candidates were 90.3 and 89.7 in 2020 and 2019, respectively.