JEE Main 2017 · 1 of 3 shifts analysed

JEE Main 2017 question papers

Lumi analysed 1 of the 3 JEE Main shifts held in 2017 (89 questions): 0% numerical-answer, 14% hard.

Shifts analysed: 1 / 3; 2 not in this analysis
Questions: 89; dropped questions left out
Numerical answer: 0%; typed answers, no options
Hard: 14%; easy 29%

JEE Main 2017: key findings

1
29% of the 2017 questions were easy and 14% hard.
2
2017 is the first year in the analysis, so nothing in it can count as asked before.
3
Haloalkanes and Haloarenes came 3.3 times a shift (per 25 Chemistry questions; this year's papers had 30), against its usual 1.5.
4
Amines came 0.0 times a shift, well under its usual 1.1.
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The busiest topic was Alkenes and Alkynes (Haloalkanes and Haloarenes): 3 questions across 1 of the 1 shifts.

Every 2017 shift

3 shifts held, 1 analysed

Each shift is a separate paper. Lumi analyses a shift when NTA published the full paper and its final answer key; 2 2017 papers were never published.

2 Apr 2017 (offline)89 Qoffline (CBSE)
Easy 26Medium 51Hard 12
0 numerical · 17 with a figure
8 Apr 2017 (online)online (CBSE)Paper not published
9 Apr 2017 (online)online (CBSE)Paper not published

2017 in numbers

What the analysed shifts asked

Across the 1 2017 shift Lumi analysed.

Difficulty

Easy 26Medium 51Hard 12

Chapters asked

64 of 81 chapters came up in 2017.

Shift by shift

Each subject in each shift

Scored questions, how many were easy, medium and hard, how many had a typed numerical answer, and the chapter that came most.

Shift	Physics	Chemistry	Maths
2 Apr, offline	30 Q · 0 numerical Easy 11Medium 17Hard 2 Most: Current Electricity (3)	30 Q · 0 numerical Easy 13Medium 14Hard 3 Most: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes (4)	29 Q · 0 numerical Easy 2Medium 20Hard 7 Most: Determinants (3)

Against other years

2017 next to the other years

Share of each year's analysed questions. 2017 is in navy. The change is against – (the analysed year before) and against the average of all 8 years.

Easy

29%

29%’17 27%’20 34%’21 33%’22 34%’23 36%’24 27%’25 26%’26

vs –: vs average: -2 pts

Hard

14%

14%’17 11%’20 10%’21 14%’22 15%’23 12%’24 13%’25 15%’26

vs –: vs average: +1 pts

Numerical answer

0%’17 20%’20 33%’21 33%’22 34%’23 33%’24 20%’25 20%’26

vs –: vs average: -24 pts

Multi-step

36%

36%’17 37%’20 28%’21 32%’22 29%’23 30%’24 41%’25 44%’26

vs –: vs average: +1 pts

Statement, assertion–reason, match

0%’17 2%’20 6%’21 6%’22 9%’23 8%’24 9%’25 9%’26

vs –: vs average: -6 pts

New idea

–

–’17 95%’20 67%’21 36%’22 25%’23 23%’24 23%’25 18%’26

vs –: vs average:

Repetition and surprises

What came back, and what moved

Repeats count against every earlier analysed year. Chapter moves are questions a shift, per 25 questions a subject, against the chapter's own average across the analysed years.

Asked before

2017 is the first year in the analysis, so there is nothing earlier to match.

Above its usual

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes · Chemistry+1.93.3 a shift, usual 1.5
Probability · Maths+1.42.6 a shift, usual 1.2
Determinants · Maths+1.12.6 a shift, usual 1.5
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids · Chemistry+1.12.5 a shift, usual 1.4
Thermal Properties of Matter · Physics+1.11.7 a shift, usual 0.6
Current Electricity · Physics+0.92.5 a shift, usual 1.6

Below its usual

Amines · Chemistry−1.10.0 a shift, usual 1.1
Mechanical Properties of Fluids · Physics−0.80.0 a shift, usual 0.8
Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques · Chemistry−0.80.8 a shift, usual 1.6
Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers · Chemistry−0.80.0 a shift, usual 0.8
Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations · Maths−0.80.9 a shift, usual 1.6
Coordination Compounds · Chemistry−0.80.8 a shift, usual 1.6

Busiest topics

70 topics asked

Alkenes and Alkynes · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes · 1 shift3 Q
Carboxylic Acids and Derivatives · Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids · 1 shift2 Q
Point-Plane Distance · Three Dimensional Geometry · 1 shift2 Q
Molecular Orbital Theory · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure · 1 shift1 Q
Coordination Isomerism · Coordination Compounds · 1 shift1 Q
d-Block Elements · The d- and f-Block Elements · 1 shift1 Q
Environmental Chemistry · Environmental Chemistry · 1 shift1 Q
Group 17 & 18 · The p-Block Elements · 1 shift1 Q

How the questions were asked

Format

Single correct98%
Other2%

What they tested

Skill

Multi-step36%
Calculation27%
Application12%
Conceptual11%
Recall8%
Data or graph6%

Drill down

What 2017 asked, and its history

Every chapter the 1 analysed 2017 shift asked, with all its topics and ideas. Counts and squares cover every analysed year; rows 2017 did not ask are faded. Each row lists its 2017 questions with the most recent from other years; open a shift for the full question text.

subjectAskedShareYears’17’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

Open30 in 20173092 · 33%33%8/830299720720358540200225
Open30 in 20173084 · 33%33%8/830298716720359538199224
Open29 in 20173065 · 33%33%8/829299715710354533200225

Squares are the 8 years with analysed shifts, 2017 to 2026. A number is the questions that year when there is more than one; the shade is scaled to one shift, so a year with more analysed shifts (1 to 24 a year) does not look darker. Share is of the level above.

Questions

About JEE Main 2017

How many JEE Main 2017 shifts are analysed here?

1 of the 3 shifts held in 2017. Lumi analyses a shift when NTA published the full paper and its final answer key. It covers 108 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026 (9,285 Paper 1 questions), not every shift.

Was JEE Main 2017 harder than earlier years?

2017 is the first year in the analysis, so there is nothing earlier to compare with. 14% of its questions were rated hard.

Which chapters came most in JEE Main 2017?

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes (4), Current Electricity (3), Determinants (3), Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (3), Probability (3), across the 1 analysed shift.