JEE Main 2024 · 18 of 20 shifts analysed
JEE Main 2024 question papers
Lumi analysed 18 of the 20 JEE Main shifts held in 2024 (1611 questions): 33% numerical-answer, 12% hard. Against 2023, numerical-answer questions went from 34% to 33% and hard ones went from 15% to 12%.
- Shifts analysed
- 18 / 20
- 2 not in this analysis
- Questions
- 1611
- dropped questions left out
- Numerical answer
- 33%
- typed answers, no options
- Hard
- 12%
- easy 36%
JEE Main 2024: key findings
- 1
36% of the 2024 questions were easy and 12% hard.
- 2
23% tested an idea no earlier analysed year had asked.
- 3
39% repeated an exact idea from 2023, the analysed year before.
- 4
Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques came 2.7 times a shift (per 25 Chemistry questions; this year's papers had 30), against its usual 1.6.
- 5
The busiest topic was d-Block Elements (The d- and f-Block Elements): 33 questions across 16 of the 18 shifts.
Every 2024 shift
20 shifts held, 18 analysed
Each shift is a separate paper. Lumi analyses a shift when NTA published the full paper and its final answer key; 2 2024 papers were never published.
- 27 Jan 2024, Shift 190 QJanuary sessionEasy 45Medium 37Hard 830 numerical · 11 with a figure
- 27 Jan 2024, Shift 2January sessionPaper not published
- 29 Jan 2024, Shift 189 QJanuary sessionEasy 34Medium 46Hard 930 numerical · 7 with a figure
- 29 Jan 2024, Shift 2January sessionPaper not published
- 30 Jan 2024, Shift 190 QJanuary sessionEasy 33Medium 47Hard 1030 numerical · 20 with a figure
- 30 Jan 2024, Shift 289 QJanuary sessionEasy 37Medium 43Hard 930 numerical · 12 with a figure
- 31 Jan 2024, Shift 190 QJanuary sessionEasy 35Medium 44Hard 1130 numerical · 8 with a figure
- 31 Jan 2024, Shift 289 QJanuary sessionEasy 25Medium 52Hard 1230 numerical · 14 with a figure
- 1 Feb 2024, Shift 190 QJanuary sessionEasy 32Medium 48Hard 1030 numerical · 7 with a figure
- 1 Feb 2024, Shift 288 QJanuary sessionEasy 35Medium 46Hard 730 numerical · 9 with a figure
- 4 Apr 2024, Shift 189 QApril sessionEasy 23Medium 48Hard 1829 numerical · 13 with a figure
- 4 Apr 2024, Shift 290 QApril sessionEasy 30Medium 44Hard 1630 numerical · 11 with a figure
- 5 Apr 2024, Shift 190 QApril sessionEasy 36Medium 47Hard 730 numerical · 17 with a figure
- 5 Apr 2024, Shift 290 QApril sessionEasy 33Medium 48Hard 930 numerical · 12 with a figure
- 6 Apr 2024, Shift 188 QApril sessionEasy 38Medium 40Hard 1030 numerical · 13 with a figure
- 6 Apr 2024, Shift 289 QApril sessionEasy 31Medium 45Hard 1329 numerical · 11 with a figure
- 8 Apr 2024, Shift 190 QApril sessionEasy 28Medium 54Hard 830 numerical · 19 with a figure
- 8 Apr 2024, Shift 290 QApril sessionEasy 30Medium 49Hard 1130 numerical · 12 with a figure
- 9 Apr 2024, Shift 190 QApril sessionEasy 28Medium 52Hard 1030 numerical · 14 with a figure
- 9 Apr 2024, Shift 290 QApril sessionEasy 28Medium 48Hard 1430 numerical · 16 with a figure
2024 in numbers
What the analysed shifts asked
Across the 18 2024 shifts Lumi analysed.
74
74 of 81 chapters came up in 2024.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 19Medium 10Hard 1 Most: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 21Medium 8Hard 1 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 5Medium 19Hard 6 Most: Conic Sections (3) |
| 29 Jan, Shift 1 | 29 Q · 10 numerical Easy 16Medium 12Hard 1 Most: Motion in a Plane (2) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 16Medium 14Hard 0 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 2Medium 20Hard 8 Most: Application of Derivatives (2) |
| 30 Jan, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 14Medium 13Hard 3 Most: Current Electricity (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 19Medium 11Hard 0 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 0Medium 23Hard 7 Most: Integrals (3) |
| 30 Jan, Shift 2 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 17Medium 11Hard 2 Most: Alternating Current (2) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 16Medium 13Hard 1 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4) | 29 Q · 10 numerical Easy 4Medium 19Hard 6 Most: Relations and Functions (3) |
| 31 Jan, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 16Medium 12Hard 2 Most: Moving Charges and Magnetism (2) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 17Medium 13Hard 0 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 2Medium 19Hard 9 Most: Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations (4) |
| 31 Jan, Shift 2 | 29 Q · 10 numerical Easy 13Medium 16Hard 0 Most: Current Electricity (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 9Medium 19Hard 2 Most: Amines (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 3Medium 17Hard 10 Most: Three Dimensional Geometry (3) |
| 1 Feb, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 13Medium 16Hard 1 Most: Units and Measurements (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 18Medium 12Hard 0 Most: Haloalkanes and Haloarenes (4) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 1Medium 20Hard 9 Most: Conic Sections (4) |
| 1 Feb, Shift 2 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 15Medium 14Hard 1 Most: Current Electricity (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 19Medium 11Hard 0 Most: The d- and f-Block Elements (3) | 28 Q · 10 numerical Easy 1Medium 21Hard 6 Most: Integrals (3) |
| 4 Apr, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 10Medium 14Hard 6 Most: Current Electricity (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 11Medium 19Hard 0 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (5) | 29 Q · 9 numerical Easy 2Medium 15Hard 12 Most: Determinants (3) |
| 4 Apr, Shift 2 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 16Medium 14Hard 0 Most: Mechanical Properties of Fluids (2) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 13Medium 16Hard 1 Most: Amines (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 1Medium 14Hard 15 Most: Conic Sections (3) |
| 5 Apr, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 13Medium 16Hard 1 Most: Gravitation (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 21Medium 8Hard 1 Most: The d- and f-Block Elements (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 2Medium 23Hard 5 Most: Conic Sections (3) |
| 5 Apr, Shift 2 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 20Medium 10Hard 0 Most: Moving Charges and Magnetism (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 12Medium 17Hard 1 Most: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 1Medium 21Hard 8 Most: Conic Sections (3) |
| 6 Apr, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 20Medium 9Hard 1 Most: Units and Measurements (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 13Medium 16Hard 1 Most: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure (4) | 28 Q · 10 numerical Easy 5Medium 15Hard 8 Most: Relations and Functions (3) |
| 6 Apr, Shift 2 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 15Medium 12Hard 3 Most: Motion in a Straight Line (2) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 12Medium 16Hard 2 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (3) | 29 Q · 9 numerical Easy 4Medium 17Hard 8 Most: Vector Algebra (2) |
| 8 Apr, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 16Medium 13Hard 1 Most: Units and Measurements (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 10Medium 19Hard 1 Most: The d- and f-Block Elements (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 2Medium 22Hard 6 Most: Application of Derivatives (3) |
| 8 Apr, Shift 2 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 11Medium 18Hard 1 Most: Units and Measurements (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 17Medium 13Hard 0 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 2Medium 18Hard 10 Most: Straight Lines (3) |
| 9 Apr, Shift 1 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 12Medium 15Hard 3 Most: Alternating Current (2) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 13Medium 16Hard 1 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 3Medium 21Hard 6 Most: Conic Sections (3) |
| 9 Apr, Shift 2 | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 16Medium 12Hard 2 Most: Current Electricity (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 12Medium 15Hard 3 Most: The d- and f-Block Elements (3) | 30 Q · 10 numerical Easy 0Medium 21Hard 9 Most: Conic Sections (3) |
Against other years
2024 next to the other years
Share of each year's analysed questions. 2024 is in navy. The change is against 2023 (the analysed year before) and against the average of all 8 years.
vs 2023: +2 ptsvs average: +5 pts
vs 2023: -3 ptsvs average: -1 pts
vs 2023: 0 ptsvs average: +9 pts
vs 2023: +1 ptsvs average: -5 pts
vs 2023: -2 ptsvs average: +2 pts
vs 2023: -1 ptsvs average: -18 pts
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.
Share of questions
- Same chapter100%
- Same topic100%
- Same exact idea77%
- Same idea as 202339%
Same idea as the year before, across the years: 5%, 32%, 55%, 57%, 39%, 50%, 29%.
- Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques · Chemistry+1.12.7 a shift, usual 1.6
- Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure · Chemistry+0.91.9 a shift, usual 1.1
- The d- and f-Block Elements · Chemistry+0.71.9 a shift, usual 1.2
No chapter was half a question a shift below its usual.
- d-Block Elements · The d- and f-Block Elements · 16 shifts33 Q
- AP and GP · Sequences and Series · 17 shifts26 Q
- Lines in 3D · Three Dimensional Geometry · 16 shifts25 Q
- Periodic Trends · Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties · 15 shifts25 Q
- Aromatic Hydrocarbons · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes · 14 shifts25 Q
- Permutations and Combinations · Permutations and Combinations · 16 shifts22 Q
- Cross Product · Vector Algebra · 15 shifts22 Q
- VSEPR Theory · Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure · 14 shifts21 Q
Format
- Single correct51%
- Numerical value33%
- Diagram based5%
- Two statements4%
- Other3%
- Match the list3%
- Assertion–reason1%
Skill
- Calculation33%
- Multi-step30%
- Conceptual12%
- Application12%
- Recall10%
- Data or graph1%
- Diagram reading1%
Drill down
What 2024 asked, and its history
Every chapter the 18 analysed 2024 shifts asked, with all its topics and ideas. Counts and squares cover every analysed year; rows 2024 did not ask are faded. Each row lists its 2024 questions with the most recent from other years; open a shift for the full question text.
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