JEE Main 2024 · April session
JEE Main 9 April 2024, Shift 2
90 questions: 30 numerical-answer and 60 multiple choice. 14 were rated hard and 28 easy. Its hard-question count was the 3rd highest of the 18 2024 shifts Lumi analysed. The biggest chapter was Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids, with 3 questions.
- Questions
- 90
- none dropped
- Numerical answer
- 30
- 33% of the shift
- Hard
- 14
- 16% of the shift
- Chapters asked
- 61
- 16 questions with a figure
Key findings · 9 Apr 2024, Shift 2
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14 hard questions (16%): the 3rd highest count of the 18 2024 shifts Lumi analysed. Across those shifts the hard share ran from 8% to 20%.
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Maths was the hardest section, with 9 of 30 rated hard; Physics had the most easy questions (16 of 30).
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19 questions tested a new idea, one no earlier year had asked: 27% of the 70 questions tagged to an idea.
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25 came back from 2023: the same idea had been asked in the 2023 shifts Lumi analysed.
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27 shared an idea with another 2024 shift (39% of tagged questions). Shifts in the same year can test the same idea in a new setting.
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Biggest chapters: Current Electricity in Physics (3), Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids in Chemistry (3) and Conic Sections in Maths (3).
The shift at a glance
Subjects, difficulty and chapters
Top chapters
Top chapters
Top chapters
- Single correct53 Q
- Numerical value30 Q
- Match the list5 Q
- Two statements2 Q
- Multi-step35 Q
- Calculation25 Q
- Application14 Q
- Recall9 Q
- Conceptual5 Q
- Diagram reading1 Q
- Data or graph1 Q
Most common: Multi-step.
Against the other 2024 shifts
This shift next to the 17 other 2024 shifts Lumi analysed
Shares are of each shift’s scored questions. The highlighted row is this shift.
| Shift | Questions | Easy | Hard | Numerical | New ideas | Multi-step |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 Jan, Shift 1 | 90 | 50% | 9% | 33% | 29% | 29% |
| 29 Jan, Shift 1 | 89 | 38% | 10% | 34% | 28% | 34% |
| 30 Jan, Shift 1 | 90 | 37% | 11% | 33% | 22% | 17% |
| 30 Jan, Shift 2 | 89 | 42% | 10% | 34% | 32% | 29% |
| 31 Jan, Shift 1 | 90 | 39% | 12% | 33% | 31% | 34% |
| 31 Jan, Shift 2 | 89 | 28% | 13% | 34% | 23% | 30% |
| 1 Feb, Shift 1 | 90 | 36% | 11% | 33% | 21% | 19% |
| 1 Feb, Shift 2 | 88 | 40% | 8% | 34% | 19% | 21% |
| 4 Apr, Shift 1 | 89 | 26% | 20% | 33% | 26% | 36% |
| 4 Apr, Shift 2 | 90 | 33% | 18% | 33% | 13% | 26% |
| 5 Apr, Shift 1 | 90 | 40% | 8% | 33% | 22% | 27% |
| 5 Apr, Shift 2 | 90 | 37% | 10% | 33% | 23% | 32% |
| 6 Apr, Shift 1 | 88 | 43% | 11% | 34% | 18% | 22% |
| 6 Apr, Shift 2 | 89 | 35% | 15% | 33% | 28% | 33% |
| 8 Apr, Shift 1 | 90 | 31% | 9% | 33% | 19% | 37% |
| 8 Apr, Shift 2 | 90 | 33% | 12% | 33% | 19% | 28% |
| 9 Apr, Shift 1 | 90 | 31% | 11% | 33% | 20% | 50% |
| 9 Apr, Shift 2 | 90 | 31% | 16% | 33% | 27% | 39% |
New ideas: share of a shift’s questions testing an idea no earlier year had asked. Lumi analyses 108 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026.
Drill down
What this shift asked, and its history
Every chapter this shift asked, with all its topics and ideas. Counts and squares cover every analysed shift from 2017 to 2026; rows this shift did not ask are faded, and each row lists this shift’s questions with the most recent from other shifts.
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.
Every question
All 90 questions of this shift
The opening words of each question, with its chapter, topic, idea and how hard it was. Open one for the full text, options and the official answer. “New idea” means no earlier year had tested it.
Physics30 questions
16 easy12 medium2 hard
- Q31
- Q32Two cars are travelling towards each other at speed of each. When the cars are apart, both the drivers apply brakes and the cars retard at the rate of . The distance between them when they…
Motion in a Straight LineKinematics in 1DStopping Distance Proportionality
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 2 years
- Q33
- Q34A kg mass is suspended from the ceiling by a rope of length m. A horizontal force is applied at the mid point of the rope so that the rope makes an angle of with respect to the vertical axis as shown in figure. The magnitude of is…
Laws of MotionNewton's Laws of MotionStatic Equilibrium
EasySingle correct · figureIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q35A hydrogen atom in ground state is given an energy of eV. How many spectral lines will be emitted due to transition of electrons ?
AtomsBohr's Atomic ModelNumber of Spectral Lines
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 3 yearsAsked the year before
- Q36A real gas within a closed chamber at undergoes the cyclic process as shown in figure. The gas obeys equation for the path to . The net work done in the complete cycle is (assuming J/mol K) :
ThermodynamicsThermodynamic ProcessesCyclic Process Work
HardSingle correct · figureIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q37
- Q38
- Q39
- Q40A spherical ball of radius m and density falls freely under gravity through a distance before entering a tank of water. If after entering in water the velocity of the ball does not change, then the value of is…
Mechanical Properties of FluidsViscosityTerminal Velocity Calculation
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 3 yearsAsked the year before
- Q41The temperature of a gas is C and the average translational kinetic energy of its molecules is K. The temperature at which the average translational kinetic energy of the molecules of the same gas becomes K is :
Kinetic TheoryKinetic Theory of GasesKinetic Energy and Temp
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 7 yearsAsked the year before
- Q42
- Q43The effective resistance between and , if resistance of each resistor is , will be :
Current ElectricityKirchhoff's LawsCircuit Symmetry Analysis
MediumSingle correct · figureIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q44A proton and a deutron (, u) having same kinetic energies enter a region of uniform magnetic field , moving perpendicular to . The ratio of the radius of deutron path to the radius of the proton path is :
Moving Charges and MagnetismLorentz ForceTrajectory Radii Ratio for Same Kinetic Energy
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 3 years
- Q45A square loop of side cm being moved towards right at a constant speed of cm/s as shown in figure. The front edge enters the cm wide magnetic field at . The value of induced emf in the loop at s will be :
Electromagnetic InductionFaraday's LawEMF Profile of Loop Entering/Exiting B-Field
EasySingle correct · figureNew idea
- Q46
- Q47
- Q48In the truth table of the above circuit the value of X and Y are :
Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple CircuitsLogic GatesCombinational Logic Circuits
MediumSingle correct · figureIdea asked in 7 yearsAsked the year before
- Q49
- Q50
- Q51A force N displaces a body from m to m. Work done by this force is ___________ J.
Work, Energy and PowerWork and Kinetic EnergyWork by Variable Force
EasyNumerical valueIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q52Monochromatic light of wavelength nm is used in Young's double slit experiment. An interference pattern is obtained on a screen. When one of the slits is covered with a very thin glass plate (refractive index = 1.5), the central maximum is shifted to a…
Wave OpticsYoung's Double SlitFringe Shift by Thin Slab
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 3 years
- Q53
- Q54
- Q55At room temperature (C), the resistance of a heating element is . The temperature coefficient of the material is . The temperature of the element, when its resistance is , is _________…
Current ElectricityOhm's Law and ResistanceTemperature Coefficient of Resistance
EasyNumerical valueIdea asked in 3 yearsAsked the year before
- Q56
- Q57A particle of mass kg executes simple harmonic motion under force . The time period of oscillation is s. The value of is __________. (Given )
OscillationsSHM EquationsSHM Definition and Force Law
EasyNumerical valueIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q58
- Q59
- Q60To determine the resistance () of a wire, a circuit is designed below. The - characteristic curve for this circuit is plotted for the voltmeter and the ammeter readings as shown in figure. The value of is ___________ .
Current ElectricityOhm's Law and ResistanceOhm's Law and V-I Graphs
MediumNumerical value · figureIdea asked in 3 years
Chemistry30 questions
12 easy15 medium3 hard
- Q61
- Q62
- Q63
- Q64
- Q65
- Q66The electronic configuration of Einsteinium is : (Given atomic number of Einsteinium = 99)
The d- and f-Block Elementsd-Block ElementsElectronic Configuration
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q67
- Q68
- Q69Give below are two statements : Statement I : The higher oxidation states are more stable down the group among transition elements unlike p-block elements. Statement II : Copper can not liberate hydrogen from weak acids. In the light of the above statements,…
The d- and f-Block Elementsd-Block ElementsOxidation State Trends
MediumTwo statementsIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q70
- Q71
- Q72
- Q73
- Q74
- Q75[figure: (benzylic carbon bearing CH, next carbon bearing both OCH and Br)] Major Product 'P' In the above reaction product 'P' is
Haloalkanes and HaloarenesSN1 and SN2 MechanismsAmbident Nucleophiles (Cyanide/Nitrite)
HardSingle correct · figureIdea asked in 3 yearsAsked the year before
- Q76Total number of stereo isomers possible for the given structure :
Haloalkanes and HaloarenesStereoisomerismCalculating Total Stereoisomers
MediumSingle correct · figureNew idea
- Q77
- Q78Which of the following compound can give positive iodoform test when treated with aqueous KOH solution followed by potassium hypoiodite.
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsAlcohols and PhenolsIodoform Test for Specific Alcohols
MediumSingle correct · figureIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q79Major product of the following reaction is [figure: 4-cyanophenyl methyl ester, i.e. benzene ring with CN at one para position and at the other]
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsCarboxylic Acids and DerivativesReaction of Esters with Grignard Reagents
MediumSingle correct · figureIdea asked in 3 years
- Q80The incorrect statement about Glucose is :
BiomoleculesCarbohydratesMutarotation
EasySingle correctNew idea
- Q81
- Q82
- Q83
- Q84The vapor pressure of pure benzene and methyl benzene at C is given as 80 Torr and 24 Torr, respectively. The mole fraction of methyl benzene in vapor phase, in equilibrium with an equimolar mixture of those two liquids (ideal solution) at the same…
SolutionsColligative PropertiesRelative Lowering of VP
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 7 yearsAsked the year before
- Q85Consider the following first order gas phase reaction at constant temperature If the total pressure of the gases is found to be 200 torr after 23 sec. and 300 torr upon the complete decomposition of A after a very…
Chemical KineticsRate LawsFirst-Order Gas Phase Kinetics via Pressure
MediumNumerical valueNew idea
- Q86A transition metal 'M' among Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn and Fe has the highest second ionisation enthalpy. The spin-only magnetic moment value of ion is ________ BM (Near integer) (Given atomic number Sc : 21, Ti : 22, V : 23, Cr : 24, Mn : 25, Fe :…
The d- and f-Block Elementsd-Block ElementsIonization Enthalpy Irregularities
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 4 years
- Q87Consider the following test for a group-IV cation. (Black precipitate) + byproduct + aqua regia + byproduct The…
Coordination CompoundsCation AnalysisGroup IV Sulfides
HardNumerical valueNew ideaIdea asked in 2 years
- Q88
- Q89Number of oxygen atoms present in chemical formula of fuming sulphuric acid is ________.
The p-Block ElementsGroup 15 & 16Sulfur Oxoacids
EasyNumerical valueIdea asked in 4 years
- Q90Number of compounds from the following which undergo Friedel-Crafts reactions is:________ toluene, nitrobenzene, xylene, cumene, aniline, chlorobenzene, -nitroaniline, -dinitrobenzene
HydrocarbonsAromatic HydrocarbonsFriedel-Crafts Failure on Deactivated Rings
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 2 years
Maths30 questions
0 easy21 medium9 hard
- Q1
- Q2
- Q3Let , be the roots of the equation . Let . Then is equal to
Complex Numbers and Quadratic EquationsQuadratic RootsNewton's Sums
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 7 yearsAsked the year before
- Q4Let and be a matrix such that . If and , then is equal to
MatricesMatrix MultiplicationCayley-Hamilton Theorem Application
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 5 years
- Q5is equal to
Limits and DerivativesL'Hopital's RuleIndeterminate Power Forms
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 3 years
- Q6
- Q7Let be an infinite G.P. If and , then is equal to
Sequences and SeriesAP and GPInfinite GP Sum
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q8If , then at is equal to
Continuity and DifferentiabilityChain RuleSecond Order Implicit Chain Rule
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 4 years
- Q9
- Q10
- Q11The integral is equal to
IntegralsInverse Trig IdentitiesMultiple Angle Inverse ID
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 2 years
- Q12The value of the integral is
IntegralsIntegration by PartsLogarithm of Quadratic Roots
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 2 yearsAsked the year before
- Q13Let . Then at , is equal to
Differential EquationsLeibniz RuleSolving Integral Equations
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q14
- Q15
- Q16Consider the line L passing through the points and . The distance of the point from the line L along the line is equal to
Three Dimensional GeometryLines in 3DPerpendicular Distance from Point to Line
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q17Between the following two statements: Statement I : Let and . Then the vector satisfying and is of magnitude…
Vector AlgebraCross ProductSolving Vector Equations with Cross Products
HardTwo statementsIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q18Let , where and are integers and . Let the values of the ordered pair , for which the area of the…
Vector AlgebraCross ProductArea of Quadrilateral via Diagonals
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 3 yearsAsked the year before
- Q19If the variance of the frequency distribution | | | | | | | | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | is 160, then the value of is
StatisticsVariance and SDVariance of Discrete Frequency Distribution
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 2 yearsAsked the year before
- Q20
- Q21
- Q22
- Q23The number of integers, between 100 and 1000 having the sum of their digits equals to 14, is ______________.
Permutations and CombinationsDistribution of Identical Objects
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q24If , then is equal to ____________.
Sequences and SeriesAP and GPMethod of Differences for Telescoping Series
HardNumerical valueIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q25
- Q26
- Q27Consider the circle and the parabola . If the set of all values of , for which three chords of the circle on three distinct lines passing through the point are bisected by the parabola is the interval…
Conic SectionsGeneral Conic SectionChord Bisected at a Given Point (T=S1)
HardNumerical valueIdea asked in 3 years
- Q28
- Q29The square of the distance of the image of the point in the line , from the origin is __________.
Three Dimensional GeometryLines in 3DImage of a Point in a Line
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 6 years
- Q30
Questions from the official paper published by NTA, answers from the final key. Lumi analyses 108 of the 174 JEE Main shifts held from 2017 to 2026; see the other 2024 shifts.