JEE Main 2025 · 8 of 19 shifts analysed

JEE Main 2025 question papers

Lumi analysed 8 of the 19 JEE Main shifts held in 2025 (599 questions): 20% numerical-answer, 13% hard. Against 2024, numerical-answer questions went from 33% to 20% and hard ones went from 12% to 13%.

Shifts analysed: 8 / 19; 11 not in this analysis
Questions: 599; dropped questions left out
Numerical answer: 20%; typed answers, no options
Hard: 13%; easy 27%

JEE Main 2025: key findings

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27% of the 2025 questions were easy and 13% hard.
2
23% tested an idea no earlier analysed year had asked.
3
50% repeated an exact idea from 2024, the analysed year before.
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Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques came 2.8 times a shift (per 25 Chemistry questions), against its usual 1.6.
5
Current Electricity came 0.9 times a shift, well under its usual 1.6.
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The busiest topic was Stoichiometry (Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry): 13 questions across 8 of the 8 shifts.

Every 2025 shift

19 shifts held, 8 analysed

Each shift is a separate paper. Lumi analyses a shift when NTA published the full paper and its final answer key; 3 2025 papers were never published.

22 Jan 2025, Shift 1January sessionNot in this analysis yet
22 Jan 2025, Shift 2January sessionNot in this analysis yet
23 Jan 2025, Shift 1January sessionNot in this analysis yet
23 Jan 2025, Shift 2January sessionNot in this analysis yet
24 Jan 2025, Shift 1January sessionPaper not published
24 Jan 2025, Shift 2January sessionNot in this analysis yet
28 Jan 2025, Shift 1January sessionNot in this analysis yet
28 Jan 2025, Shift 2January sessionNot in this analysis yet
29 Jan 2025, Shift 1January sessionPaper not published
29 Jan 2025, Shift 2January sessionPaper not published
2 Apr 2025, Shift 175 QApril session
Easy 16Medium 50Hard 9
15 numerical · 15 with a figure
2 Apr 2025, Shift 275 QApril session
Easy 23Medium 46Hard 6
15 numerical · 15 with a figure
3 Apr 2025, Shift 174 QApril session
Easy 21Medium 43Hard 10
15 numerical · 17 with a figure
3 Apr 2025, Shift 275 QApril session
Easy 22Medium 47Hard 6
15 numerical · 8 with a figure
4 Apr 2025, Shift 1April sessionNot in this analysis yet
4 Apr 2025, Shift 275 QApril session
Easy 18Medium 42Hard 15
15 numerical · 11 with a figure
7 Apr 2025, Shift 175 QApril session
Easy 24Medium 42Hard 9
15 numerical · 18 with a figure
7 Apr 2025, Shift 275 QApril session
Easy 18Medium 48Hard 9
15 numerical · 9 with a figure
8 Apr 2025, Shift 275 QApril session
Easy 20Medium 42Hard 13
15 numerical · 12 with a figure

2025 in numbers

What the analysed shifts asked

Across the 8 2025 shifts Lumi analysed.

Physics

199 Q

Chemistry

200 Q

Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques22 Q
Coordination Compounds18 Q
Solutions13 Q
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids11 Q
The d- and f-Block Elements11 Q
Amines11 Q
Biomolecules11 Q
Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry11 Q

Maths

200 Q

Conic Sections26 Q
Three Dimensional Geometry16 Q
Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations15 Q
Integrals13 Q
Sequences and Series12 Q
Relations and Functions12 Q
Binomial Theorem11 Q
Determinants9 Q

Difficulty

Easy 162Medium 360Hard 77

Chapters asked

70 of 81 chapters came up in 2025.

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, Shift 1	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 9Medium 15Hard 1 Most: Electric Charges and Fields (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 3Medium 19Hard 3 Most: Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids (2)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 4Medium 16Hard 5 Most: Conic Sections (4)
2 Apr, Shift 2	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 13Medium 12Hard 0 Most: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 6Medium 17Hard 2 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 4Medium 17Hard 4 Most: Integrals (3)
3 Apr, Shift 1	24 Q · 5 numerical Easy 10Medium 10Hard 4 Most: Thermodynamics (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 10Medium 15Hard 0 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 1Medium 18Hard 6 Most: Conic Sections (3)
3 Apr, Shift 2	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 13Medium 12Hard 0 Most: Wave Optics (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 6Medium 17Hard 2 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (4)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 3Medium 18Hard 4 Most: Conic Sections (3)
4 Apr, Shift 2	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 10Medium 15Hard 0 Most: Current Electricity (2)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 8Medium 14Hard 3 Most: Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 0Medium 13Hard 12 Most: Conic Sections (5)
7 Apr, Shift 1	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 10Medium 12Hard 3 Most: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 10Medium 13Hard 2 Most: The d- and f-Block Elements (2)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 4Medium 17Hard 4 Most: Conic Sections (3)
7 Apr, Shift 2	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 13Medium 12Hard 0 Most: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 5Medium 19Hard 1 Most: Solutions (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 0Medium 17Hard 8 Most: Conic Sections (4)
8 Apr, Shift 2	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 10Medium 12Hard 3 Most: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 7Medium 16Hard 2 Most: Coordination Compounds (3)	25 Q · 5 numerical Easy 3Medium 14Hard 8 Most: Binomial Theorem (2)

Against other years

2025 next to the other years

Share of each year's analysed questions. 2025 is in navy. The change is against 2024 (the analysed year before) and against the average of all 8 years.

Easy

27%

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

vs 2024: -9 ptsvs average: -4 pts

Hard

13%

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

vs 2024: +1 ptsvs average: 0 pts

Numerical answer

20%

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

vs 2024: -13 ptsvs average: -4 pts

Multi-step

41%

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

vs 2024: +11 ptsvs average: +6 pts

Statement, assertion–reason, match

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

vs 2024: +2 ptsvs average: +3 pts

New idea

23%

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

vs 2024: 0 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.

Asked before

Share of questions

Same chapter100%
Same topic100%
Same exact idea77%
Same idea as 202450%

Same idea as the year before, across the years: 5%, 32%, 55%, 57%, 39%, 50%, 29%.

Above its usual

Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques · Chemistry+1.12.8 a shift, usual 1.6
Ray Optics and Optical Instruments · Physics+0.92.1 a shift, usual 1.3
Conic Sections · Maths+0.83.2 a shift, usual 2.4
Coordination Compounds · Chemistry+0.72.2 a shift, usual 1.6
Solutions · Chemistry+0.61.6 a shift, usual 1.1
Units and Measurements · Physics+0.51.8 a shift, usual 1.2

Below its usual

Current Electricity · Physics−0.70.9 a shift, usual 1.6
Electromagnetic Induction · Physics−0.60.1 a shift, usual 0.7

Busiest topics

146 topics asked

Stoichiometry · Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry · 8 shifts13 Q
Crystal Field Theory · Coordination Compounds · 8 shifts11 Q
d-Block Elements · The d- and f-Block Elements · 7 shifts11 Q
AP and GP · Sequences and Series · 6 shifts11 Q
Lines in 3D · Three Dimensional Geometry · 7 shifts9 Q
Alkenes and Alkynes · Haloalkanes and Haloarenes · 7 shifts8 Q
Permutations and Combinations · Permutations and Combinations · 7 shifts8 Q
Enthalpy and Hess's Law · Thermodynamics (Chemistry) · 6 shifts8 Q

How the questions were asked

Format

Single correct58%
Numerical value20%
Diagram based7%
Other5%
Two statements4%
Match the list4%
Assertion–reason2%

What they tested

Skill

Multi-step41%
Calculation25%
Application13%
Conceptual12%
Recall6%
Data or graph2%
Diagram reading1%

Drill down

What 2025 asked, and its history

Every chapter the 8 analysed 2025 shifts asked, with all its topics and ideas. Counts and squares cover every analysed year; rows 2025 did not ask are faded. Each row lists its 2025 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

Open200 in 20253092 · 33%33%8/830299720720358540200225
Open200 in 20253065 · 33%33%8/829299715710354533200225
Open199 in 20253084 · 33%33%8/830298716720359538199224

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 2025

How many JEE Main 2025 shifts are analysed here?

8 of the 19 shifts held in 2025. 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 2025 harder than 2024?

By Lumi's rating, 13% of the analysed 2025 questions were hard against 12% in 2024, and 27% easy against 36%. Difficulty is a rating, so read small changes as noise.

Which chapters came most in JEE Main 2025?

Conic Sections (26), Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques (22), Coordination Compounds (18), Ray Optics and Optical Instruments (17), Three Dimensional Geometry (16), across the 8 analysed shifts.