JEE Main 2026 · April session
JEE Main 8 April 2026, Shift 2
75 questions: 15 numerical-answer and 60 multiple choice. 13 were rated hard and 18 easy. Its hard-question count was the joint 3rd highest of the 9 2026 shifts Lumi analysed. The biggest chapter was Conic Sections, with 3 questions.
- Questions
- 75
- none dropped
- Numerical answer
- 15
- 20% of the shift
- Hard
- 13
- 17% of the shift
- Chapters asked
- 55
- 9 questions with a figure
Key findings · 8 Apr 2026, Shift 2
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13 hard questions (17%): the joint 3rd highest count of the 9 2026 shifts Lumi analysed. Across those shifts the hard share ran from 8% to 19%.
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Maths was the hardest section, with 10 of 25 rated hard; Physics had the most easy questions (7 of 25).
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13 questions tested a new idea, one no earlier year had asked: 21% of the 62 questions tagged to an idea.
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15 came back from 2025: the same idea had been asked in the 2025 shifts Lumi analysed.
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15 shared an idea with another 2026 shift (24% of tagged questions). Shifts in the same year can test the same idea in a new setting.
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Biggest chapters: Mechanical Properties of Fluids in Physics (2), Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids in Chemistry (2) and Conic Sections in Maths (3).
The shift at a glance
Subjects, difficulty and chapters
Top chapters
Top chapters
Top chapters
- Single correct41 Q
- Numerical value15 Q
- Two statements8 Q
- Other5 Q
- Diagram based4 Q
- Match the list2 Q
- Multi-step40 Q
- Calculation13 Q
- Application11 Q
- Conceptual4 Q
- Recall4 Q
- Data or graph2 Q
- Diagram reading1 Q
Most common: Multi-step.
Against the other 2026 shifts
This shift next to the 8 other 2026 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Apr, Shift 1 | 75 | 27% | 17% | 20% | 19% | 40% |
| 2 Apr, Shift 2 | 75 | 17% | 8% | 20% | 25% | 47% |
| 4 Apr, Shift 1 | 74 | 26% | 18% | 20% | 23% | 43% |
| 4 Apr, Shift 2 | 75 | 31% | 19% | 20% | 6% | 40% |
| 5 Apr, Shift 1 | 75 | 31% | 9% | 20% | 12% | 40% |
| 5 Apr, Shift 2 | 75 | 31% | 19% | 20% | 14% | 36% |
| 6 Apr, Shift 1 | 75 | 24% | 16% | 20% | 23% | 45% |
| 6 Apr, Shift 2 | 75 | 28% | 16% | 20% | 20% | 49% |
| 8 Apr, Shift 2 | 75 | 24% | 17% | 20% | 21% | 53% |
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 75 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.
Physics25 questions
7 easy16 medium2 hard
- Q26
- Q27
- Q28A car moving with a speed of 54 km/h takes a turn of radius 20 m. A simple pendulum is suspended from the ceiling of the car. Determine the angle made by the string of the pendulum with the vertical during the turning. (Take m/s)
Laws of MotionCircular MotionPendulum in an Accelerating Turning Vehicle
EasySingle correctNew idea
- Q29A gas balloon is going up with a constant velocity of 10 m/s. When this balloon reached a height of 75 m, a stone is dropped from it and balloon keeps moving up with the same velocity. The height of the balloon when the stone hits the ground is ________ m.…
Motion in a Straight LineKinematics in 1DDropping Objects from Moving Frames
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 3 years
- Q30A thin biconvex lens is prepared from the glass () both curved surfaces of which have equal radii of 20 cm each. Left side surface of the lens is silvered from outside to make it reflecting. To have the position of image and object at the same…
Ray Optics and Optical InstrumentsLens Maker's FormulaSilvering of Lens Surface
MediumSingle correctNew idea
- Q31Two identical bodies, projected with the same speed at two different angles cover the same horizontal range . If the time of flight of these bodies are 5 s and 10 s, respectively, then the value of is ________ m. (Take m/s)
Motion in a PlaneProjectile MotionComplementary Angles Range and Ratios
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 2 years
- Q32
- Q33A liquid of density 600 kg/m flowing steadily in a tube of varying cross-section. The cross-section at a point is 1.0 cm and that at is 20 mm. Both the points and are in same horizontal plane, the speed of the liquid at is 10…
Mechanical Properties of FluidsFluid DynamicsBernoulli's Equation
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 5 years
- Q34A spherical liquid drop of radius acquires the terminal velocity when falls through a gas of viscosity . Now the drop is broken into 64 identical droplets and each droplet acquires terminal velocity falling through the same gas. The…
Mechanical Properties of FluidsViscosityTerminal Velocity Radius Proportionality
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 2 years
- Q35One mole of diatomic gas having rotational modes only is kept in a cylinder with a piston system. The cross-section area of the cylinder is 4 cm. The gas is heated slowly to raise the temperature by 1.2 C during which the piston moves by 25 mm.…
ThermodynamicsFirst Law of ThermodynamicsHeat in Isochoric and Isobaric Processes
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 4 years
- Q36
- Q37
- Q38A monochromatic source of light operating at 15 kW emits photons/s. The region of an electromagnetic spectrum to which the emitted electromagnetic radiation belongs to ________. (Take J.s and …
Electromagnetic WavesPhotoelectric EffectPhoton Energy and Momentum
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q39
- Q40
- Q41
- Q42Light ray incident along a vector emerges out along vector as shown in the figure below. The value…
Ray Optics and Optical InstrumentsRefraction and Snell's LawSnell's Law Application
MediumDiagram based · figureIdea asked in 4 years
- Q43and be the maximum kinetic energies of photoelectrons emitted from a surface of a given material for the light of wavelength and , respectively. If then the work function of material is given by :
Dual Nature of Radiation and MatterPhotoelectric EffectSolving via Two Wavelength Data Points
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 2 years
- Q44
- Q45The output for the given inputs and to the circuit is :
Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple CircuitsLogic GatesTiming Diagrams and Waveform Analysis
MediumDiagram based · figureIdea asked in 4 years
- Q46A parallel plate capacitor is having separation between plates 0.885 mm. It has a capacitance of 1 F when the space between the plates is filled with an insulating material of resistivity m and resistance…
Electrostatic Potential and CapacitanceDielectricsLeaky Dielectric as an RC Circuit
HardNumerical valueNew idea
- Q47Some distant star is to be observed by some telescope of diameter of objective lens , at an angular resolution of radian. If the wavelength of light from the star reaching the telescope is 500 nm, the minimum diameter of the objective…
Wave OpticsSingle Slit DiffractionResolving Power of a Telescope
EasyNumerical valueIdea asked in 2 years
- Q48
- Q49The stored charge in the capacitor in steady state of the following circuit is ________ C.
Current ElectricityKirchhoff's LawsSteady-State Analysis of DC RC Circuits
MediumNumerical value · figureIdea asked in 6 years
- Q50Two masses of 3.4 kg and 2.5 kg are accelerated from an initial speed of 5 m/s and 12 m/s, respectively. The distances traversed by the masses in the 5 second are 104 m and 129 m, respectively. The ratio of their momenta after 10 s is .…
Motion in a Straight LineKinematics in 1DDisplacement in the nth Second
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 4 years
Chemistry25 questions
7 easy17 medium1 hard
- Q51Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Mass of substance) | List - II (Number of atoms) A. 1.8 mg water | I. B. 9.8 mg sulphuric acid | II. C. 1.8 mg carbon | III.…
Some Basic Concepts of ChemistryMole ConceptMole and Avogadro Calculations
EasyMatch the listIdea asked in 5 yearsAsked the year before
- Q52
- Q53
- Q54Which of the following statements are not correct ? A. For water, magnitude of is more than the magnitude of . B. The elevation in boiling point of water when a non-volatile solute is added to it is larger in magnitude than its…
SolutionsColligative PropertiesBoiling Point Elevation
MediumOther · figureIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q55
- Q56Given at 298 K : Volt Volt The in Volt at 298 K is given by :
ElectrochemistryNernst EquationLatimer Diagrams and E0
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 2 years
- Q57Given below are two statements : and 1 cal = 4.2 J Statement I : When Ea = 12.6 kcal/mol, the room temperature rate constant is doubled by a 10 C increase in temperature (298 K to 308 K) Statement II : For a…
Chemical KineticsArrhenius EquationTwo-Point Arrhenius Equation
MediumTwo statements · figureIdea asked in 4 years
- Q58Match List - I with List - II. List - I (Electronic configuration of neutral atom (where n = 2)) | List - II (1 Ionization Energy (kJ mol)) A. | I. 2080 B. | II. 899 C. | III. 800 D. | IV. 1402 Choose the…
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in PropertiesPeriodic TrendsIonization Enthalpy Trends
MediumMatch the listIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q59
- Q60
- Q61Given below are two statements for catalytic properties of transition metals. Statement I : First row transition metals which act as catalyst utilise their 3d electrons only for formation of bonds between reactant molecules and atoms on the surface of…
The d- and f-Block Elementsd-Block ElementsMechanisms of Catalytic Activity
EasyTwo statementsIdea asked in 2 years
- Q62Given below are two statements : Statement I : Vapours of the liquid with higher boiling point condense before vapours of the liquid with lower boiling points in fractional distillation. Statement II : The vapours rising up in the fractionating column become…
Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques
EasyTwo statements
- Q63The major product of which of the following reaction is not obtained by rearrangement reaction ?
Haloalkanes and HaloarenesSN1 and SN2 MechanismsCarbocation Rearrangements in SN1
MediumDiagram based · figureIdea asked in 3 years
- Q64The total number of aromatic compounds/species from the following is [figures: p-benzoquinone; tropylium cation (cycloheptatrienyl cation); phenanthrene; 1,2-dihydronaphthalene (a benzene ring fused to a ring with one CH2-CH2 unit and one C=C);…
Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and TechniquesAromatic HydrocarbonsHuckel's Rule (4n+2)
MediumOther · figureIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q65n-Butane on monochlorination under photochemical condition gives an optically active compound "P". "P" on further chlorination gives dichloro compounds. The number of dichloro compounds obtained (ignore stereoisomers) is :
HydrocarbonsAlkanes and Free RadicalsHalogenation Chain Mechanism
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 3 years
- Q66
- Q67Consider the following reaction. [figure: N-substituted 2-piperidone (six-membered lactam, C=O adjacent to ring N) with N bonded to CH(CH3)-CHO] …
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsCarboxylic Acids and DerivativesNucleophilic Acyl Substitution
HardDiagram based · figureIdea asked in 4 yearsAsked the year before
- Q68Which statements are True ? A. In Hoffmann bromamide degradation, 4 moles of NaOH and 2 moles of are consumed per mole of an amide B. Hoffmann bromamide reaction is not given by alkyl amides. C. Primary amines can be synthesized by Hoffmann…
AminesHofmann Bromamide Degradation
MediumOtherIdea asked in 5 years
- Q69The incorrect statement from the following with respect to carbohydrates is :
BiomoleculesCarbohydratesHydrolysis-Based Classification of Carbohydrates
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 2 years
- Q70
- Q71Number of paramagnetic complexes among the following is ________. , , , , , , ,…
Coordination CompoundsCrystal Field TheoryHigh and Low Spin States
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 7 yearsAsked the year before
- Q72'' is the product which is obtained from benzene by reacting it with carbon monoxide and hydrogen chloride in the presence of cuprous chloride. '' is the major product obtained from the benzene by reacting it with ethanoyl chloride in the presence of…
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic AcidsAromatic HydrocarbonsGattermann-Koch Formylation
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 3 years
- Q73
- Q74
- Q75Solid carbon, CaO and are mixed and allowed to attain equilibrium at T K. atm…
EquilibriumChemical EquilibriumHeterogeneous Equilibrium
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 2 years
Maths25 questions
4 easy11 medium10 hard
- Q1
- Q2The number of values of , satisfying the equations and , is :
Complex Numbers and Quadratic EquationsEllipse EccentricityFocal distance property
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 5 yearsAsked the year before
- Q3If the system of linear equations : , , has infinitely many solutions, then the value of equals :
DeterminantsCramer's RuleCondition for Infinite Solutions
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 7 yearsAsked the year before
- Q4Let and . If , then equals :
DeterminantsMatrix InverseCofactor Matrix and Adjoint
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 5 years
- Q5Let up to 40 terms. If is a root of the equation , , then is equal to :
Sequences and SeriesAP and GPAP Sum of n terms
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 7 yearsAsked the year before
- Q6A candidate has to go to the examination centre to appear in an examination. The candidate uses only one means of transportation for the entire distance out of bus, scooter and car. The probabilities of the candidate going by bus, scooter and car,…
ProbabilityBayes' TheoremBayes' Theorem Application
EasySingle correctIdea asked in 6 yearsAsked the year before
- Q7
- Q8If , then is equal to :
Binomial TheoremBinomial CoefficientsIntegration Method for Sums
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 3 years
- Q9
- Q10
- Q11
- Q12
- Q13
- Q14Let , and a vector be such that . If , then…
Vector AlgebraCross ProductSolving Vector Equations with Cross Products
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 6 years
- Q15
- Q16
- Q17Let be the solution of the differential equation , , . Then equals :
Differential EquationsLinear Differential EquationsParticular Solution Solving
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 4 years
- Q18Let be a function defined as . Let , , where . If , , then the area of the region…
Application of IntegralsArea Under CurvesArea Between Curves
HardSingle correctIdea asked in 7 yearsAsked the year before
- Q19Let . If is continuous at , then the value of is :
Continuity and DifferentiabilityFinding Unknowns using Continuity
MediumSingle correctIdea asked in 3 yearsAsked the year before
- Q20
- Q21
- Q22If , then is equal to ________.
IntegralsTrigonometric IdentitiesTangent and Cotangent Difference Identities
HardNumerical valueNew idea
- Q23Let a line pass through the origin and be perpendicular to the lines and , . If ,…
Three Dimensional GeometryLines in 3DLine Perpendicular to Two Given Lines
MediumNumerical valueIdea asked in 5 yearsAsked the year before
- Q24Consider the circle . Let a variable chord AB of the circle C subtend a right angle at the origin. If the locus of the foot of the perpendicular drawn from the origin on the chord AB is the circle…
Conic SectionsPair of Straight LinesChord Subtending Right Angle via Homogenization
HardNumerical valueNew idea
- Q25
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 2026 shifts.