JEE Main · Maths · 2017–2026
JEE Main Maths: chapter-wise weightage
All 3,065 Maths questions from the 108 JEE Main shifts Lumi analysed, by chapter, unit and topic. Which chapters carry the marks, how the questions have changed, and what is rising.
- Questions analysed
- 3,065
- 108 shifts, 2017–2026
- Chapters in the syllabus
- 21
- 1 not in the 2026 syllabus
- Chapters for half the questions
- 8
- ranked by share
- From Class 12
- 50%
- 2026: 48%
- Easy
- 11%
- hard: 26.3%
- Numerical answer
- 30%
- 2026: 20%
- Calculation or multi-step
- 86%
- 2026: 91%
- Topics in all eight years
- 13
- of 56 topics
Key findings · JEE Main Maths
- 1
8 of the 21 Maths chapters in the 2026 syllabus carry half its questions. The top five hold 37%: Conic Sections; Three Dimensional Geometry; Integrals; Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations; Sequences and Series.
- 2
Conic Sections has risen most: 2.8 questions a shift since 2024, up from 2.2 before (out of 25).
- 3
Application of Derivatives has fallen most: 0.8 a shift since 2024, down from 1.4.
- 4
13% of Maths questions in the 2026 shifts were easy, against 11% of all 3,065 analysed.
- 5
20% of Maths questions in 2026 had a numerical answer, against 30% of all 3,065 analysed.
- 6
13 Maths topics were asked in all eight years Lumi analysed, led by Permutations and Combinations, AP and GP, Quadratic Roots.
Chapter weightage
Every Maths chapter, ranked
Share is the chapter’s average share of the Maths questions, year by year. “A shift” counts are scaled to the 25 questions a subject has in a shift. “Weighted est.” is a model: recent years count more. A guide to effort, not a forecast.
- 1Conic Sections2.7Class 11 · 9.7% share · 296 questions+0.6
- 2Three Dimensional Geometry1.9Class 12 · 7.3% share · 224 questions0.1
- 3Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations1.7Class 11 · 6.5% share · 205 questions+0.3
- 4Integrals1.7Class 12 · 6.8% share · 211 questions0.0
- 5Sequences and Series1.6Class 11 · 6.1% share · 177 questions0.1
- 6Determinants1.3Class 12 · 5.8% share · 160 questions-0.3
- 7Relations and Functions1.3Class 11 · 5.0% share · 158 questions0.3
- 8Differential Equations1.3Class 12 · 4.8% share · 161 questions0.2
- 9Binomial Theorem1.2Class 11 · 4.6% share · 140 questions-0.1
- 10Vector Algebra1.1Class 12 · 4.5% share · 142 questions0.1
- 11Probability1.1Class 12 · 4.9% share · 133 questions-0.3
- 12Permutations and Combinations1.1Class 11 · 4.2% share · 126 questions0.0
- 13Continuity and Differentiability1.0Class 12 · 4.2% share · 134 questions-0.1
- 14Trigonometric Functions0.9Class 11 · 3.9% share · 114 questions-0.2
- 15Application of Derivatives0.9Class 12 · 4.6% share · 148 questions-0.6
- 16Straight Lines0.9Class 11 · 3.3% share · 99 questions0.3
- 17Application of Integrals0.8Class 12 · 3.1% share · 91 questions0.2
- 18Statistics0.7Class 11 · 2.5% share · 82 questions0.1
- 19Matrices0.6Class 12 · 2.1% share · 75 questions0.1
- 20Limits and Derivatives0.5Class 11 · 2.3% share · 64 questions0.0
- 21Inverse Trigonometric Functions0.5Class 12 · 1.7% share · 60 questions0.2
Right: weighted estimate (model, of 25 a shift), and the change since 2024.
Not in NTA's 2026 syllabus: Mathematical Reasoning (64). Their questions here come from older shifts.
Drill down
Chapter, topic, idea, question
Every Maths chapter, opened all the way down: its topics, the ideas inside them, and every question, each linked to its shift.
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.
Year by year
Every chapter in every year
Questions a shift for each chapter in the 2026 syllabus, year by year, scaled to the 25 questions a subject has in a shift. Highest weighted estimate first; the total is the raw count across all 108 shifts.
- Conic Sections · 296 questions1.72.32.32.622.13.33.1
- Three Dimensional Geometry · 224 questions1.71.21.81.82.51.721.9
- Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations · 205 questions0.92.11.51.71.41.81.91.8
- Integrals · 211 questions1.71.81.91.61.61.91.61.6
- Sequences and Series · 177 questions1.71.81.11.51.41.51.51.8
- Determinants · 160 questions2.61.51.41.11.21.41.11.3
- Relations and Functions · 158 questions0.91.11.31.11.31.61.51.1
- Differential Equations · 161 questions0.911.31.511.611.3
- Binomial Theorem · 140 questions0.91.21.111.70.91.41
- Vector Algebra · 142 questions0.90.9111.71.610.9
- Probability · 133 questions2.61.111.20.81.111
- Permutations and Combinations · 126 questions0.90.810.81.711.11
- Continuity and Differentiability · 134 questions0.91.61.11.10.71.20.61.2
- Trigonometric Functions · 114 questions1.70.51.31.10.70.60.81.2
- Application of Derivatives · 148 questions1.71.71.51.50.610.90.3
- Straight Lines · 99 questions0.90.80.70.70.61.210.8
- Application of Integrals · 91 questions0.90.60.50.70.90.90.81
- Statistics · 82 questions0.90.60.510.60.51
- Matrices · 75 questions0.50.80.70.60.30.80.7
- Limits and Derivatives · 64 questions0.90.60.60.40.40.60.80.3
- Inverse Trigonometric Functions · 60 questions0.30.60.70.30.30.60.7
| Chapter | 2017 | ’20 | 2021 | ’22 | 2023 | ’24 | 2025 | ’26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conic Sections296 questions | 1.7 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2 | 2.1 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
| Three Dimensional Geometry224 questions | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.5 | 1.7 | 2 | 1.9 |
| Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations205 questions | 0.9 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.8 |
| Integrals211 questions | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Sequences and Series177 questions | 1.7 | 1.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
| Determinants160 questions | 2.6 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.3 |
| Relations and Functions158 questions | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Differential Equations161 questions | 0.9 | 1 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 1 | 1.6 | 1 | 1.3 |
| Binomial Theorem140 questions | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1 |
| Vector Algebra142 questions | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1 | 1 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1 | 0.9 |
| Probability133 questions | 2.6 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 1 | 1 |
| Permutations and Combinations126 questions | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1 | 0.8 | 1.7 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 |
| Continuity and Differentiability134 questions | 0.9 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 1.2 |
| Trigonometric Functions114 questions | 1.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.2 |
| Application of Derivatives148 questions | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 1 | 0.9 | 0.3 |
| Straight Lines99 questions | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 1 | 0.8 |
| Application of Integrals91 questions | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1 |
| Statistics82 questions | · | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 1 |
| Matrices75 questions | · | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 |
| Limits and Derivatives64 questions | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.3 |
| Inverse Trigonometric Functions60 questions | · | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.7 |
Units
Units, ranked
Chapters in the 2026 syllabus grouped into Maths units, by the unit most of their topics belong to. Share is the unit’s average share of the Maths questions, year by year.
Maths units
AVERAGE SHARE- Algebra · 9 chapters · ~10.6 a shift (est.)43%
- Calculus · 6 chapters · ~6.3 a shift (est.)26%
- Coordinate Geometry · 2 chapters · ~3.5 a shift (est.)13%
- Vectors and 3D Geometry · 2 chapters · ~3.1 a shift (est.)12%
- Trigonometry · 2 chapters · ~1.4 a shift (est.)6%
Trend
Rising and falling chapters
Change in questions a shift (of 25): 2024–26 against 2017–23, for chapters in the 2026 syllabus. A move under half a question in a small chapter is noise.
Rising
- Conic Sections+0.62.2 → 2.8 a shift · slope +0.13 a year
- Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations+0.31.5 → 1.8 a shift · slope +0.07 a year
- Relations and Functions+0.31.1 → 1.4 a shift · slope +0.06 a year
- Straight Lines+0.30.7 → 1.0 a shift · slope +0.01 a year
- Differential Equations+0.21.1 → 1.3 a shift · slope +0.04 a year
- Application of Integrals+0.20.7 → 0.9 a shift · slope +0.02 a year
- Inverse Trigonometric Functions+0.20.4 → 0.5 a shift · slope +0.06 a year
- Sequences and Series+0.11.5 → 1.6 a shift · slope -0.01 a year
Falling
- Application of Derivatives−0.61.4 → 0.8 a shift · slope -0.15 a year
- Probability−0.31.4 → 1.0 a shift · slope -0.14 a year
- Determinants−0.31.6 → 1.3 a shift · slope -0.13 a year
- Trigonometric Functions−0.21.1 → 0.9 a shift · slope -0.06 a year
- Binomial Theorem−0.11.2 → 1.1 a shift · slope +0.03 a year
- Continuity and Differentiability−0.11.1 → 1.0 a shift · slope -0.01 a year
- Integrals−0.01.7 → 1.7 a shift · slope -0.02 a year
- Limits and Derivatives−0.00.6 → 0.6 a shift · slope -0.03 a year
Shape of the questions
How Maths questions have changed
Class balance, difficulty, the work asked and the question format in each year's analysed shifts, as shares of that year. Tap a year to open it.
Class 11 and Class 12
Difficulty
What the questions ask you to do
Question format
Multiple choice and numerical value
The two halves of Maths
Since 2020, every Maths section has had numerical-value questions alongside the multiple-choice ones. How the split moved by year, and which chapters bring the numericals.
Questions by type, by year
By chapter, all shifts
- Conic SectionsMultiple choice 206 · Numerical 9020690
- Three Dimensional GeometryMultiple choice 160 · Numerical 6416064
- IntegralsMultiple choice 151 · Numerical 6015160
- Complex Numbers and Quadratic EquationsMultiple choice 145 · Numerical 6014560
- Sequences and SeriesMultiple choice 116 · Numerical 6111661
- Differential EquationsMultiple choice 114 · Numerical 4711447
- DeterminantsMultiple choice 132 · Numerical 2813228
- Relations and FunctionsMultiple choice 107 · Numerical 5110751
- Application of DerivativesMultiple choice 109 · Numerical 3910939
- Vector AlgebraMultiple choice 104 · Numerical 3810438
- Binomial TheoremMultiple choice 76 · Numerical 647664
- Continuity and DifferentiabilityMultiple choice 92 · Numerical 429242
- ProbabilityMultiple choice 104 · Numerical 2910429
- Permutations and CombinationsMultiple choice 56 · Numerical 705670
- Trigonometric FunctionsMultiple choice 82 · Numerical 328232
- Straight LinesMultiple choice 81 · Numerical 188118
- Application of IntegralsMultiple choice 57 · Numerical 345734
- StatisticsMultiple choice 51 · Numerical 315131
- MatricesMultiple choice 45 · Numerical 304530
- Limits and DerivativesMultiple choice 50 · Numerical 145014
- Inverse Trigonometric FunctionsMultiple choice 48 · Numerical 124812
Topics
Maths topics asked most
The 20 Maths topics with the most questions across the 108 shifts. A filled dot is a year the topic was asked.
Permutations and Combinations
- AP and GP136
Sequences and Series
Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Integrals
Application of Integrals
Continuity and Differentiability
Determinants
Differential Equations
Application of Derivatives
Three Dimensional Geometry
Vector Algebra
Statistics
Binomial Theorem
Three Dimensional Geometry
Conic Sections
Limits and Derivatives
Relations and Functions
Matrices
Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Straight Lines
“A shift” is the topic’s average questions a shift across the eight years, scaled to the 25 questions a subject has in a shift.
Repeats
Maths ideas asked more than once
An idea is the specific result or method a question tests. 408 of the 828 Maths ideas came in two or more shifts, and 373 in two or more years.
- AP Sum of n terms · Sequences and Series31 times
- Greatest Integer Function Integrals · Integrals29 times
- Condition for Infinite Solutions · Determinants25 times
- Area Between Curves · Application of Integrals22 times
- Finding Unknown Observations from Mean and Variance · Statistics22 times
- Integrating Factor Calculation · Differential Equations22 times
- Powers of Square Matrices · Matrices21 times
- Solving Vector Equations with Cross Products · Vector Algebra20 times
- Method of Differences for Telescoping Series · Sequences and Series19 times
- King's Property · Integrals18 times
- Condition for No Solution · Determinants17 times
- Continuity involving GIF and Fractional Part · Continuity and Differentiability17 times
- Combinations of Distinct Objects · Permutations and Combinations8 years
- Area of Inequalities · Application of Integrals8 years
- AP Sum of n terms · Sequences and Series7 years
- Greatest Integer Function Integrals · Integrals7 years
- Condition for Infinite Solutions · Determinants7 years
- Area Between Curves · Application of Integrals7 years
- Finding Unknown Observations from Mean and Variance · Statistics7 years
- Integrating Factor Calculation · Differential Equations7 years
- Newton's Sums · Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations7 years
- Initial Value Problem · Differential Equations7 years
- Magnitude and Sine Formula · Vector Algebra7 years
- Choosing Series Expansion over L'Hopital · Limits and Derivatives7 years
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