JEE Main Syllabus
Joint Entrance Examination (Main) is conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA). JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.) has 75 questions worth 300 marks in 180 minutes, across 3 sections: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry. Marking: −1 per wrong answer. The topics below are the areas each section draws from; the official notification is the final word on the syllabus.
JEE Main syllabus by section
Mathematics
- Sets, relations and functions
- Complex numbers and quadratic equations
- Matrices and determinants
- Permutations, combinations and binomial theorem
- Sequences and series
- Limits, continuity and differentiability
- Integral calculus and differential equations
- Coordinate geometry
- Three-dimensional geometry and vectors
- Statistics and probability
- Trigonometry
Physics
- Units and measurement
- Kinematics and laws of motion
- Work, energy, power
- Rotational motion
- Gravitation
- Properties of solids and liquids
- Thermodynamics and kinetic theory
- Oscillations and waves
- Electrostatics and current electricity
- Magnetism, EMI and AC
- EM waves and optics
- Dual nature, atoms and nuclei
- Semiconductors
- Experimental skills
Chemistry
- Some basic concepts and atomic structure
- Chemical bonding
- Thermodynamics
- Solutions and equilibrium
- Redox and electrochemistry
- Chemical kinetics
- Periodic properties, p-, d- and f-block
- Coordination compounds
- Purification and characterisation of organic compounds
- Hydrocarbons and organic compounds containing halogens, oxygen and nitrogen
- Biomolecules
- Principles of practical chemistry
Most-asked topics in JEE Main previous year papers
Counts are questions across every JEE Main paper on PaperYodha. Each topic opens all of its questions with answers.