By Ajay Sharma
National Academic Director, Engineering
Aakash BYJU’S
The JEE MAIN paper of January 27, 2024 (Morning Shift) was Easy to Moderate level. In this paper, Chemistry and Physics were on the easy to moderate level whereas Mathematics had tricky questions and can be considered to be moderate to difficult by many students. A detailed subject-wise analysis is given below.
Chemistry
The paper was by and large based on NCERT books. Most of the questions were theoretical. A few questions were based on memory-based data and were confusing. Questions from prominent chapters like Chemical Kinetics, Biomolecules, Alcohol, Phenol and Ethers, Thermodynamics and Aldehyde, Ketone and Carboxylic Acids were asked. Overall coverage of the chapters was uniform.
Physics
According to a large number of students, the Physics part was of easy level to moderate level. Questions from Mechanics, Current electricity was duly represented in the paper. Most of the questions were asked from the 11th class syllabus. PYQ were also there in the paper. Solving a good number of mock tests would prove to be an effective strategy.
Mathematics
Mathematics paper was moderate to difficult based on students’ feedback. Questions from Calculus, Complex Numbers, 2-D Matrix and Determinants were there in the paper. 2D and calculus were dominant in the paper. Almost all the topics were covered. Again, practice through mock tests holds the key.
Overall, it was a balanced paper which can be solved in the stipulated time. Average students found Mathematics difficult. The difficulty level-wise order according to a large section of students is
Mathematics > Physics > Chemistry
