JEE Main 2026 · 9 of 19 shifts analysed
JEE Main 2026 question papers
Lumi analysed 9 of the 19 JEE Main shifts held in 2026 (674 questions): 20% numerical-answer, 15% hard. Against 2025, numerical-answer questions went from 20% to 20% and hard ones from 13% to 15%.
- Shifts analysed
- 9 / 19
- 10 not in this analysis
- Questions
- 674
- dropped questions left out
- Numerical answer
- 20%
- typed answers, no options
- Hard
- 15%
- easy 26%
Every 2026 shift
19 shifts held, 9 analysed
Each shift is a separate paper. Lumi analyses a shift when NTA published the full paper and its final answer key; 10 2026 papers were never published.
- 21 Jan 2026, Shift 1January sessionPaper not published
- 21 Jan 2026, Shift 2January sessionPaper not published
- 22 Jan 2026, Shift 1January sessionPaper not published
- 22 Jan 2026, Shift 2January sessionPaper not published
- 23 Jan 2026, Shift 1January sessionPaper not published
- 23 Jan 2026, Shift 2January sessionPaper not published
- 24 Jan 2026, Shift 1January sessionPaper not published
- 24 Jan 2026, Shift 2January sessionPaper not published
- 28 Jan 2026, Shift 1January sessionPaper not published
- 28 Jan 2026, Shift 2January sessionPaper not published
- 2 Apr 2026, Shift 175 QApril sessionEasy 20Medium 42Hard 1315 numerical · 7 with a figure
- 2 Apr 2026, Shift 275 QApril sessionEasy 13Medium 56Hard 615 numerical · 6 with a figure
- 4 Apr 2026, Shift 174 QApril sessionEasy 19Medium 42Hard 1315 numerical · 12 with a figure
- 4 Apr 2026, Shift 275 QApril sessionEasy 23Medium 38Hard 1415 numerical · 13 with a figure
- 5 Apr 2026, Shift 175 QApril sessionEasy 23Medium 45Hard 715 numerical · 13 with a figure
- 5 Apr 2026, Shift 275 QApril sessionEasy 23Medium 38Hard 1415 numerical · 6 with a figure
- 6 Apr 2026, Shift 175 QApril sessionEasy 18Medium 45Hard 1215 numerical · 9 with a figure
- 6 Apr 2026, Shift 275 QApril sessionEasy 21Medium 42Hard 1215 numerical · 11 with a figure
- 8 Apr 2026, Shift 275 QApril sessionEasy 18Medium 44Hard 1315 numerical · 9 with a figure
2026 in numbers
What the analysed shifts asked
Across the 9 2026 shifts Lumi analysed.
Easy 178Medium 392Hard 104
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71 of 81 chapters came up in 2026.