JEE Main · Maths
JEE Main Maths: chapter-wise previous year questions
JEE Main Maths: 1,147 questions over 22 chapters in the 42 shifts Lumi analysed; 26% had a numerical answer and 26% were hard. 8 of its 22 chapters hold half the questions, and 15 hold 80%.
- Questions
- 1,147
- 22 chapters
- Numerical answer
- 26%
- 303 questions
- Hard
- 26%
- easy 12%
- With a figure
- 6
- 1% of questions
Weightage
Maths chapters, by questions
Every chapter, most asked first. A shift has 25 questions per subject.
- Conic Sections · 2.4 a shift116 Q
- Three Dimensional Geometry · 1.8 a shift84 Q
- Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations · 1.6 a shift79 Q
- Integrals · 1.6 a shift73 Q
- Sequences and Series · 1.6 a shift73 Q
- Relations and Functions · 1.3 a shift60 Q
- Determinants · 1.4 a shift59 Q
- Differential Equations · 1.2 a shift57 Q
- Vector Algebra · 1.2 a shift55 Q
- Binomial Theorem · 1.2 a shift54 Q
- Probability · 1.2 a shift49 Q
- Continuity and Differentiability · 1.1 a shift48 Q
- Application of Derivatives · 1.2 a shift47 Q
- Permutations and Combinations · 1.0 a shift47 Q
- Straight Lines · 0.8 a shift42 Q
- Trigonometric Functions · 1.0 a shift41 Q
- Application of Integrals · 0.8 a shift39 Q
- Statistics · 0.6 a shift32 Q
- Matrices · 0.6 a shift28 Q
- Inverse Trigonometric Functions · 0.5 a shift25 Q
- Limits and Derivatives · 0.5 a shift24 Q
- Mathematical Reasoning · Not in the 2026 syllabus15 Q
Questions in the analysed shifts of each year, divided by the shifts analysed.
Easy 134Medium 716Hard 297
- Single correct827 Q
- Numerical value303 Q
- Two statements12 Q
- Other5 Q
- Multi-step745 Q
- Calculation263 Q
- Application112 Q
- Conceptual22 Q
- Recall3 Q
- Data or graph2 Q
Change since 2024
Which chapters moved
Questions a shift in 2024–26 against 2017–23, for chapters in the 2026 syllabus. Small shifts in a chapter that gets one or two questions are noise.
- Conic Sections2.2 → 2.8 (+0.6)
- Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations1.5 → 1.9 (+0.4)
- Straight Lines0.7 → 1.1 (+0.3)
- Integrals1.5 → 1.7 (+0.2)
- Differential Equations1.1 → 1.3 (+0.2)
- Three Dimensional Geometry1.7 → 1.9 (+0.2)
- Application of Derivatives1.4 → 0.8 (-0.6)
- Determinants1.5 → 1.2 (-0.3)
- Probability1.3 → 1.1 (-0.3)
- Continuity and Differentiability1.1 → 1.0 (-0.2)
- Binomial Theorem1.2 → 1.1 (-0.1)
- Trigonometric Functions1.0 → 0.9 (-0.1)
Not in NTA's 2026 syllabus: Mathematical Reasoning. Their questions here come from older shifts.
Inside the chapters
Topics and ideas asked most
- AP and GP · Sequences and Series59 Q
- Permutations and Combinations · Permutations and Combinations50 Q
- Quadratic Roots · Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations46 Q
- Area Under Curves · Application of Integrals41 Q
- Lines in 3D · Three Dimensional Geometry39 Q
- Continuity and Differentiability · Continuity and Differentiability33 Q
- Cross Product · Vector Algebra32 Q
- Cramer's Rule · Determinants31 Q
- Definite Integral Properties · Integrals30 Q
- Maxima and Minima · Application of Derivatives30 Q
- Linear Differential Equations · Differential Equations29 Q
- Variance and SD · Statistics27 Q
- Binomial Coefficients · Binomial Theorem26 Q
- Sets and Relations · Relations and Functions25 Q
- L'Hopital's Rule · Limits and Derivatives24 Q
- AP Sum of n terms · Sequences and Series15 times
- Area Between Curves · Application of Integrals12 times
- Area of Inequalities · Application of Integrals10 times
- Condition for Infinite Solutions · Determinants10 times
- Greatest Integer Function Integrals · Integrals9 times
- Newton's Sums · Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations9 times
- Finding Unknown Observations from Mean and Variance · Statistics8 times
- Image of a Point in a Line · Three Dimensional Geometry8 times
- Inverse Relation to Double Adjoint · Determinants8 times
- Method of Differences for Telescoping Series · Sequences and Series8 times
- Root-Coefficient Relation · Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations8 times
- Solving Vector Equations with Cross Products · Vector Algebra8 times
- Combinations of Distinct Objects · Permutations and Combinations7 times
- Continuity involving GIF and Fractional Part · Continuity and Differentiability7 times
- Counting Relations · Relations and Functions7 times