Pattern of the paper

Pattern of the paper was similar to that of previous years’ except for a few differences such as:

• Matrix match type: Usually matrix match type of questions consist of two columns, but this year, it had three columns.
• Partial marking: There was no partial marking until last year(2016). Partial marks are awarded for getting just fewer options correct in a multiple answer type questions
• There is a bonus question in Paper 2 Maths section. None of the options match the correct answer.
• Paper 2 was tougher than Paper 1. Usually, the difficulty levels of both the papers are similar.

 

Types of Questions (Paper 1)(per subject)

 

	MCQ (more than one options correct)	Single digit integer answer	Matrix Match (only one option correct)	Total
No. of questions	7	5	6	18
Marks per question	4	3	3	61
Partial Marking	1	0	0
Negative Marking	-2	0	-1

 

Types of Questions (Paper 2)(per subject)

 

	MCQ (only one option correct)	MCQ (more than one options correct)	Paragraph based MCQ	Total
No. of questions	7	7	4	18
Marks per question	3	4	3	61
Partial Marking	0	1	0
Negative Marking	-1	-2	0

 

Overall marks distribution by grade:

 

Physics

Paper	Number of questions		Marks		Percentage (Markswise)
	11th	12th	11th	12th	11th	12th
Paper 1	9	9	31	30	51%	49%
Paper 2	8	10	26	35	43%	57%
Total	17	19	57	65	47%	53%

 

Chemistry

Paper	Number of questions		Marks		Percentage    (Markswise)
	11th	12th	11th	12th	11th	12th
Paper 1	9	4	31	30	51%	49%
Paper 2	9	14	15	46	25%	75%
Total	18	18	46	76	38%	62%

 

Maths

Paper	Number of questions		Marks		Percentage    (Marks wise)
	11th	12th	11th	12th	11th	12th
Paper 1	9	9	30	31	49%	51%
Paper 2	5	13	16	45	26%	74%
Total	14	22	46	76	38%	62%

Key Takeaway: More weight is given to the 12th grade chapters compared to the 11th grade chapters. Also, most questions require knowledge of multiple chapters with most requiring some basic knowledge of 11th grade chapters.

 

Topic wise Mapping

 

Physics

Paper 1:

 

Section	# of questions
Thermal Properties of Matter and Thermodynamics	4
Electromagnetics	5
General Physics	2
Oscillations and Waves	2
Modern Physics	2
Light and its properties	2
Mechanics	1
Total	18

 

Paper 2:

 

Section	# of questions
Electromagnetics	7
General Physics	4
Modern Physics	1
Light and its properties	1
Mechanics	5
Total	18

 

Key Takeaway: Electromagnetics had the most number of questions followed my mechanics (even though mechanics perceived as more important)

 

Chemistry

 

Paper 1

 

Section	Number of questions per section	Total Marks per section
Physical chemistry	4	14
Inorganic chemistry	8	27
Organic chemistry	6	20
Total	18	61

 

Paper 2

 

Section	Number of questions per section	Total Marks per section
Physical chemistry	6	21
Inorganic chemistry	6	20
Organic chemistry	6	20
Total	18	61

 

Key Takeaway : Inorganic chemistry had the highest weightage even though generally it is perceived as the least important part of chemistry.

 

Maths

 

Topic Name	No. of questions	Marks
ALGEBRA	8	26
Quadratic Equation	2	6
Complex Numbers	1	4
Permutations and Combinations	2	6
Sequence and Series	1	3
Probability	2	7
TRIGONOMETRY	1	4
CO-ORDINATE GEOMETRY	6	20
Circle	1	3
Parabola	1	4
Hyperbola	1	4
Conic Section	3	9
CALCULUS	13	47
Functions	1	4
Limits, continuity and differentiability	6	20
Definite Integration	5	20
Differential Equations	1	3
MATRICES AND DETERMINANTS	4	13
VECTORS AND 3D	4	12
Vectors	3	9
3D	1	3
TOTAL	36	122

 

Key Takeaway: Most of the questions (mark wise) are asked from Calculus(47) and Algebra(26) followed by Co-ordinate Geometry(20). Calculus and Algebra are the most asked topics in JEE over the years and so proper attention should be given to these topics while preparing for the exam.