What to Expect in JEE Main 2023?

Exam Name

Joint Entrance Examination (Main) 

Short form 

JEE Main 2023

Conducting Body

National Testing Agency (NTA)

JEE Main Official Website

jeemain.nta.nic.in

Exam Level

Undergraduate Level Exam at the National level

Exam Frequency

Twice a year

Mode of Exam

• Computed Based Test (CBT) for BE/ BTech/ BArch/ BPlanning
• Pen and paper-based test (PBT) for Drawing section in BArch

Total Candidates Registered for the previous year

Approx 4-5 lakh 

Programs admissions offered to

• BE/BTech
• BArch
• BPlanning

Exam Fees

• INR 650 (unreserved male/OBC/EWS category)
• INR 325 (unreserved female/OBC/EWS category)
• INR 325 (for SC/ST/PWD/Transgender)

Exam Duration

• BTech/BArch/BPlan: 3 hours
• BArch and B.Planning- 3.5 hours for both
• Candidates with disabilities- 4 hours

Number of Papers 

• Paper 1: BE/BTech 
• Paper 2A: BArch 
• Paper 2B: BPlan 

Total Marks

• Paper 1: 300 marks
• Paper 2A: 400 marks
• Paper 2B: 400 marks

Total Questions

• BE/BTech: 90
• BArch: 82
• BPlan: 105

Marking Scheme

• Each correct answer will fetch 4 marks
• For each wrong answer, 1 mark will be removed
• There are no marks for questions that are not attempted

Language/Medium of paper

English, Punjabi, Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Assamese, Bengali, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Odia, Telugu, and Urdu

NTA Contact Details

• Telephone Number: 0120-6895200
• NTA Email ID: jeemain@nta.ac.in and write at JEE Main Query Redressal System (QRS)
• NTA Helpline: 8178359845 | 8287471852 | 9650173668 | 9599676953 | 8287471852

Paper- 1

Mathematics 

Difficult 

Physics 

Moderate 

Chemistry 

Easy to Moderate

Paper- 2A

Mathematics 

Moderate 

Aptitude Test

Moderate 

Drawing Test

Easy to Moderate 

Paper- 2B

Mathematics

Moderate 

Aptitude test

Moderate 

Planning 

Moderate 

Gravitation

1

4

Simple Harmonic Motion

1

4

Solids and Fluids

1

4

Waves

1

4

Electromagnetics Induction; AC

1

4

Unit, Dimension and Vector

1

4

Kinematics

1

4

Laws of motion

1

4

Work, Power and Energy

1

4

Centre Of Mass, Impulse, and Momentum

1

4

Rotation

1

4

Magnetics

2

8

Heat and Thermodynamics

3

12

Optics

3

12

Current Electricity

3

12

Electrostatics

3

12

Modern Physics

5

20

Electrochemistry

1

4

Mole Concept

1

4

Redox Reaction

1

4

General Organic Chemistry

1

4

Stereochemistry

1

4

Hydrocarbon

1

4

Chemical Kinetics

1

4

Solution and Colligative Properties

1

4

Carbohydrates, amino acid, and Polymers

1

4

Aromatic Compounds

1

4

Alkyl Halides

1

4

Carboxylic Acid and their Derivatives

1

4

Chemical Bonding

2

8

Thermodynamics And Gaseous State

2

8

Atomic Structure

2

8

Chemical And Ionic Equilibrium

2

8

Solid State And Surface Chemistry

2

8

Nuclear Chemistry And Environment

2

8

Transition Elements and Coordination Chemistry

3

12

Periodic table and Representative Elements

3

12

Statics and Dynamics

1

4

Differential Calculus

1

4

Binomial Theorem and Its Application

1

4

Sequences and Series

1

4

Sets, Relation and Function

1

4

Permutations and Combinations

1

4

Trigonometry

1

4

Mathematical Reasoning

1

4

Differential Equation

1

4

Complex numbers and Quadratic Equation

2

8

Matrices and Determinants

2

8

Statistics and Probability

2

8

Three Dimensional Geometry

2

8

Vector Algebra

2

8

Limits, Continuity and Differentiability

3

12

Integral Calculus

3

12

Coordinate Geometry

5

20