JEE Main 2016 Paper Analysis

JEE Main 2016 Analysis

CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) conducted JEE Main in online mode (Computer Test-Based) on April 9^th& 10^th. JEE Main 2016 saw more than 13 lakh students aspiring to get into undergraduate courses like B.Tech/B.E and B.Arch/B. Planning in prestigious institutes like NIT, IIIT and other centrally funded technical institutes.

JEE Main marks the first step to IIT aspirants, who would then emulate with other candidates (based on JEE Main 2016 cutoff) in JEE Advance to get into prestigious institutes like IIT and ISM, Dhanbad.
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JEE Main 2016 Online Paper Analysis

JEE Main 2016 online mode was conducted on April 9, and April 10, 2016. The JEE Main paper consisted of 3 sections including subjects such as Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. The questions asked with multiple choice answers (MCQ’s). Each section has 30 questions and the total marks for each section are 120.

The online mode was relatively easier when compared to offline mode.

JEE Main 2016 Analysis Graph

JEE Main 2016 Analysis – Physics

Physics section was the toughest amongst the 3 sections, but when compared with JEE Main 2016 offline mode; it was easy.

JEE Main 2016 Analysis – Chemistry

Chemistry section was the easiest section with many questions that were direct and memory-based.

JEE Main 2016 Analysis – Mathematics

Maths section was easy but was lengthy. Though many students pointed out that, there was one question in Math section which had no matching option.

Overall, JEE Main 2016 in online mode was of moderate difficulty level with at least 1 question from each of the chapters in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics.

JEE Main 2016 Offline Mode Analysis

Exam Date	3rd April 2016
Exam Mode	Offline Test (Pen and Paper Based)
Exam Paper and Duration	2 papers (Paper 1 and Paper 2) of 3 hours each
Subjects or Sections	Physics, Chemistry, Maths / 3 Sections
No. of Questions	30 from each section. Total of 90 questions
Marks	120 marks per section. Total of 360 Marks
Question Type	MCQs and single correct option.
For correct Answers	+4 marks
For incorrect Answers	1/4 marks of total marks per question

JEE Main 2016 Offline Paper: Distribution of Questions

Subject	Class 11		Class 12		Total
	No of Questions	Total Marks	No of Questions	Total Marks	No of Questions	Total Marks
Mathematics	15	60	15	60	30	120
Physics	13	52	17	68	30	120
Chemistry	12	48	18	72	30	120
Grand Total	40	160	50	200	90	360

JEE Main 2016 Overall Difficulty Analysis

Subject	Easy		Moderate		Tough
Subject	No. of Questions	Total Marks	No. of Questions	Total Marks	No. of Questions	Total Marks
Physics	13	52	12	48	5	20
Maths	10	40	15	60	5	20
Chemistry	14	56	13	52	3	12
Grand Total	37	148	40	160	13	52

JEE Main 2016 Paper I Analysis: Maths Section

The questions were on a moderate level.
Mathematics questions in 2016 paper were surprisingly easy compared to questions that were set last year.
Some of the easy questions were set from topics such as Area, Circle, Logarithm, Progression Series, Hyperbola, etc.
One question from Binomial theorem seemed to be fundamentally wrong.

JEE Main 2016 Paper I Analysis: Chemistry Section

Chemistry section was easy and scoring amongst the three.
The questions from Organic Chemistry was a bit difficult and consisted of fact-based questions.
Few questions from Physical Chemistry seem to contain insufficient & incorrect data.
Topics based on the NCERT syllabus.
However, low scoring compared to previous year paper.

JEE Main 2016 Paper I Analysis: Physics Section

Physics section consisted of simple conceptual questions but was long when it came to the calculation part.
Questions were relatively simpler compared to 2015.
Some questions were also very similar to the previous year paper.
Paper had few questions with more than one answer.

Important Topics Asked in JEE Main 2016 Paper: Physics