National Testing Agency, NTA has concluded JEE Main Exam 2024 Shift 1 examination for April 6, 2024. Shift 1 was conducted from 9 am to 12 noon at various exam centers across the country. JEE Main 2024 Exam Live Updates
Experts say that the Shift 1 exam difficulty level was moderate. Physics and Chemistry were easy, while Mathematics was lengthy and tricky. Check complete details here.
Ramesh Batlish, Head-FIITJEE Noida Centers has shared the difficulty level of Shift 1 here:
The level of difficulty as per feedback from students on 6th April 2024 (Forenoon Session).
- Mathematics – Moderate. Questions were asked from all chapters with emphasis on Chapters of Algebra & Calculus. Questions asked from Matrices & Determinants, 3 D Geometry, Vectors, Permutation & Combination, Probability, Complex Numbers, Statistics, Progressions, Quadratic Equations, Function, Limits, Continuity & Differentiability, Application of Derivative, Definite Integrals, Differential Equations, Area, Conic Sections with mixed concept questions. The Numerical Section had lengthy calculations from chapters of Calculus & Coordinate Geometry. A few questions were reported as Lengthy & Tricky.
- Physics – Easy. Questions were asked from Kinematics, Laws of Motion, Gravitation, Rotational Motion, Magnetism, Ray Optics, Current Electricity, Electromagnetic Induction, AC Circuits, Modern Physics, Work Power & Energy, Heat & Thermodynamics. Numerical based questions were Lengthy but Easy. Few fact-based questions from class XII chapters of NCERT were also asked.
- Chemistry – Easy to Moderate. Organic Chemistry was given more weightage compared to Inorganic & Physical Chemistry. Questions asked from Periodic Table, Chemical Bonding, d & f Block elements, Coordination Compounds, p-block elements, Chemical Kinetics, Thermodynamics, Stoichiometry, General Organic Chemistry, Alcohol, Ether & Phenol, Biomolecules, Amines, , Aryl & Alkyl halides with mixed concept questions. Some fact-based questions from NCERT were asked.
In terms of order of Difficulty – Mathematics was Moderate while Physics was Easy. Overall, this paper was of Moderate level as per students.