JEE Main 13th April 2023 (Shift 1 & 2) Question Paper Analysis

Here is a detailed analysis of the JEE Main 13th April 2023 Shift 1 and 2 question paper.

By Topperlearning Expert 13th Apr, 2023 | 11:56 pm

Day 6 of JEE Main 2023 Session 2 was conducted today. As per the NTA guidelines, the first shift was concluded at 12:00 pm and the second at 6:00 pm.

Thousands of BE/BTech aspirants appeared for the exam. The desire to get admission into the esteemed Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs), National Institutes of Technology (NITs), and other centrally funded technical institutes (CFTIs) was reflected in their zeal for the JEE exam.

If you have to appear for the upcoming shifts, review the question paper analysis of the 13th April Shift 1 and 2 exams below. The analysis is based on expert and student feedback.

Students must be mindful of the paper pattern. They need to answer 90 questions in the paper. According to the marking scheme, every correct answer will help them score 4 marks, while an incorrect answer would lead to the deduction of 1 mark. No marks will be deducted for unanswered questions.

The official JEE Main 2023 Session 2 Answer Key will be released soon after the exam ends.

1st Shift, 13th April 2023: Major Highlights

JEE candidates who appeared for the 13th April Shift 1 exam summarised the question paper as follows:

The question paper was moderately difficult, similar to the previous sections.
Maths was the toughest, and Physics was the easiest of the three.
The class 12 syllabus was more in focus for this shift.
Several questions in Maths were from JEE-specific topics.
Students felt the paper was well-balanced.

JEE Main 13th April 2023 Shift 1 Question Paper Analysis

The following 13th April 2023 Shift 1 paper analysis is based on students’ feedback.

Particulars

Maths

Chemistry

Physics

Difficulty level

Moderate-Difficult

Easy-Moderate

Key points

Questions were asked from all chapters. Some JEE-specific topics were more in focus.

The questions were mostly straightforward, but the calculations were tricky.

Mixed concept questions were given from Circle, Parabola, Hyperbola, and Ellipse.

The calculations in the Numerical Section were lengthy.

The paper focused on the following topics:

The paper was time-consuming and tricky.

The NAT section had questions from Physical Chemistry.

Organic Chemistry enjoyed more weightage. Inorganic Chemistry was more in focus than Physical Chemistry.

Organic chemistry had mixed-concept questions from Aryl & Alkyl halides, Aldehydes & Ketones, Amines, and Polymers.

Numerical-based questions were given from Solutions, Chemical Kinetics, Thermodynamics, and Ionic Equilibrium.

These topics enjoyed more weightage:

The majority of the questions were formula based and from NCERT.

The following topics were given more weightage:

Overall: All three sections mainly focused on the class 12 syllabus. There were tricky questions for all three subjects. Students felt the paper was slightly more difficult than the January Session.

2nd shift, 13th April 2023: Major Highlights

The paper was moderately difficult.
It contained several NCERT-based questions.
Students reported the Mathematics section to be lengthy.
The Physics section was found the easiest of all by a majority of candidates.
Chemistry had several theoretical questions.

JEE Main 13th April 2023 Shift 2 Question Paper Analysis

The detailed 13th April 2023 Shift 2 paper analysis will be found below. It is based on students’ and experts’ feedback.

Particulars

Maths

Chemistry

Physics

Difficulty level

Moderate-Difficult

Easy-Moderate

Key points

The section was lengthy and moderately challenging.

Although most topics were covered, the paper was dominated by:

The paper was mostly based on NCERT books.

The paper mostly consisted of theoretical questions and fewer numerical questions from Physical Chemistry.

Overall, the questions from the Physical, Organic, and Inorganic branches were distributed evenly.

These topics were in focus:

The paper was fairly simple.

The following topics had more weightage:

Overall: The paper was much lengthier. NCERT was in focus for all three sections.

The full JEE Main 2023 13th April question paper will be available soon.

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