JEE MAIN 2014 Pattern and Analysis

JEE Main 2014 was conducted on 6

th
April 2014 in offline mode in 2173 centres within India
and abroad. A total of 11.84 lakh students would have appeared for this important national
exam. The exam was conducted from 9.30 12.30 hrs.
There were 4 versions for JEE MAIN 2014 E, F, G and H. The order of subjects in each
version was different; likewise the options for each question were shuffled too in different
versions; there were NO Assertion-Reasoning type questions in the paper in contrast to last
year in 2013 we had a total of 4 A-R type questions, 2 each in Mathematics and Chemistry.
But the total marks and the number of questions in ALL versions were the same.
Version Order of Subjects
E Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics
F Chemistry, Mathematics, Physics
G Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry
H Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry

Physics Part
Equal distribution of questions from Class 11 and Class 12 portions is seen in the paper.
Difficulty level of 6 questions was on the higher side. Mechanics and Electricity &
Magnetism had strong representation in the paper. Some areas like Properties of matter had
two difficult questions. Percentage of easy questions are more than that of JEE 2013, but the
Physics part of the paper was rated difficult by students.
The overall difficulty level of the Physics part is represented in the graph below and it is very
clear that the number of easy questions has gone up.
PHYSICS - JEE MAIN - Difficulty Analysis
(on a total of 120 marks)
33%
47%
20%
Easy
Medium
Difficult


The topic wise distribution of the questions is shown below:

PHYSICS - JEE MAIN - Topic wise Analysis
(on a total of 120 marks)
10%
3%
10%
23%
10%
3%
10%
24% 7%
Electricity & Magnetism
Heat & thermodynamics
Mechanics
Modern Physics
EM Waves,
Communication &
Electronics
Properties of Matter
Oscillations & Waves
Units & Measurements



Chemistry Part

Chemistry part of the JEE Main 2014 was in general considered to be easy as per student
perception. The distribution of questions across areas was favouring Organic and Physical
parts and most questions from theses two areas were not difficult, Inorganic Chemistry was
represented lesser in the paper, but questions were difficult in nature.
As given below about 47% of the paper was considered Easy and about 10% of the paper
was difficult and hence this was a student friendly paper.
CHEMISTRY - JEE MAIN - Difficulty Analysis
(on a total of 120 marks)
10%
47%
43%
Easy
Medium
Difficult


More emphasis was to Physical and Organic Chemistry portions and only a very nominal
representation was given to Inorganic Chemistry. The topic wise analysis of the JEE Main
2014 paper for Chemistry is shown below.
CHEMISTRY - JEE MAIN - Topic wise Analysis
(on a t ot al of 120 marks)
27%
37%
37%
Inorganic
Chemistry
Organic
Chemistry
Physical
Chemistry




Mathematics Part

Mathematics part of JEE Main 2014 was a student friendly paper, a well prepared student
would avoid those traps set in between. The paper has about 53% of marks from easy
category questions. Only few questions would have posed difficulty due to the lengthy/ tricky
nature of these questions.
There was only one question each from Statistics, trigonometry and Mathematical Reasoning
portions.
MATHEMATICS - JEE MAIN - Di ffi cul ty Anal ysi s
(on a t ot al of 120 mar ks)
53%
10%
37%
Easy
Medium
Difficult


Algebra, Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus had major shares; Coordinate Geometry
was represented lesser than last year. Topic wise analysis is given below.
MATHEMATICS - JEE MAIN - Topic wise Analysis
(on a total of 120 marks)
13%
20%
3%
31%
20%
3%
10%
Algebra
Coordinate Geometry
Differential Calculus
Integral Calculus
Trigonometry
Vectors & 3-D
Geometry
Mathematical
Reasoning & Statistics