JEE Mains exams: 'Physics tough, maths a bit easy'

 Students who wrote the offline Joint Entrance Examination or JEE (Mains) on Saturday said they found the physics portion quite tough and chemistry and mathematics relatively easy.

The test is divided into two parts: Paper 1 comprising questions on physics, chemistry and mathematics for BE and BTech aspirants; and paper 2 for B.Arch and B.Planning aspirants.

“The paper seemed a little difficult for me. Physics and mathematics were pretty tough and I felt they were lengthy. Chemistry was easy and question banks helped me a lot,” said Vishal Naik, a student of Deeksha Network.

Kingfley, another student of Deeksha Network, Hubballi, said, “The paper was moderate. Physics and maths took a long time to complete. Chemistry was easy and direct.”

Speaking about the difficulty level of the physics paper, Ajay Antony, course director, JEE, T.I.M.E, a coaching Institute, said, “Some of the physics questions were lengthy and needed innovative thinking to solve them. Mathematics was rated ‘easy to medium’. The paper this year had more or less the same difficulty level like the paper last year.”

Calling the physics portion “thought provoking”, Sridhar G, managing director, Ace Creative Learning, said that as much as 46 per cent of the paper had very difficult questions.

According to BASE, there were no surprises in the chemistry paper, while maths was easy, albeit with a few lengthy questions. The online JEE (Mains) is scheduled for April 10 and April 11.