JEE Syllabus Tracker

Exam pattern and marking

• JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E. or B.Tech): a 3-hour computer-based test. Each subject has Section A with 20 multiple-choice questions and Section B with 5 numerical-value questions. All 75 questions are compulsory.
• Marking: +4 for a correct answer, minus 1 for a wrong answer, 0 if you leave it blank. Negative marking applies to numerical answers too.
• Two sessions: January and April. Raw marks become NTA scores so shifts can be compared.
• JEE Advanced: two compulsory 3-hour papers on one day. In 2026 it was held on 17 May by IIT Roorkee. Question types can change between years, so read each brochure.

What changed recently

• 2024 syllabus cut: NTA removed Mathematical Induction and Mathematical Reasoning from Maths, and Communication Systems plus some experimental skills from Physics. Chemistry lost eight chapters: States of Matter, Surface Chemistry, Isolation of Metals, Hydrogen, s-Block Elements, Environmental Chemistry, Polymers and Chemistry in Everyday Life.
• 2025 pattern change: Section B lost its choice. From 2021 to 2024 you picked 5 of 10 numerical questions. Now there are exactly 5 per subject and all count.
• JEE Advanced kept its scope. Its 2026 syllabus still covers the removed Chemistry chapters, so Advanced aspirants cannot drop them.
• 2027: no syllabus or pattern change had been announced by 28 September 2026.

How to use the tracker's six milestones

• Lectures (25%): you have been taught, or have self-studied, the whole chapter once.
• Notes (15%): a short formula and concept sheet you can revise in 15 minutes.
• NCERT (15%): textbook read, with in-text and exercise questions done. This matters most in Chemistry.
• Practice (20%): a full set of chapter problems from your module or a standard book, with mistakes marked.
• PYQs (15%): past JEE Main questions for that chapter, solved against the clock.
• Revision (10%): a later pass where you redo the marked mistakes without looking at solutions.

A realistic plan to cover 95 chapters

• Class 11 (50 chapters): about one chapter a week. Basic Mathematics, Kinematics, Laws of Motion and the Mole Concept feed into most later chapters, so give them extra time. Use the summer after Class 11 to clear backlog and PYQs.
• Class 12, April to November (45 chapters): new chapters on weekdays and one Class 11 revision block every weekend.
• December to mid-January: finish a full revision and take 3-hour mocks, building up to two or three a week before Session 1.
• February to April: use your Session 1 result to pick weak chapters, get through board exams, then sit Session 2. Aiming for Advanced? Add past Advanced papers.
• Revision cycles: plan at least three passes. The Revision pill marks the first.
• PYQs: start with papers from 2024 onward, since they match the current syllabus. Older papers still help, but skip questions on removed topics if you are only writing JEE Main.
• Track real hours: time practice sets on the focus timer and log your day with a free online study timer. See how many hours to study for JEE for daily targets.

Where recent papers put the weight

• Mathematics: the longest and toughest section. Many questions came from coordinate geometry, calculus (definite integrals, application of derivatives), matrices and determinants, and vectors and 3D geometry.
• Physics: electrostatics, capacitors, current electricity, optics and modern physics came up often, mostly as formula-based numericals.
• Chemistry: a steady tilt toward NCERT-based questions.

Common mistakes

• Working from an old chapter list that still includes removed topics.
• Ticking Lectures and moving on. Most of the marks are won at the Practice and PYQs stages.
• Guessing numerical answers. Since 2025 a wrong numerical answer costs a mark, just like a wrong MCQ.
• Taking mocks without reviewing them. Spend at least as long on the analysis as on the test.

Frequently asked questions