NTA Revises JEE Main 2025 Exam Pattern, Know What Changed

The NTA has revised the JEE Main 2025 exam pattern, removing optional questions in Section B.

JEE Main 2025: All five numerical questions per subject will now be mandatory. (Representative Image)

Source : ABPLIVE_AI

JEE Main 2025 Exam Pattern: The National Testing Agency (NTA) has introduced significant revisions to the JEE Main 2025 exam pattern. Section B of the question papers will no longer include optional questions. This change will apply to both the Engineering (BE/BTech, Paper 1) and Architecture and Planning (BArch/BPlanning, Paper 2) exams.

Additionally, the NTA has stated that the official website for JEE Main 2025 is jeemain.nta.ac.in, and the registration process will commence soon. More details on the registration and exam schedule will be available in due course.

Previously, students attempting JEE Main were given the flexibility to answer any 5 out of 10 numerical questions in Section B of each subject. This format was introduced in 2021 to accommodate the difficulties caused by the pandemic and remained in place through the 2024 exams.

However, starting with JEE Main 2025, this option will be removed. Section B will now contain only 5 numerical questions per subject, all of which will be mandatory, marking a return to the pre-2021 format. 

“Since the declaration of UN World Health Organization (WHO) on the COVID-19 as an end of Public health emergency on 05 May 2023, it has been decided to discontinue the optional selection of questions. The examination structure would return to its original format, where Section B will contain only 5 (five) questions per subject, and candidates will be required to attempt all 5 (five) questions, without any options for selection in JEE (Main) 2025 for Paper 1 (B.E./B. Tech), Paper 2 A (B Arch) and Paper 2 B (B Planning),” the NTA notification reads.

JEE Main, a national-level entrance exam for engineering programmes, will maintain its structure with three sections: Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. The exam will include 90 questions—30 from each subject. Section A will consist of 20 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) per subject, while Section B will feature 5 mandatory numerical questions. The exam duration will remain three hours.