How Many Questions Are There in JEE Mains

Preparing for JEE Mains 2024 and am curious to know how many questions there are in JEE Mains. This article will provide all the answers regarding the number of questions candidates must attempt in the JEE Mains 2024 Exam.

How many questions are there in JEE Mains: The question 'How many questions are there in JEE Mains?' is a common concern for aspiring engineering students in India. The JEE Mains Entrance exam for engineering aspirants conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) is highly competitive are requires extensive preparations with a strategic approach. Knowledge about the total number of questions asked in the JEE mains exam from different subjects is a great source of information for candidates appearing for the JEE mains exam 2024. In this article, we will discuss the number of questions and marks distribution of different subjects in the JEE mains exam to keep candidates better informed and updated.

JEE Mains Exam Pattern Highlights

There will be two papers in the JEE Main 2024 exam: Paper 1 for B.Tech/B.E and Paper 2 for B.Arch/B.Plan. Paper 2 is further separated into two papers, Paper 2A and 2B. The subjects included in each paper are as follows:

Paper 1 (B.Tech): Mathematics, Physics, and Chemistry
Paper 2A (B.Arch): Mathematics, Aptitude, and Drawing
Paper 2B (B.Planning): Mathematics, Aptitude, and Planning

The highlights of the JEE mains exam are given below.

JEE Mains Exam Pattern Highlights
Parameters	JEE Main 2024 B.Tech Exam Pattern	JEE Main 2024 B.Arch Exam Pattern	JEE Main 2024 B.Planning Exam Pattern
Mode of Examination	CBT Mode	Mathematics and Aptitude - CBT Mode Drawing- offline mode	CBT Mode
Duration of exam	3 hours	3 hours	3 hours
Total subjects	Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics	Mathematics, Aptitude Test, and Drawing Test	Mathematics, Aptitude Test, and Planning Based subject
Number of questions Asked	30 questions from each subject (Total 90)	Maths- 30 Aptitude- 50 Drawing- 2 (Total 82)	Maths- 30 Aptitude- 50 Planning Based-25 (Total 105)
Number of questions to be Answered	25 questions from each subject (Total 75)	Maths- 25 Aptitude- 50 Drawing- 2 (Total 77)	Maths- 25 Aptitude- 50 Planning Based-25 (Total 100)
Maximum Marks	300 Marks	400 Marks	400 Marks

JEE Mains Types of Questions

Paper 1(B.Tech): There will be a total of 60 MCQ-type questions having four options, each with one correct option and another 30 questions for which the answer is a numerical value.
Paper 2A(B.Arch): There will be 20 MCQ and ten numerical answer-based questions from mathematics. The Aptitude section contains 50 MCQ,s and the Drawing section has two questions.
Paper 2B (B.Plan): The Mathematics section will contain 20 MCQs and ten numerical answer-based questions. The Aptitude section contains 50 MCQs and will be Planning-based 25 objective-type questions.

JEE Mains Questions Marking Scheme

For each correct answer, four marks will be given
For each wrong answer, there will be a deduction of 1 mark
No marks will be given for unattempted questions
For the Drawing section, there will be two questions a total of 100 marks

JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.) Number of Questions

There will be 30 questions each from the physics, chemistry, and mathematics sections.
Each subject will have two sections, Section A and Section B.
Section A will have 30 Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs), and Section B will contain 10 Numerical Value Questions.
In Section A, candidates have to attempt any 25 questions out of 30 given questions.
In Section B, candidates should answer any five questions out of 10 given questions.

The subject-wise number of questions and marks distribution is given in the below table.

JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.) Number of Questions
Subjects	Maximum Number of Questions		Number of questions to answer	Marks
	Section A	Section B
Physics	20	10	25	100
Chemistry	20	10	25	100
Mathematics	20	10	25	100
Total	90 questions		75 questions	300

JEE Main Paper 2 (B.Arch.) Number of Questions

There will be 82 questions, out of which 77 must be answered.
Section A of the Mathematics section will have 20 multiple-choice questions, and Section B will contain 10 questions whose answers will be numerical.
In Section B, any five questions out of 10 questions are to be attempted by candidates.
No marks are deducted for wrong answers in Section B.

The subject-wise number of questions and marks distribution is given in the below table.

JEE Main Paper 2 (B.Arch.) Number of Questions
Subjects	Maximum Number of Questions		Number of questions to answer	Marks
	Section A	Section B
Mathematics	20	10	25	100
Aptitude Test	50		50	200
Drawing	02		2	100
Total	82 questions		77 questions	400

JEE Main Paper 2 (B.Plan.) Number of Questions

There will be 105 questions, out of which 100 questions need to be answered.
Section A of the Mathematics section will have 20 multiple-choice questions, and Section B will contain ten questions whose answers will be given as a numerical value.
In Section B, candidates have to attempt any five questions out of 10 questions.
There will be no negative marking for Section B.

The subject-wise number of questions and marks distribution is given in the below table.

JEE Main Paper 2 (B.Plan.) Number of Questions
Subjects	Maximum Number of Questions		Number of questions to answer	Marks
	Section A	Section B
Mathematics	20	10	25	100
Aptitude Test	50		50	200
Planning-based questions	25		25	100
Total	105 questions		100 questions	400 marks

How Many Questions in JEE Mains FAQs

Q1. How many Non-MCQ questions have been included in the B.E/ B. Tech Paper of JEE Main 2024?

Ans. There will be ten questions each from Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics, which are not MCQ types and for which answers will be numerical values.

Q2. How many questions are to be answered in each of the physics, chemistry, and mathematics sections of the JEE Mains 2024?

Ans. There will be 20 MCQ-type questions in Section A and ten numerical value-based questions in Section B for each of the physics, chemistry, and mathematics sections of JEE Mains 2024. Out of 10 questions in Section B, candidates must answer five questions. Therefore, out of a total 90 questions, only 75 to be answered in the JEE mains 2024.

Q3. Is there any negative marking in the JEE Mains 2024 exam?

Ans. As per the marking scheme, there will be a deduction of 1 mark for each incorrect answer in both MCQ and numeric value-based answer questions.

Q4. What are the numerical value questions in the JEE Mains exam?

Ans. In JEE Main, NTA included ten questions in each subject, which have solutions in numerical values. Students will only need to respond to 15 questions out of 30 questions that are of the numerical value type. The answers to these questions will be of numerical values and should be rounded to the closest integer.

Q5. Are the JEE mains conducted offline or online?

Ans. The JEE Main exam is conducted in computer-based online mode. The B.Tech and B. Plan exams are entirely conducted online, whereas the B.Arch exam is mainly conducted online with a drawing component conducted offline.