JEE Main chapter trends rising and falling
Comparing 2024–2026 with 2022–2023, 9 of the 54 current chapters took a clearly bigger share of their subject and 7 took a clearly smaller one. The biggest gains were Optics (+3.5 points), Physics and Measurement (+2.7 points) and Sets, Relations and Functions (+2.6 points).
Shares are measured among chapters still in the syllabus, so removing a chapter does not make the others look like they are rising.
Rising
9
chapters, 2024–2026 vs 2022–2023
Falling
7
Steady
38
Physics: 3 rising, 4 falling, 13 steady
Rising
- Optics7% → 10.5% (+3.5)
- Physics and Measurement2.6% → 5.3% (+2.7)
- Rotational Motion4% → 5.7% (+1.7)
Falling
- Oscillations and Waves6.4% → 4.7% (-1.7)
- Laws of Motion5.1% → 3.5% (-1.6)
- Gravitation4.3% → 2.7% (-1.6)
- Electromagnetic Waves3.5% → 2.5% (-1)
Chemistry: 3 rising, 1 falling, 16 steady
Rising
- Coordination Compounds6% → 7.9% (+1.9)
- Classification of Elements and Periodicity2.3% → 3.8% (+1.5)
- Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry4.2% → 5.6% (+1.4)
Falling
- Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen10% → 7.5% (-2.5)
Mathematics: 3 rising, 2 falling, 9 steady
Rising
- Sets, Relations and Functions4.5% → 7.1% (+2.6)
- Sequence and Series5.4% → 7% (+1.6)
- Vector Algebra4.8% → 6% (+1.2)
Falling
- Limit, Continuity and Differentiability12.1% → 8.8% (-3.3)
- Trigonometry6.9% → 4.8% (-2.1)
Frequently asked questions
Which JEE Main chapters are asked more often now?
Optics (Physics), Physics and Measurement (Physics), Sets, Relations and Functions (Maths), Coordination Compounds (Chemistry) and Rotational Motion (Physics) gained the most share in 2024–2026.
Which chapters are asked less often now?
Limit, Continuity and Differentiability (Maths), Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen (Chemistry), Trigonometry (Maths), Oscillations and Waves (Physics) and Laws of Motion (Physics) lost the most share in 2024–2026.
What counts as rising or falling?
A chapter is rising or falling when its average share in 2024–2026 is at least a quarter higher or lower than in 2022–2023, and the gap is at least 0.8 points.
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Chapter-wise weightage
Every chapter ranked by share of questions.
JEE Main syllabus 2026
Unit-wise topics for Paper 1, 2A and 2B.
Paper analysis by year
What each year's papers asked, chapter by chapter.
High-weightage chapters
How few chapters cover most of the paper.
Removed chapters
Chapters not in the 2026 syllabus.
Most repeated concepts
The concepts JEE Main asks most.
Counts are compiled from Edurack's JEE Main last five-year analysis (2022–2026) and count questions across all shifts and sessions of each year. Because the number of shifts changes every year, trends compare each chapter's share of the paper among chapters still in the syllabus, not raw counts. Past frequency is a trend guide, not a prediction. Chapters marked "not in syllabus" are absent from NTA's JEE Main 2026 syllabus; always check the latest NTA syllabus before skipping a chapter.