JEE Main 2025 Session 1: Day 5 Exam Begins, Paper Analysis Soon – News18

Last Updated:January 29, 2025, 10:50 IST

JEE Main 2025 Session 1: Students described the Day 4 exam as having an overall moderate level of difficulty, with the Mathematics paper being particularly lengthy.

JEE Main 2025 Day 5 Paper Analysis: The National Testing Agency (NTA) began the JEE Main 2025 Session 1 on January 22, 2025. Today, January 29, marks the fifth day of the exam. Each day, the exam is conducted in two shifts: the first shift runs from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm, while the second shift takes place from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Candidates aiming for BE/BTech courses appear for JEE Main Paper 1, while those seeking BArch admissions will take Paper 2.

Paper 1 included 75 questions, divided into three sections: Physics, Chemistry, and Maths. According to NTA guidelines, students had 3 hours to complete the exam, which carried a total of 300 marks.

The evaluation will be as per the following marking scheme:

Every correct answer: +4 marks

Every incorrect answer: -1 mark

Unattempted question: 0 marks

Meanwhile, the NTA has changed the examination centre for candidates in Ayodhya amid a massive gathering of devotees for the Mahakumbh in the city. The original centre, Institute for Advanced Computer Technology, located at 21/03/44/03, Behind Choti Devkali Mandir, Tulsi Nagar, Ayodhya, Faizabad (UP-224723), will no longer be used.

The new examination centre has been set at SRS Digital Institute, MIG-35 Kaushalpuri Colony Phase-2, Ayodhya.

On January 22, 2025, NTA announced the rescheduling of the JEE Main-2025 exam for 114 candidates who appeared at the eTalent Examination Centre (TC Code-40086) in Bengaluru due to a technical snag that occurred during the first shift.