JEE Mains 2025 Session 1: Know difficulty level as First Shift exam on Day 1 ends; Candidates call ‘physics tough’

JEE Mains 2025 Session 1: The Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 officially began today i.e. January 22. As the first session of Shift 1 concluded, several candidates shared their experiences and views on the exam's difficulty. Candidates in the first shift appeared for the Engineering (BE/BTech, paper 1) exam.

JEE Mains shift 1 timings

The JEE Main Session 1 exam is being held in 2 shifts. The exam time for shift 1 is 9 AM to 12 PM while the second shift exams starts at 3 PM- 6 PM.

JEE Main 2025 Session 1: Student reactions on the difficulty level of Shift 1 exam

A candidate from Patna's Pataliputra, Abhinav Raj, said that as per difficulty, the paper was moderate, though he found Chemistry to be particularly tough.

“My paper went well. It was a moderate paper. Chemistry was a bit tough, but Mathematics and Physics were of a moderate difficulty level,” Raj said as quoted by Hindustan Times.

One candidate from Haryana's Panchkula, Mansi, found the Mathematics section of the JEE Main 2025 exam ‘challenging and lengthy’, while she said, "the Physics and Chemistry sections were easier,” she said as quoted by HT report.

Another candidate from Panchkula named Shakshi described the Mathematics section as difficult. She said, “Calculus was in good weightage, Physics was moderate and Chemistry was easy Organic chemistry didn't come that much, as compared to inorganic chemistry,” she said as quoted by HT.

JEE Main Session 1 Shift 1 exam rescheduled in Bengaluru

The NTA also issued a notification informing that exam for JEE Main Session 1 Shift 1 for 114 candidates in Bengaluru has been rescheduled due to technical snag. The NTA also gave a new date for the same exam.

As per the notification, “Due to unavoidable reason of technical snag in Examination CentreeTalent, (TC code- 40086), No.3, Belmar Estate, Nagasandra Main Rd, Amaravathi Layout, Nagara Bavi, Nalagadderanahalli, Peenya Bengaluru, Karnataka, during conduct of JEE (Main)-2025 Session-I (Shift-I) Examination on 22 January 2025, the examination for 114 affected candidates are rescheduled and will be conducted on 28/29 January 2025. These candidates will be issued with fresh admit cards alongwith other candidates scheduled to appear on the above mentioned dates.”