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JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 Exam Analysis OUT, Moderate Paper, Student Reactions

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• Updated on 21 Jan, 2026, 7:29 PM, by Souvik Podder

JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 exam has been conducted successfully from 3 PM to 6 PM. As per students' reactions, the overall difficulty level was moderate. Mathematics was difficult, Physics was moderate, and Chemistry was easy.

JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 Exam Analysis OUT, Moderate Paper, Student Reactions

JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 Exam Analysis has been released. Shift 2 of the JEE Main Jan 21 exam has been conducted successfully from 6 PM to 9 PM. As per the students’ reactions, the difficulty level of the January 21 Shift 2 paper was moderate. Mathematics was hard & lengthy, Physics were rated moderate and formula-based, and Chemistry was rated easy.

 

JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 Exam Analysis (OUT)

According to the students who appeared in the exam, the overall difficulty level of the paper was moderate. Candidates can check the subject-wise difficulty level in the table below.

JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 Exam Analysis (Out)

Overall Difficulty Level

Moderate

Difficulty Level of Mathematics

Difficult and lengthy

Difficulty Level of Physics

Moderate and formula-based

Difficulty Level of Chemistry

Easy and doable

Topics Asked in Mathematics

Vector and Calculus, Differential, Coordinate, Circle, Statistics, Probability, Ellipse, and Inverse Trigonometry

Topics Asked in Physics

Thermodynamics, fluids, energy, and EM waves, Friction, Gravitation, Potential Energy, Wave optics.

Topics Asked in Chemistry

Organic Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry had higher weightage

 

JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 Detailed Paper Analysis

Candidates can check the subject-wise detailed JEE Main 2026 January 21 shift 2 exam analysis below. As per the students, the overall paper was moderate.

  • Physics was rated moderate and formula-based. Questions were asked from Thermodynamics, fluids, energy, and EM waves, Friction, Gravitation, Potential Energy, and Wave optics.
  • Mathematics was rated as difficult. Questions were asked from vector and calculus, differential, coordinate, circle, statistics, probability, ellipse, and inverse trigonometry.
  • Chemistry was rated easy in terms of overall difficulty level. Most of the questions were asked about organic, but the weightage of inorganic was higher.

 

JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 Question Paper and Solutions

Students will share memory-based questions for the JEE Main 2026 Shift 2 exam after the exam ends. JEE Main experts will provide the solutions for the JEE Main 2026 January 21 Shift 2 Question Paper. Candidates can check the shift 2 memory-based questions below.

 

JEE Main 2026 Marks vs Percentile

Candidates appearing in the JEE Main 2026 exam can check the table below for the latest JEE Main 2026 Marks vs Percentile. Candidates with 290 to 300 marks can expect a 99th to 100th percentile.

Marks Range

Expected Percentile

Estimated Rank Range

300-290

100 - 99.99989

1 - 15

289-280

99.99908 - 99.99745

16 - 36

279-270

99.99417 - 99.99347

37 - 100

269-260

99.99016 - 99.98881

101 - 160

259-250

99.97720 - 99.96976

161 - 428

249-240

99.95028 - 99.94664

429 - 755

239-230

99.91595 - 99.93498

756 - 1,189

229-220

99.86623 - 99.90111

1,190 - 1,893

219-210

99.80777 - 99.85161

1,894 - 2,720

209-200

99.73129 - 99.79506

2,721 - 3,803

199-190

99.62402 - 99.71083

3,804 - 5,320

189-180

99.48033 - 99.59739

5,321 - 7,354

179-170

99.29558 - 99.45693

7,355 - 9,968

169-160

99.06985 - 99.27208

9,969 - 13,163

159-150

98.77819 - 99.02861

13,164 - 17,290

149-140

98.40768 - 98.73238

17,291 - 22,533

139-130

97.94047 - 98.31741

22,534 - 29,145

129-120

97.35425 - 97.81126

29,146 - 37,440

119-110

96.60949 - 97.14293

37,441 - 47,979

109-100

95.64338 - 96.20455

47,980 - 61,651

99-90

94.39636 - 94.99859

61,652 - 79,298

89-80

92.76234 - 93.47123

79,299 - 102,421

79-70

90.41098 - 91.07212

102,422 - 135,695

69-60

87.06073 - 87.51222

135,696 - 183,105

59-50

81.57582 - 82.01606

183,106 - 260,722

49-40

73.08140 - 73.28780

260,723 - 380,928

39-30

59.84001 - 58.15149

380,929 - 568,308

29-20

40.34692 - 37.69452

568,309 - 844,157

19-10

20.95045 - 13.49584

844,158 - 1,118,638

9-0

6.59980 - 0.84351

1,118,639 - 1,200,000+