Previous Year Questions
26 years of questions · solve chapter-wise with solutions, browse by year, or take a timed mock test.
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Pick a subject to drill its chapter-wise previous year questions with solutions.
Previous year questions are the closest thing to insider information that JEE Main offers. NTA runs multiple shifts per session, which means dozens of real papers every year — and the chapter-wise weightage across those shifts is remarkably stable.
PYQs are also the only honest weightage data you have. Coaching material tells you what could be asked; ten years of real papers tell you what is asked, chapter by chapter, mark by mark. Before you spend a month on a low-yield chapter, the papers will tell you it isn't worth a week.
Every question in this bank is tagged to its chapter and pattern, with step-by-step solutions — so instead of scrolling a 200-page PDF, you drill exactly the chapter-wise questions where you currently lose marks.
Start with the chapter-wise grid above: pick the chapter you studied most recently and clear its PYQs first. Every question shows a full solution, and wrong answers automatically flow into your Mistakes Room for spaced review.
Bookmark the questions that surprised you, track your accuracy per chapter on the dashboard, and once a subject feels stable, graduate to full-length papers under the timer. A free account keeps all of this progress synced.
Once you clear a subject's PYQs at 70%+ accuracy, switch to timed practice — first the year-wise papers above, then full-length JEE Main mock tests in the real exam interface. PYQs build recognition; mocks build the temperament to use it under the clock.
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PYQs are necessary but not sufficient. They teach you what JEE Main actually asks and where the marks concentrate, but you still need concept-building first and mock tests after. The highest-scoring loop is: learn a chapter → solve its PYQs → fix mistakes → repeat.
The last 5–6 years cover every chapter that matters, and because NTA holds 10+ shifts per year since 2021, that's effectively 60+ real papers of practice.
Across shifts, absolutely — the same concept is routinely re-asked with different values within the same session. Chapter-wise PYQ practice is the fastest way to see every variant NTA uses.
Yes: +4 for a correct MCQ and −1 for a wrong one. Numerical (NAT) questions carry +4 with no negative marking in our mock engine, so unattempted numericals are wasted opportunities.
Right here — every JEE Main PYQ on BattleExam is free to solve online with detailed solutions, organised chapter-wise and by year. Unlike a PDF download, you get instant checking, solution walkthroughs and mistake tracking.
Yes. Every full paper on this page has a mock-test mode with the real JEE Main interface, timer and marking scheme, followed by an accuracy, speed and weak-chapter breakdown.
Also preparing for a related exam? Practice JEE Advanced previous year questions.