Change in paper pattern of JEE Main 2025, know what has changed.

The National Testing Agency (NTA) has changed the pattern of JEE Mains 2025. Candidates can read the details of the change in the news below.

The National Testing Agency has made a big announcement regarding JEE Main 2025. The National Testing Agency i.e. NTA has announced that Section B of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Main 2025 question papers will not include optional questions. NTA said that this will apply to both Engineering (BE/BTech, Paper 1) and Architecture and Planning (BArch/BPlanning, Paper 2) exams. An official notice has been issued in this regard. Candidates can check the notice by visiting the official website.

In a separate announcement, the agency said that the official website for JEE Main 2025 is jeemain.nta.ac.in and the registration process will start in due time. According to the agency, the additional questions introduced in 2021 were designed to address various pedagogical challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. It was introduced in 2021 and lasted till 2024, but now it is changing the pattern from next year.

How was the pattern earlier

For the last four editions, the JEE Main exam paper consisted of 90 questions - 20-20 from Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics in Section A and 10-10 questions from three subjects in Section B. Candidates had to attempt five questions from each of the three subjects of Section B. But now in 2025, the National Testing Agency will follow the old pattern of JEE Mains, where Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics will have 25 questions each.