JEE Main PYQ Trends (2016–2026)
Which chapters are getting more important, and which are fading? This tracks every chapter's share across a decade of official papers — with a per-year sparkline and a rising / stable / falling verdict — from 6,077 previous-year questions.
Sparkline = questions per paper each year, 2016–2026 (normalised, so uneven paper counts don’t skew it). Weightage shown as ±5% range.
Sparkline = questions per paper each year, 2016–2026 (normalised, so uneven paper counts don’t skew it). Weightage shown as ±5% range.
Sparkline = questions per paper each year, 2016–2026 (normalised, so uneven paper counts don’t skew it). Weightage shown as ±5% range.
How to read this
The sparkline shows a chapter's questions-per-paper for each year from 2016–2026, normalised so that years with more papers don't distort the picture. The trend tag compares recent years with earlier ones. Weightage is the chapter's overall share of questions, shown as a ±5% range. Prioritise chapters that are both high-weightage and rising.
Frequently asked questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How is the chapter trend calculated?
We count how many questions each chapter got in every JEE Main paper from 2016–2026, normalise to questions-per-paper (so years with more papers don’t skew it), then compare recent years with earlier years to mark each chapter rising, stable or falling.
Should I only study the rising chapters?
No — weightage is what matters most, and the top chapters stay important year to year. Use the trend as a secondary signal: a high-weightage chapter that is also rising is an especially safe bet for your revision time.
Is this data reliable?
It is a factual count from 6,077 real previous-year questions across 74 official papers — not an opinion. Weightage figures are shown as ±5% ranges to avoid false precision.
Also useful: most important chapters · JEE Main PYQ papers.