How To Prepare For JEE Main Paper 2 in 6 Months

JEE Main Paper 2 is the national level entrance exam conducted by NTA for admission into top architecture schools across the Country.

Are you planning to appear for JEE Main Paper 2 Exam but worried about clearing the exam? Well, with proper preparation, you can remove the exam with a  high score. 

This post shall take you through the previous year's JEE Main Paper 2 trend and difficulty level. By going through the JEE Main Paper Exam trend, you can get an idea about the difficulty level of the question paper, the type of questions asked, how many have cleared the exam and more. 

Previous Year JEE Main Paper 2 Exam Trend

Over the years, there is an increase in the number of students taking up JEE Main paper 2 Exam. Let us understand the statistical data of last year's JEE Main Paper 2 Exam Analysis below. 

What is the difficulty level of JEE Main paper 2?

Let us go through the previous year difficulty level of JEE Main Paper 2 Exam. 

Subject	2021	2020	2019
Mathematics	Easy to Moderate	Easy to Moderate	Difficult
Aptitude	Easy	Easy	Easy
Drawing	Easy	Easy	Easy
Planning	Easy	-	-

What is a good score in JEE Main paper 2?

A good score means that it lets you be shortlisted for JEE Advanced Exam. Generally, a good score in JEE Main is 250+. Currently, NTA shall announce the JEE Main Paper 2 Result in percentile.

The below table shows the estimated percentile based on the previous year data. From the below data, you can understand that you need to score at least 200-210 marks in JEE Mains Exam to get shortlisted for JEE Advanced. 

Year	JEE Main Cutoff for JEE Advanced (General Category)	SC	ST	OBC
2020	90.3765335	50.1760245	39.0696101	72.8887969
2019	90 Percentile	40	40	70
2017 (in Marks)	81	32	27	49
2016 (in Marks)	100	52	48	70
2015 (in Marks)	105	50	44	70
2014 (in Marks)	115	53	47	74

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What is a good score to get admission to NITs?

If you wish to get admission in NITs through JEE Main, a good score can be around 85-95 percentile. Along with this percentile, you must secure a rank between 15000-20000 to get admission to top NITs. 

As per the previous year's trend, whoever secured ranks between 1-20000 could get admission into top NITs across the country. 

What is a good score to get admission in IITs?

To get admission to top IITs, a good score of 80-90 percentile is required. It would help if you got a rank between 1-25000 to get admission to top IITs across the country. 

Previously, whose ranks were between 1-25000 could get admission into top IITs. A few candidates whose ranks were beyond 25,000 - 1,00,000 also made it to IIITs (newer IIITs/ regional-level IIITs).

What is a good score to get admission to Top Engineering Colleges?

If you wish to get admission to top engineering colleges in India (apart from IITs, NITs or IIITs), you must have above 80 percentile in JEE Main exam. There is also an option to appear for entrance exams conducted by various deemed universities.