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Hey! Have you registered for the JEE Main 2023 examination? Not yet? Then let me remind you, the closing date for JEE Main 2023 is the 16th of January. Register yourself as soon as possible and come one step closer to your dream.

Millions of students think about the JEE Main entrance exam, but few get selected and pursue their careers in top engineering colleges of India.

I am going to differentiate these millions of students into three categories. Firstly, who drop their idea before facing the exam. Second, who gets eliminated or score low rank in All India Rank (AIR) but face the difficulty level of exam and gain experience. Third, they don’t lose their patience, courage, hope, and most importantly their dream. Their dream to get admission into IITs and NITs.

See Also: Fill JEE Mains Application Form – Complete Guide

Here in this article, we provide you complete detail of previous year question papers, sample papers, and tips on how to prepare for the JEE Main 2023 written exam. Have a look:

JEE Main Previous Years Question Papers

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Set-F Set-B Set-F Set-B Set-B 10 Jan SF-2
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Set-G Set-C Set-G Set-C Set-C 7 Apr SF-1
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Set-H Set-D Set-H Set-D Set-D 9 Apr SF-2
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To JEE Main aspirants, it is very important to know the importance of the previous year’s question papers. Everyone knows that practicing from previous year question papers are very helpful for exams but a few aspirants follow this. Previous year question papers are those papers that were asked in the past years of the JEE Main examination and is the best source of a variety of questions for both JEE Main and JEE Advanced exam. It gives you a paper analysis i.e. the pattern of exams was coming in the past years, the difficulty level of exams which is increasing every year. Practice makes a man perfect, but doing practice in the right manner gives your preparation in the right direction. By solving questions regularly from the previous year’s question papers will boost your confidence, accuracy, and consequently your scores in the actual exam. Here are the benefits of previous papers: Benefits of Previous Year  JEE Main Question Papers

  • By solving previous year papers, one gets to know the weightage and division of topics section-wise. Distribution of syllabus will give you clarity and a better way to prepare for exams.
  • By analyzing at least the past 5 years question papers, you get to know the level of examination and can predict the level of an upcoming exam, also with the help of JEE Main Cutoff marks, you will know how much score you need to get through the exams.
  • While practicing from previous year’s papers, one can enhance time management skills. The board is providing a total of 3 hours of duration for the exam and with practice, you will be able to manage your questions within the given time period and score good marks.
  • Regularity in your practice builds your question-solving skills.

How to do Practice from Previous Year Question Papers First, you need to gather previous year question papers, at least, last 5 years, and keep them in front of you. Observe them one by one and jot down the questions from a similar topic. You can also distinguish the questions according to their distribution of marks. Understand the way with which the board is asking the questions in the previous year papers and what is the difficulty level of that question, then mark them with a pen or a highlighter. After getting the pattern of paper and questions, make a list ready for your preparation and include the weightage of marks according to the topic of a particular subject. JEE Main Sample PapersCentral Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), issued the sample papers to prepare for JEE Main exam.

Practice from sample papers is always recommended from seniors, teachers around us. Every aspirant must follow it.JEE Main examination is considered one of the toughest and very stressful exams in India. If you solve more and more sample papers regularly, no doubt it will surely reduce your stress. Sample papers are there to provide an overview of the pattern of examination and the marks weightage according to the topics covered in the syllabus by the paper setting board, it’s like a blueprint for students. It also gives a suggestion about the difficulty of questions, as it enables students to get the idea about the toughest and the easiest questions which can be framed from a particular topic and thus helps the students in their preparation. But if you are planning to start your preparation from sample papers directly, then definitely this will not work out. As we all know that, practicing from sample papers and previous year question papers are important from the exam point of view, Yes it is! But before that, you must be aware of the JEE Main exam syllabus.

Clear your topics subject wise and then attempt the sample papers, it will increase your speed and confidence too. By attempting sample papers you will also get to know your weakness and strong points. And, this will really help you in your exam time. How To Prepare For JEE Main Written Exam-prior to JEE Main and JEE Advance the engineering entrance test was known by the name; AIEEE and IIT-JEE but after 2013, Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) is introduced and it replaced the above two tests, which, the students used to give earlier. Now, there is only one exam for engineering i.e. JEE which is managed and conducted by CBSE. The joint entrance examination is further divided into two parts i.e. JEE Main and JEE Advance.

Candidates who want to pursue their careers in B.Tech/B.E. and B.Arch/B.Planning can apply for the JEE Main 2021 examination which is conducted in the month of Feb to May And, those who want to take admission in IITs must qualify both the exams of JEE Main first then JEE Advance.11,86,454 candidates appeared for the JEE Main exam out of which 2,21,427 candidates were qualified for JEE Advance exam. And the success rate in JEE Mains is approximately 18%. As the difficulty level is rising every year, candidates have to give their 100% dedication and hard work into their preparation. The syllabus for JEE Main is totally covered from the books i.e. NCERT. Nothing will come out of the syllabus, so this is an advantage for students who are giving board exams in. By completing your syllabus book and  practicing from the previous year and sample papers, you will absolutely get through your JEE Main exam.# Important Tips

  • Start your preparation now, as early as you can.
  • Make a proper schedule for your studies.
  • Assemble your notes or any reference book.
  • Make a list of your JEE Main syllabus and place it with your daily schedule or time table.
  • Complete the topics one by one and mark your syllabus list, so that you will revise it at the time of the exam.
  • Maintain regularity in your preparation.
  • Do some mind relaxation exercises, so that you will be very focused and confident at the time of the exam.
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  1. Please upload the same for jee advance 2018
    Bcoz exams are coming near so please upload soon

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