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The students must practice the JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper to ace the JEE Advanced Exam. Our subject matter experts at Selfstudys have created the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced with solutions for all Physics, Chemistry, and Math subjects. Solving these question papers on a regular basis will help the students in increasing their confidence and solve them in the mentioned time duration. Apart from this, the speed and accuracy of the students are also boosted.

The JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper with solution helps the students to give a brief idea to all to the exam curriculum which includes the marking scheme of the exam, type of questions, difficulty level, weightage of each topic etc. All the students are advised to solve the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced on a regular basis as it helps the students to remain stress-free as there are high chances of getting stressed and anxious during exam days. Apart from this, solving the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced regularly also helps the students to know about the most common questions which always have higher chances of repeating every year.

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper PDF

Our subject matter experts at Selfstudys have taken the initiative to help the students score a decent rank in the JEE Advanced Exam. They have uploaded the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced to give the students an idea about the pattern of the question paper.

The JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper PDF will make exam preparation easy for all students as it enables them to get an idea about the method of answering the questions in the exam. The solutions will also be available absolutely free of cost which will make it easier for all the students to get an idea about the overview of the exam pattern.

JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper Year Wise

The JEE Advanced Previous Year question paper with solutions is created by our subject matter experts at Selfstudys in a year-wise format to give an overall idea of the changing patterns and trends of the question paper. This can help students get an overview of the exam pattern and also increases their chances of getting a good rank in their exams.

Difficulty Level Analysis For The JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Papers

The subject-matter experts at SelfStudys have completed a difficulty-level analysis of many JEE Advanced previous year question papers with solutions. You can go through the table below for more details.

**Difficulty Level Analysis For The JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Papers**
Years	PHYSICS	MATHS	CHEMISTRY	OVERALL
2024	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	General Moderate
2023	Moderate	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate	Moderate
2022	Moderate	Difficult	Moderate	Moderate to Difficult
2021	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate
2020	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate	Moderate
2019	Difficult	Difficult	Moderate	Difficult
2018	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate to Difficult	Moderate	Moderate to Difficult
2017	Moderate to Difficult	Difficult	Moderate	Difficult

JEE Advanced Previous Year Papers Trend Analysis

With the help of the image below, you can learn about the analysis of the questions that have appeared in the JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper. They are mentioned as per the chapters’ number in the NCERT books of each subject.

Subject-Wise JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper Analysis

In this section, we have mentioned the detailed analysis of the Previous Year's Question Paper for JEE Advanced on every subject.

Maths

**Maths JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper Analysis**
Chapter Name	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Sets, Relations, and Functions	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Algebra	7	9	7	9	3	9	3	5
Matrices	3	2	5	2	3	2	3	3
Probability and Statistics	1	2	3	2	5	2	6	4
Differential Calculus	9	5	5	10	7	5	6	3
Vectors	2	2	3	2	2	2	4	2
Trigonometry	2	2	3	3	3	2	3	3
Integral Calculus	5	7	4	3	4	7	2	5
Analytical Geometry	7	7	6	5	11	7	7	7
Total Questions	36	36	36	36	38	36	34	34

Chemistry

PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
Chapter Name	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
General Topics and Basic Concepts in Chemistry	-	3	1	5	1	1	-	1
Energetics	2	3	1	2	2	-	-	-
Gaseous and Liquid States	-	1	1	1	-	-	1	1
Electrochemistry	3	2	1	1	3	2	1	2
Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding	6	-	4	2	1	1	3	4
Solid State	1	1	-	1	1	1	1	-
Chemical Equilibrium	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	1
Solutions	2	2	1	1	2	1	2	1
Chemical Kinetics	1	2	1	1	1	3	4	2
Nuclear Chemistry	-	-	1	1	-	-	1	-
Surface Chemistry	1	-	-	-	1	1	1	1
Total Questions	18	16	12	17	14	12	16	13
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Chapter Name	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Preparation and Properties of the Elements	5	-	6	3	4	9	2	9
Ores and Minerals	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-
Principles of Qualitative Analysis	-	1	1	1	3	-	-	-
Isolation/ Preparation and Properties of the following non-metals	-	2	-	-	-	-	1	-
Extractive Metallurgy	-	-	2	1	1	2	-	-
Transition Elements (3d series)	1	4	1	2	4	1	2	-
Total Questions	6	7	11	7	12	12	5	9
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Chapter Name	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Concepts in Organic Chemistry	3	2	1	6	4	1	3	3
Reactions of Benzene	1	-	1	-	-	1	-	-
Preparation, Properties, and Reactions of Alkanes	-	-	1	-	1	-	1	-
Phenols	-	1	-	-	-	1	2	1
Preparation, Properties, and Reactions of Alkenes and Alkynes	1	-	2	1	3	1	4	1
Carbohydrates	-	1	2	1	-	3	2	4
Properties and Uses of Some Important Polymers	-	-	-	-	-	2	1	1
Characteristic Reactions	7	9	6	2	4	3	-	-
Practical Organic Chemistry	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-
Amino Acids and Peptides	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2
Total Questions	12	13	13	12	12	13	13	12

JEE Advanced Question Paper 2024 PDF

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JEE Advanced Question Paper 2023 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2022 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2020 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2019 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2018 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2017 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2016 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2015 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2014 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2013 PDF

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JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2012 PDF

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How JEE Advanced Previous Year Papers Marks Are Distributed?

As there are various sub-disciplines in the subjects, their marks are distributed in different ways across them. You can check out the images below for more details about this distribution.

JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper

JEE Advanced Paper 1 and Paper 2

The JEE Advanced is always conducted in two phases. The time of paper 1 is 9 am to 12 noon and the time of paper 2 is 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm. Only 2,50,000 students who will qualify for the JEE Mains Exam will be eligible for the JEE Advanced Exam.

JEE Advanced 2022 Paper 1

The JEE Advanced Paper 1 will give all the students a brief idea about the type of questions that will appear in the exam, the number of questions, and how much weightage they carry. A detailed explanation is mentioned below:

Sections	Question Type	No. of Questions	Maximum Marks
Section 1	MCQs	6	18
Section 2	Single Correct Option Questions	6	24
Section 3	Numericals	6	24

JEE Advanced 2022 Paper 2

The JEE Advanced Paper 2 will give the students a clear idea about the overall pattern of the examination which will appear in the exam. This includes the types of questions which will come in the exam, no. of questions, etc.

Sections	Type of Questions	Number of Questions	Maximum Marks
Section 1	MCQs	6	24
Section 2	Numerical Value Ques.	6	24
Section 3	Answer Questions (Integers)	6	18

JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper With Solutions

The Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced with Answer Keys are created by our subject matter experts at Selfstudys who have invested a good amount of time in developing them. As they have been in the education line for quite some time, they have the knowledge of all these important questions. These previous year question papers with answer keys help the students to check their answers to questions that are asked in the JEE Advanced exam. Another great benefit of them is that students do not need to pay any cost to access them. They are absolutely free of cost.

As the solutions are given along with the JEE Advanced Previous Year question papers, the students will also get to know about the format in which they need to attempt the answers as the solutions familiarize themselves with the pattern of the exam, types of questions, difficulty level, etc. This can help the students in developing an effective strategy for the exam.

Apart from this, the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced with solutions also helps to boost the confidence of all the students as when students find that their answers match the correct solutions, it boosts their confidence level and also motivates them to continue their preparation with a positive mindset.

Exam Pattern of JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper

The following table depicts the JEE Advanced Question Paper Exam Pattern:

Particulars	Details
Examination Mode	Computer-based online Examination
Examination Medium	English and Hindi
No. of Papers	Two compulsory papers: Paper 1 and Paper 2
Total time duration	3 hours for each paper (4 hours for PwD candidates)
No. of sections	Both papers include 3 sections- Paper 1- Physics Chemistry Mathematics Paper 2- Physics Chemistry Mathematics
No. of Questions	The total number of questions will be 54 (18 questions in each subject)
Marking Scheme of the Exam	The exam has a concept of full, partial, and zero marks.

Marking Scheme of Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced Paper 1

The marking scheme of the JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 1 is as follows:

Section	Question Type	Total Questions	Full Marks	Partial Marks	Negative Marks	Maximum Marks
1	Single Correct Option	6	+3 If only the correct answer is selected	–	-1 (in all other cases)	18
2	One or more option (s) is correct	6	+4 – If the correct option(s) is selected	+3 – If all four options are correct, but only three options are chosen+2 – If three or more options are correct, but only two options are chosen, both of which are correct options. +1 – If two or more options are correct, but only one option is chosen, and it is a correct option.	-2: In all other cases	24
3	Numerical Value Answer	6	+4 – If only the correct numerical value is entered	–	–	24

Marking Scheme of JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2

The marking scheme of the JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2 is as follows:

Section	Question Type	Total Questions	Full Marks	Partial Marks	Negative Marks	Maximum Marks
1	MCQs with 4 options (one or more than one right answer option)	6	+4 if only (all) the correct option(s) is (are) selected	+3 if all four options are right, but only three options are selected +2 if three or more options are correct, but only two options are selected, both of the options must be correct +1 if two or more options are correct, but only one option is selected, and it must be correct	-2 (in all other cases)	24
2	Numerical value answer type questions	6	+4 if only the correct numerical value is given	–	–	24
3	Single-digit integer answer (0-9)	6	+3 if only the correct integer is entered	–	-1 in all other cases	18

What are the Benefits of the JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper?

There are various benefits of the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced which can help the students to get their desired rank. They are as follows:

It helps the students to get an idea about the pattern of the exam: By solving the JEE Advanced previous year question paper PDF, the students will get an idea about the overall pattern of the exam, difficulty level, marking scheme, weightage of each topic, etc. This knowledge helps the students to understand the overall structure of the examination and what expectations they can have from the paper.

Understanding the difficulty level of the questions: The JEE Advanced Exam consists of a lot of complex questions. By regularly practicing the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced, the students get an idea of the difficulty level of questions that can be asked in the real exam. This helps them to mentally prepare for the exam and to deal with the difficult questions.

It helps to find important topics: Practising the JEE Advanced previous year question paper on a regular basis helps the student to find the important topics which have a high frequency of appearing in the exam. This helps the student in exam preparation as it becomes easier for them to prioritize the topics and focus on areas that have more weightage.

Boosts time management skills: To get an idea about how much time they can devote to each question, they have to regularly solve the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced. About 2 minutes to give a single question, the students require effective time management to solve a maximum number of questions in a proper way. Regularly solving the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced is the only way to improve your time management skills.

How to Download the JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper?

Downloading the JEE Advanced previous years question paper is a very simple task and just takes 4-5 steps. The steps to download the paper are as follows:

Visit the website of Selfstudys i.e. Selfstudys.com.
After opening the website, you need to click on the three lines which you will find on the upper left side.

Once you click on the three lines, a list of categories will open. You need to find and click on the JEE option.
After clicking on the JEE, a sub-category will open and you need to click on the option of Previous Year Paper.

Once you click on the option of Previous Year Paper, you will be automatically redirected to a new page where you need to click on the option of Advanced.

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What is the Importance of JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper?

There is no doubt that the JEE Advanced previous year question paper with solutions is very important for the students as it helps them to get an overview of the exam and also helps the students in developing a strategy for the exam before sitting in the real exam. The most important importance of the previous year question paper is as follows:

Getting accustomed to the exam environment: If a student is solving the JEE Advanced Previous year question paper, they will experience the real JEE Advanced exam environment. It is very helpful for all the students as it helps them to understand the exam format, time constraints, overall difficulty level, and overall pattern of the exam. This can increase the chances of the students achieving a good rank in the JEE Advanced. This will not create last-minute stress and tension in the minds of the students as they will get familiar with the environment of the exam in advance.

Exposure to various types of questions: The Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced consists of various types of questions i.e. MCQs to Numerical based questions etc. Solving these questions on a regular basis helps the students to get an idea about the various types of questions which can appear in the exam.

Confidence in the actual exam: Practising the JEE Advanced Previous year question paper on a regular basis helps the students to get an idea about the pattern of the exam, difficulty levels, and types of questions, which boosts the confidence of all the students which can help them to achieve a good rank in the exam.

What is the Significance of the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced?

The JEE Advanced Previous year question paper PDF has various significance in exam preparation of students. The most important ones are:

Learning from your mistakes: While solving the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced, it is advisable for all the students to take note of their mistakes as it will help them to know where they are lacking behind. It helps them to learn from their mistakes and further improve themselves.

Revision of concepts: Solving the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced regularly is also very helpful for all the students in terms of revision because while attempting the previous year question paper, the students will go through all the concepts and topics again which can help them in doing revision.

Understanding the pattern of examinations and trends: Examining the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced helps the students to find the patterns and trends in the exam. They can notice which topic is frequently coming up in the exam and which type of questions is commonly asked.

Gaining Exposure to high-level questions: The JEE Advanced Previous year question paper consists of many high-level questions which require deep knowledge and skills to solve them. Solving these questions on a regular basis boosts the problem-solving skills of all the students and also prepares them to solve difficult questions effectively.

The Complete List of Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced DOs and Don'ts

Below is the complete list of Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced Do’s and Don’ts. The students will get a brief idea of the basic instructions about what they should do and what they should not do while attempting the previous year question paper:

Do’s:

Stimulate Exam conditions: It is advisable for all the students to create an exam-like environment while solving the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced. Sit in a peaceful environment, adhere to time limits, and avoid distractions to copy the exam experience as closely as possible.

Use it at the time of revision: After preparing for the JEE Advanced exam, the students can start solving the JEE Advanced previous year Question Paper with a solution as it is very helpful for all the students at the time of revision.

Review the Solutions: After solving the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced, compare your answers with the solutions given in the solutions PDF. Look at your mistakes and work on them to boost your conceptual knowledge.

Don’ts:

Don'ts start solving the JEE Advanced 2022 Question Paper without sufficient preparation: If your preparation is not sufficient you should start solving the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced as it is important to have a solid base of all the concepts and topics before attempting them.

Don’t ignore the importance of self-analysis: Once you will completely solve the JEE Advanced previous year question paper, it is very important to analyse your performance and find areas where you need to improve.

Do not ignore conceptual understanding: The JEE Advanced previous year question paper helps the students in finding the important topics but doesn’t focus solely on learning the solutions without understanding the underlying concepts. The Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced tests your understanding of concepts so it is advisable to give priority to conceptual understanding.

JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 1 Analysis

Below is the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced 1 analysis:

Section	High Weightage Chapters
Physics	Electromagnetic Induction Thermodynamics Fluid Mechanics Optics Modern Physics
Chemistry	Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids Atomic structure P block elements Hydrocarbons Organic chemistry
Mathematics	Application of Derivatives Parabola Definite integral Matrices Circles

JEE Advanced Previous Year Question Paper 2 Analysis

Below is the JEE Advanced previous year question paper 2 analysis:

Section	High Weightage Chapters
Physics	Heat and Thermodynamics Rotational Motion Current Electricity Ray Optics Fluids Electromagnetic Induction
Chemistry	Mole Concept and Electrochemistry p-block elements and Atomic structure Aldehydes Organic chemistry Liquid Solutions
Mathematics	Geometry & Calculus

JEE Advanced Analysis for Paper 1

Below is the Advanced analysis of JEE Advanced previous year question paper 1:

Section	Difficulty Level
Mathematics	Moderate
Physics	Difficult to Moderate
Chemistry	Easy to Moderate

Paper 1: High Weightage Chapters

Below is the High weightage Chapters for JEE Advanced previous year question paper paper 1:

Section	High Weightage Chapters
Physics	Gravitation Rotation Waves Mechanics
Chemistry	Atomic Structure Organic Chemistry Chemical Bonding S,p,d, and f- block elements (5 questions)
Mathematics	Integration Calculus Geometry Trigonometry

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The Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced is the question papers from the past editions of the JEE Advanced examination. These papers are extremely helpful for all the students who want to prepare well for their exams and also want to score good marks in their exams.

Solving the previous year question paper of JEE Advanced can be a complete game changer for your exam preparation as it helps you to understand the pattern of the examination, the type of questions that can appear in the exam, and the overall difficulty level of the exam. It helps the students to find their strengths and weaknesses and also enables the student to practice and do revision.

Students can easily find the JEE Advanced Previous year question papers with solutions on the website of Selfstudys i.e. Selfstudys.com. You can also look at the detailed method which is mentioned in this article below.

Students should develop a strategy before using the Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced as it will help them to solve them in a proper way. They should start by solving the question papers under timed conditions to create a real-time environment. After solving the papers, they should calculate their performance, identify their weaknesses and have a look at the solutions which are given. This will help them boost their conceptual knowledge in a proper way and improve their skills, one of which is problem-solving skills.

It is advisable for all the students to solve as many Previous Year Question Paper JEE Advanced as possible. They should solve a minimum of five to ten of last year question papers to get an overall idea of the exam pattern.