JEE Main 2026 April Session is being conducted from April 2 to 8, 2026. JEE Main 2026 April 4 paper analysis will help students understand the difficulty level in each section of the JEE Main shift 1 and shift 2 papers conducted on 4 April 2026.

• JEE Main paper analysis for April 4 is based on the students' feedback on the type of questions they faced.
• Based on students' reactions, JEE Main 2026 April 4 Shift 1 overall paper was moderate to difficult, and Maths was the toughest with tricky and lengthy calculations amongst all sections.
• JEE Main 2026 April 4 shift 1 cutoff marks are likely to be 160-170 for the 99th percentile.
• JEE Main 2026 April 4 Shift 2, 2026 overall paper level was easy to moderate, and Maths was lengthy compared to all sections.
• JEE Main 2026 April 4 shift 2 cutoff marks are likely to be 185- 195 for 99 percentile.

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JEE Main 4 April 2026 Shift-Wise Question Papers PDF

Candidates can download the question papers with solutions for  JEE Main April 4 shifts 1 and 2, which will help them analyse the expected cutoff percentile.

JEE Main April 4 2026 Shift-Wise Difficulty Level

Based on memory-based questions collected from students, the expected difficulty for JEE Main Session 2 (Shift 1 and 2) for April 4 2026, is expected to be moderate to tough:

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JEE Main 2026 April 4 Shift-Wise Paper Discussion

According to JEE Main April 4, 2026, the overall paper was moderate. Some found the Maths section to be tougher than JEE Main January attempt, Chemistry and Physics were balanced. You can check the shift-wise paper analysis described below.

JEE Main 4 April Shift 1 Subject-Wise Weightage Analysis

The JEE Main April 4 Shift 1 Mathematics section mostly contains questions from the following topics:

The JEE Main April 4 Shift 1 Physics section mostly contains questions from the following topics:

The JEE Main April 4 Shift 1 Chemistry section mostly contains questions from the following topics:

Source: The above table is prepared from a YouTube video by “Vedantu JEE Made Ejee”. Harsh Sir, in his video, has made a detailed analysis of it. For more information, watch the video mentioned below:

Based on a Reddit Post, users found Physics and Chemistry to be easy to moderate and Maths was the toughest among the three sections for JEE Main April 4 Shift 1 2026. Overall, the physics and chemistry papers were balanced and gave equal weightage to the topics.

Source: Reddit

JEE Main 4 April Shift 2 Subject-Wise Weightage Analysis

The JEE Main April 4 Shift 2 Mathematics section mostly contains questions from the following topics:

The JEE Main April 4 Shift 2 Physics section mostly contains questions from the following topics:

The JEE Main April 4 Shift 2 Chemistry section mostly contains questions from the following topics:

Source: The above table is prepared from a YouTube video by “Vedantu JEE Made Ejee”. Harsh Sir, in his video, has made a detailed analysis of JEE Main April 4 Shift 2 paper. For more information, watch the video mentioned below:

JEE Main 4 April Shift-Wise Question Paper

You can directly download the shift-wise question paper with solutions for JEE Main April 4, 2026, from the table below:

Shift 1 Question Paper

Shift 2 Question Paper 

Calculation of JEE Main Score

According to the marking scheme, +4 is allotted for a correct answer and -1 for an incorrect answer. There is no marking for unanswered questions. You can calculate your score once the answer key is available.

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FAQs

Ques. What was the difficulty level for JEE Main April 4 Shift 1 2026?

Ans. JEE Main April 4 Shift 1 was moderate to tough compared to April 2 Shift 1. Based on students' feedback, the maths section was the toughest as it was lengthy with tricky questions. The Chemistry section was moderate but doable, and Physics was easy to moderate, which had an overall balanced set of questions from each topic. 

Ques. What are the expected percentile marks required in each section for 99 percentile in JEE Main April 4 Shift 1?

Ans. Based on the previous year's trend and e-sarals expert analysis,  the expected marks for each section to help you score 99 percentile in JEE Main 2026 April 4, Shift 1 are tabulated below:

Ques. What are the most important topics for JEE Main April 4 attempt?

Ans. The topics for JEE Main April 4 attempt are listed below:

• Physics Section- Work, Power and Energy, Error and Screw Gauge, Ray Optics, Current Electricity and Fluids: it was evenly distributed across all topics

• Chemistry Section- Thermodynamics, GOC, Biomolecules, p,d, and f block elements.

• Mathematics Section- 3D Geometry, Straight Line, Sequence and Series, Matrices and Differential Equations.

Ques. Will the Mathematics paper of JEE Main 2026 April 4 attempt be tough?

Ans. JEE Main April 4 2026, the maths section was lengthy in both shifts. 

• In JEE Main April 4 shift 1, math was tough as it had tricky questions

• In JEE Main April 4 shift 2, math section was moderate.

Ques. Which JEE Main shift was easier on April 4, 2026?

Ans. Based on memory-based questions and expert analysis, JEE Main April 4 shift 2 was likely easier to moderate compared to shift 1. Overall, JEE Main April 4 shift 1 was moderate to tough.