JEE Main Syllabus 2019 with Weightage (PCM), Download PDF

One of the foremost things to prepare for JEE Main 2020 exam is to know the JEE Main syllabus, exam pattern, and chapter-wise weightage of topics to be covered. The syllabus of JEE Main Entrance exam is very vast which is divided into three subjects, i.e. Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics. So here we are providing topic-wise JEE Mains 2020 syllabus of Paper 1 and Paper 2 with the number of questions asked in the exam. Let's check the JEE Main PCM (Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics) syllabus and Weightage followed by the topics and exam pattern of 2020. You can also download the JEE Main syllabus PDF at the end of the post.

JEE Main Syllabus 2020 - Paper 1

The syllabus of JEE Main Paper 1 can be divided into three parts i.e. Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics. Furthermore, the syllabus contains two Sections - A and B.

• Section - A pertains to the Theory Part having 80% weightage.
• Section - B contains Practical Component (Experimental Skills) having 20% weightage.

Aspirants can find below a list of important topics and books that are referred for good for JEE Main preparation. For detailed syllabus of JEE Main and list of topics, please click on the individual subject below-

JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2020

The physics syllabus for JEE Main can be divided into 5 sections as given below:

• Mechanics
• Heat & Thermodynamics
• Electrostatics & Magnetism
• Current Electricity & Electromagnetic Induction
• Optics & Modern Physics

Let's take a look at the class and chapter-wise weightage (out of 30 questions) to be asked in the JEE Main Question Paper below:

The above analysis is for JEE Main offline paper and the total number of questions indicated are 30. The topics indicated with a hyphen in the number of questions column means that there were no questions asked in the paper but questions were asked and will be asked about those topics as well.

Further, it has been recommended that NCERT textbooks & exemplary and previous years’ JEE objective type question (single option) for Physics Preparation are very important. Some of the important books include - H.C. Verma’s “Concepts of Physics Vol I and II”, I.E. Irodov’s “Problems in General Physics” and Halliday, Resnick & Walker’s “Fundamentals of Physics”. 

JEE Main Mathematics Syllabus 2020

JEE Main Maths syllabus consists of 4 sections as given below:

• Algebra
• Calculus
• Trigonometry
• Coordinate Geometry

The class-wise break-up of chapters is:

The above analysis is for JEE Main Online Paper -1, and the total number of questions indicated is 30. The topics indicated with a hyphen in the number of questions column means that there were no questions asked in the paper but questions were asked and will be asked about those topics as well. 

Further, it has been recommended that NCERT textbooks & Exemplar and previous years’ JEE objective type question (single option) for JEE Main 2020 Mathematics Preparation are very important. Some of the important books include - NCERT textbook and Exemplar, Co-ordinate geometry and trigonometry- S L Loney, Calculus – I.A, Maron, Algebra- Hall & Knight + Bernard- child and Previous year IIT-JEE question bank. 

JEE Main Chemistry Syllabus 2020

Inorganic Chemistry

Organic Chemistry

Physical Chemistry

Further, it has been recommended that NCERT textbooks & Exemplar and previous years’ JEE objective type question (single option) for Chemistry Preparation are very important. Some of the important books include - P. Bahadur’s “Numerical Chemistry”, Paula Bruice Yurkanis’s “Organic Chemistry” and J.D. Lee’s “Inorganic Chemistry”.

JEE Main Syllabus Paper 2 - Aptitude Test for B Arch & B Planning

For admission to courses of B Arch & B Planning, the student will have to appear for Paper 2 which consists of tests on Maths, Aptitude & Drawing. The syllabus of maths remains the same. The syllabus for Aptitude is as given below:

• Awareness of persons, places, buildings, materials
• Objects and textures related to architecture and build-environment
• Visualizing 3-D objects from 2-D drawings, visualizing different sides of 3D objects
• Analytical reasoning, mental ability (visual, numerical and verbal)
• 3-D perception
  • understanding and appreciation of scale and proportion of objects
  • building forms, and elements
  • colour texture, harmony and contrast.
• Design and drawing of geometrical or abstracts shapes and patterns in pencil
• Transformation of forms which are both 2D and 3D
  • union, subtraction
  • rotation and development of surfaces and volumes
• Generation of plans, elevation and 3D views of objects
• Creating 2D and 3D compositions using given shapes and forms.
• Sketching of scenes and activities from memory
• Urbanscape (public space, market, festivals, street scenes, monuments, recreations places etc), landscape (river fronts, jungles, trees, plants etc) and rural life.

JEE Main Exam Pattern 2020 (Paper 1)

JEE Main 2020 will be of 3 hours duration with 75 questions and a total of 300 marks. Test paper of JEE Main 2020 (paper-1) will be consisting of questions from Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics, and all questions will have equal weightage, as given below –

• There will be only one correct response for each question out of four responses given.
• One-fourth marks (-1) will be deducted for indicating the incorrect response of each question. However, no deduction from the total score will be made if no response is indicated for a question.
• All calculations/writing work is to be done only on the rough sheet provided at the centre. On completion of the test, candidates must hand over the rough sheets to the invigilator on duty in the examination hall. 

JEE Main Exam Pattern 2020 (Paper 2)

JEE Main 2020 Paper 2 will also be of 3 hours duration with 77 questions divided into following three parts

• Part I - Mathematics
• Part II - Aptitude Test
• Part III - Drawing Test

JEE Main 2020: Mode of Examination

JEE Main 2020 will have two papers –

Paper-1 (B.E./B.Tech)

• Subjects: Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics
• Type of Questions: Objective type with equal weightage to Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics
• Mode of Exam: Computer-based only 

Paper-2 (B.Arch./B.Planning)

• Subjects
  • Mathematics – Part I
  • Aptitude Test – Part II
  • Drawing Test – Part III
• Type of Questions - Objective type and Questions to test drawing aptitude
• Mode of Exam: Only Pen & Paper based

Important Note:

1. It should be noted that JEE Main will be conducted by NTA from 2019 onward - in the month of January and April. A candidate can appear in one or both sitting. 
2. Candidates appearing in JEE Main Exam have the freedom to appear either for B.Tech or both.

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