JEE Main January 2023: Tips to score full marks in Chemistry

JEE MAIN 2023: There are 25 questions in the chemistry paper of JEE Main 2023 exam. Out of these, 20 are MCQs while 5 are NAT questions to be attempted out of 10. Being mostly theoretical and with so many reactions and formulas, many engineering aspirants find chemistry to be more difficult than physics or mathematics. However, the weightage given to it is equal and hence, it shall be prepared accordingly.

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JEE Main January 2023: Tips for Chemistry

Check here the important tips to score well in JEE Main chemistry paper in these last days before the exam:

• List out your strong topics. Out of all the chapters, there are certain chapters that you might be well-versed in. These are the topics you must focus on.
• Shortlist important topics. As per the previous year’s paper analysis, the most important topics in Chemistry with their weightage are given here:
  • Transition Elements and Coordinate Geometry – 3 questions
  • Periodic Table and Representative Elements – 3 questions
  • Thermodynamics and Gaseous State – 2 questions
  • Atomic Structure – 2 questions
  • Chemical Bonding – 2 questions
  • Chemical and Ionic Equilibrium – 2 questions
  • Solid-State and Surface Chemistry – 2 questions
  • Nuclear Chemistry and Environment – 2 questions
  • Rest of the Chapters – Approximately 0 to 1 question weightage each.
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• These topics alone carry a weightage of 18 out of 25 questions, i.e., 72 marks. Revise these topics the most. However, if you have not prepared some of these topics, leave them be.
• Instead, do those with less weightage but well prepared for you.
• Revise theory first as chemistry is majorly a theoretical subject.
• Revise all the important reactions and formulas, especially from the inorganic chemistry. Be sure to refer to old notes only. New notes at this point will confuse you unnecessarily.
• Solve previous years’ papers. Candidates can download here with step-by-step solutions to the question papers of last year, both sessions: JEE Main 2022 and 2021 Question Paper PDF
• During the exam, don’t spend more than a minute on a question you cannot figure out a solution strategy to. Instead, that time can be used for solution calculations of other questions.

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