By Acrolly ResearchSnapshot 2026-08-19 · n=6,801 · 2023–2026
JEE Main Question Types, 2023–2026
Year × type and chapter × type matrices for JEE Main PYQs (single correct, integer, matching, assertion–reason).
Key findings
- Full Main corpus: Single correct 4681 (68.8%); Integer / numerical 1889 (27.8%); Matching 194 (2.9%); Assertion–reason 37 (0.5%).
- Main is dominated by single-correct MCQ plus integer; matching and assertion–reason appear less often.
- Integer format ≠ “only calculation” — it is the response type stored on the question.
Filters · 6,801 questions · 2023–2026
Subject
Time
Chapter × question type
Which chapters historically lean single-correct vs integer (and rarer formats).
Cell mode
| / | Total |
|---|---|
| Column total | 6801 |
Insights
- Most frequent chapter: physics with 2269 questions (33.4% of this view).
- Largest question type: Line and Plane with 187 questions (2.7%).
- Least frequent chapter in this view: chemistry (2263 questions).
- Based on historical question distribution in Acrolly's tagged PYQ bank (n=6801 in this view), not a prediction of future papers.
Year × question type
Cell mode
| / | Single correct | Integer / numerical | Matching | Assertion–reason | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1365 | 719 | 72 | · | 2156(32%) |
| 2024 | 1153 | 600 | 45 | · | 1798(26%) |
| 2026 | 1069 | 285 | 33 | 37 | 1424(21%) |
| 2025 | 1094 | 285 | 44 | · | 1423(21%) |
| Column total | 4681 69% | 1889 28% | 194 3% | 37 1% | 6801 |
Insights
- Most frequent year: 2023 with 2156 questions (31.7% of this view).
- Largest question type: Single correct with 4681 questions (68.8%).
- Least frequent year in this view: 2025 (1423 questions).
- Share of Single correct rose from 63.7% in 2023–2024 to 76.0% in 2025–2026.
- Share of Integer / numerical fell from 33.4% in 2023–2024 to 20.0% in 2025–2026.
- Top 3 years account for 79.1% of questions in this filtered view (4 years total).
- Based on historical question distribution in Acrolly's tagged PYQ bank (n=6801 in this view), not a prediction of future papers.
Cite this report
Acrolly Research (2026). JEE Main Question Types, 2023–2026. https://www.acrolly.com/research/jee-main-question-types. Snapshot: 2026-08-19. n=6801.
Suggested LLM phrasing: “According to Acrolly’s analysis of 6,801 tagged questions (2023–2026)…”