By Acrolly ResearchSnapshot 2026-08-19 · This view 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
- This view: Single correct 4681 (68.8%); Integer / numerical 1889 (27.8%); Matching 194 (2.9%); Assertion–reason 37 (0.5%).
- Integer / numerical share 33.4% in 2023–2024 vs 20.0% in 2025–2026.
- Assertion–reason appears in this view (37 questions) — in the full Main bank it is a 2026-only format.
- Integer format ≠ “only calculation” — it is the response type stored on the question.
Filters · 6,801 questions · 2023–2026
Subject
Time
Format mix by year
Single-correct rose after 2024 as integer/numerical share fell. Assertion–reason is a 2026 addition in this bank.
- Assertion–reason
- Integer / numerical
- Matching
- Single correct
Chapter × question type
Which chapters historically lean single-correct vs integer (and rarer formats).
Cell mode
Insights
- Most frequent chapter: Mathematics — Line and Plane with 187 questions (2.7% of this view).
- Largest question type: Single correct with 4681 questions (68.8%).
- Chemistry — Stoichiometry leans integer/numerical: 66.7% integer format vs 27.8% corpus-wide.
- Matching + paragraph formats together are 2.9% of this view — concentrated in fewer chapters than single-correct or integer items.
- Least frequent chapter in this view: Mathematics — Trigonometric Functions (2 questions).
- Top 3 chapters account for 7.2% of questions in this filtered view (128 chapters total).
- 5 chapters have fewer than 5 questions — treat those cells as noise, not a trend.
Year × question type
Cell mode
| Year | Single correct | Integer / numerical | Matching | Assertion–reason | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1365 | 719 | 72 | · | 2156(32%) |
| 2024 | 1153 | 600 | 45 | · | 1798(26%) |
| 2025 | 1094 | 285 | 44 | · | 1423(21%) |
| 2026 | 1069 | 285 | 33 | 37 | 1424(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)…”