How to Score 150 Marks in JEE Main – A Smart Strategy for Every Aspirant

Every JEE Main aspirant dreams of scoring high, but not everyone feels fully confident in all subjects. If you're among those who are unsure about solving the toughest problems, don't worry — there's a smarter way to crack the exam and score 150+ marks without attempting every hard question.

✅ Understanding the Exam Pattern – The Hidden Opportunity

JEE Main has evolved, but one thing remains consistent: its distribution of question difficulty. Based on our analysis of past JEE Main papers (especially in the 30-question per subject format), here’s what we found:

- 15 questions are EASY
- 9 questions are of MEDIUM difficulty
- 6 questions are HARD

This means half the paper is well within the reach of a student with decent board-level preparation. If you focus wisely, you can target these easy and medium questions and comfortably score 150 or more marks.

📌 Why Targeting Only High-Weightage Topics May Not Work

Many coaching centers and blogs advise students to focus on high-weightage chapters like Calculus, Mechanics, Organic Chemistry, or Electrostatics. While it's true that some topics appear more frequently, this approach comes with a big risk — difficulty unpredictability.

Imagine this:
You prepare high-weightage chapters like Electrostatics or Coordinate Geometry, but the JEE Main paper sets hard questions from those topics. Without strong concepts, you're likely to get stuck. Meanwhile, you miss easier questions from other less-weighted topics like Units & Dimensions or Environmental Chemistry — costing you marks you could have secured easily.

✅ So what's the smarter move?
Deeper practice in what you already know well — especially chapters from your board syllabus. Master those with clarity and depth. It’s far better to thoroughly solve 15 predictable easy questions than to struggle through 3–4 hard ones just because they’re from "important chapters."

📘 Mathematics: Board-Level Focus Pays Off

Mathematics is often considered the trickiest, but it doesn’t have to be if your foundation is strong. Here's the ideal preparation plan:
- NCERT Textbook – Master every example and exercise. This builds concept clarity.
- NCERT Exemplar – This adds variety and slightly higher-level problems, some of which are directly asked in JEE.
- One support book like RD Sharma or RS Agarwal – These provide excellent practice for board-level and easy JEE questions.

👉 Focus on understanding and accuracy. Repeated correct solving is key — not racing through hundreds of unsolved problems without clarity.

🔬 Chemistry: NCERT is Your Best Friend

If you're aiming for a high score in less time, Chemistry is your goldmine.

- Focus completely on NCERT textbook – Most JEE questions in Inorganic and Organic Chemistry come straight from NCERT lines.
- Solve NCERT Exemplar problems – These strengthen your grip on factual and conceptual questions.

💡 Highlight definitions, exceptions, and mechanisms in your NCERT and revise frequently. With consistent effort, you can get almost all Chemistry questions correct in the easy-to-moderate category.

⚙️ Physics: Concept + Practice = Success

Physics can be tough for many, but not if you have a good plan.

- Start with NCERT Physics – Essential for theoretical understanding.
- Practice NCERT Exemplar – Helps you test your concepts.
- Use HC Verma or a similar book – Focus on solved examples and exercises with clear concepts, not the most challenging problems initially.

🎯 Focus on areas like Kinematics, Current Electricity, Modern Physics, and Laws of Motion which often contain easy-to-moderate level questions that are high scoring.

🧠 Smart Work Beats Hard Work

If your aim is 150+, remember: you don’t need to solve all 90 questions. Attempting 40–50 questions correctly can easily get you there, provided they are from the easy and moderate sections.

Here’s a sample breakdown:

Subject	Easy+ Medium Questions	Target Correct Attempts	Marks (Approx.)
Physics	15+9 = 24	15	60
Chemistry	15+9 = 24	18	72
Mathematics	15+ 9 = 24	15	60
Total	48		~150 - 160

Even if you make a few mistakes, you can safely land between 140–150, which is a great score for qualifying JEE Advanced, getting into good NITs, or boosting your percentile.

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✅ Final Thoughts

If you feel underprepared, don’t panic.

- Stick to NCERT and Exemplar.
- Practice what you know deeply.
- Don’t fall for the myth that high-weightage chapters alone guarantee a high score.
- Be smart: go after the easier marks hiding in every subject.

Remember: It’s not about solving all 90 questions — it’s about solving the right 45 with confidence.