The Joint Entrance Examination or JEE (Main), consists of two papers. Paper 1 serves as a prerequisite for admission to Undergraduate Engineering Programmes (BE/B.Tech) at NITs, IIITs, other Centrally Funded Technical Institutions (CFTIs) and institutions/universities funded/recognised by participating state governments. JEE (Main) is also an eligibility test for JEE (Advanced), which is conducted for admission to IITs. Paper 2 is conducted for admission to B. Arch and B. Planning courses in the country.
JEE Main 2025 Exam Dates
Candidates must check following table regarding JEE Main Exam Dates:
January Session
Events | Dates (Tentative) |
Notification Releases | 1st week of November 2024 |
Application Form | 1st week of November 2024 |
Last Date to Apply | 2nd week of December 2024 |
Last Date to submit fee | 2nd week of December 2024 |
Correction Facility | 2nd week of December 2024 |
Advance City Intimation Slip | 2nd week of January 2025 |
Admit Card | 2nd week of January 2025 |
JEE Main 2025 Exam | 3rd to 4th week of January 2025 |
Answer Key | 2nd week of February 2025 |
Result | 3rd week of February 2025 |
Cut Off | 1st week of March 2025 |
Counsellig | 4th week of May 2025 |
April Session:
Events | Dates (Tentative) |
Notification Releases | 1st week of November 2024 |
Application Form | 1st week of February 2025 |
Last Date to Apply | 1st week of March 2025 |
Last Date to Submit Fee | 1st week of March 2025 |
Correction Facility | 1st week of March 2025 |
Advance City Intimation Slip | 4th week of March 2025 |
Admit Card | 1st week of April 2025 |
JEE Main 2025 Exam | 2nd to 3rd week of April 2025 |
Answer Key | 4th week of April 2025 |
Result | 1st week of April 2025 |
Cut Off | 2nd week of April 2025 |
Counselling | 3rd week of April 2025 |
After the results are announced, the data is handed over to the (CSAB) Centralised Seat Allocation Board, JoSAA (Joint Seat Allocation Authority) or the relevant Institute/government for seat allocation and admission procedures. Available tickets and reservation conditions are:
The National Testing Agency does not collect data on the institutions seat availability and reservation criteria.
The candidate should verify the availability of seats in the desired college, category or branch. During the online counselling process, the aspirant can reorganise, alter, delete or add options.
Mode of Examination NTA conducts JEE in Computer Based Test mode only except drawing paper in
B. Arch (Pen and Paper).
Medium of the Question Papers The JEE-2025 is being conducted in English, Hindi, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu.
Qualification The candidate must have passed intermediate Class 12 or its equivalent examination recognised by the concerned State Government and Education Board with the subjects of Physics, Chemistry, Maths and English individually and must have obtained a minimum of 50% marks taken together in Physics, Chemistry and Maths.
Age Limit There is no age limit for the candidates to appear in JEE Mains 2025. The candidates who have passed the Class 12/ equivalent examination in 2023, 2024, or appearing in 2025 irrespective of their age can appear in JEE Main 2025 examination.
Duration of Exam
Paper | Subjects | Total Time Duration |
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Paper 1 (BE/ B.Tech) | Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics | 03 hours (For Non-PwD Candidates) | 04 hours (* For PwD Candidates) |
Note *Compensatory time for PwD Candidates of 20 minutes for one-hour examination. |
Paper
| Subjects | Total Time Duration | |
For Non-PwD Candidates | For PwD Candidates | ||
Paper 2A (B. Arch) only | Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing Test | 03 hours | 04 hours |
Paper 2B (B. Planning) only | Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Planning Based Questions | 03 hours | 04 hours |
Paper 2A (B. Arch) and Paper 2B (B. Planning) both | Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Planning Based Questions | 03 hours 30 minutes | 04 hours 10 minutes |
Note Compensatory time for PwD Candidates is 20 minutes for one-hour examination. |
Exam Pattern
Subject combinations for each paper, type of questions in each paper and mode of examination are given in the table below.
Paper | Subjects | Type of Questions | Mode of Examination |
Paper 1 BE/B.Tech | Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry | Objective Type- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Questions for which the answer is a numerical value, with equal weightage to Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry | Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only |
Paper 2A B.Arch | Part I : Mathematics | Objective Type – Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Questions for which the answer is a numerical value | Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only |
Part II : Aptitude Test | Objective Type- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) | ||
Part -III : Drawing Test | Questions to test drawing aptitude | Pen and Paper Based (offline) mode to be attempted on a Drawing sheet of A4 size. | |
Paper 2B B. Planning | Part I : Mathematics | Objective Type- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Questions for which the answer is a numerical value | Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only |
Part II : Aptitude Test | Objective Type- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) | ||
Part – III Planning-Based Questions | Objective Type- Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
Paper 1 BE/B.Tech in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode
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Subject-wise distribution of Questions, Total Number of Questions and Marks | Subjects | Section A | Section B | Marks |
1. | Mathematics | 20* | 10* | 100 | |
Physics | 20* | 10* | 100 | ||
Chemistry | 20* | 10* | 100 | ||
Total | 90 | 300 | |||
Each Subject will have two sections. Section A will be Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) and Section B will contain questions whose answers are to be filled in as a numerical value. In Section B, candidates have to attempt any 05 (five) questions out of 10. There will be negative marking for both Section A and Section B. For each question in Section B, a candidate has to enter the correct integer value of the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual numeric keypad in the place designated to enter the answer. For Section B, the answer should be rounded off to the nearest integer. | |||||
2. | Marking Scheme for MCQs | Correct Answer or the most appropriate answer | Four marks (+ 4) | ||
Incorrect Answer | Minus one mark (–1) | ||||
Unanswered/Marked for Review | No mark (0) | ||||
3. | Marking Scheme for Numerical value | Correct Answer | Four marks (+4) | ||
Incorrect Answer | Minus one mark (–1) | ||||
Unanswered/Marked for Review | No mark (0) |
Paper 2A (B. Arch) : Mathematics (Part– I) and Aptitude Test (Part–II) in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only and Drawing Test (Part –III) in Pen and Paper Based (offline) mode, to be attempted on a drawing sheet of A4 size.
1. | Subject–wise distribution of Questions, Total | Subjects | Number of Questions | Marks |
| Part I : Mathematics | 20* (Section A) and 10* (Section B) | 100 |
| Number of Questions and Marks | Part II : Aptitude Test | 50 | 200 |
Part III : Drawing Test | 02 | 100 | ||
Total | 82 | 400 | ||
| 20 questions will be MCQs and 05 (five) questions will have answers to be filled as a numerical value. There will be negative marking for both Section A and Section B. For each question in Section B, a candidate has to enter the correct integer value of the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual numeric keypad in the place designated to enter the answer. The answer should be rounded off to the nearest integer. | |||
2. | Marking Scheme for MCQs | Correct Answer or the most appropriate answer | Four marks (+4) | |
Incorrect Answer/Multiple Answer | Minus one mark (–1) | |||
Unanswered / Marked for Review | No mark (0) | |||
3. | (a) Marking Scheme for Numerical value | Correct Answer or the most appropriate answer | Four marks (+4) | |
Incorrect Answer | Minus one mark (–1) | |||
Unanswered/Marked for Review | No mark (0) | |||
(b) Marking Scheme for Drawing Test (Part III) | Two questions are to be evaluated out of 100 marks. |
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Paper 2B (B. Planning) Part – I : Mathematics, Part–II : Aptitude Test and Part –III : Planning Based Questions in Computer Based Test (CBT) mode only
1. | Subject-wise distribution of Questions, Total | Subjects | Number of Questions | Marks |
Part-I : Mathematics | 20* (Section A) and 10* (Section B) | 100 | ||
Number of Questions and Marks | Part II : Aptitude Test | 50 | 200 | |
Part-III : Planning | 25 | 100 | ||
Total | 105 | 400 | ||
20 questions will be MCQs and 05 (five) questions will have answers to be filled as a numerical value. There will be negative marking for both Section A and Section B. For each question in Section B, enter the correct integer value of the answer using the mouse and the on-screen virtual numerical keypad in the place designated to enter the answer. The answer should be rounded off to the nearest integer. | ||||
2. | Marking Scheme for MCQs | Correct Answer or the most appropriate answer | Four marks (+4) | |
Incorrect Answer / Multiple Answer | Minus one mark (–1) | |||
Unanswered/Marked for Review | No mark (0) | |||
3. | Marking Scheme for Numerical value | Correct Answer or the most appropriate answer | Four marks (+ 4) | |
Incorrect Answer | Minus one mark (–1) | |||
Unanswered/Marked for Review | No mark (0) |
Syllabus
NTA has not yet released the JEE Mains 2025 syllabus PDF as of now. Therefore, candidates must visit the official website for any updates. Several topics were removed from the JEE Mains syllabus 2024 last year by the NTA. The deleted topics from JEE Mains syllabus are:
Mathematics
UNIT 1 Sets, Relations and Functions
Sets and their representation Union, intersection and complement of sets and their algebraic properties, Power set, Relation, Type of relations, equivalence relations, functions, one-one, into and onto functions, the composition of functions.
UNIT 2 Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Complex numbers as ordered pairs of reals, Representation of complex numbers in the form a+ ib and their representation in a plane, Argand diagram, algebra of complex number, modulus and argument (or amplitude) of a complex number, Quadratic equations in real and complex number system and their solutions Relations between roots and co-efficient, nature of roots, the formation of quadratic equations with given roots.
UNIT3 Matrices and Determinants
Matrices, algebra of matrices, type of matrices, determinants and matrices of order two and three, evaluation of determinants, area of triangles using determinants, Adjoint and evaluation of inverse of a square matrix using determinants and, Test of consistency and solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using matrices.
UNIT 4 Permutations and Combinations
The fundamental principle of counting, permutation as an arrangement and combination as section, Meaning of P (n,r) and C (n,r), simple applications.
UNIT 5 Binomial Theorem and its Simple Applications
Binomial theorem for a positive integral index, general term and middle term and simple applications.
UNIT 6 Sequence and Series
Arithmetic and Geometric progressions, insertion of arithmetic, geometric means between two given numbers, Relation between A.M and G.M.
UNIT 7 Limit, Continuity and Differentiability
Real–valued functions, algebra of functions, polynomials, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions, inverse function. Graphs of simple functions. Limits, continuity and differentiability. Differentiation of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions. Differentiation of trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, composite and implicit functions, derivatives of order up to two, Applications of derivatives: Rate of change of quantities, monotonic-Increasing and decreasing functions, Maxima and minima of functions of one variable.
UNIT 8 Integral Calculas
Integral as an anti-derivative, Fundamental integral involving algebraic, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. Integrations by substitution, by parts and by partial functions. Integration using trigonometric identities.
Evaluation of simple integrals of the type
The fundamental theorem of calculus, properties of definite integrals. Evaluation of definite integrals, determining areas of the regions bounded by simple curves in standard form.
UNIT 9 Differential Equations
Ordinary differential equations, their order and degree, the solution of differential equation by the method of separation of variables, solution of a homogeneous and linear differential equation of the type
𝑑𝑦 + 𝑝(𝑥)𝑦 = 𝑞(𝑥)
𝑑𝑥
UNIT 10 Co-Ordinate Geometry
Cartesian system of rectangular coordinates in a plane, distance formula, sections formula, locus and its equation, the slope of a line, parallel and perpendicular lines, intercepts of a line on the co-ordinate axis.
Straight Line
Various forms of equations of a line, intersection of lines, angles between two lines, conditions for concurrence of three lines, the distance of a point form a line, co-ordinate of the centroid, orthocentre and circumcentre of a triangle,
Circle, Conic Sections
A standard form of equations of a circle, the general form of the equation of a circle, its radius and central, equation of a circle when the endpoints of a diameter are given, points of intersection of a line and a circle with the centre at the origin and sections of conics, equations of conic sections (parabola, ellipse and hyperbola) in standard forms,
UNIT 11 Three Dimensional Geometry
Coordinates of a point in space, the distance between two points, section formula, directions ratios and direction cosines and the angle between two intersecting lines. Skew lines, the shortest distance between them and its equation. Equations of a line
UNIT 12 Vector Algebra
Vectors and scalars, the addition of vectors, components of a vector in two dimensions and three-dimensional space, scalar and vector products,
UNIT 13 Statistics and Probability
Measures of discretion, calculation of mean, median, mode of grouped and ungrouped data calculation of standard deviation, variance and mean deviation for grouped and ungrouped data.
Probability: Probability of an event, addition and multiplication theorems of probability, Baye’s theorem, probability distribution of a random variate,
UNIT 14 TRIGONOMETRY
Trigonometrical identities and trigonometrical functions, inverse trigonometrical functions and their properties,
PHYSICS
UNIT 1 Physics and Measurment
Units of measurements, System of Units, S I Units, fundamental and derived units, least count, significant figures, Errors in measurements, Dimensions of Physics quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
UNIT 2 Kinematics
The frame of reference, motion in a straight line, Position- time graph, speed and velocity, Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time, position-time graph, relations for uniformly accelerated motion, Scalars and Vectors, Vector. Addition and subtraction, scalar and vector products, Unit Vector, Resolution of a Vector. Relative Velocity, Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion, Uniform Circular Motion.
UNIT 3: Laws of Motion
Force and inertia, Newton’s First law of motion, Momentum, Newton’s Second Law of motion, Impulses, Newton’s Third Law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces.
Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications: vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road.
UNIT 4 Work, Energy and Power
Work done by a constant force and a variable force, kinetic and potential energies, work-energy theorem, power.
The potential energy of spring conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non- conservative forces, motion in a vertical circle: Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
UNIT 5 Rotational Motion
Centre of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body, Basic concepts of rotational motion, moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications.
The moment of inertia, the radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions.
UNIT 6 Gravitation
The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Kepler’s law of planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy, gravitational potential. Escape velocity, Motion of a satellite, orbital velocity, time period and energy of satellite.
UNIT 7 Properties of Solids and Liquids
Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s Law. Young’s modulus, bulk modulus and modulus of rigidity. Pressure due to a fluid column, Pascal’s law and its applications. Effect of gravity on fluid pressure.
Viscosity. Stokes’ law. terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, critical velocity. Bernoulli’s principle and its applications.
Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension - drops, bubbles and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal expansion, specific heat capacity, calorimetry, change of state, latent heat. Heat transfer- conduction, convection and radiation.
UNIT 8 Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature. Heat, work and internal energy. The first law of thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes.
The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes.
UNIT 9 Kinetic Theory of Gases
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, the concept of pressure. Kinetic interpretation of temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules: Degrees of freedom. Law of equipartition of energy and applications to specific heat capacities of gases, Mean free path. Avogadro’s number.
UNIT 10 Oscillations and Waves
Oscillations and periodic motion – time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions, Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation, phase: oscillations of a spring -restoring force and force constant: energy in S.H.M. - Kinetic and potential energies, Simple pendulum - derivation of expression for its time period:
Wave motion, Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of the travelling wave, Displacement relation for a progressive wave, Principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves. Standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics Beats.
UNIT 11 Electronics
Electric charges Conservation of charge, Coulomb’s law forces between two point charges, forces between multiple charges: superposition principle and continuous charge distribution.
Electric field Electric field due to a point charge, Electric field lines. Electric dipole, Electric field due to a dipole, Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field.
Electric flux Gauss’s law and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell. Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges, potential difference, Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges and of electric dipole in an electrostatic field.
Conductors and insulators, Dielectrics and electric polarisation, capacitors and capacitances, the combination of capacitors in series and parallel and capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates. Energy stored in a capacitor.
UNIT 12 Current Electricity
Electric current, Drift velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current. Ohm’s law. Electrical resistance. V-l characteristics of Ohmic and non-ohmic conductors. Electrical energy and power, Electrical resistivity and conductivity. Series and parallel combinations of resistors, Temperature dependence of resistance.
Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a cell, a combination of cells in series and parallel. Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications, Wheatstone bridge. Metre Bridge.
UNIT 13 Magnetics Effects of Current and Magnetism
Biot - Savart law and its application to the current carrying circular loop. Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long current carrying straight wire and solenoid. Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields.
Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. The force between two parallel currents carrying conductors-definition of ampere. Torque experienced by a current loop in a uniform magnetic field: Moving coil galvanometer, its sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines, Magnetic field due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis. Torque on a magnetic dipole in a uniform magnetic field. Para-, dia- and ferromagnetic substances with examples, the effect of temperature on magnetic properties.
UNIT 14 Electromagnetics Inductions and Alternating Currents
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law. Induced emf and current: Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual inductance. Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/ voltage: reactance and impedance: LCR series circuit, resonance: power in AC circuits, wattless current. AC generator and transformer.
UNIT 15 Electromagnetics Waves
Displacement current, Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics, Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves, Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, Gamma rays), Applications of e.m. waves.
UNIT 16 Optics
Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, thin lens formula and lens maker formula. Total internal reflection and its applications. Magnification. Power of a Lens. Combination of thin lenses in contact. Refraction of light through a prism. Microscope and Astronomical Telescope (reflecting and refracting ) and their magnifying powers.
Wave optics, wavefront and Huygens’ principle, Laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens principle. Interference, Young’s double-slit experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of light. Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum. Polarisation, plane-polarised light: Brewster’s law, uses of plane- polarised light and Polaroid.
UNIT 17 Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations, Einstein’s photoelectric equation: particle nature of light, Matter waves-wave nature of particle, de Broglie relation.
UNIT 18 Atoms and Nuclei
Alpha-particle scattering experiment, Rutherford’s model of atom, Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, Mass-energy relation, mass defect, binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission and fusion.
UNIT 19 Electronic Devices
Semiconductors, semiconductor diod, I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier, I-V characteristics of LED. the photodiode, solar cell and Zener diode, Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR).
UNIT 20 Experimental Skills
Familiarity with the basic approach and observations of the experiments and activities:
(ii) Convex lens, using the parallax method.
CHEMISTRY
PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY
UNIT I Some Basics Concepts in Chemistry
Matter and its nature, Dalton’s atomic theory: Concept of atom, molecule, element and compound, Laws of chemical combination, Atomic and molecular masses, mole concept, molar mass, percentage composition, empirical and molecular formulae: Chemical equations and stoichiometry.
UNIT 2 Atomic Structure
Nature of electromagnetic radiation, photoelectric effect, Spectrum of the hydrogen atom. Bohr model of a hydrogen atom - its postulates, derivation of the relations for the energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr’s model, Dual nature of matter, de Broglie’s relationship. Heisenberg uncertainty principle. Elementary ideas of quantum mechanics, quantum mechanics, the quantum mechanical model of the atom and its important features. Concept of atomic orbitals as one-electron wave functions: Variation ofand
with r for 1s and 2s orbitals, various
quantum numbers (principal, angular momentum and magnetic quantum numbers) and their significance, shapes of s, p and d - orbitals, electron spin and spin quantum number: Rules for filling electrons in orbitals – Aufbau principle. Pauli’s exclusion principle and Hund’s rule, electronic configuration of elements and extra stability of half-filled and completely filled orbitals.
UNIT 3 Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Kossel-Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, the concept of ionic and covalent bonds.
Ionic Bonding Formation of ionic bonds, factors affecting the formation of ionic bonds, calculation of lattice enthalpy.
Covalent Bonding Concept of electronegativity, Fajan’s rule, dipole moment: Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion (VSEPR ) theory and shapes of simple molecules.
Quantum mechanical approach to covalent bonding: Valence bond theory - its important features, the concept of hybridisation involving s, p and d orbitals, Resonance.
Molecular Orbital Theory - Its important features. LCAOs, types of molecular orbitals (bonding, antibonding), sigma and pi-bonds, molecular orbital electronic configurations of homonuclear diatomic molecules, the concept of bond order, bond length and bond energy.
Elementary idea of metallic bonding. Hydrogen bonding and its applications.
UNIT 4 Chemical Thermodynamics
Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties, state functions, Entropy, types of processes.
The first law of thermodynamics - Concept of work, heat internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity, molar heat capacity, Hess’s law of constant heat summation, Enthalpies of bond dissociation, combustion, formation, atomisation, sublimation, phase transition, hydration, ionisation and solution
The second law of thermodynamics - Spontaneity of processes, S of the universe and G of the system as criteria for spontaneity. G (Standard Gibbs energy change) and equilibrium constant.
UNIT 5 Solutions
Different methods for expressing the concentration of solution - molality, molarity, mole fraction, percentage (by volume and mass both), the vapour pressure of solutions and Raoult’s Law - Ideal and non-ideal solutions, vapour pressure - composition, plots for ideal and non- ideal solutions, Colligative properties of dilute solutions - a relative lowering of vapour pressure, depression of freezing point, the elevation of boiling point and osmotic pressure, Determination of molecular mass using colligative properties, Abnormal value of molar mass, Van’t Hoff factor and its significance.
UNIT 6 Equilibrium
Meaning of equilibrium is the concept of dynamic equilibrium.
Equilibria involving physical processes Solid-liquid, liquid-gas - gas and solid-gas equilibria, Henry’s law, General characteristics of equilibrium involving physical processes.
Equilibrium involving chemical processes Law of chemical equilibrium, equilibrium constants (Kp and Kc) and their significance, the significance of G and
GS in chemical equilibrium, factors affecting equilibrium concentration, pressure, temperature, the effect of catalyst, Le Chatelier’s principle.
Ionic equilibrium Weak and strong electrolytes, ionisation of electrolytes, various concepts of acids and bases (Arrhenius, Bronsted - Lowry and Lewis) and their ionisation, acid-base equilibria (including multistage ionisation) and ionisation constants, ionisation of water. pH scale, common ion effect, hydrolysis of salts and pH of their solutions, the solubility of sparingly soluble salts and solubility products and buffer solutions.
UNIT 7 Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry
Electronic concepts of oxidation and reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number, rules for assigning oxidation number and balancing of redox reactions.
Electrolytic and metallic conduction, conductance in electrolytic solutions, molar conductivities and their variation with concentration: Kohlrausch’s law and its applications.
Electrochemical cells - Electrolytic and Galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half-cell and cell reactions, emf of a Galvanic cell and its measurement: Nernst equation and its applications, Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs’ energy change: Dry cell and lead accumulator, Fuel cells.
UNIT 8 Chemical Kinetics
Rate of a chemical reaction, factors affecting the rate of reactions: concentration, temperature, pressure and catalyst, elementary and complex reactions, order and molecularity of reactions, rate law, rate constant and its units, differential and integral forms of zero and first-order reactions, their characteristics and half-lives, the effect of temperature on the rate of reactions, Arrhenius theory, activation energy and its calculation, collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation).
INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
UNIT 9 Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
Modem periodic law and present form of the periodic table, s, p. d and f block elements, periodic trends in properties of elements atomic and ionic radii, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states and chemical reactivity.
UNIT 10 p- Block Elements
Group -13 to Group-18 Elements
General Introduction Electronic configuration and general trends in physical and chemical properties of elements across the periods and down the groups, unique behaviour of the first element in each group.
UNIT 11 d - and f- Block Elements
Transition Elements
General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence and characteristics, general trends in properties of the first-row transition elements - physical properties, ionisation enthalpy, oxidation states, atomic radii, colour, catalytic behaviour, magnetic properties, complex formation, interstitial compounds, alloy formation, Preparation, properties and uses of K2Cr2O7 and KMnO4.
Inner Transition Elements
Lanthanoids - Electronic configuration, oxidation states and lanthanoid contraction.
Actinoids - Electronic configuration and oxidation states.
UNIT 12 Co-Ordination Compounds
Introduction to coordination compounds. Werner’s theory, ligands, coordination number, denticity. chelation, IUPAC nomenclature of mononuclear co-ordination compounds, isomerism, Bonding-Valence bond approach and basic ideas of Crystal field theory, colour and magnetic properties, Importance of co-ordination compounds (in qualitative analysis, extraction of metals and in biological systems).
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
UNIT 13 Purification and Characterisation of Organic compounds
Purification - Crystallisation, sublimation, distillation, differential extraction and chromatography - principles and their applications.
Qualitative analysis - Detection of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and halogens.
Quantitative analysis (basic principles only) - Estimation of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen,
halogens, sulphur and phosphorus.
Calculations of empirical formulae and molecular formulae: Numerical problems in organic quantitative analysis.
UNIT 14 Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry
Tetravalency of carbon Shapes of simple molecules - hybridization (s and p): Classification of organic compounds based on functional groups: and those containing halogens, oxygen, nitrogen and sulphur, Homologous series: Isomerism - structural and stereoisomerism.
Nomenclature (Trivial and IUPAC)
Covalent bond fission - Homolytic and heterolytic: free radicals, carbocations and carbanions, stability of carbocations and free radicals, electrophiles and nucleophiles.
Electronic displacement in a covalent bond
- Inductive effect, electromeric effect, resonance and hyperconjugation.
Common types of organic reactions - Substitution, addition, elimination and rearrangement.
UNITS 15 Hydrocarbons
Classification, isomerism, IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties and reactions.
Alkanes - Conformations Sawhorse and Newman projections (of ethane): Mechanism of halogenation of alkanes.
Alkenes - Geometrical isomerism: Mechanism of electrophilic addition, addition of hydrogen, halogens, water, hydrogen halides (Markownikoffs and peroxide effect), Ozonolysis and polymerisation.
Alkynes - Acidic character: Addition of hydrogen, halogens, water and hydrogen halides, Polymerisation.
Aromatic hydrocarbons - Nomenclature, benzene - structure and aromaticity: Mechanism of electrophilic substitution: halogenation, nitration.
Friedel-Craft’s alkylation and acylation, directive influence of the functional group in mono- substituted benzene.
UNIT 16 Organic Compounds Containing Halogens
General methods of preparation, properties and reactions, Nature of C-X bond, Mechanisms of substitution reactions.
Uses, Environmental effects of chloroform, iodoform freons and DDT.
UNIT 17 Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen
General methods of preparation, properties, reactions and uses.
ALCOHOLS, PHENOLS and ETHERS
Alcohols Identification of primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols: mechanism of
dehydration.
Phenols Acidic nature, electrophilic substitution reactions: halogenation. nitration and sulphonation. Reimer - Tiemann reaction.
Ethers: Structure.
Aldehyde and Ketones Nature of carbonyl group, Nucleophilic addition to >C=O group, relative reactivities of aldehydes and ketones, Important reactions such as - Nucleophilic addition reactions (addition of HCN. NH3 and its derivatives), Grignard reagent, oxidation, reduction (Wolf Kishner and Clemmensen), the acidity of -hydrogen, aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction. Haloform reaction, Chemical tests to distinguish between aldehydes and Ketones.
Carboxylic Acids
Acidic strength and factors affecting it,
UNIT 18 Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen
General methods of preparation. Properties, reactions and uses.
Amines Nomenclature, classification structure, basic character and identification of primary, secondary and tertiary amines and their basic character.
Diazonium Salts Importance in synthetic organic chemistry.
UNIT 19 Biomolecules
General introduction and importance of biomolecules.
Carbohydrates - Classification, aldoses and ketoses, monosaccharides (glucose and fructose) and constituent monosaccharides of oligosaccharides (sucrose, lactose and maltose).
Proteins - Elementary Idea of -amino acids, peptide bond, polypeptides. Proteins: primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary structure (qualitative idea only), denaturation of proteins, enzymes.
Vitamins – Classification and functions.
Nucleic acids – Chemical constitution of DNA and RNA, Biological functions of nucleic acids.
Hormones (General introduction)
UNIT 20 Principles Related to Practical Chemistry
Detection of extra elements (Nitrogen, Sulphur, halogens) in organic compounds, Detection of the following functional groups, hydroxyl (alcoholic and phenolic), carbonyl (aldehyde and ketones) carboxyl and amino groups in organic compounds.
Organic compounds: Acetanilide, p-nitro acetanilide, aniline yellow, iodoform
(Insoluble salts excluded).
Chemical principles involved in the following experiments:
Kinetic study of the reaction of iodide ions with hydrogen peroxide at room temperature
Syllabus for JEE (Main) Paper 2A (B.Arch.) - Mathematics, Aptitude Test and Drawing
Test
Part - I MATHEMATICS
UNIT 1 Sets, Relations and Functions
Sets and their representation: Union, intersection and complement of sets and their algebraic properties, Power set, Relation, Type of relations, equivalence relations, functions, one-one, into and onto functions, the composition of functions.
UNIT 2 Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Complex numbers as ordered pairs of reals, Representation of complex numbers in the form a + ib and their representation in a plane, Argand diagram, algebra of complex number, modulus and argument (or amplitude) of a complex number, Quadratic equations in real and complex number system and their solutions Relations between roots and co-efficient, nature of roots, the formation of quadratic equations with given roots.
UNIT3 Matrices and Determinants
Matrices, algebra of matrices, type of matrices, determinants and matrices of order two and three, evaluation of determinants, area of triangles using determinants, Adjoint and evaluation of inverse of a square matrix using determinants and, Test of consistency and solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using matrices.
UNIT 4 Permutations and Combinations
The fundamental principle of counting, permutation as an arrangement and combination as section, Meaning of P (n,r) and C (n,r), simple applications.
UNIT 5 Binomial Theorem and its Simple Applications
Binomial theorem for a positive integral index, general term and middle term and simple applications.
UNIT 6 Sequence and Series
Arithmetic and Geometric progressions, insertion of arithmetic, geometric means between two given numbers, Relation between A.M and G.M.
UNIT 7 limit, Continuity and Differentiability
Real–valued functions, algebra of functions, polynomials, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic and exponential functions, inverse function. Graphs of simple functions. Limits, continuity and differentiability. Differentiation of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions. Differentiation of trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, composite and implicit functions, derivatives of order up to two, Applications of derivatives: Rate of change of quantities, monotonic-increasing and decreasing functions, Maxima and minima of functions of one variable.
UNIT 8 Integral Calculas
Integral as an anti-derivative, Fundamental integral involving algebraic, trigonometric, exponential and logarithms functions. Integrations by substitution, by parts and by partial functions. Integration using trigonometric identities.
Evaluation of simple integrals of the type
The fundamental theorem of calculus, properties of definite integrals. Evaluation of definite integrals, determining areas of the regions bounded by simple curves in standard form.
UNIT 9 Diffrential Equations
Ordinary differential equations, their order and degree, the solution of differential equation by the method of separation of variables, solution of a homogeneous and linear differential equation of the type
𝑑𝑦 + 𝑝(𝑥)𝑦 = 𝑞(𝑥)
𝑑𝑥
UNIT 10 Co-Ordinate Geometry
Cartesian system of rectangular coordinates in a plane, distance formula, sections formula, locus and its equation, the slope of a line, parallel and perpendicular lines, intercepts of a line on the coordinate axis.
Straight Line
Various forms of equations of a line, intersection of lines, angles between two lines, conditions for concurrence of three lines, the distance of a point from a line, co-ordinate of the centroid, orthocentre and circumcentre of a triangle.
Circle, Conic Sections
A standard form of equations of a circle, the general form of the equation of a circle, its radius and central, equation of a circle when the end points of a diameter are given, points of intersection of a line and a circle with the centre at the origin and sections of conics, equations of conic sections (parabola, ellipse and hyperbola) in standard forms.
UNIT 11 Three-Dimensional Geometry
Coordinates of a point in space, the distance between two points, section formula, directions ratios and direction cosines and the angle between two intersecting lines. Skew lines, the shortest distance between them and its equation. Equations of a line
UNIT 12 Vector Algebra
Vectors and scalars, the addition of vectors, components of a vector in two dimensions and three- dimensional space, scalar and vector products,
UNIT 13 Statistics and Probability
Measures of discretion, calculation of mean, median, mode of grouped and ungrouped data calculation of standard deviation, variance and mean deviation for grouped and ungrouped data.
Probability: Probability of an event, addition and multiplication theorems of probability, Bayes’ theorem, probability distribution of a random variate,
UNIT 14 Trigonometry
Trigonometrical identities and trigonometrical functions, inverse trigonometrical functions and their properties,
Part –II APTITUDE TEST
UNIT - 1 Awareness of Persons, Buildings, Materials
Objects, Texture related to Architecture and Build-environment, Visualising three- dimensional objects from two-dimensional drawings. Visualising. Different sides of three- dimensional objects. Analytical Reasoning Mental Ability (Visual, Numerical and Verbal).
UNIT - 2 Three Dimensional- Perception Understanding and appreciation of scale and proportions of objects, building forms and elements, colour texture harmony and contrast Design and drawing of geometrical or abstract shapes and patterns in pencil. Transformation of forms both 2D and 3D union, subtraction rotation, development of surfaces and volumes, Generation of plans, elevations and 3D views of objects, creating two-dimensional and three-dimensional compositions using given shapes and forms.
Part – III Drawing Test
Sketching of scenes and activities from memory of urbanscape (public space, market, festivals, street scenes, monuments, recreational spaces, etc.). landscape (riverfronts, Jungle, Gardens, trees, Plants, etc.) and rural life.
To be conducted in a Drawing sheet.
Note Candidates are advised to bring pencils. Own geometry box set, crasets and colour pencils and crayons for the Drawing Test
Syllabus for JEE (Main) Paper 2B (B.Planning.) - Mathematics, Aptitude Test and
Planning
Part - I MATHEMATICS
UNIT 1 Sets, Relations and Functions
Sets and their representation: Union, intersection and complement of sets and their algebraic properties, Power set, Relation, Type of relations, equivalence relations, functions, one-one, into and onto functions, the composition of functions.
UNIT 2 Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Complex numbers as ordered pairs of reals, Representation of complex numbers in the form a + ib and their representation in a plane, Argand diagram, algebra of complex number, modulus and argument (or amplitude) of a complex number, Quadratic equations in real and complex number system and their solutions Relations between roots and co-efficient, nature of roots, the formation of quadratic equations with given roots.
UNIT3 Matrices and Determinants
Matrices, algebra of matrices, type of matrices, determinants and matrices of order two and three, evaluation of determinants, area of triangles using determinants, Adjoint and evaluation of inverse of a square matrix using determinants and Test of consistency and solution of simultaneous linear equations in two or three variables using matrices.
UNIT 4 Permutations and Combinations
The fundamental principle of counting, permutation as an arrangement and combination as section, Meaning of P (n,r) and C (n,r), simple applications.
UNIT 5 Binomial Theorem and its Simple Applications
Binomial theorem for a positive integral index, general term and middle term and simple applications.
UNIT 6 Sequence and Series
Arithmetic and Geometric progressions, insertion of arithmetic, geometric means between two given numbers, Relation between A.M and G.M.
UNIT 7 Limit, Continuity and Differentiability
Real–valued functions, algebra of functions, polynomials, rational, trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential functions, inverse function. Graphs of simple functions. Limits, continuity and differentiability. Differentiation of the sum, difference, product and quotient of two functions. Differentiation of trigonometric, inverse trigonometric, logarithmic, exponential, composite and implicit functions, derivatives of order up to two, Applications of derivatives: Rate of change of quantities, monotonic-increasing and decreasing functions, Maxima and minima of functions of one variable.
UNIT 8 Integral Calculas
Integral as an anti-derivative, Fundamental integral involving algebraic, trigonometric, exponential and logarithmic functions. Integrations by substitution, by parts and by partial functions. Integration using trigonometric identities.
Evaluation of simple integrals of the type
The fundamental theorem of calculus, properties of definite integrals. Evaluation of definite integrals, determining areas of the regions bounded by simple curves in standard form.
UNIT 9 Diffrential Equations
Ordinary differential equations, their order and degree, the solution of differential equation by the method of separation of variables, solution of a homogeneous and linear differential equation of the type
𝑑𝑦 + 𝑝(𝑥)𝑦 = 𝑞(𝑥)
𝑑𝑥
UNIT 10 Co-Ordinate Geometry
Cartesian system of rectangular coordinates in a plane, distance formula, sections formula, locus and its equation, the slope of a line, parallel and perpendicular lines, intercepts of a line on the coordinate axis.
Straight line
Various forms of equations of a line, intersection of lines, angles between two lines, conditions for concurrence of three lines, the distance of a point form a line, co-ordinate of the centroid, orthocentre and circumcentre of a triangle.
Circle, Conic Sections
A standard form of equations of a circle, the general form of the equation of a circle, its radius and central, equation of a circle when the endpoints of a diameter are given, points of intersection of a line and a circle with the centre at the origin and sections of conics, equations of conic sections (parabola, ellipse and hyperbola) in standard forms,
UNIT 11 Three-Dimensional Geometry
Coordinates of a point in space, the distance between two points, section formula, directions ratios and direction cosines, the angle between two intersecting lines. Skew lines, the shortest distance between them and its equation. Equations of a line
UNIT 12 Vector Algebra
Vectors and scalars, the addition of vectors, components of a vector in two dimensions and three- dimensional space, scalar and vector products,
UNIT 13 Statistics and Probability
Measures of discretion, calculation of mean, median, mode of grouped and ungrouped data calculation of standard deviation, variance and mean deviation for grouped and ungrouped data.
Probability: Probability of an event, addition and multiplication theorems of probability, Baye’s theorem, probability distribution of a random variate,
UNIT 14 Trigonometry
Trigonometrical identities and trigonometrical functions, inverse trigonometrical functions and their properties,
Part –II APTITUDE TEST
UNIT - 1 Awareness of persons Buildings, Materials, Objects and Textures related to Architecture and Build-environment, Visualizing three-dimensional objects from two- dimensional drawings. Visualizing. Different sides of three-dimensional objects. Analytical Reasoning Mental Ability (Visual. Numerical and Verbal)
UNIT – 2 Three dimensional- perception Understanding and appreciation of scale and proportions of objects, building forms and elements, colour texture harmony and contrast Design and drawing of geometrical or abstract shapes and patterns in pencil. Transformation of forms both 2D and 3D union, subtraction rotation, development of surfaces and volumes, Generation of plans, elevations and 3D views of objects, creating two-dimensional and three-dimensional compositions using given shapes and forms.
Part – III PLANNING
UNIT-1 General Awareness\
General knowledge questions and knowledge about prominent cities, development issues, government programs, etc.
UNIT-2 Social Sciences
The idea of nationalism, nationalism in India, pre-modern world, 19th-century global economy, colonialism and colonial cities, industrialisation, resources and development, types of resources, agriculture, water, mineral resources, industries, national economy, Human Settlements
Power-sharing, federalism, political parties, democracy, the Constitution of India
Economic development- economic sectors, globalisation, the concept of development, poverty, Population structure, social exclusion and inequality, urbanisation, rural development, colonial cities,
UNIT-3 Thinking Skills
Comprehension (unseen passage), map reading skills, scale, distance, direction, area, etc., critical reasoning, understanding of charts, graphs and tables, basic concepts of statistics and quantitative reasoning.
The authority will declare the JEE Main 2025 admit card date for the April session online. The JEE Main admit card for session 2 2025 is released three days before the test. The JEE Mains Hall ticket for 2025 will be accessible at jeemain.nta.ac.in 2025 admission card.
How to Download the NTA JEE Mains Admit Card 2025
In April, the National Testing Agency will release the JEE Main 2025 session 2 results. The NTA JEE website will allow candidates to see their JEE Mains 2025 result session 2. The result card will include information on the normalized percentile scores of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, as well as the aggregate percentile score of all three disciplines.
Counselling Schedule
IIT JEE Advanced counselling for 2025 will be held in June 2025 by the Joint Seat Allocation Authority (JoSAA). Dates and information for JoSAA 2025 will be accessible following the announcement of the JEE Advanced 2025 result. There are several rounds to the JoSAA counselling procedure for JEE Advanced 2025.
The cut off for the JEE 2025 Examination release with the result declaration.
Answer key for the exam will be available on the official website https://jeemain.nta.ac.in/..The ways to download the JEE Advanced 2025 answer key are provided below for interested candidates.
1. Visit JEE Advanced 2025’s official website.
2. Enter the necessary login information to log in or click the ‘Answer Key’ link.
3. The answer key for JEE Advanced 2025 will be shown in PDF format.
4. Exam answer key should be downloaded and saved, then your answers should be compared to it.
Results will be based on the answer key. However, the preliminary answer key can be challenged once the challenge window is made available for candidates. Final results are declared after all the valid queries (if any) have been solved and answered.
If you’re wondering how to prepare for the JEE Mains Exam, here are some tips to get you started.
The JEE Main exam application form can be expected in the month of November (for session 1) and April (for session 2). To complete the JEE Main 2025 application form, adhere to the instructions provided. It is recommended that candidates thoroughly fill out the application, ensuring that no errors are made.
1. Registration Applicants must register online at jeemain.nta.nic.in for JEE Main 2025. Upon selecting ‘New Registration’, applicants must review the guidelines and complete the registration process by providing the following information:
Personal Details – Name, Parent’s Name, Date of Birth, Gender, Identity Type, Identification Number.
Present Address
Permanent Address
2. Filling of Application Form Next, candidates will have to select their nationality, category, session of exam applying for, question paper medium and choice of test cities. Four exam cities have to be selected in the order of preference. Candidates will also have to provide their education details and parents’ income information.
3. Uploading of Scanned Documents Candidates have to upload their scanned documents that include their photograph, signature. If required, they also need to upload the category and PwD certificate.
4. Payment of Fee Students can pay the fees for the JEE main exam through any of the methods (net banking/credit card/debit card/UPI) as per their category and the number of selected papers.
After the fees has been successfully paid, candidates are required to get a printout of the displayed page for future reference.
When will the Online Application form for JEE (Main) – 2025 Session 1 be available on the website?
The Online Application form for JEE (Main) – Session 1 is available from first week of February 2025 to first week of March 2025 on the website https://jeemain.nta.ac.in/.
A candidate has the option to apply for one Session or both Sessions (Session 1 and Session 2 of 2025) together and pay the exam fee accordingly. In other words, if a candidate wishes to apply only for one Session, he/she has to pay the Examination Fee only for that session during the current application period and will have the opportunity to apply again for Session 2 (April 2025).
Is it true that JEE (Main)-2024 will be held in 02 Sessions?
Yes, JEE (Main)-2025 is being held in 02 Sessions in 2025. Session 1 will be held in January 2025 and Session 2 will be held in April 2025
When will the JEE (Main)- 2025 Session 1 Examination be conducted?
The tentative dates of examinations are as follows:
Session 1 Between 24th January to 01st February, 2025
Session 2 Between 01st April to 15th April, 2025.
Whether the examination will be offline or online?
JEE (Main)-2025 Examination Session 1 will be held in ‘Computer Based Test’ (CBT) Mode only, except for the Drawing Test for B. Arch Will be held in ‘Pen and Paper’ (offline) mode.
How to fill up the ‘Online Application Form for JEE (Main)-2025 Session 2’? Are there any guidelines for the students before filling out the application form?
Yes, instructions to apply online for JEE (Main)-2025 are available in the information Bulletin under the heading ‘Important Information at Glance’.
For more details please go through the Information Bulletin Appendix-VII (Replica of Application Form)
Whether a candidate have to fill up a separate Application Form for each session?
Candidates can fill up the Application Form and pay the requisite examination fee for each session separately at the time of opening the portal for that session
Note The candidate can apply for both sessions together.
What action is to be taken if the candidate has opted for English as a medium for examination and wants to appear in the Hindi medium?
The medium should be filled up while applying online. However, on the day of the Examination in CBT mode, the candidate can also choose/select his/her medium of question paper during the examination.
Is thumb impression mandatory while filling JEE (Main)-2025 Application?
There is no need to upload a thumb impression in the Online Application Form of JEE (Main)-2025.
What should I do, if a ‘continuous timeout’ or ‘file not found error’ occurs while filling the Online Application Form of JEE (Main)-2025?
Use an updated version of Mozilla Firefox/Internet Explorer and a good internet connection while filling out the Application Form. In case of continuous time out clear cookies and history of the browser and fill in off-peak hours.
Are Candidates required to send/submit any document(s) including the Confirmation Page to NTA through Post/Fax/By Hand?
No Candidates are not required to send / submit any document(s) including the Confirmation Page to NTA through Post/Fax/WhatsApp/Email/by Hand.