BITSAT 2026 Question Paper for April 16 Shift 2 is available here. BITS Pilani conducted BITSAT Session 1 exam on April 16, 2026 in Shift 2 from 2 PM to 5 PM. BITSAT exam is held in a CBT Mode at various exam centres in India and abroad for students to apply for Integrated programs at BITS Campuses in Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad.

  • BITSAT question paper contains 130 questions divided into 5 sections- Physics and Chemistry with 30 questions each, English Proficiency with 10 questions, Logical Reasoning with 20 questions and Mathematics or Biology with 40 questions.
  • Each correct answer gets you 3 marks while incorrect answer has an negative marking of 1.

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The BITSAT 2026 April 16 Shift 2 Question Paper with answer key and solution PDF is available here. Based on initial student reaction, BITSAT 2026 April 16 Shift 2 was easy to moderate level. 

  • Physics questions were easy to moderate level.
  • Chemistry questions were moderate to tough with more questions from physical chemistry and less from inorganic.
  • Maths was easy to moderate.

BITSAT 2026 April 16 Shift 2 Question Paper with Solution PDF (Memory-Based)

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Question 1:

The combination of the gates shown in the following figure yields


  • (a) NAND gate
  • (b) OR gate
  • (c) NOT gate
  • (d) XOR gate

Question 2:

A series LCR circuit consists of \( R = 80\,\Omega \), \( X_L = 100\,\Omega \), and \( X_C = 40\,\Omega \). The input voltage is \( 2500 \cos(100\pi t) \) V. The amplitude of current in the circuit is

  • (a) 25 A
  • (b) 50 A
  • (c) 75 A
  • (d) 100 A

Question 3:

The critical angle of a medium for a specific wavelength, if the medium has relative permittivity 3 and relative permeability \( \frac{4}{3} \) for this wavelength, will be:

  • (a) 15°
  • (b) 30°
  • (c) 45°
  • (d) 60°

Question 4:

Two lighter nuclei combine to form a comparatively heavier nucleus by the relation \[ \frac{2}{1}X + \frac{2}{1}X = \frac{4}{2}Y \] The binding energies per nucleon of \( \frac{2}{1}X \) and \( \frac{4}{2}Y \) are 1.1 MeV and 7.6 MeV respectively. The energy released in this process is

  • (a) 26 MeV
  • (b) 56 MeV
  • (c) 78 MeV
  • (d) 108 MeV

Question 5:

A given ray of light suffers minimum deviation in an equilateral prism P. Additional prisms Q and R of identical shape and of same material as that of P are now combined as shown in the figure. The ray will now suffer


  • (a) greater deviation
  • (b) no deviation
  • (c) same deviation as before
  • (d) total internal reflection

Question 6:

Which of the following gases has the highest rate of diffusion?

  • (A) O\(_2\)
  • (B) CO\(_2\)
  • (C) H\(_2\)
  • (D) N\(_2\)

Question 7:

What is the IUPAC name of the compound: CH\(_3\) – CH\(_2\) – CH(CH\(_3\)) – CH\(_2\) – CH\(_3\)

  • (A) 3-Methylpentane
  • (B) 2-Methylpentane
  • (C) 3-Methylbutane
  • (D) 2-Methylbutane

Question 8:

A first-order reaction is 25% complete in 30 minutes. How much time will it take for the reaction to be 75% complete?

  • (A) 90 min
  • (B) 60 min
  • (C) 120 min
  • (D) 150 min

Question 9:

Which of the following substances does not undergo hydrolysis in aqueous solution?

  • (A) Sodium acetate
  • (B) Ammonium chloride
  • (C) Sodium carbonate
  • (D) Sodium chloride

Question 10:

How many moles of oxygen are required to completely combust 1 mole of propane (C\(_3\)H\(_8\))?

  • (A) 4 moles
  • (B) 5 moles
  • (C) 6 moles
  • (D) 3 moles

Question 11:

The area of the region bounded by the curves \( x = y^2 - 2 \) and \( x = y \) is

  • (A) \( \frac{9}{4} \)
  • (B) 9
  • (C) \( \frac{9}{2} \)
  • (D) \( \frac{9}{7} \)

Question 12:

The value of \( \int e^{\tan \theta} (\sec \theta - \sin \theta) \, d\theta \) is

  • (A) \( e^{\tan \theta} \sec \theta + c \)
  • (B) \( e^{\tan \theta} \sin \theta + c \)
  • (C) \( e^{\tan \theta} (\sec \theta + \sin \theta) + c \)
  • (D) \( e^{\tan \theta} \cos \theta + c \)

Question 13:

If \( \vec{a} = 2\hat{i} + \hat{j} + 2\hat{k} \), then the value of \( |\hat{i} \times (\vec{a} \times \hat{i})|^2 + |\hat{j} \times (\vec{a} \times \hat{j})|^2 + |\hat{k} \times (\vec{a} \times \hat{k})|^2 \) is equal to

  • (A) 17
  • (B) 18
  • (C) 19
  • (D) 20

Question 14:

The magnitude of projection of line joining (3, 4, 5) and (4, 6, 3) on the line joining (−1, 2, 4) and (1, 0, 5) is

  • (A) \( \frac{4}{3} \)
  • (B) \( \frac{2}{3} \)
  • (C) \( \frac{8}{3} \)
  • (D) \( \frac{1}{3} \)

Question 15:

Let the foot of perpendicular from a point \( P(1,2,-1) \) to the straight line \( L: \frac{x}{1} = \frac{y}{0} = \frac{z}{-1} \) be \( N \). Let a line be drawn from \( P \) parallel to the plane \( x + y + 2z = 0 \) which meets \( L \) at point \( Q \). If \( \alpha \) is the acute angle between the lines PN and PQ, then \( \cos \alpha \) is equal to

  • (A) \( \frac{1}{\sqrt{5}} \)
  • (B) \( \frac{\sqrt{3}}{2} \)
  • (C) \( \frac{1}{\sqrt{3}} \)
  • (D) \( \frac{1}{2\sqrt{3}} \)

BITSAT 2026 Chapter-Wise Weightage

The BITSAT syllabus includes NCERT Class 11 and 12 topics, but some chapters tend to hold more significance due to their conceptual knowledge.

Physics

Chapter Expected Weightage (%)
Laws of Motion 8–10%
Current Electricity 7–9%
Ray Optics & Wave Optics 6–8%
Thermodynamics 6–7%
Electrostatics 5–7%

Chemistry

Chapter Expected Weightage (%)
Chemical Bonding 8–10%
Organic Chemistry (Basics + Reactions) 10–12%
Coordination Compounds 6–8%
Electrochemistry 5–7%
p-Block Elements 6–8%

Mathematics

Chapter Expected Weightage (%)
Calculus (Limits, Integration, Differentiation) 12–15%
Vectors & 3D Geometry 8–10%
Complex Numbers & Quadratic Equations 6–8%
Probability 6–8%
Coordinate Geometry 7–9%