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JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2024
| S.No. | Unit | Topics Covered |
1 | Physics and Measurement | Physics, Technology and Society, S.I. units, |
| Fundamental and derived units. | ||
| Least count, accuracy and precision of measuring instruments, Errors in measurement, | ||
| Dimensions of Physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications | ||
2 | Kinematics | 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 graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion. | ||
| Scalars and Vectors, Vector Addition and Subtraction, Zero Vector, Scalar and Vector products, Unit Vector, Resolution of a Vector | ||
| Relative Velocity, Motion in a plane. | ||
| Projectile Motion, Uniform Circular Motion | ||
3 | Laws of Motion | Force and Inertia, |
| Newton’s First Law of motion: Momentum, Newton’s Second Law of motion: Impulse and 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, | ||
4 | Work, Energy and Power | Work done by a constant force and a variable force; Kinetic and potential energies, Work-Energy theorem |
| Power | ||
| Potential energy of a spring, Conservation of mechanical energy, Conservative and nonconservative forces; | ||
| Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions. | ||
5 | Rotational Motion | Centre of mass of a two-particle system, Centre of mass of a rigid body |
| Basic concepts of rotational motion; moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications | ||
| Moment of inertia, Radius of gyration | ||
| Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications. | ||
| Rigid body rotation, Equations of rotational motion | ||
6 | Gravitation | The Universal law of gravitation |
| Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth, Kepler’s laws of planetary motion | ||
| Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. | ||
| Escape velocity. | ||
| Orbital velocity of a satellite. Geostationary satellites. | ||
7 | Properties of Solids and Liquids | Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s Law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, modulus of rigidity. Pressure due to a fluid column |
| Pascal’s law and its applications | ||
| Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow, Reynolds number | ||
| Bernoulli’s principle and its applications | ||
| Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, 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, Newton’s law of cooling | ||
8 | Thermodynamics | Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, concept of temperature |
| Heat, work and internal energy | ||
| First law of thermodynamics | ||
| The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes | ||
| Carnot engine and its efficiency | ||
9 | Kinetic Theory of Gases | Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas. |
| Kinetic theory of gases -assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature: rms speed of gas molecules | ||
| Degrees of freedom, Law of equipartition of energy | ||
| Applications to specific heat capacities of gases Mean free path | ||
| Avogadro’s number | ||
10 | Oscillations and Waves | Periodic motion – 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 | ||
| Free, forced and damped oscillations, | ||
| Resonance | ||
| Wave motion | ||
| Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of a 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, Doppler effect in sound | ||
11 | Electrostatics | 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 | ||
| 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 flux, | ||
| Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges. | ||
| Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges in an electrostatic field. | ||
| Conductors and insulators, Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitor, combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates, Energy stored in a capacitor. | ||
12 | Current Electricity | Electric current, Drift velocity, Ohm’s law, Electrical resistance, Resistances of different materials, V-I characteristics of Ohmic and non-ohmic conductors |
| Electrical energy and power, Electrical resistivity, Colour code for resistors | ||
| Series and parallel combinations of resistors; Temperature dependence of resistance. | ||
| Electric Cell and its Internal resistance, Potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel | ||
| Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications | ||
| Wheatstone bridge, Metre bridge | ||
| Potentiometer – principle and its applications. | ||
13 | Magnetic 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. | ||
| Cyclotron | ||
| Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. Force between two parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere, Torque experienced by a current loop in uniform magnetic field | ||
| Moving coil galvanometer, its current 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; Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. | ||
| Para-, dia-, and ferro- magnetic substances. | ||
| Magnetic susceptibility and permeability, Hysteresis, Electromagnets and permanent magnets. | ||
14 | Electromagnetic Induction 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 | ||
| Quality factor, power in AC circuits, wattless current. | ||
| AC Generator and Transformer. | ||
15 | Electromagnetic Waves | 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. | ||
16 | Optics | Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror formula, Total internal reflection and its applications, |
| Deviation and Dispersion of light by a prism, Lens Formula, Magnification, Power of a Lens, Combination of thin lenses in contact, 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. Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes, Polarisation, plane polarized light | ||
| Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarized light and Polaroids. | ||
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 the particle, de Broglie relation. | ||
| Davis son-Germer experiment. | ||
18 | Atoms and Nuclei | Alpha-particle scattering experiment |
| Rutherford’s model of the atom | ||
| Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum | ||
| Composition and size of the nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars, and isotones | ||
| Radioactivity-alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties | ||
| Radioactive decay law | ||
| Mass-energy relation, mass defect | ||
| Binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission and fusion. | ||
19 | Electronic Devices | Semiconductors |
| Semiconductor diode: I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias | ||
| Diode as a rectifier | ||
| 1-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator | ||
| Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor | ||
| Transistor as an amplifier(common emitter configuration) and oscillator | ||
| Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR), Transistor as a switch | ||
20 | Communication Systems | Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere |
| Sky and space wave propagation, Need for modulation, Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, Bandwidth of signals, Bandwidth of Transmission medium, | ||
| Basic Elements of a Communication System (Block Diagram only). |
JEE Main Physics Experimental Skills (Section B)
| S.No. | Experiments |
| 1 | Vernier callipers-its use to measure internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel. |
| 2 | Screw gauge-its use to determine thickness/ diameter of thin sheet/wire. |
| 3 | Simple Pendulum-dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between square of amplitude and time. |
| 4 | Metre Scale – mass of a given object by principle of moments. |
| 5 | Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire. |
| 6 | Surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents. |
| 7 | Coefficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given spherical body. |
| 8 | Plotting a cooling curve for the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time. |
| 9 | Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube. |
| 10 | Specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid and (ii) liquid by method of mixtures. |
| 11 | Resistivity of the material of a given wire using a metre bridge. |
| 12 | Resistance of a given wire using Ohm’s law. |
| 13 | Potentiometer -Comparison of emf of two primary cells. -Determination of internal resistance of a cell. |
| 14 | Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method |
| 15 | Focal length of-Convex mirror -Concave mirror, and -Convex lens using parallax method |
| 16 | Plot of angle of deviation vs angle of incidence for a triangular prism. |
| 17 | Refractive index of a glass slab using a traveling microscope. |
| 18 | Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward and reverse bias. |
| 19 | Zener diode characteristic curves and finding reverse breakdown voltage. |
| 20 | Characteristic curves of a transistor and finding current gain and voltage gain. |
| 21 | Identification of Diode, LED, Transistor, IC, Resistor, Capacitor from mixed collection of such items. |
| 22 | Using multimeter to-Identify base of a transistor -Distinguish between npn and pnp type transistor -See the unidirectional flow of current in case of a diode and an LED. -Check the correctness or otherwise of a given electronic component (diode, transistor or IC). |
JEE Main Physics Chapter-wise Weightage
JEE Main Syllabus with Weightage for Physics (Topic/Chapter wise) (Previous year)
| S.No | Unit | No. of Questions | Total marks | Weightage |
| 1. | Modern Physics | 5 | 20 | 16.67% |
| 2. | Heat and Thermodynamics | 3 | 12 | 10% |
| 3. | Optics | 3 | 12 | 10% |
| 4. | Current Electricity | 3 | 12 | 10% |
| 5. | Electrostatics | 3 | 12 | 10% |
| 6. | Magnetics | 2 | 8 | 6.67% |
| 7. | Unit, Dimension and Vector | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 8. | Kinematics | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 9. | Laws of motion | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 10. | Work, Power and Energy | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 11. | Centre Of Mass, Impulse and Momentum | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 12. | Rotation | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 13. | Gravitation | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 14. | Simple Harmonic Motion | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 15. | Solids and Fluids | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 16. | Waves | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
| 17. | Electromagnetic Induction; AC | 1 | 4 | 3.33% |
Based on the previous year’s analysis, we have provided the chapter-wise weightage for JEE Main Physics syllabus.
| Chapters | Total Questions | Weightage |
| Alternating Current | 2 | 6.67% |
| Current Electricity | 3 | 10.00% |
| Communication System | 1 | 3.33% |
| Circular Motion | 1 | 3.33% |
| Capacitor | 1 | 3.33% |
| Centre Of Mass | 2 | 6.67% |
| Electrostatics | 1 | 3.33% |
| Error | 1 | 3.33% |
| Electromagnetic Waves | 1 | 3.33% |
| Magnetic Effect of Current & Magnetism | 2 | 6.67% |
| KTG & Thermodynamics | 2 | 6.67% |
| SHM | 1 | 3.33% |
| Sound Waves | 1 | 3.33% |
| KInematics | 1 | 3.33% |
| Work Power Energy | 1 | 3.33% |
| Kinematics | 1 | 3.33% |
| Laws of motion | 1 | 3.33% |
| Rotational Dynamics | 2 | 6.67% |
| Work, Power and Energy | 1 | 6.67% |
| Modern Physics | 2 | 6.67% |
| NLM | 1 | 3.33% |
| Elasticity | 1 | 3.33% |
| Wave Optics | 2 | 6.67% |
| Semiconductors | 1 | 3.33% |
Best Books For JEE Mains Physics
| Books | Authors |
| NCERT Textbooks | for Class XI and XII |
| Understanding Physics | D.C. Pandey |
| Concepts of physics for JEE | H.C. Verma (Vol. I and Vol. II) |
| Fundamentals of Physics | Halliday, Resnick and Walker |
| Understanding Physics | Freedman and Young |
| IIT JEE Physics 35 years chapter-wise solved papers | D.C. Pandey |
| Problems in Physics | A.A. Pinsky |
| Problems in Physics | S.S. Krotov |
| Problems in General Physics | IE Irodov |
| A Collection of questions and problems in Physics | L.A. Sena |
| Advanced Level Physics: Examples and Exercises | Nelkon, Michael, Parker, Philip |
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