PHYSICS FOR IIT JEE (MAIN AND ADVANCE)

List books in Physics for JEE & other engineering entrance exams

There are a number of books in Physics for covering theory and problems. A rigorous (but not fully exhaustive) list of the books popular amongst students are

For theory:Fundamentals of Physics - Resnick & Halliday

• University Physics - Seers & Zeemansky
• Fundamentals of Physics - B. N. Ivanov
• Fundamental Laws of Mechanics & Fundamental Laws of Electromagnetism - I. E. Irodov
• Concepts of Physics - H. C. Verma
• Understanding Physics for JEE Mains & Advanced - D. C. Pandey (Arihant, set of 5 books)
• Physics for Joint Entrance Exam JEE Advanced - B. M. Sharma (Cengage, Set of 6 books)
• Physics for JEE - Anurag Mishra (Balaji, Set of 5 books)
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For problem solving:Problems in General Physics - I. E. Irodov

 

• Aptitude Test Problems in Physics - Krotov
• Past JEE papers - Disha Publications
• 3000 Challenger Problems - Disha Publications
• Advanced Problems in Physics - Anurag Mishra (Balaji Publications)

JEE Physics syllabus 2022, 2023, 2024

• Physics, technology and society, S I Units, fundamental and derived units, least count
• Accuracy and precision of measuring instruments, Errors in measurement
• Dimensions of Physics quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.

• 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, zero vector, scalar and vector products, Unit Vector, Resolution of a Vector. 
• Relative Velocity, Motion in a plane 
• Projectile Motion
• Uniform Circular 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.

• Work done by a content force and a variable force;
• Kinetic and potential energies 
• Work-energy theorem
• Power
• The potential energy of spring
• Conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and neoconservative forces;
• Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

• Centre of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body;
• Basic concepts of rotational motion; a 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. 
• Rigid body rotation equations of rotational motion.

• 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, Orbital velocity of a satellite. 
• Geostationary satellites.

• 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, a reflection of waves. 
• Standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics.
• Beats. 
• Doppler Effect in sound

• 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.

• Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature. 
• Heat, work and internal energy. 
• The first law of thermodynamics. 
• The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes.
• Carnot engine and its efficiency.

• Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas 
• Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, the 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.

• 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
• Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges in an electrostatic field.
• Conductors and insulators. Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitor, the combination of capacitors in series and parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates. 
• Energy stored in a capacitor.

• Electric current. 
• Drift velocity.
• Ohm's law.
• Electrical resistance. Resistances of different materials. 
• V-l 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, a combination of cells in series and parallel.
• Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications.
• Wheatstone bridge. Metre Bridge.
• Potentiometer - principle and its applications.

• Biot - Savart law and its application to 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. 
• The force between two parallel current carrying conductors
• Torque experienced by a current loop in a 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 ferromagnetic substances. Magnetic susceptibility and permeability. 
• Hysteresis. 
• Electromagnets and permanent magnets.

• 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.

• 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 front 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.
• Polarization, plane-polarized light: Brewster's law, uses of plane-polarized light and Polaroid.

• 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. 
• Davisson-Germer experiment.

• Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum.
• Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars: 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.

• Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: 1-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. 
• 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.

• 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

• Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere; Sky and space wave propagation. 
• Need for modulation.
• Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, Bandwidth of signals. 
• The bandwidth of Transmission medium, Basic Elements of a Communication System (Block Diagram only).