JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2024 (Released)

Subject

Removed Chapters

Physics

• Capacitors and Capacitance

• Communication Device

• A few topics are removed from the Experimental Skills

Section A

Chapter Name

Topics

Physics and Measurement

• 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. 

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.

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.

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 neoconservative forces; Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.

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. 

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.

Properties of Solids and Liquids

• Elastic behavior, 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.

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. 

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. 

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.

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. 

• 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 polarization, 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.

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. 

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.

• 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.

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: power in AC circuits, wattless current. AC generator and transformer.

Electromagnetic 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. 

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

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.

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.

Electronic Devices

• Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: 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).

JEE Main Physics – Weightage of Chapters

Chapter Name

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Weightage

Kinematics

2

8

4%

Laws of Motion

2

8

4%

Work, Energy, and Power

2

8

4%

Centre of Mass

2

8

4%

Rotational Dynamics

2

8

4%

Gravitation

1

4

2%

Kinetic Theory of Gases

1

4

2%

Thermodynamics

1

4

2%

Oscillations

1

4

2%

Waves

1

4

2%

Electrostatics

2

8

4%

Current Electricity

3

12

6%

Magnetic Effect of Current and Magnetism

2

8

4%

Alternating Current

2

8

4%

Electromagnetic Waves

1

4

2%

Modern Physics

2

8

4%

Optics

2

8

4%

Electronic Devices

1

4

2%

Name of the Book

Author/Publications

Reasons Why This Book Stands Out as the Best Choice for JEE Main Physics

NCERT Textbook 

NCERT

It covers up almost everything. It is the best book for the basic concepts and practice.

Concepts of physics (Vol. 1 and 2)

HC Verma

They provide the best exercises along with the basic concepts.

Fundamentals of Physics

Halliday, Resnick, & walker

This book helps in clearing all the concepts of Physics important for JEE Mains.

Understanding Physics

It’s a set of the following books:

• Electricity & Magnetism

• Mechanics (Vol. 1 & 2)

• Optics & Modern Physics

• Waves & Thermodynamics

D C Pandey - Arihant Publications

This set of books is very popular among the students and one of the best books for JEE Mains. This explains the concepts, derives the formula, and provides a number of solved examples and exercises to solve.

Understanding Physics

Freedman and Young

This book explains all the concepts in detail and provides exercises for practice.

Problems in Physics

SS Krotov

This book is popular for its exercise questions, which makes it a popular choice for problem-solving.

Physics Vol-1 and Vol-2 by for Theory and Non-Trivial Problems

Resnick Halliday

Book for understanding concepts and and honing problem-solving skills.

Problems on General Physics

I E Irodov

A lot of questions are provided as practice questions, making it a valuable resource for Physics practice.

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