IIT JEE Main Preparation - 5 Important Physics Chapters to Study

JEE Main 2021 Physics Preparation - 5 Most Important Chapters

JEE Main is around the corner, and to crack the exam with a good rank, you should have a proper strategy and plan. This article is about JEE Main 2021 preparation planning and strategizing on how to approach JEE syllabus question paper.

By Topperlearning Expert 23rd Dec, 2019 | 03:04 pm

JEE Main Physics Paper Pattern

JEE Main paper contains 25 questions from each subject of Physics, Chemistry and Maths. Of these 25 questions, 20 questions are MCQs with one correct option and 5 questions are numerical value-based questions. The numerical value-based questions have no negative marking, whereas the MCQs have 4 marks for the correct answer and -1 for every wrong answer.

As per the JEE Mains Physics Syllabus, the Physics part is vast and consists of 21 chapters. An analysis of previous years’ JEE Main papers show that roughly 50% of the questions come from 5 to 6 topics. So, if students are thorough with these JEE exam preparation topics, it becomes very easy to score good marks. The list of the important chapters and topics are as follows.

1) Electrostatics

Effects of insertion of dielectric on electric field
Electrical energy density
Potential between the plates
Charge and force between the plates
Gauss’s law
Electric flux
Combination of capacitors

2) Optics

Young’s double slit experiment
Total internal reflection
Combination of lenses
Coherent sources
Thin film interference
Lens maker’s formula
Dispersion without deviation
Deviation without dispersion
Total internal reflection
Ray diagrams

3) Heat and thermodynamics

Kinetic theory of gases
Specific heat capacity
Kinetic energy of ideal gas
Mayer’s formula
Thermodynamics: Thermodynamic processes, cyclic and non-cyclic processes, Carnot cycle, heat engine, refrigerator
Heat: Thermal expansion, calorimetry, Newton’s law of cooling

4) Current electricity

Drift velocity
Kirchhoff’s law of electrical networks
Electrical measuring instruments
EMF and internal resistance
Balanced Wheatstone bridge

5) Modern Physics

Photoelectric effect
Atomic Physics: Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom, atomic excitation
Nuclear Physics: Radioactive decay law, radioactivity and half-life
Mass defect

JEE Main 2021 Physics reference books

According to JEE Main Physics syllabus pdf, Concepts of Physics 1 & 2 by HC Verma is a set of two volumes which you can use for Physics JEE preparation for theory as well as numerical problems. NCERT theory is also good for an in-depth understanding of concepts. Solving previous years’ question papers will also help you get an idea about the question paper and the difficulty level of questions. Solve as many full length mock tests as possible; doing so will help you in framing your strategy to attempt the question paper.

IIT JEE Preparation Tips & Tricks

Learn as many formulae as possible as these will help you in solving questions quickly and will save you a lot of time.
Do not spend much time on a single question.
Analyzing the options properly can help in solving the questions quickly.
Dimensional analysis of a problem will be very useful in case you are not getting the answer by the conceptual method.
Putting in the values and checking the options can help in solving problems quickly.

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