NTA conducted NEET exam for the year 2024 on 5th May. Knowing the syllabus is the first step in the process of preparing for any test. NEET Physics syllabus has been released by NTA in the pdf format online at neet.nta.nic.in. It is compiled of topics from Class 11th and 12th such as Laws of motion, gravitation, thermodynamics, etc. Candidates can check the complete syllabus of physics subject for NEET 2024 exam from this page.
Given Below is the list of all the topics included in class 11th and 12th NEET 2024 Physics syllabus.
NEET Syllabus 2024 for Physics
Class XI | Class XII |
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Physical world and measurement |
Electrostatics |
Kinematics |
Current Electricity |
Laws of Motion |
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism |
Work, Energy and Power |
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents |
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body |
Electromagnetic Waves |
Gravitation |
Optics |
Properties of Bulk Matter |
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation |
Thermodynamics |
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation |
Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory |
Atoms and Nuclei |
Oscillations and Waves |
Electronic Devices |
PHYSICS | CONTENTS OF CLASS XI SYLLABUS |
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UNIT I: |
Physical World and Measurement Units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Errors in measurement; significant figures. Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. |
UNIT II: |
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 and position-time graphs, for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment). Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative velocity. Unit vectors. Resolution of a vector in a plane-rectangular components. Scalar and Vector products of Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration - projectile motion. Uniform circular motion. |
UNIT III: |
Laws of Motion Intuitive concept of force. Inertia, Newton's first law of motion; momentum and Newton's second law of motion; impulse; Newton's third law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications. Static and Kinetic friction, Laws of friction & Rolling Friction. Dynamics of uniform circular motion. Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on level circular road, vehicle on banked road). |
UNIT IV: |
Work, Energy and Power Work done by a constant force and variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy theorem, power. Notion of potential energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces; conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies); non conservative forces; motion in a vertical circle, elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions. |
UNIT V: |
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation and centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre of mass of uniform rod. Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with some examples. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions; moment of inertia, Radius of Gyration. Values of M.I. for simple geometrical objects (no derivation). Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications |
UNIT VI: |
Gravitation Kepler's laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite. |
UNIT VII: |
Properties of Bulk Matter Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship. Hooke's law, Young's modulus. Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, Reynold's number, streamline and turbulent flow. Critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and its applications. Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids, and gases. Anomalous expansion. Specific heat capacity: Calorimetry; change of state - latent heat. Heat transfer - conduction and thermal conductivity, convection and radiation. |
UNIT VIII: |
Thermodynamics Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of Thermodynamics). Heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes. Second law of the thermodynamics: Reversible and irreversible processes. |
UNIT IX: |
Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas. Moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with some examples. Kinetic theory of gases: Assumptions, concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path. |
UNIT X: |
Oscillations and Waves Periodic motion - period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions. Simple Harmonic Motion(SHM) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring - restoring force and force constant; energy in SHM - Kinetic and potential energies; simple pendulum - derivation of expression for its time period & resonance. Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of wave motion. 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. |
PHYSICS | CONTENTS OF CLASS XII SYLLABUS |
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UNIT I: |
Electrostatics Electric charges and their conservation. Coulomb's law - force 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, statement of Gauss's theorem and its applications to find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell (field inside and outside) Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole and system of charges: equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges and of electric diploes in an electrostatic field. Conductors and insulators. Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors and capacitance, 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. |
UNIT II: |
Current Electricity Electric current, drift velocity and mobility, and their relation with electric current; Ohm's law, electrical resistance, V-I characteristics (linear and nonlinear), electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity. Series and parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance. Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel. Kirchhoff's laws and simple applications. Wheatstone bridge, Metre Bridge. |
UNIT III: |
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism Biot-Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop. Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire, straight and toroidal solenoids. Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. 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 a 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. Magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis. Torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field; bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines. Para-, dia- and ferro- magnetic substances, with examples. Electromagnetic and factors affecting their strengths. |
UNIT IV: |
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. |
UNIT V: |
Electromagnetic Waves Need for displacement current. Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only). Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves. Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses. |
UNIT VI: |
Optics Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light, total internal reflection and its applications optical fibres, refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens-maker's formula. Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact combination of a lens and a mirror. Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism. Wave optics: Wavefront and Huygens' principle. Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens' principle. Interference, Young's double hole 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. |
UNIT VII: |
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations; Einstein's photoelectric equation - particle nature of light. Matter waves - wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation. |
UNIT VIII: |
Atoms and Nuclei Alpha- particle scattering experiments; 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 |
UNIT IX: |
Electronic Devices Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, diode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR). |
If one analyzes the NEET previous years Question papers, one can deduce the most important topics in NEET Physics syllabus which are Kinematics, Heat, Electrostatics, Electronic Devices, Thermodynamics, The Magnetic effect of Current, Laws of Motion, and Oscillations & Waves.
1. Syllabus and Exam Pattern
Comprehension:
Analysing topics in NEET 2024 Physics syllabus must be the first step while starting to prepare. Comprehend the exam pattern and
hence the marking scheme.
2. Refer Best Books:
NCERT physics books are one of the best books to prepare for exams. Several times questions are picked directly from the concepts taught in the NCERT textbooks.
For strengthening your numerical portion, you may refer to other books as well. A. H.C. Verma Concepts of Physics (Volume 1 and 2) B. Concepts of Competition
Physics by Aggarwals (for CBSE PMT)
3. Practice Previous Year's Question Papers:
One of the best ways to prepare NEET Physics Syllabus is to practice previous years' NEET question papers. Solving these papers will help you to understand the
type of questions asked in the examination. Also, it will enhance your speed, accuracy, time management skills, and familiarizes you with the topics important
from the examination point of view.
4. Make Proper Notes:
The students are advised to prepare study notes of all the necessary formulas, theorems, and concepts. These revision notes will help students to strengthen their
knowledge and boost their last-minute preparations.
5. Appear for Online Mock Test Series:
Online Mock Test Series will help to improve your exam-taking skills. Taking Online Mock Tests will assist you to evaluate your preparation level. Moreover, it
will also help you to identify your weak concepts.
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