National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) will be conducted by the NTA on Sunday, 3rd of May 2020. Knowing the syllabus will benefit the aspirants in the thorough preparation of the examination. As per the MCI (Medical Council of India), the exam syllabus is planned after reviewing the syllabus prescribed by various State as well as NCERT and COBSE (Council of Boards of School Education in India) to ensure uniformity in the medical education across the country. NEET Physics Syllabus is the combination of concepts taught in class 11th and class 12th Physics.
Given Below is the list of all the topics included in class 11th NEET 2020 Physics syllabus.
| Class 11 Physics Syllabus for NEET 2020 |
| Physical world and measurement |
| Kinematics |
| Laws of motion |
| Work, Energy and Power |
| Motion of systems of particles and rigid body |
| Gravitation |
| Properties of bulk matter |
| Thermodynamics |
| Behaviour of Perfect gas and Kinetic theory |
| Oscillations and Waves |
| Unit 1 – Physical world and measurement | Physics: scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; physics, technology and society
Need for measurement – units of measurement; systems of units; SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass and time measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring instruments; errors in measurement; significant figures
Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications |
| Unit 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 and position-time graphs for uniformly accelerated motion (graphical treatment)
Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion. Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; 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 3 – 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
Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication
Dynamics of uniform circular motion. Centripetal force, examples of circular motion (vehicle on level circular road, vehicle on banked road) |
| Unit 4 – Work, Energy and Power | Word 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 5 – Motion of systems 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; Centre of mass of uniform rod
Momentum of a force – torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum with some examples
Equillibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion, comparision 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 6 – Gravitation | Kepler’s law 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. Geostationary satellites |
| Unit 7 – Properties of Bulk matter | Elastic behaviour, stress-strain relationship. Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus, shear, modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy
Viscosity, Stoke’s 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 of capacity:Cp, Cv-calorimetry; change of state-latent heat
Heat transfer – conduction and thermal conductivity, convection and radiation. Qualitative ideas of Black body radiation. Wein’s displacement law, and green house effect.
Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law |
| Unit 8 – 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. Heat engines and refrigerators |
| Unit 9 – Behaviour of perfect gas and kinetic theory | 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; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy (Statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path |
| Unit 10 – 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; free and forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), 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. Doppler effect. |
Given Below is the list of all the topics included in class 12th NEET 2020 Physics syllabus.
| NEET Physics Syllabus for Class 12 |
| Electro statistics |
| Current Electricity |
| Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism |
| Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents |
| Electromagnetic waves |
| Optics |
| Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation |
| Atoms and Nuclei |
| Electronic devices |
| Unit 1 – 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 dipoles in an electrostatic field
Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor. 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, Van de Graaff generator |
| Unit 2 – Current electricity | Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, drift velocity and mobility, and their relation with electric current; Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, V-I characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity
Carbon resistors, colour code for carbon resistors; 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
Kirchoff’s laws and simple applications. Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge
Potentiometer-principle and applications to measure potential difference and for comparing emf of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell |
| Unit 3 – Magnetic effects of current and magnetism | Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment. 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. 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 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 dipole moment of a revolving electron. 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 soilenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field; bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic  field and magnetic elements. Para -, dia-and ferro-magnetic substances, with examples.
Electromagnetic and factors affecting their strengths. Permanent magnets |
| Unit 4 – Electromagnetic induction and alternating current | 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; LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance; power in AC circuits, wattles current
AC generator and transformer |
| Unit 5 – Electromagnetic waves | Need for displacement current
Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only). Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, micro waves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses. |
| Unit 6 – Optics | Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light, total internal reflection and its applications optical fibers, 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
Scattering of light – blue color of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset
Optical instruments: Human eye, image formation and accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and hyper myopia) using lenses
Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers.
Wave optics: Wavefront and Huygen’s principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts
Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygen’s 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 7 – 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, deBrogile relation. Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained) |
| Unit 8 – Atoms and nuclei | Alpha – particle scattering experiments; Rutherford’s model fo 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 decay law. Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission and fusion |
| Unit 9 – Electronic devices | Energy bands in soilds (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators and semiconductors; semiconductor diode- I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias, diode as a rectifier; I-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) |
NEET Physics Syllabus Analysis:
The aspirants preparing for the examination must begin their preparations with the most important topics included in the syllabus. The students are advised to analyze the weightage of each and every chapter included in the NEET Physics Syllabus before starting their preparations.
Topic-wise weightage for NEET Physics is as given below:
| Topic Name | Approximate Number of questions appearing | Weightage
(in percentile) |
| Current electricity | 2 | 8 |
| Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter | 2 | 6 |
| Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits | 2 | 6 |
| Thermodynamics | 2 | 9 |
| Alternating current | 1 | 4 |
| Electric Charges and Fields | 1 | 4.5 |
| Electromagnetic induction | 1 | 4 |
| Electromagnetic waves | 1 | 5 |
| Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance | 1 | 4.5 |
| Kinetic theory | 1 | 3 |
| Laws of Motion | 1 | 3 |
| Magnetism and Matter | 1 | 2.5 |
| Moving Charges and Magnetism | 1 | 2.5 |
| Ray optics and optical instruments | 1 | 5 |
| System of Particles and Rotational Motion | 1 | 5 |
| Wave optics | 1 | 5 |
| Work, Energy and Power | 1 | 4 |
| Atoms | 0-1 | 1.5 |
| Gravitation | 0-1 | 2 |
| Mechanical Properties of Fluids | 0-1 | 2 |
| Mechanical Properties of Solids | 0-1 | 2 |
| Motion in a Plane | 0-1 | 1.5 |
| Motion in a Straight Line | 0-1 | 1.5 |
| Nuclei | 0-1 | 1.5 |
| Oscillations | 0-1 | 1.5 |
| Physical World, Units and Measurements | 0-1 | 2 |
| Thermal Properties of Matter | 0-1 | 2 |
| Waves | 0-1 | 1.5 |
As per the NEET previous years Question papers, the most important topics included in NEET Physics syllabus are Electronic Devices, Electrostatics, Heat, Thermodynamics, Kinematics, Laws of Motion, The Magnetic effect of Current, and Oscillations & Waves.
Tips to prepare NEET Physics Syllabus 2020:
1. Understand the complete Syllabus and Exam Pattern:
The first step towards your preparation is to analyze each and every topic included in NEET 2020 Physics Syllabus, understand the Examination Pattern and get aware of the marking scheme.
2. Refer Best Books:
NCERT physics books are one of the best books to prepare for Exam. Several times questions are picked directly from the concepts taught in the NCERT textbooks. For strengthening your numerical portion, you may refer 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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