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Physics notes for NEET and JEE
All twenty Physics chapters of the Class 11 and 12 syllabus, each with the derivations written out step by step and a solved example that shows where the marks actually go.
Class 11
11 chapters
- 01
Physics and Measurement
Class 11SI units, dimensional analysis, significant figures and error analysis
- 02
Kinematics
Class 11Motion in a straight line, graphs, projectile motion and relative velocity
- 03
Laws of Motion
Class 11Newton's three laws, friction, and circular motion dynamics
- 04
Work, Energy and Power
Class 11Work-energy theorem, conservative forces, potential energy and collisions
- 05
Rotational Motion
Class 11Centre of mass, torque, moment of inertia and rolling motion
- 06
Gravitation
Class 11Newton's law, gravitational potential, escape velocity and Kepler's laws
- 07
Properties of Solids and Liquids
Class 11Elasticity, pressure, Bernoulli's principle, viscosity and surface tension
- 08
Thermal Properties of Matter
Class 11Thermal expansion, calorimetry, latent heat and the modes of heat transfer
- 09
Thermodynamics
Class 11The laws of thermodynamics, heat engines and the Carnot cycle
- 10
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Class 11Ideal gas equation, rms speed, degrees of freedom and mean free path
- 11
Oscillations and Waves
Class 11SHM, the simple pendulum, superposition, beats and the Doppler effect
Class 12
9 chapters
- 12
Electrostatics
Class 12Coulomb's law, Gauss's theorem, potential, capacitors and dielectrics
- 13
Current Electricity
Class 12Ohm's law, Kirchhoff's rules, Wheatstone bridge and the potentiometer
Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law and magnetic materials
- 15
Faraday's laws, inductance, LCR circuits and transformers
- 16
Electromagnetic Waves
Class 12Displacement current, wave properties and the electromagnetic spectrum
- 17
Optics
Class 12Reflection, refraction, lenses, interference, diffraction and polarisation
- 18
Photoelectric effect and the de Broglie wavelength
- 19
Atoms and Nuclei
Class 12Bohr model, hydrogen spectrum, radioactivity, fission and fusion
- 20
Semiconductor Electronics
Class 12p-n junction, diodes, rectifiers, transistors and logic gates
Previous year papers and question banks
Work through these once you have covered the chapters above — every question carries a full worked explanation, not just the answer key.
Where Physics marks are won and lost
Physics is the paper most students lose time on, and the reason is rarely the formulas. It is that a question is read, a formula is chosen by keyword, and the numbers are pushed through without checking whether the conditions for that formula hold. The three equations of motion assume uniform acceleration. Gauss's law simplifies nothing without symmetry. The lens formula needs a sign convention applied consistently. Almost every wrong answer in a Physics paper traces back to a formula used outside its conditions rather than to a formula forgotten.
How to use these chapters
Mechanics and Electrodynamics together dominate the paper, so those chapters repay the most practice. Modern Physics is short and scoring, and is the best place to start if you are beginning late. Read the chapter notes first, work through the solved example without looking at the solution, then attempt the practice set. If a derivation will not stay in memory, write it from a blank page rather than reading it again — recall builds retention in a way that re-reading does not.