JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus 2025

Updated By Diksha Sharma on 21 Aug, 2024 19:55

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JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus 2025

The JEE Advanced Physics syllabus covers a wide range of topics, testing a candidate's conceptual understanding and problem-solving skills. Some of the key topics for the Physics syllabus include Kinematics, Motion in one and two dimensions, projectiles, circular motion, relative velocity, etc. Candidates need to prepare for the entire syllabus strategically considering the difficulty level of this exam. Check the 2025 physics syllabus for JEE advanced here.

JEE Advanced 2025 Unit Wise Syllabus for Physics

Here is a table representing the 2025 syllabus for physics. 

Units 

Topics in the Units

Mechanics 

  • Kinematics in one/two direction, projectiles 
  • Uniform circular motion & relative velocity 
  • Laws of motion by Newton 
  • Uniformly/inertial accelerated frames of ref 
  • Dynamic/static friction 
  • Work/power 
  • Linear momentum/mechanical energy conservation 
  • Systems of particles 
  • Centre of mass (its motion)
  • Elastic/inelastic collisions 
  • Rigid body
  • Moment of interia 
  • Parallel/perpendicular axes theorem 
  • Angular momentum, it conservation
  • Torque 
  • Cylinders/spheres 
  • Rolling without slip of rings 
  • Rigid bodies equiibrium 
  • Forced/damped osciallation 
  • Linear/angular simple harmonic motion 
  • Hooke’s law & modulus by Young 
  • Gravitation laws 
  • Motion of satellites/planets in circular orbits 
  • Escape velocity 
  • Fluid’s pressure 
  • Law by Pascal & Stoke
  • Surface energy & tension 
  • Angle of contact/bubbles/drops 
  • Viscosity 
  • Rigidity modulus and bulk modulus in mechanics 
  • Terminal Velocity 
  • Streamlining flow 
  • Bernoulli theorem & application 
  • Wave motion, transverse/longitudinal waves 
  • Waves superposition 
  • Stationery/progressive waves
  • Strings and air columns vibrations 
  • Speed of sound in gas 
  • Doppler effect 

Thermal Physics 

  • Solids, gases, liquids thermal expansion 
  • Calorimetry 
  • Heat conduction in 1 dimension 
  • Convection/radiation elementary concepts 
  • Law of cooling by Newton 
  • Ideal law of gas 
  • Heats 
  • Adiabatic/isothermal process 
  • Gases bulk modulus 
  • First/second law of thermodynamics 
  • Equivalence of work & heat 
  • Irreversible/reversible processes 
  • Carnot engine (its efficiency)
  • Absorptive/emissive powers 
  • Kirchhoff’s law 
  • Displacement law by Wien, law by Stefan

Electricity & magnetism 

  • Law by Coulomb 
  • Electric field/potential/Electric field lines/electric field flux 
  • Electrical potential energy of electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field and of a system of point charges 
  • Law by Gauss (its applications)
  • Capacitance/parallel capacitor with & without dielectrics 
  • Capacitor in series/parallel, energy in capacitor 
  • Electric current/Ohm’s law
  • Series/parallel arrangement of cells and resistances 
  • Kirchoff’s law (its simple applications)
  • Current heating effect 
  • Law by Bio-Savart & Ampere 
  • Magnetic field close to current carrying straight wire 
  • Force on a current carrying wire & moving charge in a uniform magnetic field 
  • Current loop magnetic movement/ Uniform magnetic field effect on current loop/moving coil galvanometer,ammeter, voltmeter (their conversion)
  • Electromagnetic induction/self & mutual inductance 
  • Lenz/Faraday’s laws 
  • LR,LC, RC, and LCR circuits with ac and dc sources 

Electromagnetic waves 

  • Electromagnetic waves (its characteristics)
  • Electromagnetic spectrum 

Optics 

  • Rectilinear propagation of light 
  • Refraction/reflection of spherical & plane surfaces 
  • Dispersion/deviation of light via prism 
  • Thin lenses 
  • Combination of thin lenses & mirrors 
  • Total internal reflection 
  • Magnification 
  • Light’s wave nature 
  • Principle by Hyugen 
  • Single slit diffraction 
  • Light’s polarization 
  • Plane polarized light/Polaroids 
  • Law by Brewster 

Modern physics 

  • Atomic Nucleus 
  • Radioactive decay law 
  • Decay constant 
  • Half life/mean life 
  • Binding energy (its calculations)
  • Fission/fusion process, energy calculation 
  • Photoelectric effect
  • Theory of Bohr of hydrogen like atoms 
  • Continuous & characteristic x-rays 
  • Law by Moseley
  • De Broglie wavelength of matter waves 

General 

  • General dimensions & units 
  • Dimensional analysis 
  • Error analysis & measurement methods for physical quantities 
  • Experiments based on screw gauge & vernier calipers 
  • G determination using simple pendulum 
  • Young Modulus 
  • Heat of liquid using calorimeter 
  • Convex & concave mirror focal length using u-v method 
  • Verification for law by Ohm using ammeter & voltmeter
  • Speed of sound using resonance column 

This table here will help the candidates in preparing for the physics syllabus for the JEE advanced exam effectively.  

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Important Chapters from JEE Advanced Physics 2025 Syllabus

Refer to the table below to know the important chapters and their weightage in the JEE advanced exam. 

Topics 

Number of Questions asked 

Weightage  

Total Marks 

Photoelectric effect, De Broglie wavelength of matter waves  

2

6%

7

Geometrical optics 

3

9%

11

Capacitance 

2

6%

7

Centre of mass 

2

7%

8

Rigid body mechanics 

2

5%

6

Sound waves 

2

5%

6

Fluid mechanics 

2

5%

6

Rectilinear motion & vectors 

2

7%

8

Kinetic theory of gases & thermodynamics 

4

12%

14

Best Books for Physics 2025 Syllabus Preparation

Here are the best books for 2025 physics preparation for the JEE advanced exam. 

  1. NCERT class 11 and 12 textbooks 
  2. Concepts of physics volume l and ll by HC Verma 
  3. Problems in physics by SS Krotov 
  4. Understanding physics by Freedman & Young 
  5. Problems in general physics by IE Irodov
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Preparation Tips for Physics Syllabus

Candidates can refer to the Physics 2025 syllabus preparation tips here. 

  • Write down and practice the numerical in writing for the physics exam. The more writing practice is there, applicants can increase their speed for the exam. 
  • Work on theorems, principles, derivations, and other core concepts of physics. 
  • Take down the notes from the NCERT books. They are considered the best for preparation. NCERT books also explain things with good examples so they can be great learning resources.
  • Solve the JEE advanced physics 2024, 2023, 2022, and 2021 question papers. This can help you examine the exam pattern over the year and the difficulty level of questions asked in the physics section. 
  • Make a timetable for the physics syllabus, check the topics with maximum weightage, and finish them first. 

What are the Topics Carrying Maximum Weightage in Physics Syllabus?

Check the topics with the maximum weightage in the physics syllabus. 

Topics 

Weightage 

Mechanics 

38%

Thermal physics 

12%

Electricity & magnetism 

18%

Modern physics 

12%

Optics 

9%

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