JEE Advanced 2025 Physics Syllabus PDF - Download JEE Advanced Physics Syllabus Topic wise

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 

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

Mechanics 

38%

Thermal physics 

12%

Electricity & magnetism 

18%

Modern physics 

12%

Optics 

9%