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A Comprehensive Guide for NEET Physics Syllabus 2024

Updated on 26 September, 2023

Pragya Sharma

Pragya Sharma

Sr. Content Editor

The NEET (National Eligibility cum Entrance Examination) is a crucial step toward achieving your dreams of pursuing a career in medicine. However, do not let the pressure of cracking the examination stress you out. You can accomplish your targets and surmount hurdles with the right planning and preparation. Physics is one of the most important categories you must cover for the examination. The best way to start is to understand the Physics syllabus for NEET-UG thoroughly. Let us take a closer look at the same. 

 

NEET Physics Syllabus 2024 

Here is the tentative NEET Physics syllabus with weightage for your perusal: 

Chapter/Topic Weightage
Physical- World and Measurement  2%
Kinematics 3%
Laws of Motion  3%
Work, Power, and Energy 4%
Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body  5%
Gravitation 2%
Properties of Bulk Matter 3%
Thermodynamics 9%
Behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory 3%
Oscillations & Waves 3%
Electrostatics 9%
Current Electricity 8%
Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism 5%
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents 8%
Electromagnetic Waves 5%
Optics 10%
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation  6%
Atoms & Nuclei 3%
Electronic Devices 9%

Now that you have a basic understanding of what is covered in the Physics syllabus for NEET, here is a closer look at the important topics across chapters.

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Important Topics from NEET Physics Syllabus

Here are some of the important Physics chapters for NEET that you should focus on: 

Topic Chapters/Topics 
Physical World and Measurement 
  • Physics, Technology, and Society 
  • Need for measurement, length, mass, and time measurements
  • Accuracy and precision of measuring instruments
  • Errors in measurement 
  • Significant figures
  • Dimensions of physical quantities
  • Dimensional analysis 
Kinematics
  • Frame of reference and motion in a straight line
  • Position-time graph, speed, and velocity
  • Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed, and instantaneous velocity
  • Uniformly accelerated motion 
  • Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion 
  • Scalar and vector quantities, unit vectors
Laws of Motion 
  • Intuitive concept of force
  • Inertia, Newton’s first law of motion, Newton’s second law of motion, Newton’s third law of motion 
  • Law of conservation of linear momentum
  • Equilibrium of concurrent forces
  • Static and kinetic friction
  • Laws of friction
  • Rolling friction and lubrication 
  • Centripetal force and dynamics of uniform circular motion 
Work, Energy, and Power
  • Kinetic energy
  • Work-energy theorem
  • Power and notion of potential energy
  • Potential energy of a spring
  • Conservative forces
  • Conservation of mechanical energy
Motion of Systems of Particles and Rigid Body
  • Centre of mass of a two-particle system
  • Momentum conservation and center of mass motion 
  • Center of mass of a rigid
  • Center of mass of uniform rod 
  • Momentum of a force
  • Equilibrium of rigid bodies
  • Moment of inertia
  • Radius of gyration
  • Values of MI for simple geometrical objects
  • Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems
Gravitation 
  • Kepler’s law of planetary motion 
  • The universal law of gravitation 
  • Acceleration due to gravity
  • Gravitational potential 
  • Escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite, and geostationary satellites 
Properties of Bulk Matter
  • Elastic behavior, stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus
  • Shear, Poisson’s ratio, elastic energy, Viscosity, Stoke’s law
  • Reynold’s number, streamline and turbulent flow, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications 
Thermodynamics
  • Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
  • Heat, work, and internal energy
  • First law of thermodynamics 
  • Isothermal and adiabatic processes 
  • Second law of thermodynamics
Behavior of perfect gas and kinetic theory
  • Equation of state of a perfect gas
  • Work done on compressing a gas
  • Kinetic theory of gases
Oscillations and Waves
  • Periodic motion-period
  • Simple harmonic motion and equation
  • Oscillations of spring-restoring force and force constant
  • Energy in SHM Longitudinal and transverse waves
  • Speed of wave motion
  • Displacement relation for progressive wave
  • Principle of superposition of waves
  • Doppler effect 
Electrostatics
  • Electric charge and conservation
  • Coulomb’s law force between two-point charges
  • Electric field, electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem
  • Conductors and insulators, dielectrics, and electric polarization
  • Capacitors and capacitance 
  • Van de Graff generator
Current Electricity
  • Electric current
  • Ohm’s law
  • Electrical resistance
  • V-I characteristics
  • Carbon resistors
  • Color code for carbon resistors
  • Internal resistance of a cell
  • Kirchhoff’s laws
  • Wheatstone bridge
  • Meter bridge
  • Potentiometer
Magnetic effects of current and magnetism
  • Concept of magnetic field
  • Ampere’s law, Biot-Savart law
  • Current loop
  • Earth’s magnetic field 
  • Permanent magnets
Electromagnetic induction and alternating current
  • Electromagnetic induction
  • Alternating currents
  • AC generator and transformer
Electromagnetic Waves
  • Need for displacement current
  • Electromagnetic waves
  • Electromagnetic spectrum
Optics
  • Reflection of light
  • Spherical mirrors and mirror formula
  • Refraction of light
  • Magnification, power of a lens, refraction, and dispersion of light through a prism
  • Proof of laws of reflection and refraction with Huygens principle
  • Brewster’s law
  • Polarization
Dual nature of matter and radiation 
  • Photoelectric effect
  • Lenard and Hertz’s observation
  • Einstein’s photoelectric equation
Atoms and nuclei
  • Alpha particles
  • Hydrogen spectrum
  • Composition and size of nucleus
  • Atomic masses, isotopes, isotones, isobars, radioactivity and mass-energy relation
Electronic devices
  • Energy bands in solids 
  • I-V characteristics
  • Zener diode as a voltage regulator
  • Junction transistor
  • Oscillator
  • Logic gates 

These are some of the Physics important chapters for NEET that you should include in your timetable while preparing for the examination.

To conclude, thoroughly understanding the Physics syllabus for NEET is a crucial step of the preparatory process. The next step is to gather all the books and study materials that you will need. Thereafter, you must smartly create a study plan that keeps space for regular revisions and mock tests. Here’s to successfully cracking the examination! 

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FAQs

How to get 720 in NEET?

It is possible with determination and hard work. You should cover the entire syllabus, read the NCERT books, and solve question papers from previous years. You should also regularly take practice or mock tests while revising concepts thoroughly before the examination. 

How many marks are required to clear NEET 2023?

The NEET 2023 cut-off is the 50th percentile for the candidates in the general category. It is the 40th and 45th percentile for the SC/ST/OBC and general-PH candidates, respectively. 

How many chapters of Physics are there in the NEET examination?

There are a total of 19 chapters in the NEET syllabus for Physics. This includes ten chapters from Class XI and nine chapters from Class XII. 

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Pragya Sharma

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Pragya Sharma is a content developer and marketer with 6.5+ years of experience in the education industry. She started her career as a social media copywriter for NIELIT, Ministry of Electronics & IT, and has now scaled up as a 360-degree content professional well-versed with the intricacies of digital marketing and different forms of content used to drive and hook the target audience. She is also a co-author of 2 stories in an anthology based on the theme- women empowerment.

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