NEET Physics Syllabus

Physics NEET Syllabus from Class 11th

Unit 1

Topic Sub-topics

● Physics: Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics,

technology, and society.
● Need for measurement: Units of measurement; systems of units;
Physical World SI units, fundamental and derived units. Length, mass, and time
and Measurement measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring
instruments; errors in measurement; significant figures.
● Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis, and its
applications.

Unit 2

Topic Sub-topics

● A 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,
Kinematics
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 component.
● Scalar and Vector products of Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of
uniform velocity and uniform acceleration- projectile motion. Uniform
circular motion.

Unit 3

Topic Sub-topics
 ● 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.
Laws of
● Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and Kinetic friction, laws of
Motion
friction, rolling friction, lubrication. 69
● Dynamics of uniform circular motion. Centripetal force, examples of
circular motion (vehicle on level circular road, vehicle on banked road).

Unit 4

Topic Sub-topics

Work done by a constant force and variable force; kinetic energy, work-energy
theorem, power.
Work,
Notion of potential energy, the potential energy of a spring, conservative
Energy, and
forces; conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential energies);
Power
nonconservative forces; motion in a vertical circle, elastic and inelastic
collisions in one and two dimensions.

Unit 5

Topic Sub-topics

● Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum conservation,

and centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of a rigid body; centre
of mass of uniform rod.
Motion of ● Moment of a force,-torque, angular momentum, conservation of
System of angular momentum with some examples.
Particles and ● Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation, and equation of
Rigid Body rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions; the
moment of inertia, the 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

Topic Sub-topics

● Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation.

Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.
Gravitation
● Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity,
orbital velocity of a satellite. Geostationary satellites.

Unit 7

Topic Sub-topics

● Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship. Hooke’s law, Young’s

modulus, bulk modulus, shear, modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio;
elastic energy.
● Viscosity, Stokes’ 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
Properties of pressure, application of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and
Bulk Matter capillary rise.
● Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids,
liquids, and gases. Anomalous expansion. Specific heat 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

Topic Sub-topics

● Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature (zeroth law of

Thermodynamics). Heat, work and internal energy. First law of
Thermodynamic
thermodynamics. Isothermal and adiabatic processes.
s
● Second law of the thermodynamics: Reversible and irreversible
processes. Heat engines and refrigerators.
Unit 9

Topic Sub-topics

● Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a

gas.
Behaviour of
● Kinetic theory of gases: Assumptions, concept of pressure.
Perfect Gas and
Kinetic energy and temperature; degrees of freedom, law of
Kinetic Theory
equipartition of energy (statement only) and application to
specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path.

Unit 10

Topic Sub-topics

● 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, forced and
Oscillations
damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance.
and Waves
● 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.

Physics NEET Syllabus from Class 12th

Unit 1

Topic Sub-topics
 ● 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)
Electrostatics
● 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 diploes 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

Topic Sub-topics

● Electric current, the 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 (liner and nonlinear), electrical
energy and power, electrical resistivity, and conductivity.
● Carbon resistors, color code for carbon resistors; series and parallel
combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance.
Current
● Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell,
Electricity
combination of cells in series and in parallel.
● Kirchhoff’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

Topic Sub-topics

● 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;
Magnetic
moving coil galvanometer-its current sensitivity and conversion to
Effects of
ammeter and voltmeter.
Current and
● Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment.
Magnetism
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 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

Topic Sub-topics

● Electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law, induced emf and

current; Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual
inductance.
Electromagnetic
● Alternating currents, peak and rms value of alternating
Induction and
current/ voltage; reactance and impedance; LC oscillations
Alternating Currents
(qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance;
power in AC circuits, wattles current.
● AC generator and transformer.

Unit 5

Topic Sub-topics
 ● Need for displacement current.
● Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative
Electromagnetic ideas only). Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.
Waves ● Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared,
visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) including elementary
facts about their uses.

Unit 6

Topic Sub-topics

● Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light, total

internal reflection and its applications optical fibres, 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 colour 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 hypermetropia) using lenses.
Optics ● Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and
their magnifying powers.
● Wave optics: Wavefront and Huygens’ principle, reflection and refraction of
plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts.
● Proof of laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens’ 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

Topic Sub-topics
 ● Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations;
Dual Nature of Matter Einstein’s photoelectric equation- particle nature of light.
and Radiation ● Matter waves- wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation.
Davisson-Ger

Unit 8

Topic Sub-topics

● Alpha- particle scattering experiments; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr

model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of
Atoms and nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones.
Nuclei ● 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

Topic Sub-topics

● Energy bands in solids (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
Electronic LED, diode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage
Devices 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). Transistor as a switch.