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NEET UG 2024 Physics Class 12 Syllabus
NEET UG Physics Class 12 syllabus consists of 10 units. Students preparing for NEET 2024 must focus on each of the subjects and topics to improve their chances of getting a high score. According to the previous years’ NEET analysis, Physics is the toughest section of the exam. Hence, preparing for the Physics syllabus should be prioritised by NEET aspirants. As per data, weightage given to the NEET UG Physics Class 12 syllabus is given a higher weightage than that of the Class 11 syllabus. In this article of Shiksha.com, we bring to you a detailed account of the NEET UG 2024 Physics Class 12 syllabus.
As per the NEET 2024 exam pattern, the Physics subject will carry a total of 50 questions out of which 45 questions have to be attempted by candidates. The subject of Physics will be divided into two sections, Section A and Section B, carrying 35 and 15 questions respectively. While all 35 questions of Section A are compulsory to attempt, in Section B, candidates have to attempt 10 out of 15 questions.
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The table below brings the Physics section-wise structure and marking scheme for NEET.
| Section |
Number of Questions |
Total Marks |
|---|---|---|
| Physics Section A |
35 |
140 |
| Physics Section B |
15 (10 to be attempted) |
40 |
| Total |
50 (45 to be attempted) |
180 |
NEET UG 2024 Physics-Class 12 syllabus
In this section, we will bring the unit-wise chapters of the NEET UG Physics Class 12 section, followed by the topics in detail. The below table brings the list of Unit-wise chapters for the NEET 2024 Physics syllabus for Class 12.
Q: What is the syllabus of NEET UG?
NEET UG Syllabus is divided among 4 sections- Physics Chemistry Zoology Botany All these 4 sections hold same marks for the examination and all the sections have 45 questions to be attempted in 45 minds itself. From the link NEET Exam Syllabus you can check the complete syllabus and important topics for 11th and 12th for Physics, Chemistry, and Zoology & Botany. More than 75% Biology syllabus is asked from NCERT, so it is mandatory for the candidate to pay the complete attention to NCERT of class 11th and class 12th.
Q: Has there been any change in the syllabus of NEET 2025?
Last year, the NEET syllabus underwent major changes as per the recommendation by the National Medical Commission (NMC). A number of chapters and topics were removed from Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects. On the other hand, certain topics and chapters were added and some of the topics were modified. Since such major changes were brought in to last year's NEET syllabus, chances are low that the NEET 2025 syllabus will be changed.
NEET syllabus 2025 will be released officially by NTA along with the information bulletin for the exam, tentatively in the second week of February 2025. Hence, students preparing for NEET 2025 should start preparing, or continue their preparation based on last year's NEET syllabus. Even if some changes are introduced to the NEET 2025 syllabus, those would not be something major.
Q: Is the NEET syllabus tough?
The NEET syllabus is same as that of Class 11 and Class 12 CBSE Board exam syllabi. Hence, it is not that difficult or students need not study anything additional apart from their school or Board exam studies. However, the difficulty level of the exam depends on the question types, which is generally tricky in nature, which makes the difference in the difficulty level.
The best way to tackle the NEET syllabus is through revision and taking as many mock tests as possible. According to experts and previous years' NEET analysis, Physics section is the toughest followed by Chemistry and Biology. Moreover, toughness is subjective and it depends on the preparation level and aptitude of students.
| Unit |
Chapters |
|---|---|
| Unit I |
Electrostatics |
| Unit II |
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| Unit III |
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| Unit IV |
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| Unit V |
Electromagnetic Waves |
| Unit VI |
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| Unit VII |
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| Unit VIII |
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| Unit IX |
Electronic Devices |
| Unit X |
Communication Systems |
Now let us take a look at the topics from each of the chapters of NEET UG Physics Class 12 syllabus.
Electrostatics
Electric charges and their conservation. Coulomb’s law – force between two point charges, forces between multiple charges; superposition principle and continuous charge distribution.
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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).
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 dipoles in an electrostatic field.
Q: Why was the NEET 2024 syllabus changed?
The National Testing Agency (NTA), had clarified the reason behind changing the NEET 2024 syllabus. NTA stated, "Due to the COVID-19 scenario, various School Boards deleted portions of each subject's syllabus. The deleted portion is still not being taken back by these Boards. The deletions were not uniform across various boards. Hence, a number of requests were received by the NTA for the revision of the syllabus." Last year, before the NEET exam, several students and parents asked NTA to release the rationalised NEET syllabus. Since the syllabus of NEET was already released before the rationalisation took place,
Q: What are the important chapters of the NEET syllabus?
All the chapters are important for NEET 2025. However, the most number of questions are asked from the following chapters of the syllabus of NEET.
Physics:
- Laws of Motion of System of Practices and Rigid Body
- Current Electricity Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
- Semiconductor Electronics
- Thermodynamics
Chemistry:
- Chemical Bonding
- p-block
- Coordination Compounds
- General Organic Chemistry
- Aromatic Compounds
- Mole Concepts
- Thermodynamics
- Equilibrium
Botany
- Genetics and Evolution
- Ecology and Environment
- Plant Physiology
Zoology
- Human Physiology
- Human Reproduction and Reproductive Health
- Animal Kingdom, Origin & Evolution.
Students must note that these are a handful of important topics for the NEET 2025 syllabus and they should not restrict their preparation to these topics only, and be prepared for all the other chapters and topics carrying a high weightage in the NEET question paper based on past years' exam analysis.
Q: Can NEET 2025 questions be out of the syllabus?
The chance of a NEET question coming out of syllabus is low. As per the previous years' analysis, the questions were within the NEET syllabus only and the topics or chapters were evenly distributed. In case candidates encounter any question which is out of the syllabus, they must report it to the invigilator. In case test-takers know the answer and is sure of the accuracy, then they can attempt the question. Otherwise, they should leave the question unattempted. If it is proved that the question is out of NEET 2024 syllabus, NTA would cancel the question and award full marks to the candidates.
Q: Which topics have been removed from the Physics subject of the NEET 2024 syllabus?
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has released the NEET 2024 syllabus. As compared to the previous years' syllabus, some of the topics have been removed from each of the three subjects, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. In the Physics subject, chapters or topics have been removed from as many as 16 units.
The following table brings the topics which have been removed along with their unit names.
| Units | Topics |
|---|---|
| Physical World and Measurement |
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| Kinematics | Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion. Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number; addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative velocity. |
Laws of Motion | Lubrication (under the Equilibrium of Concurrent Forces chapter) |
Rotational Motion | Momentum conservation, and centre of mass motion. |
Gravitation | Geostationary satellites. |
Properties of Bulk Matter/Properties of Solids and Liquids |
|
Thermodynamics | Heat engines and refrigerators. |
Oscillations and Waves |
|
Electrosatics | Van de Graaff generator |
Current Electricity |
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Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism | Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment. Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron. bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. Electromagnetic and factors affecting their strengths. Permanent magnets |
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents | LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only) |
Optics |
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Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation | Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained). |
Atoms and Nuclei | Isotopes, isobars; isotones. Radioactivity- alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties decay law. |
Electronic Devices | Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators, Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor; transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator. |
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Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor. Dielectrics and electric polarisation, 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.
Current Electricity
Electric current, 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 (linear and non-linear), electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity.
Carbon resistors, colour code for carbon resistors; series and parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance.
Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf of a cell, 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.
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
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; moving coil galvanometer – its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter.
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. 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.
Electromagnets and factors affecting their strengths. Permanent magnets.
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Electromagnetic induction; Faraday’s law, induced emf and current; Lenz’s Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual inductance.
Alternating currents, peak and rms value of alternating current/voltage; reactance and impedance; LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance; power in AC circuits, wattless current.
AC generator and transformer.
Electromagnetic Waves
Need for displacement current.
Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only). Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses.
Optics
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.
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 polarised light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarised light and Polaroids.
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation – particle nature of light.
Matter waves – wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation. Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained.)
Atoms and Nuclei
Alpha – particle scattering experiment; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars; isotones.
Radioactivity – alpha, beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties; radioactive decay law. Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission and fusion.
Electronic Devices
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 LED, photodiode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Junction transistor, 9 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.
Communication Systems
Elements of a communication system (block diagram only); bandwidth of signals (speech, TV and digital data); bandwidth of transmission medium. Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere, sky and space wave propagation. Need for modulation. Production and detection of an amplitude-modulated wave.
Top Books to Study NEET Physics Class 12 Syllabus
Some of the best books to study NEET Physics syllabus for Class 12 are listed below:
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NCERT Textbook for Class 12 Physics
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A to Z Physics for NEET: Class XII
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Objective Physics by DC Pandey
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Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick and Walker
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Concepts of Physics by H C Verma
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Fundamental Physics by Pradeep
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Problems in General Physics by IE Irodov
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Master the NCERT for NEET Physics by Manish Dangwal, Digvijay Singh, Atique Hassan and Manish Garg
NEET 2024 will be conducted on May 5 in over 500 cities across India and abroad. The exam will be conducted for a duration of 3 hours and 20 minutes. The NEET 2024 syllabus is expected to remain the same as that of last year. It is in sync with the syllabus of the Class 12 Board exam.
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