NEET 2026 Physics Syllabus PDF - Download NEET Physics Syllabus Topic wise

• Units of measurements
• System of Units
• S I Units
• Fundamental and derived units
• Least count
• Significant figures
• Errors in measurements
• Dimensions of Physics quantities
• Dimensional analysis and its applications

• The 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 graph
• Position-time graph
• Relations for uniformly accelerated motion
• Scalars and Vectors
• Vector addition and subtraction
• Scalar and vector products
• Unit Vector
• Resolution of a Vector
• Relative Velocity
• Motion in a plane
• Projectile Motion
• Uniform Circular Motion

Unit III: Laws of Motion

Unit IV: Work, Energy and Power

• Force and Inertia
• Newton's First Law of Motion
• Newton's Second Law of Motion
• Newton's Third Law of Motion
• Equilibrium of Concurrent Forces
• Static and Kinetic Friction, Laws of Friction
• Rolling Friction
• Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion Vehicle on a Level Circular Road
• Vehicle on a Banked Road

• Work Fone by a Constant Force and a Variable Force
• Kinetic and Potential Energies
• Work-energy Theorem
• Power
• The Potential Energy of Spring
• Conservation of Mechanical Energy
• Conservative and Nonconservative Forces
• Motion in a Vertical Circle
• Elastic and Inelastic Collisions in One and Two Dimensions

Unit V: Rotational Motion

Unit VI: Gravitation

• Centre of the Mass of a Two-particle System
• Centre of the Mass of a Rigid Body
• Basic Concepts of Rotational Motion
• Moment of a Force
• Torque, Angular Momentum, Conservation of Angular Momentum, and its Applications
• The Moment of Inertia
• Radius of Gyration
• Inertia for Simple Geometrical Objects
• Parallel and Perpendicular Axes Theorems
• Equilibrium of Rigid Bodies
• Rigid Body Rotation
• Comparison of Linear and Rotational Motions

• The Universal Law of Gravitation
• Acceleration Due to Gravity and its Variation with Altitude and Depth
• Kepler's Law of Planetary Motion
• Gravitational Potential
• Escape Velocity
• Motion of a Satellite
• Orbital Velocity
• Time Period and Energy of a Satellite

Unit VII: Properties of Solids and Liquids

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

• Elastic behavior
• Stress-strain relationship
• Hooke's Law
• Young's modulus, bulk modulus, modulus of rigidity
• Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications
• Effect of gravity on fluid pressure
• Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity, streamline, and turbulent flow
• Critical velocity
• Bernoulli's principle and its applications
• Surface energy and surface tension
• Angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface
• Application of surface tension: drops, bubbles, and capillary rise

• Thermal equilibrium
• Zeroth law of thermodynamics
• The concept of temperature
• Heat, work, and internal energy
• The first law of thermodynamics
• Isothermal and adiabatic processes
• The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes

Unit IX: Kinetic Theory of Gases

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves

• Equation of state of a perfect gas
• Work done on compressing a gas
• Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, the concept of pressure
• Kinetic interpretation of temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules, degrees of freedom
• Law of equipartition of energy and applications to specific heat capacities of gases
• Mean free path
• Avogadro's number

• 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 damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance
• 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

• Electric charges and their conservation
• Coulomb’s law-force between two point charges
• Superposition principle and continuous charge distribution
• Electric field
• Electric potential & potential difference
• Statement of Gauss’s theorem and its applications to find field due to infinitely long straight wire
• Dielectrics and electric polarization
• Conductors and insulators
• Van de Graaff generator
• Capacitors and capacitance

• Electric current
• Electrical resistivity
• Internal resistance of a cell
• Combination of cells in series and in parallel Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications
• Wheatstone bridge
• Electrical energy and power
• Drift velocity and mobility
• Temperature dependence of resistance
• Potential difference
• Ohm’s law
• Potential difference and emf of a cell

Unit 3: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

Unit 4: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

• 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
• Electromagnetic and factors affecting their strengths
• Permanent magnets

• 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

Unit 5: Electromagnetic Waves

Unit 6: Optics

• 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

• Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula
• Refraction of light, total internal reflection and its applications in optical fibers
• Refraction at spherical surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lensmaker’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 color 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
• Polarization, plane-polarized light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane-polarized light, and Polaroids

Unit 7: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Unit 8: Atoms and Nuclei

• 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 the conclusion should be explained)

• Alpha-particle scattering experiments
• Rutherford’s model of the atom
• Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum
• Composition and size of the nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars, isotones
• 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: Electronic Devices

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• 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, diode, solar cell, and Zener diode
• Zener diode as a voltage 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

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Physical-world and measurement

2%

Chapter–1: Physical World

Chapter–2: Units and Measurements

II

Kinematics

3%

Chapter–3: Motion in a Straight Line

Chapter–4: Motion in a Plane

III

Laws of Motion

3%

Chapter–5: Laws of Motion

IV

Work, Energy and Power

4%

Chapter–6: Work, Energy and Power

V

Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body

5%

Chapter–7: System of Particles and Rotational Motion

VI

Gravitation

2%

Chapter–8: Gravitation

VII

Properties of Bulk Matter

3%

Chapter–9: Mechanical Properties of Solids

Chapter–10: Mechanical Properties of Fluids

Chapter–11: Thermal Properties of Matter

VIII

Thermodynamics

9%

Chapter–12: Thermodynamics

IX

Behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory

3%

Chapter–13: Kinetic Theory

X

Oscillation & Waves

3%

Chapter–14: Oscillations

Chapter–15: Waves

I

Electrostatics

9%

Chapter-1: Electric Charges and Fields

Chapter-2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

II

Current Electricity

8%

Chapter-3: Current Electricity

III

Magnetic Effect of Current & Magnetism

5%

Chapter-4: Moving Charges and Magnetism

Chapter-5: Magnetism and Matter

IV

Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Current

8%

Chapter-6: Electromagnetic Induction

Chapter-7: Alternating Current

V

Electromagnetic Waves

5%

Chapter-8: Electromagnetic Waves

VI

Optics

10%

Chapter-9: Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

Chapter-10: Wave Optics

VII

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

6%

Chapter-11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

VIII

Atoms & Nuclei

3%

Chapter-12: Atoms

Chapter-13: Nuclei

IX

Electronic Devices

9%

Chapter-14: Semiconductor Electronics

Physical World & Measurement

4

16

Dimensions of Physical Quantities

2

8

Significant figures

1

4

The International System of Units

1

4

Kinematics

3

12

Motion in a Straight Line

2

8

Motion in a plane

1

4

Laws of Motion

1

4

Conservation of Momentum

1

4

Work Energy & Power

1

4

Motion of system of Particles and Rigid Body

3

12

Angular Velocity

1

4

Centre of Mass

1

4

Moment of Inertia

1

4

Gravitation

1

4

Acceleration Due To Gravity Of The Earth

1

4

Properties of Bulk Matter

3

12

Surface Tension

1

4

Transverse and Longitudinal Waves

1

4

Viscosity

1

4

Elastic Moduli

1

4

Thermodynamics

1

4

Kinetic Theory of Gases

1

4

Oscillation and Wave

2

8

Some Systems Executing Simple Harmonic Motion

1

4

Electrostatics

4

20

Electric Dipole

1

4

Electrostatic Potential

1

4

Energy Stored in a Capacitor

1

4

Equipotential Surfaces

1

4

Current electricity

5

20

Drift of Electrons and the Origin of Resistivity

1

4

Electrical Energy, Power

2

8

Temperature Dependence of Resistivity

1

4

Wheatstone Bridge

1

4

Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism

3

12

Amperes Circuital Law

1

4

BIOT-savart law

1

4

Solenoid and Toroid

1

4

Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Current

4

16

Faradays Law of Induction

1

4

Magnetic Flux

1

4

AC Voltage

1

4

Representation of AC Current

1

4

Electromagnetic Waves

2

8

Electromagnetic Spectrum

1

4

Relation Between Electric Field, Magnetic Field and Speed of Light

1

4

Optics

4

16

Refraction by Lenses

1

4

Total Internal Reflection

1

4

Interference of light wave and Young’s double slit experiment

1

4

Polarization

1

4

Dual Nature of Matter & Radiation

2

8

Einstein’s Photoelectric Equation

1

4

Wave Nature of Matter

1

4

Atom & Nuclei

3

12

Bohr Model of the Hydrogen atom

1

4

Radioactivity

1

4

Electronic Devices

3

12

Size of the Nucleus

1

4