JEE Physics Syllabus 2026 will be out shortly at jeemain.nta.ac.in. The JEE Main syllabus underwent some crucial changes in 2024. Due to revisions in the syllabus, chapters like zero vector, geostationary satellites, Reynolds number, and Newton’s law of cooling were dropped from the syllabus. The JEE Main Physics syllabus for 2026 will cover topics from both Class 11 and 12, based on the NCERT curriculum. 

  • Chapters like heat and thermodynamics, kinematics, and modern physics have more weight. Over the years, around 292 questions have been asked from modern physics alone. Some of the least weightage chapters in JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2026 are EM waves and capacitors.

  • In the JEE Physics syllabus, the whole chapter of communication systems was dropped. It had 5% weightage. Now optics has superseded this place with 10% weightage in the overall JEE Physics syllabus.

  • Diode and transistors were removed from semiconductors.

  • Gravitation and work energy are considered the easiest chapters in physics.

The order of Easy Chapters in Physics is as follows: 1D < 2D < work energy < NLM < Gravity < current < Roptics < Solid and liquid < SHM < rotation < COM < Thermal < Magnet < Waves< EMI < Semiconductor. In this article we will discuss a detailed breakdown of JEE Main 2026 Physics Syllabus, distribution of marks, changes in syllabus etc.

JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2026: Detailed Breakdown

JEE Main Physics syllabus 2026 can be classified into two sections:

  • Section A: Section A contains all the theoretical parts – 20 multiple-choice questions (MCQs)
  • Section B: Section-B focuses on the numerical and experimental skills – 5 numerical value-based questions

We have provided a video which shows Priority wise JEE Main physics syllabus and the questions that you might get. The video by eSaral provides strategies on how to score 99%ile in 150 Days along with detailed breakdown of JEE Physics Syllabus:

Candidates can refer to the table below for detailed breakdown of JEE Mains Physics Syllabus 2026.

JEE Physics Syllabus: Section-A

We have explained the JEE Main physics syllabus for section A here. Section A has more Physics JEE Main weightage than section B. 

Units Topics
Physics and Measurement Physics, technology and society, S. I. Units, fundamental and derived units, least count, accuracy and precision of measuring instruments, measurement errors, Dimensions of Physics quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Kinematics 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, position-time graph, relations for uniformly accelerated motion, Scalars and Vectors, Vector. Addition and subtraction, zero vector, scalar and vector products, Unit Vector, Resolution of a Vector. Relative Velocity, Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion, Uniform Circular Motion.
Laws of Motion Force and inertia, Newton’s First law of motion; Momentum, Newton’s Second Law of motion, Impulses; Newton’s Third Law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction. Dynamics of uniform circular motion: centripetal force and its applications
Work, Energy and Power Work done by a content force and a variable force; kinetic and potential energies, work-energy theorem, power. The potential energy of spring conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and neoconservative forces; Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
Rotational Motion Centre of the mass of a two-particle system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body; Basic concepts of rotational motion; a moment of a force; torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications; the moment of inertia, the radius of gyration. Values of moments of inertia for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications. Rigid body rotation equations of rotational motion.
Gravitation The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Kepler’s law of planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential. Escape velocity, Orbital velocity of a satellite. Geo stationary satellites.
Properties of Solid and Liquids Elastic behaviour, 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. Viscosity. Stokes’ law. terminal velocity, streamline and turbulent flow. Reynolds number. Bernoulli’s principle and its applications. Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, application of surface tension – drops, bubbles and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; specific heat capacity, calorimetry; change of state, latent heat. Heat transfer-conduction, convection and radiation. Newton’s law of cooling
Thermodynamics Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature. Heat, work and internal energy. The first law of thermodynamics. The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes. Carnot engine and its efficiency
Kinetic Theory of Gases Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases – assumptions, the concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature: RMS speed of gas molecules: Degrees of freedom. Law of equipartition of energy, applications to specific heat capacities of gases; Mean free path. Avogadro’s number.
Oscillation and Waves Periodic motion – period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation; phase: oscillations of a spring -restoring force and force constant: energy in S.H.M. – Kinetic and potential energies; Simple pendulum – derivation of expression for its time period: Free, forced and damped oscillations, resonance. Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of a wave. Displacement relation for a progressive wave. Principle of superposition of waves, a reflection of waves. Standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics. Beats. Doppler Effect in sound
Electrostatics Electric charges: Conservation of charge. Coulomb’s law-forces 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. Gauss’s law and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell. Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges; Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges in an electrostatic field. Conductors and insulators. Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitor, the combination of capacitors in series and parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates. Energy stored in a capacitor
Current Electricity Electric current. Drift velocity. Ohm’s law. Electrical resistance. Resistances of different materials. V-l characteristics of Ohmic and non-ohmic conductors. Electrical energy and power. Electrical resistivity. Colour code for resistors; Series and parallel combinations of resistors; Temperature dependence of resistance. Electric Cell and its Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a cell, a combination of cells in series and parallel. Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications. Wheatstone bridge. Metre Bridge. Potentiometer – principle and its applications.
Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism Biot – Savart law and its application to the current carrying circular loop. Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long current carrying straight wire and solenoid. Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Cyclotron. Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. The force between two parallel current carrying conductors definition of ampere. Torque experienced by a current loop in a uniform 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. Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. Para-, dia- and ferromagnetic substances. Magnetic susceptibility and permeability. Hysteresis. Electromagnets and permanent magnets.
Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current 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: LCR series circuit, resonance: Quality factor, power in AC circuits, wattless current. AC generator and transformer.
Electromagnetic Waves Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics, Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves, Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet. X-rays. Gamma rays), Applications of e.m. waves.
Optics Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror formula. Total internal reflection and its applications. Deviation and Dispersion of light by a; prism; Lens Formula. Magnification. Power of a Lens. Combination of thin lenses in contact. Microscope and Astronomical Telescope (reflecting and refracting ) and their magnifying powers. Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens’ principle. Laws of reflection and refraction using Huygens principle. Interference, Young’s double-slit 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 Polaroid.
Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation Dual nature of radiation. Photoelectric effect. Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s photoelectric equation: particle nature of light. Matter waves-wave nature of particle, de Broglie relation. DavissonGermer experiment.
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 Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: 1- V characteristics in forward and reverse bias; diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED. the photodiode, 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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JEE Physics Syllabus: Section-B

Section B has lesser physics JEE Main weightage than section A. You can check the important topics covered in JEE Main Physics syllabus 2026. 

S.No. Topics
1 Vernier callipers-its used to measure the internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel.
2 Screw gauge-its use to determine thickness/ diameter of thin sheet/wire
3 Simple Pendulum-dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between the square of amplitude and time.
4 Metre Scale – the mass of a given object by principle of moments.
5 Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire.
6 Surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents,
7 Coefficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given spherical body,
9 Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube
10 Specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid and (ii) liquid by method of mixtures.
11 The resistivity of the material of a given wire using metre bridge.
12 The resistance of a given wire using Ohm’s law.
14 Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method.
15 The focal length of(i) Convex mirror(ii) Concave mirror, and(iii) Convex lens, using the parallax method.
16 The plot of the angle of deviation vs angle of incidence for a triangular prism
17 Refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope.
18 Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward and reverse bias.
19 Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse breakdown voltage.
20 Characteristic curves of a transistor and finding current gain and voltage gain
21 Identification of Diode. LED, Transistor. IC. Resistor. A capacitor from a mixed collection of such items.

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JEE Mains Physics Syllabus 2026: Deleted Topics

  • Physics and Measurement: Physics, technology, and society, accuracy and precision of measuring instruments.
  • Kinematics: Zero Vector
  • Gravitation: Geostationary Satellites
  • Properties of Solids And Liquids: Reynolds Number, Newton’s Law of Cooling
  • Thermodynamics: Carnot Engine and Its efficiency
  • Oscillation and Waves: Free, forced and damped oscillations, resonance.Doppler Effect in sound
  • Current Electricity: Resistances of different materials.Colour code for resistors; Potentiometer - principle and its applications
  • Magnetics effects of Current and Magnetism: Cyclotron, Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. Magnetic susceptibility and permeability. Hysteresis. Electromagnets and permanent magnets.
  • Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents: Quality Factor
  • Optics: Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes
  • Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation: Davisson-Germer experiment
  • Atoms and Nuclei: Isotopes, isobars: isotones. Radioactivity- alpha. beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties, radioactive decay law,
  • Communication Systems: The whole chapter is removed.
  • Electronic Devices: Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor: transistor as an amplifier, (common emitter configuration) and oscillator. Transistor as a switch.

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Weightage of Topics in JEE Main 2026 Physics

The weightage of topics or sections could vary every year therefore based on the trends of previous years the topics wise weightage is mentioned in the table below:

Topics No of Questions Marks
Modern Physics 5 20
Heat and Thermodynamics 3 12
Optics 3 12
Current Electricity 3 12
Electrostatics 3 12
Magnetics 2 8
Unit, Dimension, and Vector 1 4
Kinematics 1 4
Laws of motion 1 4
Work, Power, and Energy 1 4
Centre Of Mass, Impulse, and Momentum 1 4
Rotation 1 4
Gravitation 1 4
Simple Harmonic Motion 1 4
Solids and Fluids 1 4
Waves 1 4
Electromagnetics Induction 1 4

JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2026: High Priority Chapters

We have prepared a table which shows JEE Main physics weightage as per questions given in previous years. 

Priority Number Physics weightage for JEE Mains Chapter Name 2023 (All Shift) 2022 (All Shift) 2021 (All Shift)
Priority-1 8% KTG 17 18 26
Thermodynamics 25 23 32
Thermal Properties 15 18 15
Priority-2 9% Dual Nature Matter 25 21 30
Nuclear Physics 21 18 22
Atomic Physics 21 14 17
Priority-3 7% Wave-Optics 18 15 16
Ray Optics 33 28 31
Priority-4 10% Semiconductors 25 29 42
EM Wave 18 17 22
Experimental Physics 4 9 7
Priority-5 27% Current Electricity 50 45 49
Magnetic Effects of Electric Current 35 34 23
Electrostatics 34 26 32
EMI 24 13 14
AC 22 28 40
Capacitance 18 25 20
Magnetic Properties 9 10 12
Priority-6 28% Gravitation 39 24 32
Work-Energy-Power 26 22 20
Motion in a Plane 24 18 20
Motion in a Straight Line 23 23 25
Rotational Motion 22 19 39
Laws of Motion 21 30 28
Units and Dimension 19 15 17
Basic Maths 13 14 25
Com and Collision 13 13 15
Priority-7 11% SHM 23 15 36
Mechanical Properties of Fluids 23 19 14
Waves and Sound 17 13 16
Mechanical Properties of Solid 20 22 19

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JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2026: Most Repeated Topics

If you crack the JEE Main exam pattern, you will probably notice that 71% questions are repeated questions. Here are the details of those chapters:

  • Mechanics
  • Optics
  • Modern Physics
  • Electronics
  • Thermodynamics
  • Units and Measurements
  • Electromagnetism

JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2026: Chapters to Skip or Keep

Chapters Name JEE Main 2026: Keep or Skip
Unit and Dimensions Complete Chapter
Vectors Complete Chapter
Kinematics 1D Complete Chapter
Kinematics 2D Complete Chapter
NLM and Friction Complete Chapter
Work Energy and Power Complete Chapter
Circular Motion Complete Chapter
Centre of Mass Complete Chapter
Momentum and Collisions Complete Chapter
Rotational Motion Complete Chapter
Gravitation Keep (Geostationary Satellite) Can be asked.
Solids Complete Chapter
Fluids Keep Reynold’s Number
SHM Skip Damped Oscillation and do the rest
Waves Keep Doppler Effect (Asked in JEE Main 2024)
Thermal Physics Newton’s Law of Cooling (Skip) and do the rest.
Thermodynamics and KTG Skip Carnot engine and do the rest
Modern Physics Skip all the deleted topics and do the rest
Electrostatics Complete Chapter
Capacitance Complete Chapter
Current Electricity Keep Potentiometer (Asked in JEE 2024)
Magnetism Skip all the deleted topics and do the rest
EMI Complete Chapter
AC Skip Quality Factor and do the rest
EM Waves Full Chapter
Ray Optics and Optical Instrument Skip deleted topics and do the rest
Semiconductor Skip all the deleted topics
Communication System Skip the whole chapter

JEE Main Physics Syllabus 2026: Expected Questions

Ques. The sum of the magnitudes of two forces acting at point is 18 and the magnitude of their resultant is 12. If the resultant is at 90° with the force of smaller magnitude, what are the, magnitudes of forces

(a) 12, 5
(b) 14, 4
(c) 5, 13
(d) 10, 8

Ques. Of the following quantities, which one has dimensions different from the remaining three?

  1. energy per unit volume
  2. force per unit area
  3. product of voltage and charge per unit volume
  4. angular momentum per unit mass

Ques. When 2.0347 is added to 15.7, the sum is

  1. 17.7347
  2. 17.734
  3. 17.73
  4. 17.7

Ques. The length and breadth of a metal sheet are 3.124 m and 3.002 m respectively. The area of this sheet up to four correct significant figures is:

  1. 9.376 m2
  2. 9.378 m2
  3. 9.379 m2
  4. 9.388 m2

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