NEET Syllabus 2024 (Released)

Physics Class 11 Deleted Syllabus

Physics Class 12 Deleted Syllabus

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Unit I: Physical-world and Measurement

• Physics: Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology, and society.

• Need for measurement: Length, mass, and time measurements; accuracy and precision of measuring instruments.

Unit I: Electrostatics

• Van de Graaff generator.

Unit II: 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.

Unit II: Current Electricity

• The flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, Carbon resistors, colour code for carbon resistors; 

• Potentiometer-principle and applications to measure potential difference, and for comparing emf of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell.

Unit III: Laws of Motion

• Lubrication (Under Equilibrium of Concurrent Forces)

Unit III: 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

Unit V: Rotational Motion

• Momentum conservation, and centre of mass motion.

Unit IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

• LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only)

Unit VI: Gravitation

• Geostationary satellites.

Unit VI: Optics

• Reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts.

• 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.

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter/Properties of Solids and Liquids

• Shear, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy.  Reynold’s number,  Anomalous expansion. 

• Specific heat capacity: Cp, Cv- calorimetry; change of state – latent heat. 

• Qualitative ideas of Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and Green House effect.

• Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law.

Unit VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

• Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained).

Unit VIII: Thermodynamics

• Heat engines and refrigerators.

Unit VIII: Atoms and Nuclei

• Isotopes, isobars; isotones. Radioactivity- alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties decay law. 

Unit X: Oscillations and Waves

• Free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), resonance.

• Doppler effect

Unit IX: 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.

Chemistry Class 11 Deleted Syllabus

Chemistry Class 12 Deleted Syllabus

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Unit I: Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

• General Introduction: Important and scope of chemistry.

Unit I: Solid State

• Classification of solids based on different binding forces; molecular, ionic covalent and metallic solids, amorphous and crystalline solids (elementary idea),

• Unit cell in two dimensional and three dimensional lattices, calculation of density of unit cell, packing in solids, packing efficiency, voids, number of atoms per unit cell in a cubic unit cell, point defects, electrical and magnetic properties, 

• Band theory of metals, conductors, semiconductors and insulators.

Unit II: Structure of Atom

• Atomic number, isotopes and isobars, Concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of matter and light.

Unit V: Surface Chemistry

• Adsorption-physisorption and chemisorption; factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids, catalysis homogeneous and heterogeneous, activity and selectivity: enzyme catalysis; colloidal state: distinction between true solutions, colloids and suspensions; lyophillic, lyophobic multimolecular and macromolecular colloids; properties of colloids; Tyndall effect, Brownian movement, electrophoresis, coagulation; emulsions- types of emulsions.

Unit V: States of Matter: Gases and Liquids

• Three states of matter, intermolecular interactions, types of bonding, melting and boiling points, role of gas laws of elucidating the concept of the molecule, Boyle’s law, Charle’s law, Gay Lussac’s law, Avogadro’s law, ideal behaviour of gases, empirical derivation of gas equation. 

• Avogadro number, ideal gas equation. 

• Kinetic energy and molecular speeds (elementary idea), deviation from ideal behaviour, liquefaction of gases, critical temperature.

• Liquid State- Vapour pressure, viscosity and surface tension (qualitative idea only, no mathematical derivations).

UNIT XV: Polymers

• Classification- Natural and synthetic, methods of polymerization (addition and condensation), copolymerization. Some important polymers: natural and synthetic like polyesters, bakelite; rubber, Biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers.

Unit IX: Hydrogen

• Occurrence, isotopes, preparation, properties and uses of hydrogen; hydridesionic, covalent and interstitial; physical and chemical properties of water, heavy water; hydrogen peroxidepreparation, reactions, uses and structure.

UNIT XVI: Chemistry in Everyday Life

• Chemicals in medicines- analgesics, tranquilizers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamines.

• Chemicals in food- preservatives, artificial sweetening agents, elementary idea of antioxidants.

• Cleansing agents- soaps and detergents, cleansing action.

Unit X: s-Block Elements (Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals)

Group I and group 2 elements:

• General introduction, electronic configuration, occurrence, anomalous properties of the first element of each group, diagonal relationship, trends in the variation of properties (such as ionization enthalpy, atomic and ionic radii), trends in chemical reactivity with oxygen, water, hydrogen and halogens; uses.

• Preparation and Properties of Some important Compounds:

• Sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide and sodium hydrogencarbonate, biological importance of sodium and potassium.

• Industrial use of lime and limestone, biological importance of Mg and Ca.

Unit XI: Some p-Block Elements

• Important compounds of silicon and a few uses: silicon tetrachloride, silicones, silicates and zeolites, their uses.

UNIT XIII: Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

• Cyanides and Isocyanides- will be mentioned at relevant places.

UNIT XIV: Environmental Chemistry

• Environmental pollution: Air, water and soil pollution, chemical reactions in atmosphere, smogs, major atmospheric pollutants; acid rain ozone and its reactions, effects of depletion of ozone layer, greenhouse effect and global warming-pollution due to industrial wastes; green chemistry as an alternative tool for reducing pollution, strategy for control of environmental pollution.

Biology Class 11 Deleted Syllabus

Biology Class 12 Deleted Syllabus

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Unit II: Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants

• Animal tissues; Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (Frog). (Brief account only)

Unit I: Reproduction

• Reproduction in organisms: Reproduction, a characteristic feature of all organisms for continuation of species; Modes of reproduction – Asexual and sexual; Asexual reproduction; Modes-Binary fission, sporulation, budding, gemmule, fragmentation; vegetative propagation in plants.

Unit IV: Plant Physiology

• Transport in plants: Movement of water, gases and nutrients; Cell to cell transport-Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport; Plant – water relations – Imbibition, water potential, osmosis, plasmolysis; Long distance transport of water – Absorption, apoplast, symplast, transpiration pull, root pressure and guttation; Transpiration-Opening and closing of stomata; Uptake and translocation of mineral nutrients-Transport of food, phloem transport, Mass flow hypothesis; Diffusion of gases (brief mention).

• Mineral nutrition: Essential minerals, macro and micronutrients and their role; Deficiency symptoms; Mineral toxicity; Elementary idea of Hydroponics as a method to study mineral nutrition; Nitrogen metabolism-Nitrogen cycle, biological nitrogen fixation.

Unit III: Biology and Human Welfare

• Improvement in food production; Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein, Biofortification; Apiculture and Animal husbandry.

Unit V: Human Physiology

• Digestion and absorption; Alimentary canal and digestive glands; Role of digestive enzymes and gastrointestinal hormones; Peristalsis, digestion, absorption and assimilation of proteins, carbohydrates and fats; Caloric value of proteins, carbohydrates and fats; Egestion; Nutritional and digestive disorders – PEM, indigestion, constipation, vomiting, jaundice, diarrhoea.

Unit V: Ecology and Environment

• Organisms and environment: Habitat and niche; Population and ecological adaptations

• Ecosystem Patterns: Nutrient cycling (carbon and phosphorous); Ecological succession; Ecological Services fixation, pollination, oxygen release.

• Biodiversity and its conservation: Sacred Groves.

• Environmental issues: Air pollution and its control; Water pollution and its control; Agrochemicals and their effects; Solid waste management; Radioactive waste management; Greenhouse effect and global warning; Ozone depletion; Deforestation; Any three case studies as success stories addressing environmental issues.

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Unit II: Kinematics

• Resolution of Vector

Unit VI: Gravitation

• Motion of a satellite, time period and energy of a satellite

Unit VII: Properties of Bulk Matter/Properties of Solids and Liquids

• Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its applications. Effect of gravity on fluid pressure.

Unit IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory

• RMS speed of gas molecules: Degrees of freedom. 

• Avogadro's number.

Unit III: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

• Effect of temperature on magnetic properties.

Unit VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

• Dual nature of radiation.

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Unit II: Structure of Atom

• Bohr model of a hydrogen atom - its postulates, derivation of the relations for the energy of the electron and radii of the different orbits, limitations of Bohr's model.

Unit IV: Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

• Kossel - Lewis approach to chemical bond formation, the concept of ionic and covalent bonds.

• Elementary idea of metallic bonding.

• Fajan's rule.

Unit: Chemical Thermodynamics

• Fundamentals of thermodynamics: System and surroundings, extensive and intensive properties' state functions, types of processes. 

• The first law of thermodynamics - Concept of work, heat internal energy and enthalpy, heat capacity, molar heat capacity; Hess's law of constant heat summation; Enthalpies of bond dissociation, combustion' formation, atomization. sublimation. phase transition, hydration. ionization. and solution.

• The second raw of thermodynamics - Spontaneity of processes: AS ofthe universe and AC of the system as criteria for spontaneity. Standard Gibbs energy change and equilibrium constant.

Unit VII: Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry

• Electrolytic and metallic conduction, conductance and their in electrolytic solutions, molar conductivities variation with concentration: Kohlrausch's law and its applications.

• Electrochemical cells - Electrolytic and Galvanic cells, different types of electrodes, electrode potentials including standard electrode potential, half-cell and cell reactions, emf of a Galvanic Cell and its measurement: Nernst equation and its applications, Relationship between cell potential and Gibbs' energy change: Dry cell and lead accumulator, Fuel cells. 

Unit IV: Chemical Kinetics

• Pressure, collision theory of bimolecular gaseous reactions (no derivation).

Unit VIII: d and f Block Elements

• Transition Elements

Unit XIII: Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds

• Purification - Crystallization. sublimation, distillation, differential extraction, chromatography - principles and their applications.

• Qualitative analysis - Detection of nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus and halogens.

• Quantitative analysis (basic principles only) - Estimation of carbon. hydrogen. nitrogen. halogens. sulphur. phosphorus.

• Calculations of empirical formulae and molecular formulae: Numerical problems in organic quantitative analysis.

Unit XIII: Hydrocarbons

• Classification of isomerism. IUPAC nomenclature, general methods of preparation, properties, and reactions.

Unit: Organic Compounds Containing Halogen

• General methods of preparation, properties, and reactions; Nature of C-X bond: Mechanisms of substitution reactions.

• Uses; Environmental effects of chloroform, iodoform freons, and DDT.

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Unit II: Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants

• Family (malvaceae, Cruciferae, leguminoceae, compositae, graminae)'

Unit VII: Genetics and Evolution

• Molecular basis of inheritance: Protein biosynthesis

Unit VIII: Biology and Human Welfare

• Health and Disease: Pathogens; parasites causing human diseases (dengue, chikungunya), Tobacco abuse

Unit X: Ecology and Environment

• Biodiversity and its conservation: Sacred Groves.

NEET Physics Syllabus 2024: Chapter breakdown

Theory Section - 80% Weightage

Physics and Measurements

Electrostatics

Kinematics

Current Electricity

Laws of Motion

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

Work, Energy and Power

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

Rotational Motion

Electromagnetic Waves

Gravitation

Optics

Properties of Solids and Liquids

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Thermodynamics

Atoms and Nuclei

Kinetic Theory of Gases

Electronic Devices 

Oscillation and Waves

Practicals Section - 20% Weightage

Experimental Skills

NEET Chemistry Syllabus 2024: Chapter breakdown

Physical Chemistry - Approx 45% Weightage

Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry

Solutions

Atomic Structure

Equilibrium

Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry

Chemical Thermodynamics

Chemical Kinetics

Inorganic Chemistry - Approx 25% Weightage

Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

D- and F- Block Elements

P Block Elements Group 13 to Group 18 Elements

Co-ordination Compounds

Organic Chemistry - Approx 30% Weightage

Purification and Characterization of Organic Compounds

Organic Compounds Containing Oxygen

Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry

Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

Hydrocarbons

Biomolecules

Organic Compounds Containing Halogens

Principles Related to Practical Chemistry

NEET Biology Syllabus 2024: Chapter Breakdown

Diversity in Living World

Reproduction

Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants

Genetics and Evolution

Cell Structure and Function

Biology and Human Welfare

Plant Physiology

Ecology and Environment

Human Physiology

Subjects

Sections

Number of Questions

Total Marks

Physics

Section A

35

140

Section B

15

40

Chemistry

Section A

35

140

Section B

15

40

Botany

Section A

35

140

Section B

15

40

Zoology

Section A

35

140

Section B

15

40

Total

180

720

Aspect

Marks

Questions type

Multiple Choice

Correct Answer

4 Marks

Wrong Answer

-1 Mark

Question with more than one response

-1 Mark

Unattempted Questions

0 Marks

Marking more than one option

0 Marks

Category

Chapters

Important and Easy Units

• Motion in One Dimension, 

• Atomic structure in Modern Physics, 

• Semiconductors and communication system, 

• Gravitation, 

• Wave Optics

Important and Difficult Units

• Current Electricity, 

• Magnetic Effects of current, 

• Waves and sound, 

• Properties of matter and Fluid mechanics, 

• Laws of Thermodynamics, 

• Rotational Motion, 

• Ray Optics, 

• Heat Transfer, 

• Circular Motion, 

• Newton’s Laws of Motion

Moderately Important But Easy

• Mathematics in Physics, 

• Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity, 

• Thermal Properties of Matter, 

• Calorimetry, and Kinetic Theory of Gases, 

• Photoelectric Effect and Electromagnetic Waves, 

• Classical Magnetism and Magnetic Properties of Matter, 

• Work, Power, and Energy, 

• Units and Dimensions

Moderately Important and Difficult

• Centre of Mass and Momentum Conservation (Collision), 

• Experimental Physics, 

• Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current, 

• Electrostatics, Oscillations (SHM), 

• Motion in Two Dimension and Projectile Motion

Category

Chapters

Important and Easy Units

• Chemical Thermodynamics

• Biomolecules and Polymers

• Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties

• Solid-state

Important and Difficult Units

• Chemical Kinetics

• Alcohols and Ethers

• General Organic chemistry

• P Block Elements

• Some Basic concepts of chemistry (Mole Concept)

• Coordination Compounds

• S Block Elements (Alkali and Alkaline earth Metals) and Hydrogen

• Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure

• Amines and Diazonium salts

• Alkanes, Alkenes, and Alkynes (Hydrocarbons)

Moderately Important But Easy

• General Principles and processed Isolation of Metals (Metallurgy)

• Chemistry in Everyday Life

• Practical and Environmental Chemistry

• Qualitative Inorganic Analysis

• Nuclear and Surface Chemistry

• Atomic Structure

Moderately Important and Difficult

• Redox Reactions and Volumetric Analysis

• Ionic Equilibrium

• Classification and Nomenclature of Organic compounds

• Liquid and Gaseous state

• Purification and Characterization of Organic compounds

• Carbonyl compounds (Aldehydes and Ketones)

• Carboxylic Acid and its Derivations

• Electrochemistry

• Solutions and Colligative properties

• Haloarenes and Phenols

• Haloalkanes

• Chemical Equilibrium

• Isomerism of organic compounds

• D and F block elements

Category

Chapters

Important and Easy Units

• Sexual Reproduction in Flowering plants

• Biological Classification

• Molecular Basis of Inheritance

• Human Health and Disease

• Body Fluids and Circulation

• Animal Kingdom

• Chemical Coordination and integration

• Principles of inheritance and variation

• Cell - The Unit of Life

• Plant Kingdom

• Photosynthesis in Higher plants

• Breathing and Exchange of Gases

• Biodiversity and Conservations

Important and Difficult Units

• Morphology of Flowering Plants

• Human Reproduction

• Cell Cycle and Cell Division

• Reproductive Health

• Biotechnology - Principles and Processes

Moderately Important But Easy

• Strategies for Enhancement in Food Production

• Evolution

• Ecosystem

• Excretory Products and their Elimination

• The Living World

Moderately Important and Difficult

• Mineral Nutrition

• Locomotion and Movement

• Respiration in Plants

• Transport in Plants

• Neural Control and Coordination

• Biotechnology and its Applications

• Plant Growth and Development

• Structural Organisation in Animals

• Anatomy of Flowering Plants

• Organisms and Populations

• Microbes in Human Welfare

• Biomolecules

Sl.No

Book Name

Author

Physics

1

Concepts of Physics by HC Verma Part I & II with Solutions

H. C. Verma

2

NCERT Physics Textbook Class 11 & 12

NCERT

3

D C Pandey Objective Physics for NEET Vol 1 & 2

D C Pandey

Chemistry

1

NCERT Chemistry Class 11 & 12

NCERT

2

GRB A Textbook of Physical Chemistry for NEET

O.P. Tandon

3

Elementary Problems in Organic Chemistry for NEET

M. S. Chauhan

Biology

1

NCERT Biology of Class XI and XII

NCERT

2

Trueman's Objective Biology for NEET - Vol. I & II

Trueman Publication

3

MTG Objective NCERT at your FINGERTIPS - Biology

MTG Editorial Board

4

Concepts of Physics by HC Verma Part I & II with Solutions

H. C. Verma

PCB

1

MTG NEET PYQ Book (Solved)

MTG Editorial Board

2

NEET-UG Physics, Chemistry & Biology Solved Papers

Disha Experts

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