NEET-UG • Physics
High-Yield Weightage Matrix

NEET-UG Physics Syllabus & PYQ Weightage Matrix

Detailed chapter breakdown calibrated against NTA blueprints and 2019–2026 historical Previous Year Questions. Track high-frequency topics and schedule active recall drills on Adapt Vector.

Total Chapters
15 High-Yield Topics
Pedagogical Units
3 Core Modules
Estimated Mastery Time
155 Hours

Module 1: Mechanics & Matter (Class 11)

3.8% PYQ Weightage~7h study

Physical World, Units, Measurements & Errors

Key Subtopics:
  • SI Units, Fundamental & Derived Quantities
  • Dimensional Analysis and Formulas
  • Errors in Measurement (Absolute, Relative, Percentage)
  • +2 more subtopics
5.8% PYQ Weightage~9h study

Motion in a Straight Line & Motion in a Plane

Key Subtopics:
  • Speed, Velocity & Uniform Acceleration Equations
  • Position-Time and Velocity-Time Graphs
  • Relative Velocity in 1D
  • +2 more subtopics
6.9% PYQ Weightage~12h study

Laws of Motion & Work, Energy, Power

Key Subtopics:
  • Newton's Laws of Motion & Momentum
  • Conservation of Momentum & Impulse
  • Static and Kinetic Friction, Rolling Friction
  • +4 more subtopics
7.3% PYQ Weightage~12h study

System of Particles & Rotational Motion

Key Subtopics:
  • Center of Mass of Two-Particle and Rigid Bodies
  • Moment of a Force, Torque & Angular Momentum
  • Conservation of Angular Momentum with Examples
  • +2 more subtopics
4.6% PYQ Weightage~8h study

Gravitation

Key Subtopics:
  • Universal Law of Gravitation & 'g' Variations
  • Gravitational Potential Energy & Potential
  • Escape Speed & Orbital Speed of Satellites
  • +1 more subtopics
5.8% PYQ Weightage~9h study

Mechanical Properties of Solids & Fluids

Key Subtopics:
  • Stress-Strain Relationship, Hooke's Law & Young's Modulus
  • Pascal’s Law, Hydraulic Machines & Archimedes Principle
  • Viscosity, Stokes' Law, Terminal Velocity
  • +2 more subtopics

Module 2: Thermodynamics & Waves (Class 11)

7.3% PYQ Weightage~11h study

Thermal Properties of Matter & Thermodynamics

Key Subtopics:
  • Thermal Expansion, Calorimetry & Specific Heat
  • Latent Heat & Phase Changes
  • Heat Transfer: Conduction, Convection & Radiation (Stefan/Wien Laws)
  • +3 more subtopics
5.8% PYQ Weightage~10h study

Kinetic Theory of Gases & Oscillations

Key Subtopics:
  • Equation of State of a Perfect Gas, Kinetic Interpretation of Temperature
  • Degrees of Freedom & Equipartition of Energy, Mean Free Path
  • Periodic & Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM)
  • +2 more subtopics
5% PYQ Weightage~10h study

Waves & Sound

Key Subtopics:
  • Wave Motion, Longitudinal & Transverse Waves
  • Speed of Travelling Waves & Displacement Relation
  • Principle of Superposition, Standing Waves in Strings & Organ Pipes
  • +2 more subtopics

Module 3: Electrodynamics, Optics & Modern Physics (Class 12)

10.4% PYQ Weightage~13h study

Electrostatics & Current Electricity

Key Subtopics:
  • Electric Charges, Coulomb's Law & Superposition
  • Electric Field, Field Lines, Dipole & Gauss's Law
  • Electric Potential, Equipotential Surfaces & Potential Energy
  • +5 more subtopics
7.3% PYQ Weightage~11h study

Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism

Key Subtopics:
  • Biot-Savart Law & Magnetic Field of Wire/Coil
  • Ampere's Law, Force on Moving Charge & Current Wire
  • Torque on Current Loop & Moving Coil Galvanometer
  • +3 more subtopics
6.5% PYQ Weightage~11h study

Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Currents

Key Subtopics:
  • Faraday's Law, Induced EMF and Current, Lenz's Law
  • Self and Mutual Inductance
  • Alternating Currents, Peak and RMS Values
  • +3 more subtopics
9.2% PYQ Weightage~13h study

Optics (Ray & Wave Optics)

Key Subtopics:
  • Refraction at Plane & Spherical Surfaces, Total Internal Reflection
  • Thin Lens Formula & Lens Combinations
  • Refraction through a Prism & Dispersion
  • +4 more subtopics
8.5% PYQ Weightage~10h study

Modern Physics (Dual Nature, Atoms & Nuclei)

Key Subtopics:
  • Photoelectric Effect, Hertz/Lenard Experiments, Einstein Photoelectric Equation
  • Matter Waves, de Broglie Relation
  • Alpha-Particle Scattering, Rutherford & Bohr's Model of Atom
  • +3 more subtopics
5.8% PYQ Weightage~9h study

Semiconductor Electronics

Key Subtopics:
  • Energy Bands in Conductors, Semiconductors, Insulators
  • Intrinsic and Extrinsic Semiconductors
  • p-n Junction Diode (Forward and Reverse Characteristics)
  • +3 more subtopics

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