NEET syllabus · Updated 24 October 2026
NEET Physics syllabus 2026–27
The NEET Physics syllabus has 20 units, from measurement and mechanics to optics, modern physics and experimental skills. Physics carries 45 of the 180 questions.
Status on 24 October 2026
This is the latest official syllabus, used for NEET 2025 and NEET 2026. The NEET 2027 syllabus has not been released yet; prepare with this one and we will update the page when the National Medical Commission publishes it.
Physics
Physics syllabus: 20 units
45 questions · 180 marks in the exam.
01Physics and measurement
- Units of measurement, systems of units, SI units, fundamental and derived units
- Least count, significant figures, errors in measurement
- Dimensions of physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications
02Kinematics
- 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 and position–time graphs, 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
03Laws of motion
- Force and inertia, Newton's first law; momentum, Newton's second law, impulse; Newton's third law
- 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 — vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road
04Work, energy and power
- Work done by a constant force and a variable force; kinetic and potential energies, work–energy theorem, power
- Potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non-conservative forces
- Motion in a vertical circle
- Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions
05Rotational motion
- Centre of mass of a two-particle system and of a rigid body
- Basic concepts of rotational motion; moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications
- Moment of inertia, radius of gyration, moments of inertia of simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their applications
- Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions
06Gravitation
- Universal law of gravitation; acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth
- Kepler's laws of planetary motion
- Gravitational potential energy, gravitational potential
- Escape velocity; motion of a satellite: orbital velocity, time period and energy
07Properties of solids 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; 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 pressure across a curved surface; drops, bubbles and capillary rise
- Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; specific heat capacity, calorimetry; change of state, latent heat
- Heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation
08Thermodynamics
- Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature
- Heat, work and internal energy; first law of thermodynamics; isothermal and adiabatic processes
- Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes
09Kinetic theory of gases
- Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas
- Kinetic theory of gases: assumptions, concept of pressure; kinetic interpretation of temperature, RMS speed of gas molecules
- Degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy and its application to specific heat capacities of gases
- Mean free path, Avogadro's number
10Oscillations and waves
- Oscillations and periodic motion: time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time; periodic functions
- Simple harmonic motion and its equation, phase; oscillations of a spring: restoring force and force constant; energy in SHM
- Simple pendulum: derivation of its time period
- Wave motion: longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of a travelling wave, displacement relation for a progressive wave
- Principle of superposition, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, beats
11Electrostatics
- Electric charges, conservation of charge; Coulomb's law, forces between multiple charges, superposition principle and continuous charge distribution
- Electric field of a point charge, electric field lines; electric dipole, field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in a uniform field
- Electric flux, Gauss's law and its applications: infinitely long charged wire, infinite plane sheet, thin spherical shell
- Electric potential of a point charge, a dipole and a system of charges; potential difference, equipotential surfaces; potential energy of two point charges and of a dipole in an electrostatic field
- Conductors and insulators, dielectrics and electric polarisation; capacitors and capacitance, combinations in series and parallel, parallel plate capacitor with and without a dielectric, energy stored in a capacitor
12Current electricity
- Electric current, drift velocity, mobility and their relation with current; Ohm's law, electrical resistance
- V–I characteristics of ohmic and non-ohmic conductors; electrical energy and power; resistivity and conductivity
- Series and parallel combinations of resistors; temperature dependence of resistance
- Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a cell, combinations of cells in series and parallel
- Kirchhoff's laws and their applications; Wheatstone bridge, metre bridge
13Magnetic effects of current and magnetism
- Biot–Savart law and its application to a current-carrying circular loop
- Ampere's law and its applications to an infinitely long straight wire and a solenoid
- Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields; force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field
- Force between two parallel current-carrying conductors, definition of the ampere
- Torque on a current loop in a uniform magnetic field; moving coil galvanometer, its sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter
- Current loop as a magnetic dipole; bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; field of a magnetic dipole along and perpendicular to its axis; torque on a magnetic dipole
- Para-, dia- and ferromagnetic substances with examples; effect of temperature on magnetic properties
14Electromagnetic induction and alternating currents
- Faraday's law, induced emf and current, Lenz's law, eddy currents
- Self and mutual inductance
- Alternating currents: peak and RMS values, reactance and impedance, LCR series circuit, resonance, power in AC circuits, wattless current
- AC generator and transformer
15Electromagnetic waves
- Displacement current; electromagnetic waves and their characteristics, transverse nature
- Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays) and its applications
16Optics
- Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula
- Refraction at plane and spherical surfaces, thin lens formula and lens maker's formula; total internal reflection and its applications
- Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact; refraction through a prism
- 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 fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference
- Diffraction due to a single slit, width of the central maximum
- Polarisation, plane-polarised light, Brewster's law, uses of plane-polarised light and Polaroids
17Dual 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 particles, de Broglie relation
18Atoms and nuclei
- Alpha-particle scattering experiment, Rutherford's model of the atom
- Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum
- Composition and size of the nucleus, atomic masses, mass–energy relation, mass defect
- Binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number; nuclear fission and fusion
19Electronic devices
- 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
- Logic gates: OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR
20Experimental skills
- Vernier calipers: internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel
- Screw gauge: thickness or diameter of a thin sheet or wire
- Simple pendulum: dissipation of energy from a graph of amplitude squared against time
- Metre scale: mass of an object by the principle of moments
- Young's modulus of elasticity of a metallic wire
- Surface tension of water by capillary rise, and the effect of detergents
- Coefficient of viscosity of a liquid from the terminal velocity of a sphere
- Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube
- Specific heat capacity of a solid and a liquid by the method of mixtures
- Resistivity of a wire using a metre bridge
- Resistance of a wire using Ohm's law
- Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by the half-deflection method
- Focal length of a convex mirror, a concave mirror and a convex lens (parallax method)
- Angle of deviation against angle of incidence for a triangular prism
- Refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope
- Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward and reverse bias
- Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and its reverse breakdown voltage
- Identifying a diode, LED, resistor and capacitor from a mixed collection
Quick check
Is it in the NEET Physics syllabus?
The topics students ask about most, checked against the wording of the official syllabus.
| Topic | In the syllabus? | What the official text says |
|---|---|---|
| Motion in a vertical circle | Yes | Work, Energy and Power (Unit 4). |
| Rolling motion | Not named | Rotational Motion (Unit 5) doesn't name it; rolling friction is in Laws of Motion (Unit 3). |
| Kepler's laws | Yes | Gravitation (Unit 6). |
| Bernoulli's principle | Yes | Properties of Solids and Liquids (Unit 7). |
| Doppler effect | Not named | Oscillations and Waves (Unit 10) lists superposition, standing waves and beats. |
| Brewster's law | Yes | Optics (Unit 16). |
| Radioactivity | Not named | Atoms and Nuclei (Unit 18) covers the nucleus, mass defect, binding energy, fission and fusion. |
| Cyclotron | Not named | Not mentioned in Magnetic Effects of Current (Unit 13). |
| Transistors | Not named | Electronic Devices (Unit 19) covers diodes, LED, photodiode, solar cell, Zener diode and logic gates. |
| Logic gates | Yes | OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR (Unit 19). |
| Communication systems | Not included | No unit covers it. |
| Vernier calipers, screw gauge | Yes | Experimental Skills (Unit 20). |
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Source: Syllabus for NEET (UG), National Testing Agency (neet.nta.nic.in/syllabus), prepared by the National Medical Commission. Topics follow the official unit text, lightly edited for readability.
FAQ
Questions students and parents ask
How many units are in the NEET Physics syllabus?
20 units, from Physics and Measurement to Experimental Skills.
Is motion in a vertical circle in the NEET syllabus?
Yes. Motion in a vertical circle is listed under Work, Energy and Power (Unit 4).
Are experiments part of the NEET Physics syllabus?
Yes. Unit 20, Experimental Skills, lists 18 experiments, including Vernier calipers, the screw gauge, the metre bridge and the resonance tube.
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