JEE Main 2027 Physics Syllabus (Expected)

Unit-wise expected Physics syllabus for JEE Main 2027, projected from the JEE Main 2026 / latest official syllabus pattern. Each unit below lists its unit number, unit name and the topics it covers.

JEE Main 2027 syllabus has not been officially released by NTA yet. This is the expected syllabus based on the JEE Main 2026 pattern. Please verify against the official NTA notification once released.

Unit-wise Physics Syllabus

Unit No.	Unit Name	Syllabus
1	Units and Measurements	Systems of units and SI units, fundamental and derived units, least count and significant figures, errors in measurement, dimensions of physical quantities and dimensional analysis.
2	Kinematics	Frame of reference, motion in a straight line, speed and velocity, uniform and non-uniform motion, uniformly accelerated motion and its graphs, relative velocity; motion in a plane, projectile motion, and uniform circular motion.
3	Laws of Motion	Force and inertia, Newton's three laws of motion, momentum and impulse, conservation of linear momentum, equilibrium of concurrent forces, static and kinetic friction, and circular-motion dynamics including vehicles on level and banked roads.
4	Work, Energy and Power	Work by constant and variable forces, kinetic and potential energy, the work-energy theorem, power, spring potential energy, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative versus non-conservative forces, vertical circular motion, and elastic/inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
5	Rotational Motion	Centre of mass of a two-particle system and of a rigid body; torque and angular momentum and their conservation; moment of inertia and radius of gyration for standard shapes; the parallel and perpendicular axis theorems; rigid-body equilibrium and rotational equations of motion, compared with linear motion.
6	Gravitation	The universal law of gravitation; variation of g with altitude and depth; Kepler's laws of planetary motion; gravitational potential energy and potential; escape velocity; satellite motion, orbital velocity, time period and energy.
7	Properties of Solids and Liquids	Elastic behaviour, stress-strain relationship and Hooke's law, Young's, bulk and rigidity moduli; fluid pressure, Pascal's law, viscosity, Stokes' law and terminal velocity, streamline versus turbulent flow, Bernoulli's principle; surface tension, angle of contact, and applications to drops, bubbles and capillary rise; heat, temperature, thermal expansion, specific heat, calorimetry, change of state, latent heat, and modes of heat transfer.
8	Thermodynamics	Thermal equilibrium and the zeroth law; heat, work and internal energy; the first law of thermodynamics; isothermal and adiabatic processes; the second law, and reversible versus irreversible processes.
9	Kinetic Theory of Gases	Equation of state of a perfect gas; work done in compressing a gas; assumptions of kinetic theory, pressure and temperature interpretation; rms speed, degrees of freedom, the law of equipartition of energy and its application to specific heats; mean free path and Avogadro's number.
10	Oscillations and Waves	Periodic motion, time period, frequency and displacement as a function of time; simple harmonic motion, phase, spring oscillations, and energy in SHM; the simple pendulum; wave motion, longitudinal and transverse waves, wave speed, the superposition principle, reflection, standing waves in strings and pipes, harmonics and beats.
11	Electrostatics	Conservation of charge, Coulomb's law and superposition; electric field, field lines, dipoles and torque on a dipole; electric flux and Gauss's law with applications; electric potential and potential energy, equipotential surfaces; conductors, insulators, dielectrics and polarization; capacitors, their combinations, and energy stored in a capacitor.
12	Current Electricity	Drift velocity and mobility, Ohm's law and resistance, ohmic versus non-ohmic conductors, electrical power, resistivity and its temperature dependence, series/parallel combinations of resistors; internal resistance and emf, cell combinations; Kirchhoff's laws, the Wheatstone bridge and metre bridge.
13	Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism	The Biot-Savart law and Ampere's law with standard applications; force on a moving charge and on a current-carrying conductor, force between parallel currents, torque on a current loop and the moving-coil galvanometer; magnetic dipole moment of a current loop, the bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, and magnetic properties of materials.
14	Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents	Faraday's law, induced emf and current, Lenz's law, eddy currents, self and mutual inductance; alternating current basics, peak and rms values, reactance and impedance, the LCR series circuit and resonance, power in AC circuits, the AC generator and transformer.
15	Electromagnetic Waves	Displacement current, characteristics and transverse nature of electromagnetic waves, and the electromagnetic spectrum from radio waves to gamma rays with their applications.
16	Optics	Reflection and spherical mirrors; refraction at plane and spherical surfaces, lens formulae, total internal reflection, magnification and the power of a lens, combinations of lenses, prism refraction, microscopes and telescopes; wave optics including Huygens' principle, Young's double-slit experiment, interference, diffraction, and polarization.
17	Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation	The photoelectric effect and Einstein's photoelectric equation; the particle nature of light; de Broglie's matter-wave relation.
18	Atoms and Nuclei	The alpha-particle scattering experiment, Rutherford's and Bohr's atomic models, energy levels and the hydrogen spectrum; nuclear composition and size, mass-energy relation, mass defect and binding energy, nuclear fission and fusion.
19	Electronic Devices	Semiconductors and the p-n junction diode's I-V behaviour, the diode as a rectifier, LEDs, photodiodes, solar cells and Zener diodes as voltage regulators; basic logic gates.
20	Experimental Skills	Familiarity with standard laboratory experiments, such as vernier calipers, screw gauge, the simple pendulum, moment-based mass determination, Young's modulus, surface tension, viscosity, speed of sound, specific heat, resistivity and resistance measurements, galvanometer figure of merit, focal length determination, prism deviation, refractive index, and diode/Zener characteristic curves.