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Physics syllabus for NEET

NEET Physics Syllabus 2026

Read the crawlable NEET Physics syllabus 2026 with all official unit names, topic clusters, preparation links and the official NMC/NTA PDF source.

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National Medical Commission, Under Graduate Medical Education Board

Notice date

22 December 2025

Exam year

NEET (UG) 2026

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Physics at a glance

Measurement, mechanics, heat, waves, electricity, magnetism, optics, modern physics and experimental skills from the official NEET UG 2026 syllabus.

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20 syllabus units

Physics unit-wise syllabus

Official subject listed as Physics in the NMC NEET UG 2026 syllabus. Each card is server-rendered text so search engines and AI crawlers can understand the subject map.

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Unit 1

Physics and Measurement

  • SI units, dimensions and derived units
  • Least count, significant figures and measurement errors
  • Dimensional analysis and applications

Unit 2

Kinematics

  • Motion in a straight line and graphs
  • Vectors, relative velocity and motion in a plane
  • Projectile and uniform circular motion

Unit 3

Laws of Motion

  • Newton's laws, impulse and momentum
  • Conservation of linear momentum
  • Friction and circular-motion dynamics

Unit 4

Work, Energy and Power

  • Work-energy theorem and power
  • Potential energy and conservation of mechanical energy
  • Elastic and inelastic collisions

Unit 5

Rotational Motion

  • Centre of mass, torque and angular momentum
  • Moment of inertia and radius of gyration
  • Rigid-body equilibrium and rotational equations

Unit 6

Gravitation

  • Universal law of gravitation and variation of g
  • Kepler's laws and gravitational potential
  • Escape velocity, satellites and orbital energy

Unit 7

Properties of Solids and Liquids

  • Elasticity, stress-strain and moduli
  • Fluid pressure, viscosity and Bernoulli principle
  • Surface tension, thermal expansion and heat transfer

Unit 8

Thermodynamics

  • Thermal equilibrium and zeroth law
  • First law, internal energy, heat and work
  • Isothermal, adiabatic, reversible and irreversible processes

Unit 9

Kinetic Theory of Gases

  • Ideal gas equation and kinetic assumptions
  • Pressure, RMS speed and temperature interpretation
  • Degrees of freedom, equipartition and mean free path

Unit 10

Oscillations and Waves

  • Periodic motion and SHM
  • Spring and pendulum energy/time-period concepts
  • Wave motion, superposition, standing waves and beats

Unit 11

Electrostatics

  • Coulomb's law, electric field and dipole
  • Gauss's law and electric potential
  • Capacitors, dielectrics and stored energy

Unit 12

Current Electricity

  • Ohm's law, drift velocity and mobility
  • Resistance combinations and temperature dependence
  • Cells, Kirchhoff laws, Wheatstone and metre bridge

Unit 13

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

  • Biot-Savart and Ampere laws
  • Magnetic force on charge/current and galvanometer
  • Bar magnet, dipoles and magnetic materials

Unit 14

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents

  • Faraday law, Lenz law and eddy currents
  • Self and mutual inductance
  • AC circuits, resonance, generator and transformer

Unit 15

Electromagnetic Waves

  • Displacement current and EM-wave nature
  • Electromagnetic spectrum
  • Applications of radio, microwave, infrared, visible, UV, X-ray and gamma waves

Unit 16

Optics

  • Reflection, refraction, mirrors and lenses
  • Total internal reflection and optical instruments
  • Wave optics, diffraction, interference and polarization

Unit 17

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

  • Photoelectric effect and photon nature
  • de Broglie wavelength
  • Matter waves and related experiments

Unit 18

Atoms and Nuclei

  • Atomic spectra and Bohr model
  • Nuclear composition, mass-energy and binding energy
  • Radioactivity, fission and fusion

Unit 19

Electronic Devices

  • Semiconductors and p-n junction diode
  • Rectifiers, LEDs, photodiodes and solar cells
  • Logic gates and digital basics

Unit 20

Experimental Skills

  • Vernier, screw gauge and measurement instruments
  • Common school-lab physics experiments
  • Graph interpretation, errors and practical reasoning

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