Candidates should be aware that the JEE Advanced 2025 exam is only offered in the Computer Based Test (CBT) format before attempting to appear for it. It is advised that students familiarize themselves with the CBT mode by taking the sample exams that are accessible on the website. They can download the JEE Advanced syllabus PDF provided below to have an idea of the subjects that will be included in the test. Candidates preparing for JEE Advanced must adhere to the syllabus.
The table at the below are the topics of Physics:
| Subject | Chapters |
|---|---|
| General | - Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis - Least count, significant figures - Methods of measurement and error analysis - Experiments (Vernier calipers, screw gauge, simple pendulum, Young’s modulus, surface tension, specific heat, focal length, speed of sound, Ohm’s law, specific resistance) |
| Mechanics | - Kinematics - Newton’s laws - Work, power, energy - Systems of particles - Rigid body dynamics - Oscillations - Gravitation - Fluid mechanics - Wave motion |
| Thermal Physics | - Thermal expansion - Calorimetry - Heat conduction, convection, radiation - Ideal gas laws - Thermodynamics - Blackbody radiation |
| Electricity and Magnetism | - Coulomb’s law - Electric field, potential - Capacitance - Electric current - Magnetic field - Electromagnetic induction |
| Electromagnetic Waves | - Characteristics of electromagnetic waves - Electromagnetic spectrum |
| Optics | - Rectilinear propagation of light - Reflection, refraction - Prism, lenses - Wave nature of light |
| Modern Physics | - Atomic nucleus - Radioactive decay - Photoelectric effect - Bohr’s theory - X-rays - de Broglie wavelength |
The table at the below are the topics of Chemistry:
| Subject | Topics |
|---|---|
| Atoms and Molecules | Concept of atoms and molecules; Dalton’s atomic theory; Mole concept; Chemical formulae; Balanced chemical equations |
| Mole Concept and Calculations | Calculations based on mole concept and stoichiometry involving common oxidation-reduction, neutralisation, and displacement reactions; Concentration terms: mole fraction, molarity, molality, normality |
| States of Matter: Gases and Liquids | Gas laws and ideal gas equation; Absolute scale of temperature; Deviation from ideality, van der Waals equation; Kinetic theory of gases; Average, root mean square, and most probable velocities; Law of partial pressures; Diffusion of gases; Intermolecular interactions: Types, distance dependence, effects on properties; Liquids: Vapour pressure, surface tension, viscosity |
| Atomic Structure | Bohr model; Spectrum of hydrogen atom; Wave-particle duality; de Broglie hypothesis; Uncertainty principle; Quantum mechanical picture of hydrogen atom: Energies, quantum numbers, wave function and probability density; Shapes of s, p, d orbitals; Aufbau principle; Pauli’s exclusion principle; Hund’s rule |
| Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure | Orbital overlap and covalent bond; Hybridisation (s, p, d orbitals); Molecular orbital energy diagrams (homonuclear diatomic species up to Ne2); Hydrogen bond; Molecular polarity, dipole moment; VSEPR model and molecular shapes (linear, angular, triangular, square planar, pyramidal, square pyramidal, trigonal bipyramidal, tetrahedral, octahedral) |
| Chemical Thermodynamics | Intensive and extensive properties; State functions; First law of thermodynamics; Internal energy, work, and heat; Enthalpy; Heat capacity; Standard state; Hess’s law; Enthalpy of reaction, fusion, vapourization, lattice enthalpy; Second law of thermodynamics; Entropy; Gibbs energy; Criteria of equilibrium and spontaneity |
| Chemical and Ionic Equilibrium | Law of mass action; Equilibrium constant (Kp and Kc); Reaction quotient; Le Chatelier’s principle (effect of concentration, temperature, and pressure); Solubility product and its applications; Common ion effect; pH and buffer solutions; Acids and bases (Bronsted and Lewis concepts); Hydrolysis of salts |
| Electrochemistry | Electrochemical cells and cell reactions; Standard electrode potentials; Electrochemical work; Nernst equation; Electrochemical series; EMF of galvanic cells; Faraday’s laws of electrolysis; Electrolytic conductance; Specific, equivalent, and molar conductivity; Kohlrausch’s law; Batteries: Primary, secondary, fuel cells; Corrosion |
| Chemical Kinetics | Rates of chemical reactions; Order and molecularity; Rate law, rate constant, half-life; Differential and integrated rate expressions for zero and first order reactions; Temperature dependence of rate constant (Arrhenius equation, activation energy); Catalysis: Homogeneous and heterogeneous, activity, and selectivity of solid catalysts; Enzyme catalysis and its mechanism |
| Solid State | Classification of solids; Crystalline state; Seven crystal systems (cell parameters: a, b, c, α, β, γ); Close-packed structures (cubic, hexagonal); Packing in fcc, bcc, and hcp lattices; Nearest neighbours; Ionic radii; Radius ratio; Point defects |
| Solutions | Henry’s law; Raoult’s law; Ideal solutions; Colligative properties: Lowering of vapour pressure, elevation of boiling point, depression of freezing point, osmotic pressure; van’t Hoff factor |
| Surface Chemistry | Adsorption: Physisorption, Chemisorption; Freundlich adsorption isotherm; Colloids: Types, preparation methods, general properties; Emulsions, surfactants, micelles (definitions and examples) |
| Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties | Modern periodic law; Electronic configuration of elements; Periodic trends in atomic radius, ionic radius, ionization enthalpy, electron gain enthalpy, valence, oxidation states, electronegativity, chemical reactivity |
| Hydrogen | Position in the periodic table; Occurrence; Isotopes; Preparation; Properties; Uses; Hydrides (ionic, covalent, interstitial); Properties of water and heavy water; Hydrogen peroxide (preparation, reactions, uses, structure); Hydrogen as a fuel |
| s-Block Elements | Alkali and alkaline earth metals: Reactivity towards air, water, dihydrogen, halogens, acids; Reducing nature; Uses; Characteristics of oxides, hydroxides, halides, salts of oxoacids; Anomalous behaviour of lithium and beryllium; Compounds of sodium and calcium (preparation, properties, uses) |
| p-Block Elements | Oxidation states and trends; Anomalous properties of boron, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen, fluorine; Group 13: Reactivity, preparation, properties, and uses of boron and aluminium compounds; Group 14: Reactivity, allotropes of carbon, uses of carbon; Group 15: Reactivity, allotropes of phosphorus, preparation and properties of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds; Group 16: Reactivity, simple oxides, allotropes of sulfur, preparation and uses of dioxygen, ozone, sulfur dioxide, sulfuric acid; Group 17: Reactivity, preparation, properties, and uses of chlorine, HCl, interhalogen compounds; Group 18: Chemical properties and uses, xenon compounds |
| d-Block Elements | Oxidation states and stability; Standard electrode potentials; Interstitial compounds; Alloys; Catalytic properties; Oxoanions of chromium and manganese (preparation, structure, reactions) |
| f-Block Elements | Lanthanoid and actinoid contractions; Oxidation states; General characteristics |
| Coordination Compounds | Werner’s theory; Nomenclature; Isomerism: Cis-trans, ionization; Hybridization and geometries (linear, tetrahedral, square planar, octahedral); Bonding theories: VBT, CFT (octahedral and tetrahedral); Magnetic properties; Ligands; Spectrochemical series; Stability; Metal carbonyls |
| Isolation of Metals | Metal ores and concentration; Extraction principles: Thermodynamic (iron, copper, zinc), Electrochemical (aluminium); Cyanide process (silver, gold); Refining |
| Principles of Qualitative Analysis | Qualitative analysis of ions (Ag+, Hg2+, Cu2+, Pb2+, Fe3+, Cr3+, Al3+, Ca2+, Ba2+, Zn2+, Mn2+, Mg2+); Detection of anions (nitrate, halides, carbonate, bicarbonate, sulfate, sulfide) |
| Environmental Chemistry | Atmospheric pollution; Water pollution; Soil pollution; Industrial waste; Strategies for pollution control; Green chemistry |
| Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry | Hybridisation of carbon; σ and π-bonds; Shapes of organic molecules; Aromaticity; Isomerism; Stereochemistry; Empirical and molecular formulae; IUPAC nomenclature; Hydrogen bonding effects; Inductive, Resonance, Hyperconjugative effects; Acidity and basicity; Reactive intermediates (carbocations, carbanions, free radicals) |
| Alkanes | Homologous series; Physical properties; Effect of branching; Conformations of ethane and butane; Preparation; Reactions (combustion, halogenation, oxidation) |
| Alkenes and Alkynes | Physical properties; Preparation (elimination reactions); Acid-catalysed hydration; Metal acetylides; Reactions (KMnO4, ozone, reduction, electrophilic addition, peroxide effect, cyclic polymerization) |
| Benzene | Structure; Electrophilic substitution reactions (halogenation, nitration, sulphonation, Friedel-Crafts reactions); Effect of directing groups |
| Phenols | Physical properties; Preparation; Electrophilic substitution reactions; Reactions (Reimer-Tiemann, Kolbe, esterification, etherification, synthesis of aspirin); Oxidation and reduction |
| Alkyl Halides | Rearrangement reactions; Grignard reactions; Nucleophilic substitution reactions and stereochemistry |
| Alcohols | Physical properties; Reactions (esterification, dehydration, reactions with sodium, phosphorus halides, ZnCl2/HCl, thionyl chloride); Conversion to aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids |
| Ethers | Preparation (Williamson’s synthesis); C-O bond cleavage reactions |
| Aldehydes and Ketones | Preparation (from acid chlorides, nitriles, esters, toluene); Reactions (oxidation, reduction, oxime, hydrazone formation, Aldol condensation, Cannizzaro reaction, Haloform reaction, nucleophilic addition) |
| Carboxylic Acids | Physical properties; Preparation (from nitriles, Grignard reagents, hydrolysis of esters and amides, benzoic acid from alkylbenzenes); Reactions (reduction, halogenation, ester formation, acid chlorides, amides) |
| Amines | Preparation |
The table at the below are the topics of mathematics:
| Subject | Topic | Sub-topics |
|---|---|---|
| Sets, Relations, and Functions | Sets and their Representations | Empty, Finite, Infinite Sets; Algebra of Sets; Intersection, Complement, Difference, Symmetric Difference; De-Morgan’s Laws; Practical Problems |
| Cartesian Product of Sets and Relations | Ordered Pairs; Domain and Codomain of Relations; Equivalence Relation | |
| Functions | Functions as Mappings; Domain, Codomain, Range; Invertible Functions; Even and Odd Functions; Special Functions (Polynomial, Trigonometric, Exponential, Logarithmic, Power, Absolute Value, Greatest Integer); Sum, Difference, Product, and Composition of Functions | |
| Algebra | Complex Numbers | Addition, Multiplication, Conjugation; Polar Representation; Modulus, Principal Argument; Triangle Inequality; Cube Roots of Unity; Geometric Interpretations |
| Fundamental Theorem of Algebra and Quadratic Equations | Statement of Fundamental Theorem; Quadratic Equations with Real Coefficients; Relations between Roots and Coefficients; Formation of Quadratic Equations | |
| Progressions | Arithmetic and Geometric Progressions; Arithmetic and Geometric Means; Finite and Infinite Series; Sums of First n Natural Numbers; Sums of Squares and Cubes | |
| Logarithms and Binomial Theorem | Properties of Logarithms; Permutations and Combinations; Binomial Theorem for Positive Integral Index; Properties of Binomial Coefficients | |
| Matrices | Matrices and Determinants | Rectangular Array of Real Numbers; Matrix Operations (Addition, Scalar Multiplication, Product); Transpose; Elementary Transformations; Determinants up to 3x3 Matrix; Adjoint and Inverse of Matrices; Diagonal, Symmetric, and Skew-Symmetric Matrices; Solutions of Linear Equations |
| Probability and Statistics | Probability Theory | Random Experiments, Sample Space; Types of Events; Addition and Multiplication Rules; Conditional Probability; Independence; Bayes Theorem; Permutations and Combinations for Probability Calculations |
| Statistics | Central Tendency and Dispersion; Mean, Median, Mode, Mean Deviation, Standard Deviation, Variance; Frequency Distribution Analysis; Random Variables; Mean and Variance of Random Variables | |
| Trigonometry | Trigonometric Functions | Periodicity, Graphs; Addition and Subtraction Formulas; Multiple and Sub-Multiple Angle Formulas; General Solution of Trigonometric Equations |
| Inverse Trigonometric Functions | Principal Value; Properties and Elementary Functions | |
| Analytical Geometry | Two Dimensions | Cartesian Coordinates; Distance, Section Formulae, Shift of Origin; Equations of Straight Lines; Angle between Lines; Distance from Point to Line; Angle Bisector, Concurrency of Lines; Centroid, Orthocentre, Incentre, Circumcentre of Triangle |
| Circle | Equation Forms; Tangents, Normals, Chords; Parametric Equations; Intersections with Lines and Other Circles; Circle through Intersection Points | |
| Conic Sections | Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola; Standard Forms; Foci, Directrices, Eccentricity; Parametric Equations; Tangents and Normals | |
| Three Dimensions | Distance Between Points, Direction Cosines, Lines and Planes in Space; Skew Lines; Shortest Distance Between Lines; Plane Equation; Distance from Point to Plane; Angle Relationships in Space | |
| Differential Calculus | Limits and Continuity | Limits at Real Numbers; Continuity; Limits of Functions; Continuity of Sum, Difference, Product, Quotient; L'Hospital's Rule |
| Differentiation | Derivatives of Functions; Chain Rule; Polynomial, Rational, Trigonometric, Inverse Trigonometric, Exponential, Logarithmic Functions; Tangents and Normals; Increasing/Decreasing Functions; Derivatives of Higher Orders; Rolle’s Theorem, Lagrange’s Mean Value Theorem | |
| Integral Calculus | Integration Techniques | Indefinite Integrals; Definite Integrals, Properties; Fundamental Theorem of Calculus; Integration by Parts, Substitution, Partial Fractions; Applications: Areas Bounded by Curves |
| Differential Equations | Formation of ODEs; Homogeneous Differential Equations of First Order; Separation of Variables; Linear First Order Differential Equations | |
| Vectors | Vector Algebra | Addition, Scalar Multiplication; Dot Product, Cross Product; Scalar and Vector Triple Products; Geometric Interpretations |
Please take note that the syllabus below is based on the JEE Advanced 2024 syllabus. As of right now, the syllabus has not changed, hence candidates may refer to the JEE Advanced 2024 syllabus.
