NEET Syllabus
NEET Syllabus 2026 (NTA) — Physics, Chemistry, Biology
Complete NEET syllabus mapped to NCERT Class 11 & 12: subject-wise units, weightage hints, and chapter practice on PeakPrep. Your reference for NEET biology, chemistry, and physics notes planning.
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NEET syllabus overview
The NTA NEET UG exam tests the full NCERT-based syllabus across three subjects. Use this master table for high-level planning, then drill into subject tables below.
| Subject | NCERT scope | Exam share | Prep note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Biology | Class 11 & 12 NCERT Botany + Zoology | 90 questions · ~50% of paper | Highest weightage |
| Chemistry | Class 11 & 12 NCERT Physical, Organic, Inorganic | 45 questions · ~25% | Numerical + fact mix |
| Physics | Class 11 & 12 NCERT mechanics to modern physics | 45 questions · ~25% | Speed + concepts |
Subject-wise NEET syllabus
NEET Physics syllabus
| Unit | Topics (NCERT-aligned) | Weight hint | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physical world & measurement | Units, dimensions, errors, significant figures | Low–medium | Practice → |
| Kinematics | 1D/2D motion, projectile, relative velocity | Medium | Practice → |
| Laws of motion | Newton's laws, friction, circular motion | High | Practice → |
| Work, energy & power | Work-energy theorem, collisions, power | High | Practice → |
| System of particles & rotation | COM, torque, angular momentum, rolling | High | Practice → |
| Gravitation | Universal law, satellites, Kepler's laws | Medium | Practice → |
| Properties of bulk matter | Elasticity, fluid mechanics, viscosity | Medium | Practice → |
| Thermodynamics | Laws, heat engines, specific heat | Medium | Practice → |
| Kinetic theory & gases | Ideal gas, RMS speed, degrees of freedom | Low–medium | Practice → |
| Oscillations & waves | SHM, sound waves, Doppler | Medium | Practice → |
| Electrostatics | Coulomb, field, potential, capacitors | High | Practice → |
| Current electricity | Ohm's law, Kirchhoff, Wheatstone bridge | High | Practice → |
| Magnetism & EMI | Biot–Savart, Ampere, Faraday, Lenz | High | Practice → |
| Alternating current | AC circuits, resonance, transformers | Medium | Practice → |
| Electromagnetic waves | EM spectrum, displacement current | Low | Practice → |
| Optics | Ray optics, wave optics, interference, diffraction | High | Practice → |
| Dual nature & atoms | Photoelectric effect, Bohr model, hydrogen spectrum | Medium | Practice → |
| Nuclei & electronic devices | Radioactivity, semiconductors, logic gates | Medium | Practice → |
NEET Chemistry syllabus
| Unit | Topics (NCERT-aligned) | Weight hint | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic concepts & structure | Mole concept, stoichiometry, atomic structure | High | Practice → |
| Periodic table & bonding | Periodicity, VSEPR, hybridisation, MOT | High | Practice → |
| States of matter & thermodynamics | Gases, liquids, solutions basics, thermochem | Medium | Practice → |
| Equilibrium | Chemical & ionic equilibrium, pH, buffers, solubility | High | Practice → |
| Redox & hydrogen | Oxidation numbers, electrochemical series | Medium | Practice → |
| s-Block & p-Block (11) | Group 1, 2, 13, 14 elements and compounds | Medium | Practice → |
| Organic fundamentals | Nomenclature, isomerism, reaction mechanisms | High | Practice → |
| Hydrocarbons | Alkanes, alkenes, alkynes, aromatic chemistry | High | Practice → |
| Solid state & solutions | Crystal defects, colligative properties | Medium | Practice → |
| Electrochemistry & kinetics | Nernst equation, rate law, activation energy | High | Practice → |
| Surface chemistry | Adsorption, colloids, catalysis | Low–medium | Practice → |
| Metallurgy & p/d/f block | Extraction, transition elements, lanthanides | Medium | Practice → |
| Coordination compounds | Werner theory, isomerism, crystal field theory | High | Practice → |
| Organic functional groups | Haloalkanes, alcohols, aldehydes, amines, biomolecules | High | Practice → |
| Polymers & everyday chemistry | Polymers, detergents, drugs, chemistry in life | Low–medium | Practice → |
NEET Biology syllabus
| Unit | Topics (NCERT-aligned) | Weight hint | Practice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diversity in living world | Classification, plant & animal kingdoms, viruses | Medium | Practice → |
| Structural organisation | Morphology, anatomy of flowering plants & animals | High | Practice → |
| Cell structure & function | Cell organelles, cell cycle, biomolecules | High | Practice → |
| Plant physiology | Photosynthesis, respiration, plant growth, transport | High | Practice → |
| Human physiology | Digestion, circulation, respiration, excretion, neural & endocrine | Very high | Practice → |
| Reproduction | Plant & human reproduction, reproductive health | High | Practice → |
| Genetics & evolution | Mendelian genetics, molecular basis, evolution theories | Very high | Practice → |
| Biology & human welfare | Microbes, immunity, disease, plant breeding | Medium | Practice → |
| Biotechnology | Recombinant DNA, PCR, GM organisms, biopiracy | Medium | Practice → |
| Ecology & environment | Ecosystems, biodiversity, pollution, climate change | High | Practice → |
NCERT mapping note
PeakPrep aligns practice questions to NCERT chapter boundaries. For NEET NCERT notes, read the textbook first — short notes should summarise, not replace, NCERT lines. Diagrams in Biology especially are exam-tested directly.
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NEET syllabus FAQs
Yes. NTA specifies that NEET UG syllabus is based on NCERT textbooks for Physics, Chemistry, and Biology (Botany and Zoology). Most questions are NCERT-line or application-based from NCERT concepts.
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