If you are also starting your JEE preparation, then this answer is for you.

I will try to completely specify all the things that you may need to know in order to prepare
for JEE so that, if enough time is given and with enough hard work, it will also allow you to
get AIR 1 as well.

Let’s start with the resources to use…

1. HC Verma’s Concept of Physics- Holy book for studying theory in Physics.

Brilliant and easy explanation of almost every topic that you will encounter in JEE
Physics Syllabus. Keep this as your go-to book for any chapter’s theory.
2. Visual Physics:
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This is a website that offers video lectures for complete visualization of the
concepts. This allows you to “see” the concepts and their true meaning in real life.
This will be a foundation to master concept application skills which will boost your
problem-solving skills. Thus, it becomes a must for those people who are not able
to understand how to solve a new kind of problem. Because when you have a
proper understanding o the concepts, you can easily see that in given conditions
on the problems, which concept will work and which won’t. Thus you will be able
to know very quickly that what process you need to follow to solve the problem.
3. D.C. Pandey’s Set of 5 books for JEE Physics- The book is next to none when it
comes to developing problem-solving skills, right from the basic to the top. What I
like about the book is that there are lots of solved examples that allow you to
learn the technique of concept application and problem-solving for all the topics
in a topic-wise manner.
Use this book for problem-solving.

Just these two books(along with PYQs and Mock tests) are enough to fetch you
excellent marks(More than decent marks) in Physics.

Keep reading to know what to do to get almost full marks in JEE Physics.
4. I.E. Irodov: This is a classic, concise, and very famous but tough problem book
with higher-level problems in Physics. Solve the chapters of electromagnetism,
Mechanics, and thermodynamics for your JEE Preparation. Don’t solve the whole
book, as it would be too much more than what is required. Plus it will take a lot of
time as well.
5. Pathfinder for olympiad and JEE: This book is the last nail in the coffin of JEE
Physics. This book is really an advanced problem-solving book for those who want
to crack olympiads and JEE with a really excellent single-digit rank. JEE has been
asking tough, lengthy, elegant, and innovative questions in recent years, and this
book is meant for the practice of such questions.
 The best thing about this book is that the questions are new and really make you
think, they make you appreciate the concepts and it’s only possible to solve them
if you really understand stuff and not just know how to solve standard questions
(something missing in standard textbooks) everybody solves the standard
questions available in the market and knowing how to do them does not give you
the edge you need to get the top ranks.
6. [OPTIONAL] If you love Physics, then you must use the book “Fundamentals of
Physics” by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker. It is THE BEST BOOK for pre-
undergraduate physics and can be easily used for JEE Physics as a reference book
for certain tough topics.
You can also use HC Verma and this book as your two books for the theory part,
and I can bet that these books are better than excellent for theory preparation for
JEE Physics.
These are the topics you should give preference while revising:(as these are heavy
weight chapters - in terms of marks, in JEE)

Physics:

1. Thermodynamics
2. SHM(Simple Harmonic Motion)
3. Work energy problems
4. Gravitation, Potential energy concepts
5. Waves
6. Center of mass and Rotational motion
7. Optics, prism, YDSE
8. Modern physics(NCERT and H C Verma)
9. EMI and AC
10. Current electricity (Very important)
11. Capacitance
12. Magnetism
13. Kinematics
14. Fluid dynamics
Now that the book and important chapters part is done, I will just mention how you should
try to study.

I would suggest the following strategy->

Improve your understanding.

1. Mark your strong topics stronger. With just a little work, you will be able to solve
most of the questions related to those topics in JEE, and it will be the most
important factor in your scoring.
 2. First, segregate the topics according to their importance and weighted for JEE. I
have written below the important topics (very broadly actually)
3. Make a plan for revision and practice according to their importance and your hold
over that. Even if you think that you haven’t got much of the topics, in theory,
don’t go starting with books again. Just read your notes (and watch youtube
videos on that topic at max), and start practicing directly. It’s the time when you
improvise your learning methods; one example is “Learning by Doing”.
Learning by Doing.

 just start with questions directly.

 If you do not understand even a bit of a question (less likely), just check the
solution and mark out important concepts used. Go back to your notes and just
read the theory once. This way you can get the theory faster because you know
how that concept is being used in the question.
 If you can get the questions but are stuck in the middle, go back to the theory
(don’t check the solution), read it once; again try the questions. Now you can
check the solution. Make a mental note of what you were missing.
 Make a mental note of the approach to the questions.
1. Start practicing daily for at least 3 hours. The best way to do that is to create and
practice a mock test of selected sections. I don’t know if this facility is available on
any of the online test platforms. You will get a variety of questions from all the
topics. Also, you can plan to practice 4–5 different questions daily from a list of
topics, you have marked for that day.
2. Best way to improve your understanding is by seriously analyzing your faults and
weaknesses whenever your practice. This will significantly improve your
understanding and confidence in less time.
3. I will advise you to join any All India Test Series. Taking tests regularly and
identifying your strong suits and weakness on the weekly basis will help you in
tweaking your revision and practice plan.
4. Be consistent - Nothing influences your performance like consistency. It can beat
the genius minds who are not regular.
5. Whenever you find any difficulty in any topic for any topic, don’t hesitate to get
external help, ask your friends or your teachers. Be active in your classes.
6. Again, practice a lot of questions, only of different types. Leave out similar
questions that you have done before and feel confident.
Now the question is how will you manage the time for all this if you really wish to follow
some of them. It’s the most important part - Time Management. I hope you can make a
time management plan on your own; I can just outline a little bit on that.

Let us give 5–6 hours of your valuable time for self-study, other than your other businesses
like school, coaching, etc.
1 . For the revision part, make a weekly plan. Count the total chapters, divide them into 6
days. Mark each day for revision and practice of a group of chapters. Practice at least 4–5
questions from each chapter in the group. Follow the plan each week.

Let's say there are 60 total chapters for the JEE syllabus covering all subjects; there will be 6–
7 topics in each of them on average. We are going to mark a group of 10 different chapters
(3–4–3) for each day. Practice at least 4–5 questions from each topic. Practice more
questions about important and weak topics. Next week, practice questions of the next
topics in the same chapter group.

It is going to take at least 3–4 hours. Increase your efficiency as you move forward.

2. For the backlogs (if you have any in the future), put aside 2 hours daily; 1 hour for one
subject. Keep rotating your subjects for these 2 hours; like Phy+Chem for 1 day,
Chem+Maths for the next day. Just choose one topic and devote all the time to practicing
and clearing your concepts. Include them in your revision plan, once you finish with them.
You can also make it 3 hours a day if you have time, but I think 2 hours should be enough.

Follow these advices and be consistent with the plan for 2 years and I can bet that you will
do much better than what anyone expects from you :)

Footnotes
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Visual Physics