IIT JAM PHYSICS - 6 MONTHS STUDY PLAN
Below we have provided the IIT JAM Study Plan 2019 with the proper time table for 6 Months. Get the 6
Months-Week Wise Study Plan with time slot details.
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mind is in the state to learn new things. So, you must devote this time to the topics which you consider as
a tough. Below, we have provided a study plan according to you state of mind. Kindly check.
MONTH -1 STUDY PLAN
Weeks TOPICS
Mathematical Methods – I :
Calculus of single and multiple variables,
partial derivatives, Jacobian, imperfect
and perfect differentials, Taylor
Week-1 expansion, Fourier series. Vector
algebra, Vector Calculus, Multiple
integrals, Divergence theorem, Green's
theorem, Stokes' theorem.
(Expected Time – 4-5 hours daily)
Mathematical Methods – II :
First order equations and linear second
order differential equations with constant
coefficients. Matrices and determinants,
Algebra of complex numbers.
Week-2
(Expected Time – 3-4 hours daily)
Mechanics and General Properties of
Matter-I : Newton's laws of motion
and applications, Velocity and
acceleration in Cartesian, polar and
cylindrical coordinate systems,
Week-3 uniformly rotating frame, centrifugal
and Coriolis forces, Motion under a
central force, Kepler's laws, Gravitational
Law and field, Conservative and non-
conservative forces.
(Expected Time - 4-5 hours daily)
Time Slot
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1.5 hour study and understand
the methods and in remaining 1.5
hours make short points or note down
the important formulas and practice
the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
methods studied whole day.
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1 hour study and understand
the methods and in remaining 1.5
hours make short points or note down
the important formulas and practice
the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
methods studied whole day.
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1.5 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short points
or note down the important formulas
and practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
 Mechanics and General Properties of
Matter-II : System of particles, Center
of mass, equation of motion of the CM,
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
conservation of linear and angular
In First 1.5 hour study the theory and
momentum, conservation of energy,
understand the Concepts and in
variable mass systems. Elastic and
remaining 1.5 hours make short points or
inelastic collisions. Rigid body motion,
Week-4 note down the important formulas and
fixed axis rotations, rotation and
practice the questions.
translation, moments of Inertia and
Time Slot-2 Evening (2 hours)
products of Inertia, parallel and
Practice the questions and revise all
perpendicular axes theorem. Principal
concepts studied whole day.
moments and axes. Kinematics of
moving fluids, equation of continuity,
Euler's equation, Bernoulli's theorem.
(Expected Time - 4-5 hours daily)
MONTH -2 STUDY PLAN
Weeks TOPICS Time Slot
Oscillations, Waves and Optics-I: Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
Differential equation for simple harmonic In First 1 hour study the theory and
oscillator and its general solution. understand the Concepts and in
Superposition of two or more simple remaining 1.5 hours make short points
Week-5 harmonic oscillator s. Lissajous figures. or note down the important formulas
Damped and forced oscillators, and practice the questions.
resonance. Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
(Expected Time – 3-4 hours daily) Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Oscillations, Waves and Optics-II: Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
Wave equation, traveling and standing In First 1 hour study the theory and
waves in one-dimension. Energy density understand the Concepts and in
and energy transmission in waves. Group remaining 1.5 hours make short points
Week-6 velocity and phase velocity. Sound waves or note down the important formulas
in media. Doppler Effect. Fermat's and practice the questions.
Principle. Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
(Expected Time – 3-4 hours daily) Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Oscillations, Waves and Optics-III:
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
General theory of image formation. Thick
In First 1 hour study the theory and
lens, thin lens and lens combinations.
understand the Concepts and in
Interference of light, optical path
remaining 1.5 hours make short points
retardation. Fraunhofer diffraction.
Week-7 or note down the important formulas
Rayleigh criterion and resolving power.
and practice the questions.
Diffraction gratings. Polarization: linear,
Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
circular and elliptic polarization. Double
Practice the questions and revise all
refraction and optical rotation.
concepts studied whole day.
(Expected Time - 3-4 hours daily)
 Electricity and Magnetism-I: Coulomb's
law, Gauss's law. Electric field and
potential. Electrostatic boundary
conditions, Solution of Laplace's equation
Week-8 for simple cases. Conductors, capacitors,
dielectrics, dielectric polarization, volume
and surface charges, electrostatic
energy.
(Expected Time – 3-4 hours daily)
MONTH -3 STUDY PLAN
Weeks TOPICS
Electricity and Magnetism-II:
Biot-Savart law, Ampere's law, Faraday’s
law of electromagnetic induction, Self
and mutual inductance. Alternating
currents. Simple DC and AC circuits with
R, L and C components. Displacement
current, Maxwell's equations and plane
Week-9 electromagnetic waves, Poynting's
theorem, reflection and refraction at a
dielectric interface, transmission and
reflection coefficients (normal incidence
only). Lorentz Force and motion of
charged particles in electric and
magnetic fields.
(Expected Time - 4-5 hours daily)
Kinetic theory, Thermodynamics -I:
Elements of Kinetic theory of gases.
Velocity distribution and Equipartition of
energy. Specific heat of Mono-, di- and tri-
Week-10 atomic gases. Ideal gas, van-der-Waals
gas and equation of state. Mean free
path.
(Expected Time - 3-4 hours daily)
Kinetic theory, Thermodynamics - II: Laws
of thermodynamics. Zeroth law and concept
of thermal equilibrium. First law and its
consequences. Isothermal and adiabatic
processes. Reversible, irreversible and quasi-
static processes. Second law and entropy.
Carnot cycle. Maxwell's thermodynamic
Week-11
relations and simple applications.
Thermodynamic potentials and their
applications. Phase transitions and
Clausius-Clapeyron equation. Ideas of
ensembles, Maxwell-Boltzmann, Fermi-Dirac
and Bose-Einstein distributions.
(Expected Time - 4-5 hours daily)
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short points or
note down the important formulas and
practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Time Slot
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1.5 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short
points or note down the important
formulas and practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short
points or note down the important
formulas and practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1.5 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short
points or note down the important
formulas and practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
 Modern Physics-I: Inertial frames
and Galilean invariance. Postulates
of special relativity. Lorentz
transformations. Length contraction,
time dilation. Relativistic velocity
Week-12 addition theorem, mass energy
equivalence. Blackbody radiation,
photoelectric effect, Compton effect,
Bohr's atomic model, X-rays
(Expected Time - 3-4 hours daily)
MONTH -4 STUDY PLAN
Weeks TOPICS
Modern Physics-II: Wave-particle duality,
Uncertainty principle, the superposition
principle, calculation of expectation
values, Schrödinger equation and its
Week-13 solution for one, two and three
dimensional boxes. Solution of
Schrödinger equation for the one
dimensional harmonic oscillator.
(Expected Time - 3-4 hours daily)
Modern Physics-III:
Reflection and transmission at a step
potential, Pauli exclusion principle.
Structure of atomic nucleus, mass and
Week-14 binding energy. Radio-activity and its
applications. Laws of radioactive decay.
(Expected Time – 3-4 hours daily)
Solid State Physics, Devices and
Electronics-I: Crystal structure, Bravais
lattices and basis. Miller indices. X-ray
diffraction and Bragg's law; Intrinsic and
extrinsic semiconductors, variation of
resistivity with temperature. Fermi level.
p-n junction diode, I-V characteristics,
Week-15 Zener diode and its applications, BJT:
characteristics in CB, CE, CC modes. Single
stage amplifier, two stage R-C coupled
amplifiers. Simple Oscillators:
Barkhausen condition, sinusoidal
oscillators. OPAMP and applications:
Inverting and non-inverting amplifier.
(Expected Time - 4-5 hours daily)
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short points or
note down the important formulas and
practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Time Slot
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short
points or note down the important
formulas and practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short
points or note down the important
formulas and practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1.5 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short
points or note down the important
formulas and practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
 Solid State Physics, Devices and
Electronics-II: Boolean algebra: Binary
number systems; conversion from one
system to another system; binary addition
and subtraction. Logic Gates AND, OR,
Week-16 NOT, NAND, NOR exclusive OR; Truth
tables; combination of gates; de
Morgan's theorem.
(Expected Time - 4-5 hours daily)
MONTH -5 STUDY PLAN
Weeks TOPICS
Previous Year Paper - 2014 +
Revision of Week-1,2 & 3
(Expected Time – 4-5 hours daily)
Week-17
Previous Year Paper - 2015 +
Revision of Week-4,5 & 6
(Expected Time – 4-5 hours daily)
Week-18
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
In First 1 hour study the theory and
understand the Concepts and in
remaining 1.5 hours make short
points or note down the important
formulas and practice the questions.
Time Slot-2 Evening (1-2 hours)
Practice the questions and revise all
concepts studied whole day.
Time Slot
Day-1 (4-5 hours) Solve IIT JAM
Previous year paper-2014 and analysis
the paper on same day and Note down
the tricks Which used in previous year
solutions.
For Day - 2 to Day - 6 (4-5 hours)
Time Slot-1 Morning (2 hours)
Revise all the important derivations
and formulas which studied In Week-
1,2 & 3.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2-3 hours)
solve practice questions and revise
important formulas.
Day-1 (4-5 hours) Solve IIT JAM
Previous year paper-2015 and analysis
the paper on same day and Note down
the tricks Which used in previous year
solutions.
For Day - 2 to Day - 6 (4-5 hours)
Time Slot-1 Morning (2 hours)
Revise all the important derivations
and formulas which studied In Week-
4,5 & 6.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2-3 hours)
solve practice questions and revise
important formulas.
 Previous Year Paper - 2016 +
Revision of Week-7,8 & 9
(Expected Time – 4-5 hours daily)
Week-19
Previous Year Paper - 2017 +
Revision of Week-10,11 & 12
(Expected Time – 4-5 hours daily)
Week-20
MONTH -6 STUDY PLAN
Weeks TOPICS
Previous Year Paper - 2018 +
Revision of Week-13,14,15 & 16
(Expected Time – 5-6 hours daily)
Week-21
Revision of whole IIT JAM Physics Syllabus Revise all the important derivations,
Week-22 theory and concept part
(Expected Time - 4-5 hours daily)
Day-1 (4-5 hours) Solve IIT JAM
Previous year paper-2016 and analysis
the paper on same day and Note down
the tricks Which used in previous year
solutions.
For Day - 2 to Day - 6 (4-5 hours)
Time Slot-1 Morning (2 hours)
Revise all the important derivations
and formulas which studied In Week-
7,8 & 9.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2-3 hours)
solve practice questions and revise
important formulas.
Day-1 (4-5 hours) Solve IIT JAM
Previous year paper-2017 and analysis
the paper on same day and Note down
the tricks Which used in previous year
solutions.
For Day - 2 to Day - 6 (4-5 hours)
Time Slot-1 Morning (2 hours)
Revise all the important derivations
and formulas which studied In Week-
10,11 & 12.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2-3 hours)
solve practice questions and revise
important formulas.
Time Slot
Day-1 (4-5 hours) Solve IIT JAM Previous
year paper-2018 and analysis the paper
on same day and Note down the tricks
Which used in previous year solutions.
For Day - 2 to Day - 6 (5-6 hours)
Time Slot-1 Morning (2-3 hours)
Revise all the important methods and
formulas which studied In Week-
13,14,15 & 16.
Time Slot-2 Evening (2-3 hours)
solve practice questions and revise
important tricks.
concepts and formulas.
 Revise Solved examples of all topics + Resolve the examples of all topics and
Writing practice of important do more practice of important
Week-23
derivations. derivations.
(Expected Time - 3-4 hours daily)
Revision of whole IIT JAM Physics Revise all IIT JAM PHYSICS syllabus
Syllabus
Week-24
(Expected Time - 4-5 hours daily)

IIT JAM Last 15 Days Plan

Now, you have completed your syllabus. Therefore, we are here providing you Last 15 Days Plan to help
you crack the exam.

Days IIT JAM Study Plan

Day 1 Solve 2 IIT JAM Practice Sets
Day 2 Solve 2 IIT JAM Practice Sets
Day 3 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 4 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 5 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 6 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 7 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 8 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 9 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 10 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 11 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 12 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 13 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 14 Attempt 1 IIT JAM Online Mock Test + Analysis of Mock test
Day 15 Revision

Simple tricks that can help you clear the exam (before the exam)

 Keep in touch with every topic, Don’t leave any chapter, just because you feel it won’t come.
 Devote more time on weak areas. Practice regularly to update and get hold of the concepts.
 Do not skip topics just because it is too lengthy.
 Make short notes that include important chapters, concepts, formulae or pointers
 Solve at least last 5 previous year question paper to get familiar with the paper pattern
 To improve your problem-solving speed you can also take minimum 1 mock tests in a week.
 Take test after every topic to strengthen your understanding of the chapter
 Pay equal attention to all the sections – MCQ, MSQ, NAT.
 Revise just the important or scoring topics of IIT JAM PHYSICS Subject.
 Simple tricks that can help you clear the exam (On the exam day)
 Revise all the topics weekly, and keep a tab on your learning progress.
 IIT JAM Preparation requires continuous self-evaluation, so do it.

ALL THE BEST IIT JAM ASPIRANTS!!