Comprehensive Inventory of Prerequisites for Each Chapter within JEE

Firstly, there are some chapters you should complete first in each subject if you haven’t already. These are referred to as ‘Basics’ and involve the following chapters:

Physics: Basic Maths, Vectors, Kinematics, Laws of Motion, knowing how to apply energy conservation / work energy theorem

Chemistry: Mole Concept, Atomic Structure, Periodic Classification, Chemical Bonding

Maths: Basics (Sets, Log, inequalities, basic functions, etc.), Quadratic, Basic trigonometry

The symbol ‘H’ means ‘Hard prerequisite’, meaning you can’t do this chapter without the prerequisites. The symbol ‘S’ means ‘Soft prerequisite’: the whole chapter is not needed, just a formula or two, which teachers often revise/reteach within the class.

Physics

• Work Power Energy: basics
• Centre of mass: work power energy(H)
• Rotation: work power energy(H), Centre of mass(H)
• Gravitation: work power energy with circular motion(H)
• Fluids: basics
• Elasticity: basics, fluids(S)
• KTG and Thermodynamics: basics
• Thermal Properties: No prerequisites
• SHM: Basics
• Waves: Only SHM equation and properties needed, rest of SHM not needed
• Electrostatics: Basics
• Capacitor: Electrostatics(H)
• Current Electricity: Electrostatics(S)
• Magnetism: Electrostatics(H), Current Electricity(S)
• EMI: Electrostatics(H), Magnetism(H), Current Electricity(H)
• AC: EMI(S)
• EM Waves: No prerequisite needed, just remember the formulae
• Ray Optics: No prerequisites
• Wave Optics: Waves(S)
• Modern physics: No prerequisites
• Semiconductors and Communication systems: No prerequisites

Chemistry

• States of Matter: basics
• Thermodynamics: States of Matter(S)
• Chemical Equilibrium: Basics
• Ionic Equilibrium: Chemical equilibrium(H)
• Redox: Basics
• Hydrogen, S Block, P Block Class 11: Basics
• General Organic Chemistry: Basics
• Hydrocarbons: General Organic Chemistry (H)
• Environmental Chemistry: No prerequisite
• Solid State: no prerequisites
• Solutions: no prerequisites
• Electrochemistry: Thermodynamics(S), Equilibrium(S)
• Chemical Kinetics: No prerequisite
• Metallurgy, P Block, DF block: Basics
• Coordination Compounds: Basics (Especially Chemical Bonding(H))
• Organic chapters need to be done one by one in the order from where you’re studying
• Biomolecules: Organic(S)
• Polymers: no prerequisite
• Chemistry in Everyday Life: no prerequisite
• Salt Analysis: S block, P Block, D Block (S)

Mathematics

• Sequence and Series: Basics
• Trigonometry: basics
• Complex numbers: quadratic(H), Trigonometry(S), Coordinate Geometry for Geometry of complex numbers(S)
• Permutations and Combinations: no prerequisite
• Binomial Theorem: no prerequisite
• Straight Lines: basics
• Circles: straight lines(H)
• Conic sections (Parabola, Ellipse, Hyperbola): circles(H), straight lines(H)
• Calculus (Relations, Functions, Limits, Continuity, Differentiability, Differentiation, Indefinite, Definite integration, Differential equations): need to be done one by one in this order. If you don’t know each chapter in depth, at least a basic understanding in each is required for each next chapter in the sequence.
• Vectors: no prerequisite
• 3D Geometry: Vectors(H)
• Probability: Permutations and Combinations(S)
• Mathematical Reasoning and Statistics: No prerequisites