How should I plan to start studying inorganic chemistry daily i.e. begin from which book & end from which? Is Ncert sufficient for jee.?

HELLO UJJWAL KUMAR SINGH

If you have really understood NCERT books completely line by line, gone through each and every word of it including the tables and reactions, all solved examples and all questions of the exercises then it will be sufficient to score around 200–240 depending on your accuracy.

1. NCERT is very crucial specially for chemistry. Read NCERT religiously and do not neglect its exercises as most of students do thinking “NCERT has easy questions, they are board types not JEE types”. Do NCERT exemplar as well if you can.

2. If you are in some coaching then they will prepare you for category 3 questions. If you are not in any coaching and just focusing on boards only then read S L Arora for physics, R D Sharma for Maths and any good institute’s package for chemistry. You can also use standard books for JEE.

3. The icing on the cake is that you won’t have to put extra effort for board exams if you follow point 1 and 2. Just solve previous year papers and go for board exam.

4. Do give as many mock tests as you can. They are really very important.

5. Remember that reading NCERT casually won’t help much. I have seen students reading NCERT and found out that they normally do it just for the sake of it. Don’t do that.

Chemistry Textbooks for Class 11 & Class 12 by NCERT

ncert-chemistry-textbook-picture The NCERT Chemistry text books for Class 11 and

Class 12 are really great when it comes to getting started with Chemistry at this level

and helps you pick up some of the most important concepts of JEE Mains and

Advanced Chemistry in a really great way for all the three branches of chemistry –

Physical, Organic and Inorganic.

IIT JEE Chemistry by O.P. Agarwal

This is one book that is recommended by almost any JEE chemistry teacher or even

shopkeeper when you speak about Chemistry for JEE Prep. But you got to take my word on

this that you should avoid studying Inorganic and Organic chemistry from this book when

you are just starting out.

The only reason you should have this book with you is as your chapter-wise and topic-wise

guide and also for the vast number of problems at the end of each chapters. But, try to avoid

this book as much as possible for concept-building.

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Physical Chemistry (Numerical Chemistry) Books for JEE

physical-chemistry-op-Tandon-picture Physical Chemistry by O.P. Tandon

Various Physical Chemistry concepts have been explained to great depth in this book and it

also accompanies tough problems of various levels with their solutions. If you are preparing

with taking JEE Advanced in mind then the problems in this book will be of great help to you

however if you are looking to appear only for JEE Mains then you can give this book a miss.

More details about this book can be found here.

numerical-chemistry-p-bahadur-picture Physical Chemistry by P. Bahadur

This book for Numerical Chemistry by P. Bahadur is as good as the one by O.P Tandon, that I

mentioned above and can be used for preparing both JEE Mains and JEE Advanced exams.

During my days of JEE preparation, I did refer to the chapters of Chemical Kinetics, Ionic

Equilibrium & Thermodynamics from this book and solved most of the numerical problems

as daily practice.

university-chemistry-Bruce-Mahan-picture University Chemistry by Bruce H.

Mahan

This book is a course text-book higher education level Physical Chemistry in many colleges

and provides in-depth explanation and coverage of almost all topics related to the subject. If

you are in doubt about any specific topic in Physical chemistry then reading through that

part of the book is highly recommended. You can find more details about this book here.

modern-approach-to-chemical-calculations-mukherjee-pictureModern Approach to

Chemical Calculations by R.C. Mukherjee

This book can easily be termed as the H.C. Verma of Chemistry, well not literally! During my

JEE preparation days I used to swear by this book owing to the quality of the numerical

problems in it and the explanation of the solutions – simple, to the point and lucid. Without

solving questions from this book no preparation for JEE level physical chemistry can be

termed as complete. More details about this book can be found here.

physical-chemistry-peter-Atkins-picture Physical Chemistry by Watkins

Before I say anything about Physical Chemistry by Watkins, please make sure you do not go

into solving the problems in this book. They are of really high level and you do not really

need to solve such problems to prepare yourself for the JEE Main exams or even the JEE

Advanced exams. Just refer to the book for its solid concepts. Reading through the book was

a charm during my JEE Prep days.

Mathematics for Class 11 & Class 12 by RD Sharma OR Maths for Class 11 & Class 12 by R.S.

Agarwal

mathematics-class-11-rd-sharmaAs the heading for this section suggests, you should go for

either of the books as both give a general outlook to all the required and important topics in

Mathematics for JEE Main and Advanced exams. Both the books have an ample number of

solved examples and detailed explanations for various mathematical concepts. The ideal way

to prepare is start with one of these books and then move on to the books mentioned below

(as required)

Link for Mathematics for Class 11 & Class 12 by RD Sharma – Vol 1, Vol 2

Link for Maths for Class 11 & Class 12 by R.S. Agarwal

Tata McGraw Hill (TMH) Mathematics

the-mathematics-for-jee-mainTMH for JEE Mathematics is a must if you are targeting either

JEE Main or JEE Advanced or both. The level of problems in this book go from easy to very

difficult and every problem in the book is different from the last one. This makes sure you

are exposed to a variety of types of Math problems so that you are well equipped for the JEE

Main and Advanced days.

One suggestion from my end would be that you should go slow with the book as some of the

very tough problems can at times de-motivate you. When you see yourself running into such

a situation, take it easy, take a break and come back to it later.

PRO Tip – Do not use this book for building concepts, coz you won’t find any. It’s a pure drill

questions.

coming to conclusion, I will recommend you to study

1.NCERT first full chapter to study basics because Jee Advance is all about

basics at higher level.

2. Then, coming to higher level,

Follow 1 book for concept clearing and one for practice of each subject:

Physics: 1.H.C. Verma for concepts

2. Irodov for questions.

Chemistry:

A) Organic: M.S.Chouhan for both concepts and questions.

B) Inorganic: J.D.Lee for questions.

And. Balaji publications for questions.

C) Physical: P.Bahadur for both.

Mathematics: Use above mentioned book for concepts . And S.K. GOYAL FOR

QUESTIONS

HOPE IT HELPS

ALL THE BEST

Hi Ujjwal,

Time Management is very important in JEE preparation. Make sure you study for atleast 2 hours per day, and this is just for Chemistry. Be thorough with the NCERT concepts. And then you can go for objective books like Pradeep's. For more deeper conceptual learning you can go for Modern's ABC of Chemistry. This would help you in Advance. Workout as much problems as you can.



All The Best.

See if you are preparing for jee and has confusion about chemsitry than my dear i would say that NCERT is sufficient for chemistry to achieve good score in chemistry ,if you have completed NCERT than you can go for NOOTAN chemistry book ,it would be very helpful for both organic and inorganic with detailed explanation.

Hello,

For inorganic chemistry, keep the following 3 points in mind:



1.) NCERT is the GodBook. Learn "each and every"word of NCERT for inorganic chemistry. In past few years, IIT's have picked up questions directly from NCERT. Once, an 8 marks matrix match was also picked up directly from NCERT.



2.) Don't leave the inorganic chemistry for the last 2 months. Start preparing for it from the first day itself and seriously "learn" inorganic chemistry for 2 whole years.



3.) Do regular revision. I can bet you that if you don't revise it for about 15 days, then you are sure to forget a large part of it.





Besides NCERT, if you have some time left in your hand, then you can (infact you must) go for JD Lee. It's one of the best books for inorganic chemistry and helps you do develop concepts of inorganic chemistry.



WARNING: Refer to IIT-JEE syllabus if you are deciding to pick up JD Lee. It contains a lot of stuff that is of no use for IIT-JEE.



Hope it helps