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May I know the best IIT JEE books that I should refer for Physics, Chemistry and Maths?


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Rishan Lewis 31st Dec, 2017
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Ashwani kumar jha 3rd Apr, 2018

If you want to do any good in IIT JEE or any exam you need to limit your study material but do that material 100%.

For Maths:-

First, clear concepts than go through each and every solved example, in starting you will feel that you can solve these questions easily and tend to skip that question, but for clearing concept you should solve all that questions irrespective of time taken.

Some books in my point of view-

Problems in Calculus by Sameer Bansal.

Coordinate geometry and Trigonometry by SL Loney.

Algebra by Cengage publication.

For Chemistry:-

For chemistry, NCERT book is a must.

First Clear all your basic concepts from NCERT, after that for organic and inorganic follow Morrison and Boyd and JD Lee respectively but read only those topics which are mentioned in NCERT.

Books For problem-solving

Physical chemistry- N Avasthi,

Organic chemistry- M S Chauhan,

For physics:-

Clear concept deeply, try to learn behind the scene of all concept.

Try to Solve each and every question of HC Verma by your self.

Must attempt all previous year JEE questions.

 

All the very best and good luck.

Mayank kumar singh 31st Dec, 2017
  • Best Books for IIT JEE

Here is the list of books which you can refer to understand the topics and practice problems. These are the books recommended by teachers and IIT pass out students for the preparation of JEE Main, JEE Advanced, BITSAT or any other engineering entrance examination.

  • Best Physics Books for IIT JEE Preparation:

Concepts of Physics by H. C. Verma
Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick and Walker
Problems in General Physics by I. E. Irodov
University Physics by Freedman and Young
No other subject requires more thinking than Physics.

After you read the NCERT Physics, the next step is to start studying from H.C. Verma's book. At the end of each chapter there are lots of questions graded in difficulty level. There should be an honest attempt to solve each of them.

Simultaneously, Halliday, Resnick and Walker's book must be started. Within each chapter of the book there are some conceptual questions and one must make an all-out effort to answer each of them. This book has very high reputation worldwide.

I.E. Irodov's book is one of the toughest books in Physics. It is very useful for problems in Mechanics and Electromagnetism for the IIT JEE Preparation.

  • Best Mathematics Books for IIT JEE Preparation:

Higher Algebra by Hall and Knight for Algebra
Coordinate Geometry by S.L. Loney
Differential and Integral Calculus by N. Piskunov
Calculus and Analytic Geometry by Thomas and Finney for Calculus
IIT Mathematics by M.L. Khanna
Course in Mathematics for IIT-JEE by Tata McGraw Hill publications
Problems Plus in IIT Mathematics by A Das Gupta
Trigonometry by S L Loney
Thomas and Finney's book is very basic but it's good for beginners starting out with Calculus. Very good geometrical interpretations of derivative etc. are there.

The books by Loney are all time international classics. Honest efforts should be made to solve the problems. The coordinate geometry book is really, really good. Many of the problems themselves are of IIT JEE standard.

Piskunov's book is basically a standard text book of calculus. It is important to solve challenging problems in Mathematics, one needs to practice as much as possible from the IIT Mathematics books by DasGupta and also by M.L. Khanna. There are a huge number of problems there.

  • Best Chemistry Books for IIT JEE Preparation:

Chemistry is divided roughly into a) General Chemistry with a huge emphasis on Physical Chemistry, b) Organic Chemistry and c) Inorganic Chemistry.

University Chemistry by Freedman and Young for Physical Chemistry
Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd for Organic Chemistry
Organic Chemistry by Solomons and Fryhle for Organic Chemistry
Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J. D. Lee for Inorganic Chemistry
Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations by RC Mukherjee
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Ankur Sehgal 31st Dec, 2017
Hey, first of all, I would like to mention that for clearing any of the competitive exams, a sound knowledge of the basic concepts is a must and so inevitably NCERT's are the first book of preference.
 
Apart from NCERT, other books that you can follow are:-
 
PHYSICS
1. The concept of physics by H.C.Verma.
2. Understanding Physics Series by D.C. Pandey
 
CHEMISTRY
1. Organic Chemistry by OP Tandon
2.  Inorganic Chemistry by OP Tandon
3. Numerical Chemistry by P. Bahadur
4. The modern approach to chemical calculations by R.C. Mukherjee
 
MATHS
1. Class XII mathematics by R.D. Sharma
2. trigonometry and geometry by S.L. Loney


All the best!


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