JEE Advanced chapter-wise weightage

Every chapter below is ranked by how many questions it has actually produced in JEE Advanced, counted from AcadXL's own tagged question bank rather than estimated from the syllabus. The table covers 2,418 questions across 93 chapters, and the top 10 chapters alone account for about 24% of them.

JEE Advanced Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics chapters ranked by number of previous year questions
#ChapterQuestionsShareAvg / recent yrWeight
1Ray Optics712.9%3.2
2Application of Derivatives682.8%2.4
3Electrostatics622.6%3
4General Organic Chemistry572.4%3.4
5p Block Elements (Group 15, 16, 17 & 18)552.3%3.4
6Probability552.3%2
7Coordination Compounds532.2%2.4
8Definite Integration522.2%1.6
9Rotational Motion522.2%3.4
10Thermodynamics492%2.8
11Alcohols Phenols and Ethers482%2.2
12Magnetic Effects of Current471.9%2.2
13Thermodynamics (C)461.9%2
14Vector Algebra461.9%1.8
15Waves and Sound431.8%2
16Matrices411.7%2.2
17Mechanical Properties of Fluids411.7%3
18Complex Number391.6%2.2
19Three Dimensional Geometry391.6%2
20Amines371.5%2
21Chemical Kinetics361.5%1.4
22Nuclear Physics361.5%2
23Electrochemistry351.4%1.6
24Parabola351.4%1.2
25Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure341.4%2.2
26Sequences and Series321.3%1.6
27Aldehydes and Ketones311.3%2.2
28Limits311.3%2.2
29Structure of Atom311.3%1.4
30Current Electricity301.2%2.6
31Laws of Motion301.2%2
32Oscillations301.2%1.4
33Permutation Combination301.2%1.6
34Circle291.2%1.4
35Differential Equations291.2%1.8
36Redox Reactions281.2%2.2
37Thermal Properties of Matter281.2%1
38Electromagnetic Induction271.1%1.6
39Solutions271.1%1.4
40Alternating Current251%1.2
41Atomic Physics251%1.4
42Biomolecules251%1.4
43Hydrocarbons251%2.6
44Properties of Triangles251%1.4
45Trigonometric Equations251%1.8
46Functions231%1.6
47General Principles and Processes of Isolation of Metals231%1.4
48Continuity and Differentiability220.9%1.8
49Determinants220.9%1.2
50Ellipse220.9%1.2
51Gravitation220.9%1.2
52Straight Lines220.9%1.4
53Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry210.9%2
54States of Matter210.9%1
55Area Under Curves200.8%1.4
56Center of Mass Momentum and Collision200.8%1.6
57Dual Nature of Matter200.8%1
58Ionic Equilibrium200.8%1.6
59Motion In Two Dimensions200.8%1.6
60Solid State200.8%1
61Work Power Energy200.8%1.4
62d and f Block Elements190.8%1.4
63Haloalkanes and Haloarenes190.8%1.8
64Quadratic Equation190.8%1.2
65Wave Optics190.8%2
66Capacitance180.7%1.4
67Carboxylic Acid Derivatives180.7%1.6
68Practical Chemistry180.7%1
69Units and Dimensions180.7%1
70p Block Elements (Group 13 & 14)160.7%1.2
71Surface Chemistry160.7%1
72Mathematics in Physics150.6%1
73Experimental Physics140.6%1.2
74Inverse Trigonometric Functions140.6%1
75Hyperbola130.5%1
76Binomial Theorem100.4%1
77Differentiation100.4%1
78Electromagnetic Waves90.4%1
79Trigonometric Ratios & Identities90.4%1.4
80Sets and Relations70.3%1.2
81Basic of Mathematics60.2%1
82Chemical Equilibrium60.2%1.2
83Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties60.2%1
84Kinetic Theory of Gases60.2%1
85Polymers60.2%1
86Indefinite Integration50.2%1.3
87Mechanical Properties of Solids50.2%1
88Hydrogen40.2%1
89Motion In One Dimension40.2%1
90s Block Elements40.2%1
91Statistics40.2%1
92Pair of Lines20.1%1
93Chemistry in Everyday Life10%1

How to read this JEE Advanced Physics, Chemistry & Mathematics weightage table

These are counts of real questions, not predictions. A chapter high in this list has reliably produced marks across many years, so it earns revision time; a chapter with a high recent average but a lower total is one the exam has been leaning on lately. Click any chapter to see its year-by-year trend, its most-asked sub-topics, and free solved questions from it.

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