Learning for IIT JEE: February 2012

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When to start

According to my thinking, the decision to appear for JEE must be taken and preparation started right from the day, the X class examinations are over. The attitude must be to remember the materials learned in the X class. A revision of the X material after the examination will lay the firm foundation for JEE preparation and help you to comprehend the material much better.

May to December must be used to complete the entire syllabus of 11th class. Read the lessons in your XI class text and simultaneously read the material in JEE level texts that you buy. Approximately 3 lessons of Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (one each) must be completed every 10 days. That way you can read 9 lessons a month. In eight months you can complete 72 lessons. As the books are written you may not have 24 chapters in every subject. But some chapters are very big and you can practically treat them as two chapters and schedule them accordingly.

That will give you time to revise you XI material during January-April . This will give you good amount of time to concentrate on Board examinations and other subjects in the course. You have to score well in board examinations also. Remember that the correlation is very high between board performance and JEE performance. Don’t neglect board material.

I recommend a three hour examination every two weeks with cumulative syllabus in the first year. Every alternate week, a one and half examination could be there in one lesson each of Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics. Prepare and write the examination conducted by your coaching institute enthusiastically. Your positive attitude right from the day one will help you immensely. Cooperate with your teachers. They know the material, examination pattern a lot and scheduling of learning sessions.

Even people taking postal coaching should follow this pattern. They should request their parents to organize the test for them every week. By requesting parents, one will put a monitor to himself to adhere to a time table.

How many hours one has to study: A general prescription is 10 hours a day. One can make an individual judgment with the overall constraint that you have to reach a level of having the ability to write an examination in the material that you have studied. You have to study 9 lessons every month. You divide the time in the ratio of 2:1 for Chemistry, Mathematics, and Physics and other subjects. They are also important for overall knowledge.

Preparing a revision notes as you study is important because that will reduce the time spent by you in revising earlier lessons later on. I prepared number of revision material blogs to provide you a starting point and you can modify them according to your preference and importance attached to a point.

What are the recommended books?

Physics

I like H.C. Verma for Physics

Chemistry

Dr. Jauhar and NCERT for Chemistry

R.K. Mukherjee is good for additional problems

Mathematics

For Mathematics, R D Sharma is good.

The above books are JEE levels books and I recommend you give full attention to your board books during the classes and learn additional issues from JEE level books.

Modern's abc of Chemistry for Class XI (CBSE) by Dr. S.P. Jauhar

First Year Study Plan Chemistry (2011-12) for JEE 2013

(From http://iit-jee-2011.blogspot.com/2009/04/iit-jee-2011-chemistry-annual-study_15.html)

Links take you to the detailed study plan of the chapter

Visit Chemistry - Videos - Knol Book for introductory lectures on Chemistry Chapters

Study Schedule for Each Day

Study plan: Every day four and half hours are to be spent to do the first reading, answering questions and problem solving.

For each chapter first ten day period is detailed reading and one hour is to be spent. For the next ten days, the period is treated as revision period for the chapter and half an hour is spent. Thus one and half hours are to be spent for each subject and three subjects require four and half hours of study.

Every student has to customize this plan harmonize with the chapter being covered in his regular class or coaching class. You insert the chapter that is being covered in your class in the place of chapter plannined here and shift one chapter forwards. You will save time and learn better that way. Harmonize your reading with the chapter being covered in your class. But you have to take responsibility for self study, and for covering and completing the portion by December.

Mathematics - First Year Study Plan

Based on http://iit-jee-2011.blogspot.com/2009/04/iit-jee-2011-mathematics-annual-study_15.html

XI Portion

Chapter Numbers based on R D Sharma IIT JEE Objective Mathematics

For introductory Lectures visit Mathematics - Videos - Knol Book

Physics Study Plan - First Year

Based on http://iit-jee-2011.blogspot.com/2009/04/it-jee-2011-annual-study-plan-for.html

Links take you to individual chapter study plans

I prepared daily session plans for Chemistry, Mathematics and Physics for the year 2010 and provided them through a blog http://iit-jee-2010.blogspot.com/.

I prepared three video knol books to help IIT aspirants to get introductory lectures on various topics and chapters.

Chemistry - Videos - Knol Book

Mathematics - Videos - Knol Book

Physics - Videos - Knol Book

2nd Year Study Plans

2011-12 Chemistry Study Plan

(All plans are from my blog http://iit-jee-2010.blogspot.com/)

Modern’s abc of Chemistry for Class XI CBSE by Dr. S.P. Jauhar

May 2011

5. First Law of Thermodynamics and Chemical Energetics - Spend one and half hours on the chapter in the first 10 days and complete first 15 days portion in 10 days.

http://iit-jee-chemistry.blogspot.com/2009/03/iit-jee-study-guide-5-first-law-of.html

8. Equilibrium II – Ionic Equilibrium in Solutions

http://iit-jee-chemistry.blogspot.com/2009/03/iit-jee-study-guide-8-equilibrium-ii.html

Slightly adjust the given plan and complete the basic study in 10 days. I shall post the adjusted plan in this blog myself

10. Principles and Processes of Extraction of Elements

http://iit-jee-chemistry.blogspot.com/2009/03/jee-study-guide-10-principles-and.html

The chapter main study can be done in six days. So you can do these three chapters in this month. Don't waste any planned time. Minimum one hour per main study and half an hour for revision of the earlier chapter by studying concepts and formulas or by doing problems and questions.

All the best. Become knowledgeable. Show it whenever needed.

June 2011

11. Hydrogen

16. Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds

17. Organic Compounds with Functional Groups Containing Halogens

July 2011

Text Book: Modern’s abc of Chemistry for Class XII (CBSE) by Dr. S.P. Jauhar

3. Solutions

4. Chemical Thermodynamics

August 2011

5. Electrochemistry

6. Chemical Kinetics

September 2011

9. d and f -Block Elements

10. Co-ordination Compounds and Organometallics

11. Nuclear Chemistry

October 2011

A Preview of Organic Chemistry

12. Stereochemistry

13. Organic Compounds with functional Groups Containing Oxygen - I (Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers)

November 2011

14. Organic Compounds with functional Groups Containing Oxygen – II (Aldehydes, Ketones, Carboxylic Acids and their Derivatives)

15. Organic Compounds with functional Groups Containing Nitrogen (Nitro, Amino, Cyano and Diazo Compounds)

December 2011

16. Polymers

17. Biomolecules

January 2012 to March 2012

IIT JEE Revision for 2010 - Questions/Problems for Final Revision

IIT JEE 2012 - Mathematics - Study Plan for 2011-12

Text Book Used as Base: Objective Mathematics for IIT JEE by R.D. Sharma, Dhanpatrai Publications

Study Plan

May 2011

11.Matrices XII (some portion)

http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/2008/11/11-matrices-revision-facilitator.html

12. Determinants XII (Some portion)

http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/2008/11/12-determinants-revision-facilitator.html

15 The Circle

http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/2008/11/iit-jee-mathematics-study-plan-15.html

June 2011

16. Parabola

http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/2008/11/iit-jee-mathematics-study-plan-16.html

17. Ellipse

http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/2008/11/iit-jee-mathematics-study-plan-17.html

18. Hyperbola

http://iit-jee-maths.blogspot.com/2008/11/18-hyperbola-revision-facilitator.html

August 2011

23. Tangents, Normals and other applications of derivatives XII

24. Increasing and Decreasing Functions XII

25. Maxima and Minima XII

September 2011

26. Indefinite Integrals XII (Some portion)

27. Definite Integrals XII

October 2011

28. Areas of Bounded Regions XII

29. Differential Equations XII

November 2011

30. Vectors XII (Some portion)

31. Three Dimensional Geometry XII

32. Probability XII (Some portion)

December 2011

32. Probability XII

35 Trigonometrical Equations

38 Heights and distances XII

10. Exponential and logarithmic series

January 2012 to March 2012

IIT JEE Revision for 2010 - Questions/Problems for Final Revision

For having a look at chapters planned for study in 2008-09 visit

http://iit-jee-2010.blogspot.com/2009/04/iit-jee-2010-mathematics-chapters.html

IIT JEE 2012 - Physics - Annual Study Plan - 2011-12

HV Verma Chapters

Links where present will take you to the detailed study plan for the lesson. I shall prepare study plans for all the lessons and link them here.

May 2011

7. Circular motion

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-7.html

8. Work and energy

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-8.html

9. Centre of mass, linear momentum, collision

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-9.html

June 2011

10. Rotational mechanics

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-10.html

11. Gravitation

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-11.html

12. Simple harmonic motion

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-12.html

July 2011

13. Fluid mechanics

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-13.html

14. Some mechanical properties of matter

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-14.html

17. Light waves

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-17.html

August 2011

20. Dispersion and spectra

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-20.html

23. Heat and Temperature

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-23.html

24. Kinetic theory of Gases

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-24.html

September 2011

25. Calorimetry

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-25.html

26. Laws of Thermodynamics

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-26.html

27. Specific Heat of Capacities of Gases

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-27.html

28. Heat transfer

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-28.html

October 2011

30. Gauss's Law

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch.html

31. Capacitors

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-31.html

33. Thermal and Chemical Effects of Electric Current

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-33.html

38. Electro Magnetic Induction

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-38.html

November 11

39. Alternating current

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-39.html

40. Electromagnetic Waves

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-40.html

41. Electric Current through Gases

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-41.html

December 11

42. Photoelectric Effect and Wave- particle Duality

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-42.html

43. Bohr's Model and Physics of Atom

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-43.html

44. X-Rays

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch-44.html

46. Nucleus

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/2007/10/study-guide-h-c-verma-jee-physics-ch46.html

January 2010 to March 2010

IIT JEE Revision for 2010 - Questions/Problems for Final Revision

For portion covered in 2008-09 see

http://iit-jee-2010.blogspot.com/2009/04/iit-jee-2010-physics-portion-planned-in.html

For the study plans of all the chapters in sequence

http://iit-jee-physics.blogspot.com/search/label/H%20C%20Verma%20study-guide-chapter