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What are the books that I should follow for the IIT JAM physics exam?


Shalini Sharma 13th Nov, 2017
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manish kumar 14th Nov, 2018

Buy Kailash Publications books....Best books i ever read..

Tripti Khandal 28th Feb, 2018

There is a lot of stuff available in form of books and videos to learn from for JAM IIT. I recommend the following, apart from NCERT (that should be your starting point and consumed properly)

  1. Start with Youtube (all the following are available for free on YT)
    1. Khan academy videos for the topic you’re studying,
    2. follow up Crash Course for the same topic
    3. watch Walter Lewin Lecture videos (MIT freeware)
    4. you can also watch Yale lectures by Prof. Ramamurthy
  2. Read Halliday and Resnik, Fundamentals of Physics (for conceptual understanding and Numerical problems)
  3. Read Sears’ and Zemansky’s University Physics (for conceptual understanding in case you need to explore a topic beyond Resnick.
  4. H. C. Verma Concepts of Physics by for problem
Jasleen Kaur Taneja 28th Feb, 2018

Hi Shalini,

Schaum's Outlines series

Mathematical Methods for Physics & Engineering: Riley, Hobson & Bence

Quantum Mechanics - By Zetili / Griffith / Schaums Series

Quantum Mechanics - MC Jain

Classical Mechanics- Kepler or Berclays, and HJ Pain

Optics - By Ghatak/ Brijlal and Subhramanyam

Given above are a few books for preparation of IIT JAM physics exam. For more details on how to prepare for the exam, prep tips etc, click on the link below:

https://university.careers360.com/articles/jam-how-prepare-for-physics

Shalini Sharma 13th Nov, 2017

JAM is one of the toughest entrance exam. Before starting the preparation for the exam you must analyze the complete JAM 2018 Syllabus.

some reference books for JAM physics are here -

· Mathematical Methods

o Advanced Engineering Mathematics by Erwin Kreyszig

o Mathematical Physics by H.K. Das

· Mechanics & General Properties of Matter

o Introduction to Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow

o Mechanics by D.S. Mathur

o Concepts of Physics by H.C. Verma

· Oscillations, Wave and Optics

o Physics of Waves and Oscillations by N.K. Bajaj

o Optics by Ajoy Ghatak

· Electricity and Magnetism

o Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths

· Kinetic Theory, Thermodynamics

o Thermodynamics by Garg, Bansal and Ghosh

o Fundamentals of Statistical Mechanics and Thermal Physics by F. Reif.

· Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics

o Solid State Physics by Puri Babbar

o Semiconductor Physics by Streetman

o Electronic devices and circuit theory by Boylestad and Nashelsky

o Op-Amps and Linear Integrated Circuits by Ramakant A. Gayakwad

o Digital Fundamentals by Flyod

You need to make a proper strategy to prepare for the exam.

for this you must check out the JAM 2018 Preparation Tips.

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