Class 11 NCERT Curriculum for NEET
Class 11 forms approximately 48–50% of the entire NEET question paper. Review all 38 chapters categorized by priority and core examination focus.
| Subject | Unit | Chapter Title | NEET Priority | Key Conceptual Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BIOLOGY | Diversity in the Living World | The Living World | Moderate | Binomial nomenclature, taxonomic categories, taxonomic aids |
| BIOLOGY | Diversity in the Living World | Biological Classification | High | Five kingdom classification, Monera, Protista, Fungi classes, Lichens & Viruses |
| BIOLOGY | Diversity in the Living World | Plant Kingdom | High | Algae pigment & food storage, Bryophytes life cycle, Pteridophytes heterospory, Gymnosperms |
| BIOLOGY | Diversity in the Living World | Animal Kingdom | Very High | Phylum levels of organisation, coelom, symmetry, unique features (cnidoblasts, flame cells, radula, water vascular system) |
| BIOLOGY | Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants | Morphology of Flowering Plants | Very High | Root/stem modifications, venation, aestivation, placentation, floral formulas of families |
| BIOLOGY | Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants | Anatomy of Flowering Plants | High | Meristems, tissue systems, dicot vs monocot root/stem/leaf anatomy, secondary growth |
| BIOLOGY | Structural Organisation in Animals and Plants | Structural Organisation in Animals | Moderate | Epithelial tissue types and junctions, Frog anatomy & morphology (per updated syllabus) |
| BIOLOGY | Cell Structure and Function | Cell: The Unit of Life | Very High | Fluid mosaic model, endomembrane system, mitochondria, plastids, ribosomes (70S vs 80S), cilia/flagella 9+2 arrangement |
| BIOLOGY | Cell Structure and Function | Biomolecules | Very High | Amino acids (zwitterion), peptide & glycosidic bonds, enzyme kinetics (Km, competitive inhibition), nucleic acid structure |
| BIOLOGY | Cell Structure and Function | Cell Cycle and Cell Division | Very High | Interphase phases (G1, S, G2), Prophase I substages (Leptotene to Diakinesis, crossing over in Pachytene), Mitosis vs Meiosis chromosome counts |
| BIOLOGY | Plant Physiology | Photosynthesis in Higher Plants | Very High | Light reaction (Z-scheme, cyclic vs non-cyclic photophosphorylation), Chemiosmosis, Calvin cycle steps, C4 pathway & Kranz anatomy, Photorespiration |
| BIOLOGY | Plant Physiology | Respiration in Plants | High | Glycolysis (EMP pathway), TCA cycle steps & ATP yield, Electron Transport System (Complex I-IV), Respiratory Quotient (RQ values) |
| BIOLOGY | Plant Physiology | Plant Growth and Development | Moderate | Plant growth regulators (Auxin, Gibberellin, Cytokinin, Ethylene, ABA), Photoperiodism, Vernalization |
| BIOLOGY | Human Physiology | Breathing and Exchange of Gases | High | Respiratory volumes (TV, IRV, ERV, RV, VC, TLC), gas partial pressures (pO2, pCO2), Oxygen dissociation curve & Bohr effect |
| BIOLOGY | Human Physiology | Body Fluids and Circulation | High | Blood grouping (ABO, Rh incompatibility/erythroblastosis foetalis), Cardiac cycle, ECG waves (P, QRS, T), double circulation |
| BIOLOGY | Human Physiology | Excretory Products and Their Elimination | High | Nephron structure, urine formation (filtration, reabsorption, secretion), counter-current mechanism in Henle loop & vasa recta, RAAS regulation |
| BIOLOGY | Human Physiology | Locomotion and Movement | High | Striated muscle sarcomere sliding filament theory, actin-myosin cross bridge, bones count (axial vs appendicular, atlas vertebra), joints |
| BIOLOGY | Human Physiology | Neural Control and Coordination | High | Nerve impulse generation and conduction (resting potential, depolarization, repolarization), synaptic transmission, human brain parts |
| BIOLOGY | Human Physiology | Chemical Coordination and Integration | Very High | Endocrine glands, hormones mechanism of action (peptide vs steroid), Pituitary, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, Pancreas hormones |
| PHYSICS | Physical World and Measurement | Units and Measurements | High | SI units, dimensional formula analysis, applications (checking equation correctness, conversion of units), Vernier caliper & Screw gauge zero error, Significant figures |
| PHYSICS | Kinematics | Motion in a Straight Line | Moderate | Kinematic equations under uniform acceleration, calculus method, x-t and v-t graph interpretation, stopping distance, relative velocity in 1D |
| PHYSICS | Kinematics | Motion in a Plane | High | Vectors (addition, dot product, cross product), Projectile motion (time of flight, maximum height, horizontal range), Uniform circular motion (centripetal acceleration) |
| PHYSICS | Laws of Motion | Laws of Motion | Very High | Newton's three laws, Free Body Diagrams (FBD), static and kinetic friction, banking of roads, motion of connected bodies over pulleys |
| PHYSICS | Work, Energy and Power | Work, Energy and Power | Very High | Work-energy theorem, conservative vs non-conservative forces, potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, elastic and inelastic collisions in 1D |
| PHYSICS | System of Particles and Rotational Motion | System of Particles and Rotational Motion | Very High | Center of mass, torque, angular momentum conservation, moment of inertia of standard bodies, parallel and perpendicular axis theorems, rolling motion |
| PHYSICS | Gravitation | Gravitation | High | Kepler's laws, universal law of gravitation, variation of 'g' with height, depth and rotation, gravitational potential energy, escape speed, orbital speed of satellites |
| PHYSICS | Properties of Bulk Matter | Mechanical Properties of Solids & Fluids | High | Young's modulus, stress-strain curve, Pascal's law, Bernoulli's theorem, Torricelli's law, terminal velocity & Stokes' law, surface tension & excess pressure inside bubbles |
| PHYSICS | Thermodynamics | Thermodynamics & Kinetic Theory | Very High | Zeroth, First (Q = U + W) and Second laws of thermodynamics, isothermal, adiabatic, isobaric, isochoric processes, work done in adiabatic expansion, ideal gas equation, degrees of freedom, equipartition of energy |
| PHYSICS | Oscillations and Waves | Oscillations and Waves | High | Simple Harmonic Motion (SHM) displacement, velocity, acceleration and energy equations, simple pendulum, springs in series/parallel, wave speed on strings, organ pipes resonance harmonics, beats |
| CHEMISTRY | Physical Chemistry | Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry | High | Mole concept, molar mass, empirical & molecular formula, stoichiometry, limiting reagent calculations, concentration terms (molarity, molality, mole fraction) |
| CHEMISTRY | Physical Chemistry | Structure of Atom | High | Bohr model limitations, de Broglie relation, Heisenberg uncertainty principle, quantum numbers (n, l, m, s), Aufbau principle, Pauli exclusion, Hund's rule of maximum multiplicity |
| CHEMISTRY | Inorganic Chemistry | Classification of Elements & Periodicity | High | Periodic trends in atomic radii, ionic radii, ionization enthalpy anomalies (Be vs B, N vs O), electron gain enthalpy (Cl vs F), electronegativity scales |
| CHEMISTRY | Inorganic / General Chemistry | Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure | Top Priority | Octet rule, Lewis structures, VSEPR theory shapes and bond angles, hybridization (sp, sp2, sp3, sp3d, sp3d2), Molecular Orbital Theory (bond order, magnetic nature of O2, N2, etc.), Hydrogen bonding |
| CHEMISTRY | Physical Chemistry | Chemical Thermodynamics | Very High | First law of thermodynamics, enthalpy changes (combustion, formation, bond enthalpy, Hess's law), entropy concept, Gibbs free energy criterion for spontaneity (delta G = delta H - T delta S) |
| CHEMISTRY | Physical Chemistry | Equilibrium | Top Priority | Law of mass action, Kp and Kc relations, Le Chatelier's principle, Ostwald's dilution law, pH calculation, common ion effect, buffer solutions, solubility product (Ksp) calculations |
| CHEMISTRY | Physical Chemistry | Redox Reactions | High | Oxidation state rules, balancing redox equations (ion-electron and oxidation number methods), electrochemical series basics |
| CHEMISTRY | Organic Chemistry | Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles & Techniques | Top Priority | IUPAC nomenclature, structural isomerism and stereoisomerism, inductive, electromeric, resonance and hyperconjugation effects, stability of carbocations, carbanions, free radicals, electrophiles vs nucleophiles |
| CHEMISTRY | Organic Chemistry | Hydrocarbons | Very High | Alkanes (Wurtz reaction, free radical halogenation mechanism), Alkenes (Markovnikov and anti-Markovnikov addition, ozonolysis), Alkynes (acidity of terminal alkynes), Aromatic hydrocarbons (Huckel's rule, electrophilic aromatic substitution: nitration, Friedel-Crafts) |