The Biggest General Advice: The NCERT textbooks are very, very important. There is a tendency to ignore these textbooks, but please take them seriously. They have been written by people in the highest echelons of Indian science and not random tuition-wallahs. Please read the text and do all exercises. They should be your primary books, for all the subjects.
The Blacklist of Publishers: If you are reading a book by any one of these publishers, you are probably not on the right track: Dinesh, Pradeep, Krishna, Modern's, Arihant, Gupta and Gupta. These books are literally trash and should not be read by anyone.
Physics:
- University Physics by Freedman and Young, 11th edition or newer
- Concepts in Physics by H.C Verma (Two volumes. Do only problems. Do not read the text)
- Schaum's 3000 Solved problems is Physics by Alvin Halpern
- Problems in General Physics by I.E. Irodov
- http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-01Physics-IFall1999/VideoLectures/
- http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/CourseHome/
- Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow
- Electromagnetism by D.J. Griffiths
- Heat and Thermodynamics by Zemansky and Dittman
- 200 Solved problems in Physics by W.G. Rees, Cambridge University Press
Chemistry:
- Chemical Principles: a quest for Insight by Peter Atkins
- Organic Chemistry by Solomons and Frhyle
- Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee (This is a mammoth book. Do only things that are in syllabus)
- Qualitative Inorganic Analysis by Vogel (Again, you need to pick what is in the syllabus.)
- http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-111Fall-2005/CourseHome/
- http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Materials-Science-and-Engineering/3-091Fall-2004/CourseHome/
Mathematics:
- Higher Algebra by Hall and Knight
- Trigonometry by S.L Loney
- Coordinate Geometry by S.L. Loney
- Calculus by Thomas and Finney
- Problems in Calculus of One Variable by I.A. Maron
- A Course in Mathematics for IIT-JEE by Tata Mc-Graw Hill. Older editions that contain subjective type questions preferred.
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2005/CourseHome/
15 comments:
This is the exact same advice I'll give. NCERT very important!
this is some useful blog...not just for the JEE aspirants, but even for some others!!
Hey raghu,
nice to see your blog. I would certainly like to give the same advice regarding NCERT books, but I would sincerely like to differ on some issues. Indian authors are after all not so bad. Agreed most of them are crap, but some are seriously good and worth reading, especially if you are a normal child of average intelligence. I have gone through both types of authors, and personally feel that initially consulting those books might prove useful.
PHYSICS
1) Concepts of Physics by H.C. Verma is sufficient with respect to theory as well as problems(best problems).
2)Resnick and Halliday's theory is also good enough for beginners.
3) And for tougher problems, you can refer D.C. Pandey (Arihant) problem, but never look at their solutions.
4) never trust any other local author like pradeep, modern etc. wrt. Physics.
I personally believe, if your aim is cracking JEE, this much material is sufficient. no irodov,no freedman,no shaum, no griffith,no zemanky,no kleppner... I referred only this much material and I believe I did pretty well in JEE Physics even if not as good as Raghu.
CHEMISTRY
1) To many's surprise I would like to refer Pradeep for chilarity, and other organic concepts.
2) There is 1 more good book which Raghu forgot to mention and thats McMurryFay for Physical chemistry.
3)Arihant's Inorganic Chemistry (patli wali) is also good for beginners.
4) Then I sincerely don't think there is any need of Lee, Vogel if your only aim is to crack JEE (and not win an international olympiad)
MATHEMATICS
I completely agree with Raghu for this list.
Rishav
Hey Raghi, do you know any good foreign author for 3D geometry and vectors? These topics are not there in S.L.Loney's the elements of coordinate geometry.
Never referred to an NCERT book in my life. Didnt do badly myself as far as JEE goes. They are good, but dispensable (as I guess every book is, apart from HC Verma).
Agree with Rishav on one thing though, some of those books are really tough and avoidable for mundane things like IIT-JEE. Twopenny from my side -
Physics -
HC Verma
Irodov (that book will make you fall in love)
DC Pandey problems
Maths -
SL Loney
Dasgupta's problem book
Hall and Knight algebra
Berman for calculus - MIR publishers (same as Irodov)
Clueless about chem, read prof's notes and my correspondence notes. Solved problems from RC Mukherjee and P Bahadur. Left inorganic completely :-P
An important qualification: My main aim in posting the references was not just to make people "get through" JEE. If you study good books and know the material, you are going to get through any examination. So the point is to inculcate a spirit of love for the subjects, and a passion thereof that motivates people to study ahead in the subjects. That is why Arihant is in the blacklist: it tries to force a culture of stereotypical problems and whose solutions as given lack motivational content.
This is the exact same advice I'll give. NCERT very important!
without going through NCERT one can't crack JEE
Nice list man!! :)
is chemical principles: the quest....same as the physical chem buk (titled 'physical chemistry') by peter atkins?
@Raghu- In the list of Chemistry books you did not mention any book for the NUMERICAL part.
i am not able to get arvind sir's lectures online..plz dohelp me.. plz ....its urgent..
nd if anyone who can give me arvind sir's id...i will be vry thankful to that prson....
Hi,
We are suggesting your list to all students coming to us for consultation.Thanks for a great job!
tese are the best books that one can study
rightly said my brother
hi Raghu, I was looking for some advice. Firstly for medical students too these publishers are advised. And also where is arvind chauhan sir these days. Do let me know ab some really good teachers for my daughter she is in stephens and would opt for medical.
Il be waiting My gmail is is jyotimehr@gmail.com
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