Weightage Analysis for Physics JEE (Main) 2002 to 2017

Topic 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011-I 2011-II 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total No.
of
No. of 75 75 75 75 55 40 35 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 Question
Questions
Electrodynamics 21 21 23 23 19 13 9 8 9 7 6 7 9 6 10 6 8

Electrostatics 3 3 4 3 2 3 1 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 38

Current Electricity 6 7 7 8 7 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 55

Capacitance 2 1 - 2 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 19

Electro Magnetic Field 6 5 6 5 3 5 2 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 2 1 49

Electro Magnetic Induction 2 3 4 3 4 0 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 2 0 1 31

Alternating Current 2 2 2 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13

Heat & Thermodynamics 9 6 6 5 3 4 1 5 1 4 4 4 2 3 3 3 4

Calorimetry & Thermal Expansion 9 6 6 5 3 4 1 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 46

KTG & Thermodynamics - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 2 16

Heat Transfer - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 5

SHM & Waves 8 8 6 6 5 5 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 2 3 2

Simple Harmonic Motion 3 5 5 4 3 4 0 1 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 36

Wave on a String 2 2 1 - 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 - 1 0 11

Sound Waves 3 1 - 2 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 19

Optics 4 3 4 6 1 2 4 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 3 3 2

Geometrical Optics 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 1 34

Wave Optics - 1 1 3 0 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 21

Mechanics 23 22 24 25 13 9 14 6 10 9 8 6 7 11 8 7 8

Unit & Dimension 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 - 0 0 7

Error in Measurement - - - - 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 12

Rectilinear Motion & Vectors 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 - 0 1 18

Projectile Motion 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 - 0 0 12

Relative Motion - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1

Newton's Laws of Motion 6 4 1 2 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 - 0 0 17

Friction - 2 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 9

Work, Power & Energy 1 2 5 3 4 2 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 - 2 2 26

Circular Motion 1 - 2 - 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 - 0 0 6

Centre of Mass 1 2 1 3 2 1 3 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 19

Rigid Body Dynamics 4 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 2 1 2 2 33

Gravitation 4 2 3 3 0 1 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24
Fluid Mechanics & Properties of
1 1 3 2 2 0 3 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 0 2 26
Matter
Modern Physics 10 15 12 10 14 7 4 5 6 4 5 7 5 5 4 8 6

Modern Physics 4 10 7 7 9 5 2 3 5 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 4 73

Semiconductors 4 3 4 3 5 2 2 2 1 0 1 1 1 1 - 4 1 35
Electromagnetic waves &
2 2 1 - 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 19
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