NEET 2020: Best books to prepare for

Chemistry
Updated on: Nov 7, 2019
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The chemistry section of NEET can be a nightmare if you

do not have the right guidance, and who can be a better
guide than a book! This article by Shiksha is for those
preparing for this entrance test and contains information on
the books suggested by toppers and experts for Chemistry.

The chemistry section of NEET consists of 45

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questions. It can f urther be divided into three
subsections; Physical, Organic and Inorganic. The
majority of the questions in this section are f rom the
organic and inorganic section and are theory-based. The
questions on Physical Chemistry are numerical and
require problem-solving skills. The NEET books that you
choose during the preparation phase largely determine
your success. In the article ‘NEET books f or Chemistry ‘,
you will read about the books that have been suggested
by experts and topper f or the preparation of the
Chemistry section.

Best books for NEET Chemistry

To begin your preparation, start with the NCERT books.
NEET preparation is incomplete without the NCERT
books. NCERT books are to the point and will help you
make notes.
NCERT Chemistry textbooks f or Class XI

NCERT Chemistry textbooks f or Class XII

Modern’s ABC of Chemistry f or Class XI

Modern’s ABC of Chemistry f or Class XII

Af ter completing the NEET books given above, you can

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start solving the question papers f rom the previous
years. Once the basics are covered and you know what
is what, you can start with the more complex ref erence
books. The question paper has questions of various
dif f iculty levels. Some of them require a deeper
knowledge of the topic, which is where the ref erence
books come to the rescue. Some of expert and topper
suggested ref erence books f or Chemistry are:

Physical Chemistry by O P Tandon

ABC of Chemistry f or Classes 11 and 12 by Modern

Concise Inorganic Chemistry by J D Lee

Dinesh Chemistry Guide

Practise books by V K Jaiswal (Inorganic), M S

Chauhan (Organic) and N Awasthi (Physical)

Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd f or Organic

Chemistry

Elementary Problems in Organic Chemistry f or

NEET/AIIMS by M S Chauhan

Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations by R C

Mukherjee

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You have bought the books and prepared a list of the
topics that need to be covered, but what about the time
table? The table given below enlists the topics important
f or NEET 2020 along with their weightage in the
examination. You can ref er to this table to prepare a
time-table f or preparation of the Chemistry section. It is
also advised that you use the ref erence books f or the
topics with a greater weightage.

NEET Chemistry section-wise weightage

Importance and
Name of the topic
weightage
Coordination Chemistry High priority
Thermodynamics (3-4 questions
Equilibrium f rom each topic)

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic
Acids
Important
d-and f -block elements
(minimum 2
Chemical bonding questions f rom
p-block elements(13 14) each topic)

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p-block elements(15 16 17 18)
Solutions
Chemistry in everyday lif e
Electrochemistry
Environmental Chemistry
Chemical Kinetics
General Principles and Process of
Isolation elements
Halo alkanes and Haloarenes;
Amines
Hydrocarbons
Hydrogen
N containing Organic Compounds Low priority but
should be
Organic chemistry some basic
covered
principles and techniques - 1
(0-1 question
Organic chemistry some basic f rom every topic)
principles and techniques - 2
Bio-Molecules
Periodic table

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Polymers
Redox reactions
s-block elements
States of Matter
Structure of Atom
Surf ace Chemistry
The Solid State

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