NEET UG syllabus — every chapter examined

Physics

29 chapters · ≈ 310 periods of class time · Use it — in a standard, single-step problem

Class XI · 15 chapters · ≈ 160 periods

Chapter	CBSE unit	Periods
Physical World	Physical World and Measurement	approximately 5
Units and Measurements	Physical World and Measurement	approximately 5
Motion in a Straight Line	Kinematics	approximately 12
Motion in a Plane	Kinematics	approximately 12
Laws of Motion	Laws of Motion	14
Work, Energy and Power	Work, Energy and Power	12
System of Particles and Rotational Motion	Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body	18
Gravitation	Gravitation	12
Mechanical Properties of Solids	Properties of Bulk Matter	approximately 8
Mechanical Properties of Fluids	Properties of Bulk Matter	approximately 8
Thermal Properties of Matter	Properties of Bulk Matter	approximately 8
Thermodynamics	Thermodynamics	12
Kinetic Theory	Behaviour of Perfect Gases and Kinetic Theory of Gases	8
Oscillations	Oscillations and Waves	approximately 13
Waves	Oscillations and Waves	approximately 13

Class XII · 14 chapters · ≈ 150 periods

Chapter	CBSE unit	Periods
Electric Charges and Fields	Electrostatics	approximately 11
Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance	Electrostatics	approximately 11
Current Electricity	Current Electricity	20
Moving Charges and Magnetism	Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism	approximately 11
Magnetism and Matter	Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism	approximately 11
Electromagnetic Induction	Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents	approximately 10
Alternating Current	Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents	approximately 10
Electromagnetic Waves	Electromagnetic Waves	4
Ray Optics and Optical Instruments	Optics	approximately 13.5
Wave Optics	Optics	approximately 13.5
Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter	Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter	8
Atoms	Atoms and Nuclei	approximately 7.5
Nuclei	Atoms and Nuclei	approximately 7.5
Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits	Electronic Devices	12

Chemistry

21 chapters · 256 periods of class time · Use it — in a standard, single-step problem

Class XI · 10 chapters · 124 periods

Chapter	Periods
Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry	12
Structure of Atom	14
Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties	8
Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure	14
Chemical Thermodynamics	16
Equilibrium	14
Redox Reactions	6
p-Block Elements	14
Organic Chemistry: Some Basic Principles and Techniques	14
Hydrocarbons	12

Class XII · 11 chapters · 132 periods

Chapter	Periods
Solutions	10
Electrochemistry	12
Chemical Kinetics	10
p-Block Elements	14
d- and f-Block Elements	12
Coordination Compounds	12
Haloalkanes and Haloarenes	12
Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers	12
Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids	14
Organic Compounds containing Nitrogen	12
Biomolecules	12

Biology

32 chapters · ≈ 273.28 periods of class time · Use it — in a standard, single-step problem

Class XI · 19 chapters · ≈ 138.28 periods

Chapter	CBSE unit	Periods
The Living World	Diversity of Living Organisms	approximately 5.75
Biological Classification	Diversity of Living Organisms	approximately 5.75
Plant Kingdom	Diversity of Living Organisms	approximately 5.75
Animal Kingdom	Diversity of Living Organisms	approximately 5.75
Morphology of Flowering Plants	Structural Organisation in Plants and Animals	approximately 7.67
Anatomy of Flowering Plants	Structural Organisation in Plants and Animals	approximately 7.67
Structural Organisation in Animals	Structural Organisation in Plants and Animals	approximately 7.67
Cell — The Unit of Life	Cell: Structure and Function	approximately 11.33
Biomolecules	Cell: Structure and Function	approximately 11.33
Cell Cycle and Cell Division	Cell: Structure and Function	approximately 11.33
Photosynthesis in Higher Plants	Plant Physiology	approximately 8
Respiration in Plants	Plant Physiology	approximately 8
Plant Growth and Development	Plant Physiology	approximately 8
Breathing and Exchange of Gases	Human Physiology	approximately 5.71
Body Fluids and Circulation	Human Physiology	approximately 5.71
Excretory Products and Their Elimination	Human Physiology	approximately 5.71
Locomotion and Movement	Human Physiology	approximately 5.71
Neural Control and Coordination	Human Physiology	approximately 5.71
Chemical Coordination and Integration	Human Physiology	approximately 5.71

Class XII · 13 chapters · ≈ 135 periods

Chapter	CBSE unit	Periods
Sexual Reproduction in Flowering Plants	Reproduction	approximately 7.5
Human Reproduction	Reproduction	approximately 7.5
Reproductive Health	Reproduction	approximately 7.5
Principles of Inheritance and Variation	Genetics and Evolution	approximately 13.33
Molecular Basis of Inheritance	Genetics and Evolution	approximately 13.33
Evolution	Genetics and Evolution	approximately 13.33
Human Health and Diseases	Biology and Human Welfare	approximately 10
Microbes in Human Welfare	Biology and Human Welfare	approximately 10
Biotechnology — Principles and Processes	Biotechnology and its Applications	approximately 15
Biotechnology and its Application	Biotechnology and its Applications	approximately 15
Organisms and Populations	Ecology and Environment	approximately 7.5
Ecosystem	Ecology and Environment	approximately 7.5
Biodiversity and its Conservation	Ecology and Environment	approximately 7.5

How to read this

A period is one class, 35 minutes, and the counts are CBSE's own — the published teaching time for that chapter, not an estimate of how long it takes to prepare. Preparation is longer, by a factor that depends on how deeply this exam examines the subject, which is the depth named under each heading. That factor is the one part of these figures no document states, so it is kept off this page and out of these numbers.

A leading approximately marks a chapter whose period count was divided out of the unit it belongs to, because CBSE publishes that unit's total rather than each chapter's. The unit is named beside it, so the division can be checked.

14 chapters of those subjects are not examined and are absent from this table. The exam page lists them, with the reason each one was read off the syllabus.

Read off Syllabus for Examination of NEET UG 2025 — NMC/UGMEB, 14-12-2024, checked 15 Aug 2026. Where that document is silent about a chapter, it is counted as examined: being told something is off the syllabus and then meeting it is the worse mistake.

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