Top books to prepare for JEE

Madiha Jawed | shiksha.com

The very famous saying, ‘Books are man’s best friend’ holds quite while preparing for your exams including JEE (Joint Entrance Examination). Not, only can books entertain and inspire you, but they can also help you crack the toughest of exams to get you through your dream institute.

JEE, one of the most crucial exams and a gateway to top notch Indian engineering and tech institutes, requires utmost hard-work and preparation. And to achieve the best, you need to get your hands on the right book.

Here’s a list of some of the best books you should refer while preparing for JEE this year, as suggested by JEE 2013 toppers and experts from leading institutes.

Physics:

1. Concepts of Physics, Vol-I and Vol- 2 by H.C.Verma
2. Problems in Physics by I.E.Irodov(with 1700 problems; apparently the most effective book for practicing physics)
3. Fundamentals of Mechanics and Fundamentals of Electrodynamics by Irodov
4. Physics by D.C.Pandey, Arihant Publications
5. Krotov – for olympiads and solutions.
6. Fundamentals of Physics - Resnik Haliday Walker book

Chemistry:

1. NCERT
2. Physical Chemistry: NCERT, OP Tandon, Numericals by P.Bahadur, Physical Chemistry by R.C.Mukherjee
3. Organic Chemistry: WADE (Only As a Reference but Not As a Text Book), NCERT, Himanshu Pandey, Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd, O.P.Tandon, Arihant, Solomans
4. Inorganic Chemistry:  OP Tandon, NCERT - class XII
5. For numerical problems-P.Bahadur

Mathematics:

1. Tata Mcgraw Hills (TMH) books
2. Maths by S L Loney
3. Mathematics by Hall Knight
4. Arihant’s New pattern, Arihant publications Integral Calculus and Differential Calculus and ‘New Pattern IITJEE Mathematics’ of Arihant Publications by Dr. S.K.Goyal
5. R.D.Sharma
6. ‘IIT Mathematics’ by M.L.Khanna