Updated on Jun 14, 2021 17:59 IST
JEE Main 2021 is likely to be conducted in July & August. Students waiting for the remaining sessions of JEE Main can check the preparation strategy here.

With speculations of JEE Main 2021 to be conducted in July and August, students can check below the ­preparation strategy if one of the sessions of JEE Main is conducted next month.

How to Prepare for JEE Main if exam is in July

JEE Main 2021 Preparation: With JEE Main April and May session postponed, the next thing in a student’s mind is when the exam will be conducted. Now, if the exam is in July, how should I prepare and if the exam is in August, what will be my preparation strategy.

There are speculations that the remaining sessions of JEE Main 2021 will be conducted in July and August. For the exam in July, one can count the number of days left for the exam as the candidates will have one to one and a half month left to crack the exam. This time left for the exam will decide the fate of candidates appearing.  For the remaining days, students must primarily focus on revision and strengthen the already prepared topics. Candidates must not touch any new topics in this last month. Even if an aspirant has studied the entire JEE Main 2021 syllabus, failing to revise the concepts, formulas, and theories before the final day, may lead to missing them inside the examination hall.

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So, to avoid any such situation, students must have a concrete study plan if the JEE Main is conducted in July. Students should prepare a timetable for JEE Main preparation and follow it religiously. The timetable will help an aspirant in both the attempts of JEE Main, since, the syllabus will remain the same. However, amidst the chaos and pressure of JEE Main, devoting hours to prepare the timetable is not a good idea, so, to help students, Shiksha.com comes up with a one-month preparation timetable for JEE Main 2021 aspirants.

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Table of contents
  • Week-1: Start Your Preparation
  • Week-2: Keep Preparing and Start Revision
  • Week-3: Giving an end to preparation and preparing revision notes
  • Week-4: Day-Wise Subject Revision

Week-1: Start Your Preparation

Candidates can start their preparation as per the plan below and after referring to the JEE Main syllabus. Students can also change the topics as per their choice>

Day

Physics

Maths

Chemistry

Day-1

Work, Energy, and Power

Electrostatics

Gravitation

Logarithms

Quadratic Equations

Application & Derivation

Carbonyl Compounds

Alkyl Halides & Aryl Halides

Mole Concept

Day-2

Current Electricity

Heat Transfer

Limit & Continuity

Circles & Family of Circles

Sets, Relations & Functions

Alcohol, Phenol & Ether

Carboxylic Acid & their Derivatives

Day-3

Wave Motion & String Waves

Sound Waves

Straight Lines & Pair of Straight Lines

Chemical Bonding

Periodic Table

Redox Reaction

Day-4

Wave Optics

Ray Optics

Kinetics

Inverse Trigonometry

Binomial Theorem

p-Block

d & f Block

s-Block

Day-5

Thermal Expansion

Thermo Electricity

3D Geometry

Locus

Atomic Structure

Electrochemistry

Day-6

Newton’s Law of Motion

Friction

Probability & Statistics

Gaseous State

Solid State

Day-7

Students must try to solve chapter-wise mock tests or sample papers on the last day of the week. Candidates must try to solve the JEE Main 2021 mock test within the allotted time and try to figure out their weaknesses. Weak topics can be improved with revision.

Week-2: Keep Preparing and Start Revision

In the second week, they must put more effort as they will be required to study the new chapters and revise the chapters studied last week. Plan for the same is as below:

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Day

Physics

Maths

Chemistry

Revision

Day-8

Simple Harmonic Motion

Circular Motion

Integration

Differentiation

General Organic Chemistry

Biomolecules

Wave & String Motion

3D Geometry

Atomic Structure

Day-9

Centre of Mass, Momentum & Collision

Rotational Dynamics

Vector Algebra

Chemical Equilibrium

Surface Chemistry

Current Electricity

Probability & Statistics

Carbonyl Compounds

Day-10

Nuclear Physics

Modern Physics

Sequence and Series

Co-ordination Chemistry

Solutions

Wave & Ray Optics

Application & Derivation

Alcohol, Phenol & Ether

Day-11

Fluid Mechanics

Properties of Matter, Elasticity

Complex Number, Theory of Equation

Hydrocarbons

Hydrogen & it's Compound

Work, Energy & Power

Vector Algebra

p, d & f, s block

Day-12

Vectors

Communication Systems

Trigonometric Ratios

Chemical Kinetics

Newton’s Law + Friction

Inverse Trigonometric Function

Co-ordination Chemistry

Day-13

Heat & Thermodynamics

Calorimetry

Matrices & Determinants

Thermodynamics

Polymers

Electrostatics

Gravitation

Sequence of Series

Hydrocarbons

Gaseous State

Day-14

Like the last week, students must solve chapter-wise sample papers and mock tests. They must divide the time in this week in a way that along with preparing the new chapters, they also revise the ones studied in last week

Week-3: Giving an end to preparation and preparing revision notes

This week, students will be required to end their preparation and focus more on thorough revision afterwards. Aspirants must prepare flashcards or short notes for different concepts, formulas and shortcut tricks to solve problems so that they can revise them in the next week.

Day

Physics

Maths

Chemistry

Revision

Day-15

Magnetism

Electromagnetic Induction

Parabola

Ionic Equilibrium

Amines

Centre of Mass, Momentum & Collision

Limit of Continuity

Periodic Table

Day-16

Circular Motion

Solution of Triangles

IUPAC Nomenclature

Simple Harmonic Motion

Straight Lines & Pair of Straight Lines

General Organic Chemistry

Day-17

Alternating Current

Fundamentals of Mathematics

Chemistry in Everyday Life

Nuclear Physics & Modern Physics

Integration

Thermodynamics

Day-18

Semiconductors & Electronic Devices

Permutation & Combination

Metallurgy

Environmental Chemistry

Magnetism

Complex Number

Chemical Equilibrium

Day-19

Calorimetry

Ellipse

Qualitative Salt Analysis

Rotational Dynamics & Fluid Mechanics

Matrices & Determinants

Thermodynamics & Mole Concept

Day-20

Units & Dimension

Hyperbola

Isomerism of Organic Compounds

Polymers

Circular Motion

Heat & Thermodynamics

Parabola

Chemical Kinetics

Day-21

Do not stop practising the sample papers and mock test. Remember to keep the time limit in mind. Make notes of the questions which you find hard to answer.

Week-4: Day-Wise Subject Revision

Students must allot this week for the thorough revision of subjects. They can choose the plan as below or can customize it as per their choices.

Day

Topic for Revision

Day-22

Subject: Physics

  • Magnetism
  • Heat & Thermodynamics
  • Nuclear Physics
  • Modern Physics
  • Wave Motion & String Waves
  • Simple Harmonic Motion

Day-23

Subject: Mathematics

  • Probability & Statistics
  • 3D Geometry
  • Vector Algebra
  • Integration
  • Complex Number
  • Matrices & Determinants
  • Theory of Equations

Day-24

Subject: Chemistry

  • General Organic Chemistry
  • Co-ordination Chemistry
  • p-Block
  • Aldehyde & Ketone
  • Atomic Structure
  • Alcohols, Phenols & Ether

Day-25

Subject: Physics

  • Current Electricity
  • Electrostatics
  • Ray Optics & Wave Optics
  • Work, Energy & Power
  • Rotational Dynamics
  • Centre of Mass, Momentum & Collision

Day-26

Subject: Mathematics

  • Circles
  • Sequence & Series
  • Applications of Derivative
  • Trigonometric Ratios
  • Sets, Relations & Functions

Day-27

Subject: Chemistry

  • Chemical Bonding
  • Periodic Table
  • s-Block
  • Thermodynamics
  • Gaseous State
  • d & f Block
  • Ionic Equilibrium
  • Chemical Equilibrium

Day-28

In this week, students must try for solving the mock test and sample paper for three hours. It will help them have an idea about the type of questions and better time management.

Week-5: Revise and Relax

In this week students must try to revise and relax as much as possible. Students must try to have at least 6-7 hours of sleep to relax their brain and eyes.

Day

Things to Do

Day-29

  • Have all the short notes you made while preparing for the exam and go through them
  • Go back to the concepts and topics in case of any confusion
  • DO NOT STUDY ANY NEW TOPICS

Day-30

  • Revise and learn through flashcards
  • Revise all of the formulas

Day-31

  • Just keep revising all that you have studied and do not bring up any new topics
  • Strengthen those concepts which you know very well

On the day, before the exam, sleep with a light heart and mind. Go to bed early and wake up time with a mind to face the challenge you have been preparing so hard. Enter the examination hall with confidence and have faith that your hard work will make your dreams come true.

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