Important Topics and Best Books for IIT JAM Physics Paper 2023

Go through topic-wise books that candidates should study for IIT JAM 2023 preparation for Physics paper which provides important topics.

IIT JAM 2023 will be conducted by IIT Guwahati on February 12. JAM is conducted for seven subjects, which are – Mathematical Statistics, Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Geology, and Biotechnology. Among these subjects, the maximum number of registrations take place for the IIT JAM physics paper. Thus, the competition level to make it to the IIT JAM cutoff for Physics is quite high.

IIT JAM Cut-Off 2022

The following table shows the 2022 IIT JAM cutoff: 

Subject	GEN	EWS/ OBC (NCL)	SC/ST/PwD
Mathematical Statistics	16.39	14.75	8.20
Physics	26.05	23.45	13.03
Chemistry	27.81	25.03	13.50
Biotechnology	35.25	31.73	17.62

Candidates who want to appear for the IIT JAM exam for Physics course admission should formulate a strategy to crack this science entrance exam. Here, it is important that candidates go through important IIT JAM Physics books, identify important topics, and thereafter solve as many IIT JAM question papers as they can. This is a sure-shot way of getting a good rank in the IIT JAM result.

Topics to Study in IIT JAM Physics

Candidates can go through important topics that they should study to score well in the IIT JAM exam in the table mentioned below:

Kinetic theory, Thermodynamics	Mathematical Methods
Simple Oscillators	Mechanics and General Properties of Matter
Oscillations, Waves and Optics	Modern Physics
Electricity and Magnetism	Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics
Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT)	Boolean algebra

Best Books for IIT JAM Physics Preparation 2023

Mentioned below are the topic-wise books that candidates can refer to when they are preparing for the IIT JAM Physics exam.

IIT JAM Physics Books to Study for Kinetic Theory and Thermodynamics Preparation 2023

Books that aspirants should consider reading for the topic, Kinetic Theory and Thermodynamics, are as mentioned below:

Name of Book	Author
Thermal Physics	Garg, Bansal & Ghosh
Thermal Physics: Heat & Thermodynamics	HP Roy & AB Gupta
Fundamentals of Statistical Mechanics & Thermal Physics	F Reif

IIT JAM Physics Books to Read for Mathematical Methods Prep 2023

Books that aspirants should consider reading for the topic, Mathematical Methods, are as mentioned below:

Name of Book	Author
Mathematical Methods in The Physical Sciences	Mary L Boas
Advanced Engineering Mathematics	Erwin Kreyszig
Vector Analysis: Schaum Series	Murray R Spiegel
Mathematical Physics	HK Dass
Mathematical Methods for Physics & Engineering	Riley, Hobso & Bence

IIT JAM Physics Books to Read for Oscillations, Wave and Optics Prep 2023

Books that aspirants should consider reading for the topic, Oscillations, Wave and Optics, are as mentioned below:

Name of Book	Author
Waves and Oscillations	Brij Lal & N Subrahmanyam
Waves and Oscillations	NK Bajaj
Optics	Hecht, AR Ganesan

IIT JAM Physics Books to Read for Mechanics & General Properties of Matter Prep 2023

Books that aspirants should consider reading for the topic, Mechanics & General Properties of Matter, are as mentioned below:

Name of Book	Author
Classical Mechanics	JC Upadhyaya
An Introduction to Mechanics	Kleppner and Kolenkow
Classical Mechanics & General Properties of Matter	AB Gupta
Classical Mechanics	Herbert Goldstein

IIT JAM Physics Books to Read for Modern Physics Prep 2023

Books that aspirants should consider reading for the topic, Modern Physics, are as mentioned below:

Name of Book	Author
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics	David J Griffiths
Nuclear Physics	DC Tayal
Quantum Physics	HC Verma

IIT JAM Physics Books to Read for Electricity and Magnetism Prep 2023

Books that aspirants should consider reading for the topic, Electricity, and Magnetism, are as mentioned below:

Name of Book	Author
Foundations of Electricity & Magnetism	B Ghosh
Introduction to Electrodynamics	David J Griffiths

IIT JAM Physics Books to Read for Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics Prep 2023

Books that aspirants should consider reading for the topic, Solid State Physics, Devices and Electronics, are as mentioned below:

Name of Book	Author
Solid State Physics	Puri & Babbar
Solid State Physics	SO Pillai
Digital Fundamentals	Floyd

Apart from the above-mentioned books, aspirants can also go through the books mentioned below for IIT JAM preparation for Physics 2023:

Name of Book	Author
IIT-JAM: MSc (Physics) Previous Papers & Practice Test Papers (Solved)	R Gupta
Solved Papers & Practice Sets IIT JAM (Joint Admission Test for MSc from IITs) – Physics	Arihant Publications
Quantum Mechanics: Concepts and Applications	Nouredine Zettili
Quantum Mechanics (Schaum’s Outline Series)	Yoav Peleg, Reuven Pnini, Elyahu Zaarur, Eugene Hecht
Introduction to Solid State Physics	Charles Kittel
Elementary Solid State Physics	Omar
Statistical Physics	Reif
Mathematical Methods for Physicists	Arfken
Classical Mechanics	John R. Taylor
Introduction to Classical Mechanics: With Problems and Solutions	David Morin
Heat and Thermodynamics	Mark Zemansky
Thermodynamics Kinetic Theory and Statistical Thermodynamics	FW Sears, G.L. Salinger
Optics	Ghatak
A Text-Book of Optics	Brijlal and Subhramanyam
Introduction to Electrodynamics	Griffith
Electronic Devices and Circuit	Boylestad / Nashelsky
Nuclear Fission and Cluster Radioactivity: An Energy-Density Functional Approach	MA Hooshyar, Irwin Reichstein, F Bary Malik
Nuclear Physics	V Devanathan
Atomic and Molecular Physics	Raj Kumar

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