Tips from IITJEE Topper

Disclaimer.
The books provided below are from IITJEE 2006 topper. He rather preferred preparing for
exams like Olympiads instead of only IITJEE.So it doesnt mean that you have to strictly follow
his choice of books. But yes you can try some books out there.

Here Raghu Mahajan, IITJEE 2006 topper provides a list of books which helped him clear JEE
and also win the International Olympiad. Please read it carefully.

The Biggest General Advice from the Topper

DO NOT IGNORE NCERT BOOKS.
These books are very important for IITJEE and other exams since they act as a
concept building machine.
NCERT books are written by some prominent professors of India and not by
sometuition wallahs.
Please read the text and all exercises. They should be your primary books for all

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subjects.

The Blacklist of Publishers.

If you are reading these books

Dinesh, Moderns ABC, Krishna, Gupta and Gupta, Pradeeps (Refer
Pradeep for chilarity, and other organic concepts
)
Then you are not on the right track. These books are complete trash
and should not be read by any one.
Here are some books which I followed. These books are also available
onhttp://entrance-corner.blogspot.com/for free. So try them out.

PHYSICS

- NCERT(read the text and then solve the problems from

exercise)
- Resnick and Halliday's theory is also good enough for
beginners
- For tougher problems, you can refer D.C. Pandey

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(Arihant) problems, but never look at their solutions.

- Concepts of Physics by H.C Verma (Two volumes. Do
only problems. Do not read the text)
- Schaum's 3000 Solved problems is Physics by Alvin
Halpern
- Problems in General Physics by I.E. Irodov (that book will
make you fall in love)
- University Physics by Freedman and Young
Some video lectures from MIT freshman class
http://entrance-corner.blogspot.com/2009/05/video-lectures-onclassical-mechanics.html
http://entrance-corner.blogspot.com/2009/06/lecture-videos-onelectricity-and.html
For Advanced studies (Olympiad, Higher JEE level)
- Mechanics by Kleppner and Kolenkow

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- 200 Solved problems in Physics by W.G. Rees,

Cambridge University Press
- Electromagnetism by D.J. Griffiths
- Heat and Thermodynamics by Zemansky and Dittman

CHEMISTRY

- NCERT (read the text and then solve the problems

from exercise)
- Chemical Principles: a quest for Insight by Peter
Atkins
- Organic Chemistry by Solomons and Frhyle
- Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee (Do only things that
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are in the syllabus)

- Qualitative Inorganic Analysis by Vogel (Do only
things that are in the syllabus)

Video Lectures (MIT freshman chemistry)

http://entrance-corner.blogspot.com/2009/06/important-c
ourse-material-for-iitjee-by.html
http://entrance-corner.blogspot.com/2009/06/important-c
ourse-material-for-iitjee-by_15.html

MATHEMATICS

- Higher Algebra by Hall and Knight (you need to

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buy that since its not available online.Dont worry its

very cheap)
- Trigonometry by S.L Loney
- Coordinate Geometry by S.L. Loney
- Calculus by Thomas and Finney
- Problems in Calculus of One Variable by I.A.
Maron
- A Course in Mathematics for IIT-JEE by Tata
Mc-Graw Hill. (
Not available on online. Better
buy it .Older editions that contains subjective
questions are preferred
)
MIT Freshman course on Single Variable Calculus
http://entrance-corner.blogspot.com/2009/06/import
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