Which board textbooks should I prefer for JEE Mains 2017?

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Naman Soni | Beginner-Level 2

8 years ago

For chemistry, NCERT is the best for IIT JEE but for maths and physics NCERT is not sufficient. I will suggest the Cengage book because it contains nearly 300 questions of every chapters and practice better.

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Kunal Roy | Contributor-Level 7

8 years ago

Prefer the following: Physics: NCERT + HC Verma + DC Pandey Chemistry: NCERT + OP Tendon Mathematics: NCERT + SK Goyal and Amit M Agarwal

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Arshad Nehal | Beginner-Level 4

8 years ago

If your only mission is to crack JEE Main, then NCERT work best. At least in chemistry, you have to mug up all the contents of NCERT, then you can score minimum 80 marks in chemistry. For physics, just consider the book's concept of physics. And for math, you may have to take a good book, but avoid

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Sanketik Pradhan | Beginner-Level 2

8 years ago

NCERT is best for chemistry but you should try some other competitive books like O. P. Tondon. For physics you should practice H. C. Verma. For maths you should refer S. L. Loney for Trigonometry and Coordinate geometry, but for calculus and algebra you should choose Hall & Knight. Best of luck.

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Lakshit Arora | Contributor-Level 8

9 years ago

You should opt for CBSE board because JEE Mains question paper is prepared by the CBSE officials.

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Hemanshu Dewangan | Contributor-Level 6

8 years ago

Don't roam here and there for books take minimum books for preparations and practice a lot from that. How many times you completed that particular book matters not how many books you used for preparations. I suggest some books for your JEE preparations in a hope that you may understand my meanings.

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Barkha Dubey | Contributor-Level 10

9 years ago

NCERT books are a good option. Solve more and more MCQ questions. Best of luck!

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Shubham Goyal | Beginner-Level 5

7 years ago

JEE Mains exam have maximum questions from NCERT. You should read organic reactions as it is and for physical chemistry you have to practice some numericals. And inorganic is also have ques from 11 and 12th. So prepare ncert syllabus carefully. If you have any another query or doubt, ask below comme

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Vijay Kashyap | Beginner-Level 5

9 years ago

Just prepare NCERT well and you will score good. Also you can refer to Pradeeps and Moderns editions of Physics , Chemistry and Maths for additional practices.

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Sushant Raj | Contributor-Level 9

9 years ago

You can follow NCERT books and the module provided from the institute. You can prefer another books too like N. Awasthi for physical chemistry, etc.

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Rajveer Singh | Beginner-Level 4

7 years ago

NCERT books are best for JEE preparations.

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