Complete JEE Mains and Advanced Self Preparation without any Coaching

Even though preparation for IIT JEE has been the most discussed buzzword today for each and every science stream student studying in Class XI-XII in India, attending the coaching and tuitions every day and to juggle at every moment with the hectic schedule have become a point to ponder. The amount of time and money one has to invest in attending these tuitions and coaching has become a headache for almost every household. The coaching centers are cutting every penny from the pocket of the parents of each and every student.

JEE Mains and Advanced Preparation at Home 

This apart, a maximum percentage of Indian science student clan is from poor and underprivileged strata of the society who cannot really afford to spend so much money for the preparation of IIT JEE Mains and Advanced exam. For them, self-studying is a very important aspect to get success in it.

In fact, surveys revealed that from past five years, almost 48% students have relied on self-studying instead of attending any coaching or tuition for IIT JEE Mains and Advanced exam. This article discusses step by step subject wise tips to proceed with self-studying for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics for IIT JEE Mains and Advanced exam preparation.

Step By Step Tips to Proceed with Self-Studying Physics for IIT JEE Mains and Advanced:

Step 1: For Physics, firstly, the student needs to start with core reading from NCERT books. For further problem-solving, studying the Concepts of Physics by H. C. Verma Volume I and Volume II are necessary for the second step. If anyone is interested in doing further brainstorming by solving more numerical problems in Physics, then I.E. Irodov’s Problems in General Physics is recommended at the third step once the students complete their class XI studies and get promoted to class XII.

If all of these three books are completed thoroughly with great care, it is ensured that these cover all the topics. After going through these three books, nothing gets left behind to get more by attending the coaching or tuitions. The pattern of numerical problems in these three books does just resemble the pattern of IIT JEE Mains and Advanced without a doubt or second thought.

The next step is to brush up the theoretical knowledge by applying the formulae into practical problem-solving examples. For this activity, S.S. Krotov’s book is excellent to get a wide range of Aptitude test problems in Physics. This book has genuinely a great rating of whopping 8 out of 10 from the team AskIITian.

Step 2: When there is a gap after class XI exam completion and the beginning of class XII lectures, students can utilize this time for a better grip of understanding of the Physics concepts by taking the help of a book written by Resnick, Halliday and Walker.

For utilizing ample free time after class XI exam, it is recommended to consult Nelkon and Parker’s book. For students relying on self-study, this is a great book to develop their love for Physics. They have in-depth details on Wave Optics and Electrostatics. Another book which is good for understanding on Quantum Physics and Thermal Physics is written by Feynman. This is also good for self-studying.

Step 3: A group of IIT JEE examination paper setting has expressed their point of view as well in this regard. According to them, A.A. Pinsky’s Problems in Physics is a great book to opt for if the students want to do self-study without any help of tuition or coaching. In their second choice list, L.A. Sena’s book – A Collection of Questions and Problems in Physics by an eminent Publisher CBS is there.

It is comparatively a cheaper option to purchase this book. Poor and underprivileged students who do not have much money to spend, for them is an excellent compilation of all past IIT JEE question papers along with solutions. These two books have got a brilliant rating from the past IITian candidates who qualified IIT JEE Mains and Advanced exams by relying on only self-studies without opting for any coaching or tuition.

The author and professor Dr. D.C. Pandey has another great Physics book from Arihant publishers compiling the past 35 years’ Physics questions and solutions. This is a must buy for the students to prepare themselves thoroughly to do self-study for Physics in order to get success in IIT JEE Mains and Advanced preparation.

Step By Step Tips to Proceed with Self-Studying Chemistry for IIT JEE Mains and Advanced:

Step 1: Students who are relying on self-studies for Chemistry, for them the NCERT books Volume I and Volume II are the Bible to cover the basic syllabus of class XI and XII. Once their class XI final exam gets completed, they are advised to proceed further with consulting other books around. Firstly. For studying Inorganic Chemistry, the book by J. D. Lee is of utmost importance.

The students who find studying Inorganic Chemistry is a bit gloomy, boring or uninteresting, for them, instead of this book, O.P. Tandon’s Inorganic Chemistry book is suggested. It is far more useful than Lee’s. J.D. Lee’s book when it is compared to select which one is more precisely written covering everything. In Class XII syllabus, a major portion is covered by Organic Chemistry.

Understanding the patterns and chemical reactions of Organic Chemistry is a bit different from understanding Inorganic Chemistry. Those who find it difficult to understand at first, for them, the Organic Chemistry book by Morrison and Boyd is really indispensable. All the books mentioned here are recommended by the popular coaching institutes too for IIT JEE Mains preparation. Most of these books have received more than 8.5 rating on a scale of 10 by the group AskIITians.

Step 2: From class XII start, apart from core reading, problem-solving becomes also important. For this reason, the students are recommended to consult a book named Numerical Chemistry by the author P. Bahadur. This apart, for clarifying further the concepts of Organic Chemistry, there is a best-selling book by Paula Bruice Yurkanis published by Pearson Education India.

This book is exceptionally great for covering the whole lot of IIT JEE Advanced past paper questions and their full solutions. After completion of all these books, if the students get some spare time after finishing their class XII syllabus, they can consult another book by the author I. L. Finar. His Organic Chemistry book is quite a good book for preparation of complete IIT JEE exam, both the mains and the advanced.

Without just attending any coaching or tuition institute, the best guide to prepare completely for wholesome Organic Chemistry is the book written by the author T. W. Graham Solomon.  All of these books are having between 9 and 9.5 ratings on a scale of 10 by AskIITians.

Step By Step Tips to Proceed with Self-Studying Mathematics for IIT JEE Mains and Advanced:

Step 1: In class XI, for preliminary preparation of Mathematics, just solving only NCERT books Volume I and Volume II covering class XI and class XII syllabus will be more than enough. When class XI exam gets over, apart from the core books of NCERT, another book named Higher Algebra by the author duo Hall and Knight is absolutely indispensable. When this book will be completed solving, the next book to count on is named “Problems in Calculus of One Variable” written by the eminent author I. A. Maron.

After completion of these couple of books which cover almost most of the IIT JEE mains and advanced Mathematics syllabus for higher algebra, differential calculus, and integral calculus, only geometry and trigonometry would be left out. Afterward, the students need to take care of geometry and trigonometry. Hence, for solving co-ordinate Geometry and Trigonometry by the eminent author S. L. Loney are quite irresistible if the students really want to go in-depth in these particular areas.

Once the students complete all these above-mentioned books, then it comes to go through another consolidated IIT JEE preparatory books for the subject Mathematics.

This is reputed Tata McGraw Hill publication’s book named “Complete Mathematics for IIT JEE Main“. It is considered as the best book for wholesome preparation of IIT JEE Mains and Advanced respectively. If the students can complete solving whole of this book, then it is guaranteed that they would come within top 5% of IIT JEE rank.

If the students want to rank much higher, then another book from Arihant publication comprising Algebra, Differential Calculus and Integral Calculus is widely popular. Since this book is extremely important for both IIT JEE preparation and Mathematics Olympiad preparation, every student usually purchases this book at the beginning of class XI, and going by the time, they solve different problems from this book at their own pace.

Step 2: In the next phase of preparation for IIT JEE Advanced, after completing the special preparation for JEE Mains, purchasing the book named IIT Mathematics by the eminent author and Professor M. L. Khanna is great. It is said by the previous IIT pass-outs that if a student solves this entire book, then success in IIT JEE Advanced is 100% guaranteed. Thereafter, if the students really want to strive a lot for further polishing their all India IIT JEE rank, then another book named Objective Mathematics by the author R. D. Sharma is exceptional.

It is quite great for all the resources of Mathematics irrespective of domain specification. Even the past IIT JEE qualifiers have assured the fact that no coaching or attending tuition is required if the students do not have any problem left out for solving from these two eminent books by M.L. Khanna and R.D. Sharma. Since the syllabus is quite vast, regular studying, making brief notes or listing the important formulae and revising the previously learned concepts can save a lot of your time.

Maintaining Timetable and Formulae Cheat Sheet:

When the students do not attend any coaching or tuition center their pace of preparation is supposed to get a bit hampered. Hence, they need to be extra cautious so that they do not miss out progressing at proper pace or being done with a proper chapter at the proper time. Maintaining proper timetable for IIT JEE Mains exam first and getting stuck on it helps a lot. After that, they should make proper planning for IIT Advanced exam and stick to it.

This apart, the coaching centers usually provide the students with formulae cheat sheets. Hence, the students who do not have the facility to join any coaching institute or tuition center, they need to prepare those short notes and formulae cheat sheet by their own. This way they can yield the maximum benefit of self-studying and get 100% assured success in their IIT JEE Mains and Advanced exams.

Download Mock Test Papers Online and Take the Tests in Time:

The students can download all past years’ IIT JEE Mains and Advanced question papers from the official website of IIT JEE. The answer keys are also available along with the sets of question papers on that official website. Forgetting the full solutions of IIT JEE Advanced, some books should be considered.

For Physics, the Arihant Publisher’s last 35 years’ IIT JEE Advanced question papers along with solutions are available in the market. For Chemistry, the students are recommended to consult Tata McGraw Hills publication’s book that has all previous papers’ solutions for both Inorganic and Organic portions. Finally, for Mathematics, M.L. Khanna is the only Bible.

Firstly, the students should try solving the full mock tests within the stipulated time. Thus both time management and stress management would be well practiced.

Then they can attempt solving a full IIT JEE past paper within time and track their progress by checking their answers with the given answer key and full solution set to get to know how many marks they have secured. This will give a clear picture where they are currently standing now, and approximately how much they can score in the actual IIT JEE Mains and Advanced exams.