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Shalini
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What books are the best in chemistry for the JEE Mains and Advanced?
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- New Pattern Textbook of Physical Chemistry for Competitions (JEE Main & Advanced) :Vol-1& Vol-2: best book for physical chemistry for any competitive exam
- Modern Approach to Chemical Calculations by RC Mukherjee -the best book for physical chemistry for problems
- Numerical Chemistry 22/e by P Bahadur - recommended by many top rankers
- Organic Chemistry by Robert Thornton Morrison This is the BEST possible book for organic chemistry.
- Concise Inorganic Chemistry by JD Lee - a great book for inorganic chemistry. This book will teach you how to understand the subject rather than cramming it
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I know how confusing it is to chose the best books.
Physical Chemistry→ There is NO good theory book, try to gain as much as you can in your class. For problem solving, I would suggest RCM for beginners and P Bahadur (subjective problems) for advanced.
Inorganic Chemistry→ Theory- J.D. Lee is your Bible. Read it as many times as you can. Avoid topics like Qualitative Analysis/Chemical bonding from this book. Too much info.
Problem Solving→ You will learn more Inorganic Chemistry via questions more than reading, but still you need to read a lot. Problems in Inorganic Chemistry by V.K. Jaiswal (Balaji Pub) is your book. Really good questions.
Organic Chemistry→ Theory- L.G. Wade is the BEST book. It starts basic and covers advanced topics. It has problems too, which will surely help you. You can download the solutions. Problem solving— Use Advanced Problems in O.C. by M.S. Chouhan (Balaji). Some chapters like Amines, don't have adequate problems. For such chapters, you can use Himanshu Pandey (also from Balaji). But keep M.S Chouhan your first preference.
You should NEVER start with NCERT. Try a book with better explanation and then revert back to NCERT. That way you will gain more from it. But you should read it a few times. Sometimes direct questions come from NCERT.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
Physical Chemistry→ There is NO good theory book, try to gain as much as you can in your class. For problem solving, I would suggest RCM for beginners and P Bahadur (subjective problems) for advanced.
Inorganic Chemistry→ Theory- J.D. Lee is your Bible. Read it as many times as you can. Avoid topics like Qualitative Analysis/Chemical bonding from this book. Too much info.
Problem Solving→ You will learn more Inorganic Chemistry via questions more than reading, but still you need to read a lot. Problems in Inorganic Chemistry by V.K. Jaiswal (Balaji Pub) is your book. Really good questions.
Organic Chemistry→ Theory- L.G. Wade is the BEST book. It starts basic and covers advanced topics. It has problems too, which will surely help you. You can download the solutions. Problem solving— Use Advanced Problems in O.C. by M.S. Chouhan (Balaji). Some chapters like Amines, don't have adequate problems. For such chapters, you can use Himanshu Pandey (also from Balaji). But keep M.S Chouhan your first preference.
You should NEVER start with NCERT. Try a book with better explanation and then revert back to NCERT. That way you will gain more from it. But you should read it a few times. Sometimes direct questions come from NCERT.
Hope this helps. Good luck.
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