NEET Deleted Syllabus 2026: Subject-Wise Removed & Added Topics

Physics and Measurement

Scope and excitement; nature of physical laws; Physics, technology, and society. Need for measurement: Length, mass, time measurements, accuracy and precision of measuring instruments.

Kinematics

Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion. Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement vectors, general vectors, general vectors and notation, equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real number.

Laws of Motion

Equilibrium of concurrent forces, lubrication.

Rotational Motion

Momentum conservation, centre of mass of uniform rod.

Gravitation

Geostationary satellites.

Properties of Solids and Liquids

Shear, modulus of rigidity, Poisson’s ratio; elastic energy, Reynold’s number. Qualitative ideas of Black Body Radiation, Wien’s displacement law, and Green House effect. Cp, Cv, Newton’s law of cooling and Stefan’s law.

Thermodynamics

Heat engines and refrigerators.

Oscillations and Waves

Free, forced and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only), Resonance, Doppler effect.

Electrostatics

Free charges and bound charges inside a conductor, Van de Graaff generator.

Current Electricity

The flow of electric charges in a metallic conductor, Carbon resistors, color code for carbon resistors. Potentiometer-principle and applications to measure potential difference, and for comparing emf of two cells; measurement of internal resistance of a cell.

Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism

Concept of magnetic field, Oersted’s experiment, Cyclotron. Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron, Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements, Permanent magnets.

Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Current

LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only).

Optics

Reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts. Scattering of light- blue colour of the sky and reddish appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset. Optical instruments: Human eye, image formation and accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and hypermetropia) using lenses. Microscopes and astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their magnifying powers.

Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation

Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental details should be omitted; only conclusion should be explained).

Atoms and Nuclei

Isotopes, isobars; isotones. Radioactivity- alpha, beta and gamma particles/ rays and their properties decay law.

Electronic Devices

Energy bands in solids (qualitative ideas only), conductors, insulators. Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor; transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator. Transistor as a switch.

Some Basic Concepts of Chemistry

General Introduction: Importance and scope of chemistry.

Atomic Structure

Atomic number, isotopes and isobars. Concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of light.

Chemical Thermodynamics

Third law of thermodynamics - Brief introduction.

Some P-Block Elements

Atomic number, isotopes and isobars. Concept of shells and subshells, dual nature of matter and light.

Organic Compounds Containing Nitrogen

Cyanides and Isocyanides - will be mentioned at relevant places.

Environmental Chemistry

Environmental pollution: Air, water and soil pollution, chemical reactions in atmosphere, smogs, major atmospheric pollutants; acid rain ozone and its reactions, effects of depletion of ozone layer, greenhouse effect and global warming-pollution due to industrial wastes; green chemistry as an alternative tool for reducing pollution, strategy for control of environmental pollution.

Polymers

Classification - Natural and synthetic, methods of polymerization (addition and condensation), copolymerization. Some important polymers: natural and synthetic like polyesters, bakelite; rubber, Biodegradable and non-biodegradable polymers.

Chemistry in Everyday Life

Chemicals in medicines - analgesics, tranquillisers, antiseptics, disinfectants, antimicrobials, antifertility drugs, antibiotics, antacids, antihistamines. Chemicals in food - preservatives, artificial sweetening agents, elementary ideas of antioxidants. Cleansing agents - soaps and detergents, cleansing action.

Diversity in Living World

Three domains of life. Tools for study of Taxonomy – Museums, Zoos, Herbaria, Botanical gardens. Angiosperms, Angiosperms classification up to class, characteristic features and examples.

Structural Organization in Animals and Plants

Morphology, anatomy and functions of different systems (digestive, circulatory, respiratory, nervous and reproductive) of an insect (cockroach). (Brief account only).

Plant Physiology

Transport in plants: Movement of water, gases and nutrients; Cell to cell transport-Diffusion, facilitated diffusion, active transport; Plant – water relations – Imbibition, water potential, osmosis, plasmolysis; Long distance transport of water – Absorption, apoplast, symplast, transpiration pull, root pressure and guttation; Transpiration-Opening and closing of stomata; Uptake and translocation of mineral nutrients-Transport of food, phloem transport, Mass flow hypothesis; Diffusion of gases (brief mention). Mineral nutrition: Essential minerals, macro and micronutrients and their role; Deficiency symptoms; Mineral toxicity; Elementary idea of Hydroponics as a method to study mineral nutrition; Nitrogen metabolism-Nitrogen cycle, biological nitrogen fixation. Seed dormancy; Vernalisation; Photoperiodism.

Human Physiology

Digestion and absorption; Alimentary canal and digestive glands; Role of digestive enzymes and gastrointestinal hormones; Peristalsis, digestion, absorption and assimilation of proteins, carbohydrates and fats; Caloric value of proteins, carbohydrates and fats; Egestion; Nutritional and digestive disorders – PEM, indigestion, constipation, vomiting, jaundice, diarrhea. Reflex action; Sense organs; Elementary structure and function of eye and ear.

Reproduction

Reproduction in organisms: Reproduction, a characteristic feature of all organisms for continuation of species; Modes of reproduction – Asexual and sexual; Asexual reproduction; Modes-Binary fission, sporulation, budding, gemmule, fragmentation; vegetative propagation in plants.

Biology and Human Welfare

Tobacco abuse, Improvement in food production; Plant breeding, tissue culture, single cell protein, Biofortification; Apiculture and Animal husbandry.

Ecology and Environment

Habitat and niche, Population and ecological adaptations. Nutrient cycling (carbon and phosphorous); Ecological succession; Ecological Services-Carbon fixation, pollination, oxygen release. Environmental issues: Air pollution and its control; Water pollution and its control; Agrochemicals and their effects; Solid waste management; Radioactive waste management; Greenhouse effect and global warming; Ozone depletion; Deforestation; Any three case studies as success stories addressing environmental issues.

NEET 2026 Added Topics (Subject-wise)

Subject

Unit/Chapter

Topics Added in NEET 2026 Syllabus

Physics

Gravitation

Motion of a satellite; time period and energy of a satellite

Properties of Solids & Liquids

Pressure due to fluid column; Pascal’s law applications; the effect of gravity on fluid pressure

Kinetic Theory of Gases

RMS speed of gas molecules; Avogadro’s number

Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism

Effect of temperature on magnetic properties

Dual Nature of Matter & Radiation

Dual nature of radiation

Experimental Skills

Vernier callipers, screw gauge, pendulum energy dissipation, metre scale moments, Young’s modulus experiments

Chemistry

Atomic Structure

Nature of electromagnetic radiation; photoelectric effect; Hydrogen atom spectrum; Bohr model details

Chemical Bonding

Kossel–Lewis bond formation; ionic/covalent bonds; metallic bonding; Fajan’s rule

Hydrocarbons

Classification of isomerism; IUPAC nomenclature; preparation, properties & reactions

Organic Halogen Compounds

Prep, properties, reactions; environmental effects of chloroform, iodoform, freons, DDT

Practical Chemistry Principles

Functional group detection; compounds preparation; titrimetric exercises; salt analysis; kinetic study reactions

Biology

Structural Organisation

Family classification (Malvaceae, Cruciferae, Leguminosae, Compositae, Graminae)

Morphology & Anatomy

Insect functional anatomy example updated with a frog instead of a cockroach (Zoology focus)