J.P.Sinha

Recommended Books for IIT-JEE.

Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:29:51 AM

WARNING:- Never use too many books.Always study from one or at most two good books.First study a chapter from a text book and only after finishing from text book, you should use any guide or reference books You should not buy all the following books.Buy one text book and one IIT-JEE guide in each subject. Go to a book shop and see all the books listed below.The one that appeals you more is the one that you should buy.

Recommended Books:

NCERT-books;
Concept of Physics-by H.C.Verma : Exercises and solved numericals of this book are of high quality;
Plane Coordinate Geometry- by S.L.Loney: Contains detailed treatment of the subject.But style of presentation is a bit old fashioned.
Objective Mathematics- by R.D.Sharma
IIT-Maths-by M.L.Khanna;
IIT Guides-Tata McGrow Hill Publication;
MCQ Maths-by Das Gupta(Bharti Bhavan Publication);
PHYSICS Part 1&2-by Resnik and Halliday;
Book by IRODOV for Problems in Physics.
Maths books by K.C.Sinha from Student's Friends Publication: Books by this author is meant to be used as reference books only.
Books and Guides of Arihant Prakashan:There are several titles available for IIT-JEE in this publication.Choose the suitable one that fulfills your requirement.Books in "Objective Approach..." series and "New Pattern IIT..." series are particularly good.
Books and Guides of MTG- Publication:There are several titles available for IIT-JEE in this publication.Choose the suitable one that fulfills your requirement.

Selecting text book for Physics: Advice

Many students ask to me "From which book should I study Physics?". The wording of their Question gives an impression to me that the availability of great number text books in Physics for IIT-JEE preparation has totally confused them.

My advice to all such students is very simple and straight forward: read basic concepts from any one good book. Do not read any topic from too many books. Start a topic or a chapter by reading it from NCERT first.Solve all problems contained in NCERT.Then do some problems of the type asked in entrance exams from that topic. After this, you will be able to judge for yourself if reading that topic/chapter from some advanced book is necessary or not. If you feel that what you learnt from NCERT is not enough to solve questions in competitive exams then (and only then !) read that topic from some other advanced book.For this you can use "Resnik and Halliday's book". Other books can also be used according to your personal preference.

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Unregistered user # Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:41:55 PM

rajat writes: hello sir,I am a student of Class XII and preparing for AIEEE , IIT. i have a problem, i dont understand the logarithmic inequalities. please would u tell me which book to refer it?

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Thursday, March 17, 2011 5:38:29 AM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Nilabhra Roy,
there is no need to go for special books on each chapter.For objective book in maths you may consider Objective Mathematics by R.D.Sharma.You may keep solving MCQs along with your normal studies from books like Objective Approach in Physics and Objective Mathematics by R.D.Sharma. For solving MCQs you may follow this plan: solve 10 questions per chapter per day in each subject. In this way, solve questions from all the chapters(of both 11th and 12th) that you have already studied every day.This will keep your memory always refreshed about all the chapters done by you.

Rajat,
first study the basics of logarithm. Try to understand Logarithm as a function. Also understand the graphs of logarithmic function for various bases. Try to understand the relationship between the logarithmic and exponential function properly.You may read some of these topics from Higher Algebra by Hall and Knight.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Thursday, March 17, 2011 2:16:25 PM

Nilabhra Roy Chowdhury writes: Thank you very much. Well I have another question, this may seem stupid but.... here goes: Which chapters in physics and maths are of more importance for IIT?

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Friday, March 18, 2011 3:29:48 AM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

I do not make such guesses.

Unregistered user # Sunday, March 20, 2011 7:27:37 AM

Nilabhra Roy Chowdhury writes: Do I need to do limits and mathematical induction? They come in IIT or any other competitives?

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Sunday, March 20, 2011 9:41:51 AM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Nilabhra Roy,
Limits is important topic for IIT-JEE exam but mathematical induction is not that much important. Yes, you can never know, the question setters of IIT-JEE are very creative, they may even formulate questions on mathematical induction.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Sunday, March 20, 2011 4:10:37 PM

Arshiya writes: sir i am in +2 and i am preparing for iitjee and aieee i do have text and reference books but for self testing i wanted to ask which objective type books should i buy???please could you help me out with them...

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Monday, March 21, 2011 6:39:07 AM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Arshiya,
You can try past IIT-JEE papers(year 2004 onwards). Also books like New Pattern IIT Physics/Maths-Arihant Prakashan will also be helpful to you.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Tuesday, March 22, 2011 11:07:40 AM

Anonymous writes: Hello Sir, I have just completed my 10th standard examinations. I am an IIT-JEE aspirant. I live in Nagpur and very few books are available here. I am going to Delhi next month, so please tell me which books should I buy for IIT-JEE preparation and from where in Delhi.....

Unregistered user # Tuesday, March 22, 2011 11:08:12 AM

Parag Verma writes: Hello Sir, I have just completed my 10th standard examinations. I am an IIT-JEE aspirant. I live in Nagpur and very few books are available here. I am going to Delhi next month, so please tell me which books should I buy for IIT-JEE preparation and from where in Delhi.....

Unregistered user # Tuesday, March 22, 2011 3:09:33 PM

Parag Verma writes: I would be "visiting" Delhi just for 2 days. Forgot to mention this....

Unregistered user # Wednesday, March 23, 2011 2:35:10 PM

saman writes: sir,im doing complex numbers from arihant objective approach to mathematics. in this book author has given only formulaes and properties(properties of modulus,argument & equation of line,slope,locii etc in terms on complex numbers) it is very boring mugging up these formulaes. please suggest me a book which has proof of these formulaes & properties.i dont have coaching of any kind,so i have trouble understanding them.

Unregistered user # Thursday, March 24, 2011 3:21:22 AM

harsh writes: sir,i have entered in 11 n i m finding difficult in choosing the right books for chemistry for iit preparation .

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Friday, March 25, 2011 5:36:08 AM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Parag,

in maths you can buy NCERT and either "Objective Mathematics-R.D.Sharma" OR "Objective Approach to Mathematics-Arihant Prakashan".

In Physics- NCERT and H.C.Verma

Saman,
in "objective approach to mathematics" many formulae are proved in the solved examples. So carefully read the solved examples.
You can also read the theory of NCERT book for proofs of some formulae. There is a very good book named Complex Variables by Shanti Narayan. In this you will find all proofs. But this book is very advanced. So only first two or three chapters are relevant to you.

Harsh,
sorry, I can not suggest you anything in Chemistry.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Friday, March 25, 2011 11:04:08 AM

rajesh writes: sir i have IIT mathemamatics by ML khanna,objective approach by arihant & TMH math.i did the mistake of buying all the books at once.Now i have confusion which book to start from. I start a chapter from one book,if i couldnt solve it & open other books & so on and end up wasting my time. Im just starting my preparation and but im good at mathematics but only at school level.All ncert concepts are clear to me. Please tell me from which book should i start my preparation & in what order should i study them.(for eg complete arihant first,then ml khanna,then tmh etc)

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Friday, March 25, 2011 4:24:49 PM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Rajesh,
you can use Objective Approach first. Read solved examples carefully before solving unsolved questions. Because many important concepts have been introduced in it through solved examples.
We will talk about other books when you have once finished all the chapters from this book.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Friday, March 25, 2011 6:27:55 PM

Parag Verma writes: Sir pls also tell me from where in Delhi can I buy these books?

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Saturday, March 26, 2011 5:46:46 AM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Parag,
you can get these books from any good book-shop in Delhi.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:26:56 AM

saman writes: sir,i checked objective approach but could find any proofs in examples,i got a older version of book from a friend,it had many proofs in examples. i found study material of a coaching institute named Locus education. Their study material was very good,explained from the first principles & they have proved almost everything.It is based in delhi,i was thinking of buying second hand material of their institute Please suggest if i should buy it?

Unregistered user # Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:15:52 AM

Harshanth writes: Hello sir, I am looking for a problem book in maths that is equivalent to level of I.E.Irodov's physics. Please suggest.

Unregistered user # Saturday, March 26, 2011 9:16:08 AM

Parag Verma writes: Sir Please tell me what are the differences between AIEEE and IIT-JEE and their syllabus and preparation......

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Sunday, March 27, 2011 6:06:16 PM

Reply from J.P.Sinha;

Saman,
if a book or study material appears useful to you the you should buy it. There should be no second thought.

Harshanth,
you should consider TMH-IIT-Maths.

Parag Verma,
syllabus of both are almost same.Questions in both are MCQ and objective type. But in IIT-JEE you should except greater variety of questions and also in IIT-JEE questions are more tricky.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Monday, March 28, 2011 4:11:33 AM

saman writes: sir,i found that study material of institutes is very costly ranging from 4k to 10k. I cant afford that,instead can u please tell me a book just for theory,(new arihant objective approach doesnt have proofs).I found two such books ie RD sharma & KC Sinha.TMH,ml khanna have just list of important formulae though they are good for questions.I dont have coaching nor any good teacher to explain new concepts to me.I saw review of KC sinha's book on ---- They say that this book is a must for people who dont have coaching,Will it be helpfull to me.Thank you

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Monday, March 28, 2011 5:39:25 PM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Saman,
K.C.Sinha's book is good. But is is very lengthy. So finishing syllabus from K.C.Sinha is very time consuming.Try to search for a teacher.I can not comment anything on your financial status.But if you study well then I am sure that your financial status will not make difference.Don't spend too much of your time on internet.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Tuesday, March 29, 2011 9:18:23 PM

Izhar writes: Sir, Presently I am studying in class 12th in ISC board and next year i am going to give iit-jee entrance exam but the problem is that no one in my house to guide me such as.... Which book is best and sufficient to crack iit-jee? How to prepare for iit-jee entrance exam? And how to prepare- Physics? Maths? Chemistry? Sir, So I request u to pls guide me and give me your suggestion....

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Wednesday, March 30, 2011 4:10:57 AM

Reply from J.P.Sinha;

Izhar,
click here to read an article written by me.There is a book list given above please select books according to your personal preference. Always remember one simple rule: one text book and one IIT-JEE guide in each subject

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:05:31 AM

Anonymous writes: how much should i study everyday in order to cope up with my studies as well as iitjee preparation.a lot of time is wasted in travelling by me. please suggest me to cope up with my studies.

Unregistered user # Wednesday, March 30, 2011 8:25:50 AM

saman writes: sir i have decreased the time i spend on internet,i made a time table too & im following it. I didnt like arihant books even a bit so im doing IIT Math by ML Khanna,later ill do TMH math,both of these will be enough for iit jee? i also have another problem,whenever i try to do a question,i spend some time about 10-15 minutes thinking how to do it,if i cant do it,i see its solution and after a quick galance, i can do it myself.why is it so? in iitjee paper i wont have solution to look at so how will i do 1 question in 2-3 minutes?

Unregistered user # Wednesday, March 30, 2011 2:24:52 PM

Anonymous writes: links are dead on this page http://my.opera.com/jyopra/blog/funda

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Thursday, March 31, 2011 1:15:54 PM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Anonymous,
there is no set rule for the required numbers of hours that a student must study every day. But yes, I can give you the minimum: atleast you should study 5 hours per day on an average. Always follow one simple rule: study to the maximum of your abilities.

Saman,
if you are enjoying studying from M.L.Khanna then no problem, use that book. As far as your problem of seeing the solution is concerned I will say it may be temporary. Keep doing problems from various topics repeatedly- solve atleast 5 problems from each already studied chapter every day. Slowly you will gain enough confidence to solve most problems without needing to refer to its solution.

Always give importance to the theory and derivation of mathematics in any chapter before attempting to solve problems in that chapter

Anonymous,
thanks pointing out the link problem. I will soon provide the necessary links.

J.P.Sinha

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:03:57 PM

kanika writes: hello sir, i am a student of class 12 i am weak in physics.pls give some tips to improve it exellently.and tell me how i'll manage 3 subjects in a day in short tell me learning hours for each subject.

Unregistered user # Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:50:20 PM

saman writes: ok,sir Thats the method i like to study mathematics,first i derive all the formulaes & important results & after clearing all the concepts i jump to excercise but this is possible only if i have a book which has the necessary derivations ,for eg. SL loney for coordinate geometry & trigonometry,but some topics in algebra like quadratic equations, arent there in school syllabus ie.ncert and some portion is not there even in Higher algebra by Hall & knight. So im looking for appropriate books after searching i found a book named Arihant Algebra by S K Goyal,ill be just referring it for theory and proofs and then do questions from ml khanna & tmh.There are also two more books for Differential Calculus & Integral Calculus by Amit m agrawal (arihant). So do u recommend them theory? I reach home at 3pm,i can take tuitions from a very good teacher but then ill be spending 1 hour in travelling + 1 hour in tuition + rest of time in other tuitions so i wont have much time for self studying, i like self studying more than any tuition even though it may take more effort & time,so i rely on books for clearing the concepts.

Unregistered user # Thursday, March 31, 2011 5:17:35 PM

Anonymous writes: HELLO SIR I HAVE JUST JOINED +1 NON-MEDICAL.I HAVE A CONFUSION IN MY MIND WHEN TO START PREPARING FOR IIT . WHETHER IN +1 I NEED TO FOCUS ON BOARD OR COMPETITIONS OR BOTH .I AM QUITE INTELLIGENT &ONE OF THE TOPPERS OF MY SCHOOL & I HAVE A DIRE DREAM TO CLEAR IIT .REPLY SOON SIR THANK YOU

Unregistered user # Friday, April 1, 2011 7:06:42 AM

Archit writes: Sir, I have just now passed class-10th from CBSE. i want to know the three best books for Physics,Maths and Chemistry each. Please help!!!!!!!

Unregistered user # Saturday, April 2, 2011 3:05:56 PM

Nisha writes: Hello, Sir. I am going to Class XI and I've taken admission in a 2-year coaching classes for IITJEE in a renowned institution. I've taken weekend classes as it is comfortable for me. Please suggest the good books for Physics, Maths and Chemistry for Class 11/IIT. I also want to make my previous classes' basics fundamentals stronger. Kindly provide your valuable suggestion.

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Monday, April 4, 2011 10:36:08 AM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Kanika,
get personal tuition in physics from some good teacher.

Saman,
buy any one book from arihant that contains theory. Don't buy all the books.

Anonymous, Archit, Nisha,

please read part-1 and part-2 of my articles.
Books in physics: NCERT and Objective Approach to Physics-Arihant
Good books in maths:NCERT and Objective Mathematics-R.D.Sharma

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Monday, April 4, 2011 12:41:04 PM

Aditya writes: Sir, I solve only halliday,resnick walker for physics for iitjee. Is this sufficient.

Unregistered user # Tuesday, April 5, 2011 10:36:18 AM

Ravi writes: An book for calaculus preparation for IIT-JEE?? I have done all 12th class calculus from NCERT and RD Sharma and allt he concepts are clear.....tell any book for further prep.

J.P.Sinha jyopra # Tuesday, April 5, 2011 6:29:46 PM

Reply from J.P.Sinha:

Aditya,
yes, Resnik's book has a good collection of problems.

Ravi,
try K.C.Sinha's book on Calculus.This book is published by Student's Friends Publication,Patna.

J.P.Sinha

Unregistered user # Wednesday, April 6, 2011 1:08:05 PM

Anonymous writes: Are all the books of K C Sinha good?

Unregistered user # Friday, April 8, 2011 4:46:41 AM

Manish writes: Hello Sir.... I have completed my 11th this year.... Now i m studying in 12th...... I joined one year classes of Narayana Academy, Aligarh..... CAn you plz give me some knwledge how to study?????? and how many hours should i do self study daily???? :(

Unregistered user # Saturday, April 9, 2011 9:41:44 AM

shubham writes: can you please suggest some books for chemistry in iit preparation...........

Unregistered user # Thursday, April 14, 2011 2:41:43 PM

Shivam writes: Hello sir, i want to ask how shud i strt the preparation for IIT-JEE...ive just entered class 12.I am frm ISC board.I have purchased all the proper books like h.c verma for phy,rd sharma for maths etc also i have study material of two coachng institutes.I only want to ask how should i strt with my preparation.how much time should i alot and whether taking an IIT-level coachng is necessary..??..Kindly help me so that i can strt with my preparation at the earliest..THANKING U IN ADVANCE..

Unregistered user # Saturday, April 16, 2011 5:19:02 AM

himanshi writes: hello sir! please sir help me . i m finding difficulty in physics numerical so advice me me so tensed sir nd suggest me some good book so that i can improve

Unregistered user # Saturday, April 16, 2011 5:21:54 AM

Anonymous writes: sir for iit which book i had to prefer n me in 12th class me so possisve sir about my studies

Unregistered user # Saturday, April 16, 2011 4:47:30 PM

Anonymous writes: pratibha:sir which book should i go through for good prepartion for IIT i m in 12th

Unregistered user # Saturday, April 16, 2011 6:17:48 PM

Abhida writes: Sir, i want to score good in bits or in iit . Please recomend good books.Thanking you.

Unregistered user # Sunday, April 17, 2011 8:25:21 AM

Hari Aravind writes: Sir, i am aravind studying in 12th std state board in tamil nadu what is the best way for me to get into the IIT ??? which books will be useful

Unregistered user # Sunday, April 17, 2011 9:52:15 AM

Anonymous writes: Sir.I cannot understand the application of complex numbers in co ordinate geometry.The complex number formulae and their applications.Sir can you please help me out.

Unregistered user # Sunday, April 17, 2011 11:59:22 AM

shobhit writes: sir i want to ask which book is better for physics of class 12th either modern abc physics or pradeep physics

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