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NEET Physics PYQ Analysis 2020–2026: Chapter-wise Weightage, Topic Trends & Practice
NEET Physics 2020–2026: 387 questions over 30 chapters. Weightage, difficulty, rising and falling chapters, most-repeated topics and PYQ practice.
Edurack Team
October 13, 2026
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This guide breaks down 387 NEET Physics questions from 2020–2026 (Re-NEET 2026 included) across 30 chapters. For every chapter you get the weightage, difficulty and trend, and each chapter links to its own topic-wise analysis and PYQ practice.
Questions per paper
| Paper | Physics questions |
|---|---|
| NEET 2020 | 46 |
| NEET 2021 | 53 |
| NEET 2022 | 53 |
| NEET 2023 | 50 |
| NEET 2024 | 50 |
| NEET 2025 | 45 |
| NEET 2026 | 45 |
| Re-NEET 2026 | 45 |
Chapter-wise weightage
All 30 chapters ranked by questions asked. Click a chapter for its full topic breakdown.
Priority tiers for Physics
Tier 1: the chapters behind half the paper
- Current Electricity: 34 Qs (8.8%)
- Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance: 26 Qs (6.7%)
- Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits: 23 Qs (5.9%)
- Units and Measurements: 22 Qs (5.7%)
- Ray Optics and Optical Instruments: 21 Qs (5.4%)
- Moving Charges and Magnetism: 18 Qs (4.7%)
- Alternating Current: 17 Qs (4.4%)
- Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter: 16 Qs (4.1%)
- Rotational Motion: 15 Qs (3.9%)
- Electromagnetic Waves: 14 Qs (3.6%)
Tier 2: the next chapters, up to about 80%
- Gravitation: 14 Qs (3.6%)
- Oscillations: 14 Qs (3.6%)
- Motion in a Straight Line: 13 Qs (3.4%)
- Nuclei: 13 Qs (3.4%)
- Atoms: 12 Qs (3.1%)
- Kinetic Theory: 11 Qs (2.8%)
- Mechanical Properties of Fluids: 11 Qs (2.8%)
- Electromagnetic Induction: 10 Qs (2.6%)
- Thermodynamics: 10 Qs (2.6%)
Tier 3: the remaining 11 chapters
- Wave Optics: 10 Qs
- Laws of Motion: 9 Qs
- Work Energy and Power: 8 Qs
- Center of Mass & System of Particles: 7 Qs
- Electric Charges and Fields: 7 Qs
- Magnetism and Matter: 7 Qs
- Mechanical Properties of Solids: 6 Qs
- Waves: 6 Qs
- Circular Motion: 5 Qs
- Motion in a Plane: 4 Qs
- Thermal Properties of Matter: 4 Qs
Trends across the years
Asked more often lately
Comparing 2025, 2026 and Re-NEET 2026 with 2020–2022:
- Rotational Motion: 1.7 to 2.3 questions per paper
- Oscillations: 1.3 to 2.3 questions per paper
- Atoms: 0.7 to 1.7 questions per paper
- Electromagnetic Induction: 1 to 1.7 questions per paper
- Thermodynamics: 1 to 1.7 questions per paper
- Laws of Motion: 0.7 to 1.3 questions per paper
- Circular Motion: 0 to 0.7 questions per paper
Asked less often lately
- Current Electricity: 5.7 to 3 questions per paper
- Nuclei: 2.7 to 1 questions per paper
- Alternating Current: 2.3 to 1.3 questions per paper
- Center of Mass & System of Particles: 1.3 to 0.7 questions per paper
- Electric Charges and Fields: 1 to 0.3 questions per paper
- Motion in a Plane: 1 to 0 questions per paper
- Magnetism and Matter: 0.7 to 0 questions per paper
Chapters in the latest two papers
Most questions in NEET 2026 plus Re-NEET 2026:
- Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance: 3 in NEET 2026, 4 in Re-NEET 2026
- Current Electricity: 5 in NEET 2026, 1 in Re-NEET 2026
- Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits: 3 in NEET 2026, 2 in Re-NEET 2026
- Units and Measurements: 3 in NEET 2026, 2 in Re-NEET 2026
- Ray Optics and Optical Instruments: 2 in NEET 2026, 3 in Re-NEET 2026
- Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter: 2 in NEET 2026, 3 in Re-NEET 2026
- Oscillations: 3 in NEET 2026, 2 in Re-NEET 2026
- Moving Charges and Magnetism: 2 in NEET 2026, 2 in Re-NEET 2026
- Rotational Motion: 2 in NEET 2026, 2 in Re-NEET 2026
- Electromagnetic Induction: 1 in NEET 2026, 3 in Re-NEET 2026
Easiest and toughest chapters
Most scoring (highest share of easy questions)
Chapters with at least 8 questions:
- Nuclei: 69% easy of 13 tagged
- Thermodynamics: 60% easy of 10 tagged
- Electromagnetic Waves: 57% easy of 14 tagged
- Units and Measurements: 50% easy of 22 tagged
- Electromagnetic Induction: 50% easy of 10 tagged
- Kinetic Theory: 45% easy of 11 tagged
- Alternating Current: 41% easy of 17 tagged
- Wave Optics: 40% easy of 10 tagged
Most demanding (highest share of hard questions)
- Electromagnetic Induction: 30% hard of 10 tagged
- Rotational Motion: 27% hard of 15 tagged
- Mechanical Properties of Fluids: 27% hard of 11 tagged
- Ray Optics and Optical Instruments: 24% hard of 21 tagged
- Laws of Motion: 22% hard of 9 tagged
- Gravitation: 21% hard of 14 tagged
The 15 most-repeated Physics topics
| Topic | Chapter | Total Qs | Papers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wave Nature of Matter (De Broglie Wavelength of Moving Particle.) | Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter | 7 | 7 |
| Combination of Capacitors (Series Grouping, Parallel Grouping) | Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance | 4 | 4 |
| Energy Stored in Capacitor (Energy Stored in Capacitor and Energy Density in…) | Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance | 4 | 4 |
| Relation Between Electric Field, Magnetic Field and Speed of Light | Electromagnetic Waves | 4 | 4 |
| Digital Electronics and Logic Gates (Logic Gates) | Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits | 4 | 3 |
| Dimensions of Physical Quantities | Units and Measurements | 4 | 3 |
| Current Loop as Magnetic Dipole | Moving Charges and Magnetism | 4 | 3 |
| Polarisation (Polarisation by Reflection (Brewster's Law)) | Wave Optics | 4 | 3 |
| Combination of resistors (Combination of Resistors: Series and Parallel) | Current Electricity | 3 | 3 |
| Application of Junction Diode as Rectifier (Half-Wave Rectifier Circuit, and Full-Wave Rectifier Circuit) | Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits | 3 | 3 |
| Digital Electronics and Logic Gates (Combination of Gates) | Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits | 3 | 3 |
| Semiconductor Diode (P-n Junction under Forward Bias, p-n Junction Diode…) | Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits | 3 | 3 |
| Special Purpose p-n Junction Diodes (Zener Diode as Voltage Regulator) | Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits | 3 | 3 |
| Refraction by Lenses (Combination of Thin Lenses in Contact) | Ray Optics and Optical Instruments | 3 | 3 |
| Magnetic Field at Centre of Circular Current Carrying Arc | Moving Charges and Magnetism | 3 | 3 |
How to use this Physics analysis
- Finish Tier 1 chapters first, including their recurring topics, before spreading out.
- Use the easy-share list to pick chapters where careful NCERT reading converts directly into marks.
- For each chapter, open its analysis post, solve its PYQs, and log mistakes by topic.
- Revisit the chapters from the latest two papers close to the exam, since they show the current question style.
Practise Physics PYQs
- Practise all NEET Physics PYQs 2020–2026
- Physics blueprint page
- All subjects: NEET chapter-wise weightage
Frequently Asked Questions
How many NEET Physics questions were asked from 2020–2026?
387 Physics questions across 8 papers (2020 to 2026, plus Re-NEET 2026), spread over 30 chapters.
Which NEET Physics chapter has the highest weightage?
Current Electricity has the highest weightage with 34 questions (8.8%). Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance follows with 26.
Which Physics chapters are easiest to score in?
By share of easy questions (chapters with 8+ questions), Nuclei, Thermodynamics and Electromagnetic Waves lead.
How many Physics chapters cover most of the paper?
The top 10 chapters give about half of all questions and the top 19 give about 80%.