NEET Physics chapter-wise weightage 2020–2026

This page ranks all 30 NEET Physics chapters by how many questions they produced across NEET 2020–2026 and Re-NEET 2026 — 387 questions in total. The five highest-weightage chapters (Current Electricity, Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance, Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits, Units and Measurements and Ray Optics and Optical Instruments) account for 126 of them, 33% of the subject.

By difficulty, 34% of the tagged Physics questions were easy, 52% medium and 14% hard. Open any chapter for its topic-wise breakdown, the papers each topic appeared in, and the topics that have been asked most recently.

Practise NEET Physics PYQs

Physics questions per paper

NEET Physics: questions tagged in each paper, 2020–2026 (R = Re-NEET 2026)

All 30 chapters ranked by weightage

#ChapterQsShareDifficulty (E · M · H)
1Current Electricity348.8%

10 · 21 · 3

2Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance266.7%

7 · 14 · 5

3Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits235.9%

4 · 16 · 3

4Units and Measurements225.7%

11 · 9 · 2

5Ray Optics and Optical Instruments215.4%

8 · 8 · 5

6Moving Charges and Magnetism184.7%

3 · 13 · 2

7Alternating Current174.4%

7 · 8 · 2

8Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter164.1%

5 · 11 · 0

9Rotational Motion153.9%

4 · 7 · 4

10Electromagnetic Waves143.6%

8 · 6 · 0

11Gravitation143.6%

4 · 7 · 3

12Oscillations143.6%

4 · 7 · 3

13Motion in a Straight Line133.4%

0 · 12 · 1

14Nuclei133.4%

9 · 4 · 0

15Atoms123.1%

4 · 7 · 1

16Kinetic Theory112.8%

5 · 5 · 1

17Mechanical Properties of Fluids112.8%

2 · 6 · 3

18Electromagnetic Induction102.6%

5 · 2 · 3

19Thermodynamics102.6%

6 · 2 · 2

20Wave Optics102.6%

4 · 4 · 2

21Laws of Motion92.3%

3 · 4 · 2

22Work Energy and Power82.1%

3 · 5 · 0

23Center of Mass & System of Particles71.8%

2 · 5 · 0

24Electric Charges and Fields71.8%

0 · 4 · 3

25Magnetism and Matter71.8%

3 · 3 · 1

26Mechanical Properties of Solids61.6%

3 · 2 · 1

27Waves61.6%

1 · 5 · 0

28Circular Motion51.3%

3 · 1 · 1

29Motion in a Plane41%

2 · 2 · 0

30Thermal Properties of Matter41%

1 · 3 · 0

Frequently asked questions

Which is the most important chapter in NEET Physics?

By past weightage, Current Electricity leads with 34 questions (8.8%). The top five are Current Electricity (34), Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance (26), Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits (23), Units and Measurements (22) and Ray Optics and Optical Instruments (21).

How many Physics questions were asked in each NEET paper?

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. These are the questions Edurack has tagged to NCERT chapters, so they can differ slightly from the printed paper.

Which Physics chapters are easiest to score from?

Among chapters with at least 8 questions, the highest share of easy questions was in Nuclei (69% easy), Thermodynamics (60% easy) and Electromagnetic Waves (57% easy).

Which Physics chapters have the most difficult questions?

Among chapters with at least 8 questions, the highest share of hard questions was in Electromagnetic Induction (30% hard), Mechanical Properties of Fluids (27% hard) and Rotational Motion (27% hard).

Are these NEET Physics weightage numbers official?

Counts come from Edurack's tagged set of NEET papers 2020–2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), mapped to NCERT chapters and topics. Use them as a trend guide — past frequency doesn't guarantee what a future paper will ask.

Other subjects

Counts come from Edurack's tagged set of NEET papers 2020–2026 (including Re-NEET 2026), mapped to NCERT chapters and topics. Use them as a trend guide — past frequency doesn't guarantee what a future paper will ask.