NEET 2022 Physics paper analysis

Physics chapters and topics asked in NEET 2022

Chapters are ranked by questions in this paper. Under each chapter are the topics that were asked; “new” marks a topic with no question in any earlier paper.

• Current Electricity

  5-1

  Electrical Resistance in Conductors (Temperature Dependence of… · Current Density · Electrical Energy, Power new · Electrical Resistance in Conductors (Resistivity & Conductivity) · Wheatstone Bridge new

• Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance

  4-1

  Energy Stored in Capacitor (Energy Stored in Capacitor and Energy… · Equipotential Surfaces (Relation Between Electric Field and Potential) · Capacitors and Capacitance (Capacitors and Their Types and Their r–… new · Electrostatic Potential (Electrostatic Potential and Potential… new

• Moving Charges and Magnetism

  3-1

  Ampere's Circuital Law (Magnetic Field Inside Long Straight Current… new · The Solenoid and the Toroid (Solenoid) · Magnetic Field Due to Current Element: Biot-Savart Law new

• Ray Optics and Optical Instruments

  3-1

  Lens Formula (Deriving the Lens Formula) new · Refraction (Refraction through Glass Slab) new · Total Internal Reflection in Nature and its Technological Application new

• Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits

  3same

  Application of Junction Diode as Rectifier (Half-Wave Rectifier… new · Digital Electronics and Logic Gates (Combination of Gates) · P-n Junction (p-n Junction Formation)

• Units and Measurements

  3same

  Dimensions of Physical Quantities ×2 · Significant Figures (Rules for Arithmetic Operations with… new

• Alternating Current

  2-1

  AC Voltage Applied to Series LCR Circuit new · Alternating Current and emf (Root Mean Square (RMS) Value of Full… new

• Center of Mass & System of Particles

  2+1

  Centre of Mass (Centre of Mass of Uniform Laminar Objects, Centre of… · Conservation of Momentum, Common Forces in Mechanics (Applications… new

• Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter

  2same

  Wave Nature of Matter (De Broglie Wavelength of Moving Particle.) · Experimental Study of Photoelectric Effect (Laws of Photoelectric… new

• Electromagnetic Induction

  2+1

  Faraday'S Law of Induction (Lenz'S Law, Methods to Change the… new · Magnetic Flux new

• Electromagnetic Waves

  2same

  Important Characteristics and Nature of Electromagnetic Waves new · Electromagnetic Spectrum (Microwaves) new

• Mechanical Properties of Fluids

  2+1

  Viscosity (Terminal Velocity) · Surface Tension (Bubbles Excess Pressure) new

• Motion in a Straight Line

  2+1

  Motion under gravity (Free fall motion) (Calculation of Time of… · Graphs in Motion in One Dimension (Motion Diagram) new

• Nuclei

  2-1

  Size of the Nucleus (Nuclear Density) new · Atomic Masses and Composition of Nucleus (Composition of Nucleus:… new

• Rotational Motion

  2same

  Moment of Inertia (Radius of Gyration) new · Analogue of Newton's Second law of Motion for Pure Rotation new

• Work Energy and Power

  2+1

  Power (Definition) ×2 new

• Atoms

  1+1

  Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom (Energy of Electron in nth Orbit of… new

• Electric Charges and Fields

  1same

  Electric Field (Electric Field Due to Point Charge and System of…) new

• Gravitation

  1-2

  Gravitational Field (Gravitational Field Due to Bodies of Different… new

• Kinetic Theory

  1-1

  Behaviour of Gases (Ideal Gas Equation) new

• Laws of Motion

  1+1

  Friction (Friction as Contact Force and Friction Constant) new

• Magnetism and Matter

  1+1

  Magnetisation and Magnetic Intensity (Magnetic Permeability (μ),… new

• Mechanical Properties of Solids

  1+1

  Types of Elasticity Coefficients (Elastic Moduli) (Shear Modulus or… new

• Motion in a Plane

  1-1

  Projectile Motion (Analysis of Projectile Motion) new

• Oscillations

  1-1

  Some Systems Executing Simple Harmonic Motion (The Simple Pendulum) new

• Thermodynamics

  1+1

  Thermodynamic Processes (Adiabatic Process)

• Wave Optics

  1+1

  Interference of Light Wave and Young's Double Slit Experiment (YDSE)…

• Waves

  1+1

  String Waves (Speed of Transverse Wave on Stretched String) new

What changed from NEET 2021

• Biggest rise: Motion in a Straight Line went from 1 to 2 questions.
• Biggest drop: Gravitation went from 3 to 1 questions.

Physics topics asked for the first time in NEET 2022

1. 1Power (Definition) · Work Energy and Power · Physics2 Qs
2. 2Electrical Energy, Power · Current Electricity · Physics1 Qs
3. 3Wheatstone Bridge · Current Electricity · Physics1 Qs
4. 4Capacitors and Capacitance (Capacitors and Their Types and Their r– Capacitance) · Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance · Physics1 Qs
5. 5Electrostatic Potential (Electrostatic Potential and Potential Difference) · Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance · Physics1 Qs
6. 6Ampere's Circuital Law (Magnetic Field Inside Long Straight Current Carry…) · Moving Charges and Magnetism · Physics1 Qs
7. 7Magnetic Field Due to Current Element: Biot-Savart Law · Moving Charges and Magnetism · Physics1 Qs
8. 8Lens Formula (Deriving the Lens Formula) · Ray Optics and Optical Instruments · Physics1 Qs
9. 9Refraction (Refraction through Glass Slab) · Ray Optics and Optical Instruments · Physics1 Qs
10. 10Total Internal Reflection in Nature and its Technological Application · Ray Optics and Optical Instruments · Physics1 Qs

Physics chapters with no question in NEET 2022

Circular Motion, Thermal Properties of Matter

Physics across the 8 papers

NEET 2022 in the other subjects

Frequently asked questions

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. Counts cover 2020–2026.