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Does the Cambridge International A Level syllabus cover JEE Main?

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Good to knowA Level is taken as components rather than year-groups, so the left column names Cambridge topics, not Class 11 and Class 12.
Where this came fromJEE Main's areas here are the units of NTA's own published 2026 syllabus, read from the Board's PDF - 14 in Mathematics, 20 in Physics, 20 in Chemistry, named as NTA names them. Which school class each one sits in is our own catalogue's answer, not NTA's; NTA does not say.

Physics

JEE Main examines 20 areas in Physics. Your Cambridge International A Level course covers 17, and EduPeak is ready to verify your readiness on 19, today.

Where it matters: 1 has no chapter test with us yet; 3 are not taught in your course at all.

What JEE Main asks — 20 areas

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Units and Measurements
Physics · Class 11
Your syllabus
Physical quantities and units (AS)
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Kinematics
Physics · Class 11
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Kinematics (AS)
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Laws of Motion
Physics · Class 11
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Dynamics (AS)Forces, density and pressure (AS)Motion in a circle (A2)
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Work, Energy and Power
Physics · Class 11
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Work, energy and power (AS)
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Rotational Motion
Physics · Class 11
Your syllabus
Not taught in your course.Cambridge covers circular motion but not rigid-body rotation - no moment of inertia or angular momentum.
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Gravitation
Physics · Class 11
Your syllabus
Gravitational fields (A2)
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Properties of Solids and Liquids
Physics · Class 11
Your syllabus
Forces, density and pressure (AS)Deformation of solids (AS)Temperature (A2)
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Thermodynamics
Physics · Class 11
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Thermodynamics (A2)
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Kinetic Theory of Gases
Physics · Class 11
Your syllabus
Ideal gases (A2)
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Oscillations and Waves
Physics · Class 11
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Waves (AS)Superposition (AS)Oscillations (A2)
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Electrostatics
Physics · Class 12
Your syllabus
Electric fields (A2)Capacitance (A2)
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Current Electricity
Physics · Class 12
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Electricity (AS)D.C. circuits (AS)
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Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
Physics · Class 12
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Magnetic fields (A2)
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Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Physics · Class 12
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Alternating currents (A2)
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Electromagnetic Waves
Physics · Class 12
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Not taught in your course.Not a topic in Cambridge 9702.
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Optics
Physics · Class 12
Your syllabus
Superposition (AS)Only in part — wave optics only — no ray optics, lenses or mirrors at A Level
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Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
Physics · Class 12
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Quantum physics (A2)
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Atoms and Nuclei
Physics · Class 12
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Particle physics (AS)Nuclear physics (A2)
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Electronic Devices
Physics · Class 12
Your syllabus
Not taught in your course.Semiconductors and diodes are not in the Cambridge 9702 A Level course.
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Experimental Skills
Physics
Your syllabus
Practical / laboratory work (Class 11-12)
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In your course, not on this paper — 2 areas

Still in your course and still in your board exam — this exam simply never asks it directly. Where such a topic quietly feeds one the exam does ask, the row says so.

Medical physics
Physics · A2
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Astronomy and cosmology
Physics · A2
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.

Chemistry

JEE Main examines 23 areas in Chemistry. Your Cambridge International A Level course covers 21, and EduPeak is ready to verify your readiness on 23, today.

Where it matters: 2 are not taught in your course at all.

What JEE Main asks — 23 areas

One row per area the exam examines. On the left, what your school already gave you. On the right, what we can do about it.

Some Basic Concepts in Chemistry
Chemistry · Class 11
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Atoms, molecules and stoichiometry (AS)
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Atomic Structure
Chemistry · Class 11
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Atomic structure (AS)
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Chemical Bonding and Molecular Structure
Chemistry · Class 11
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Chemical bonding (AS)
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Chemical Thermodynamics
Chemistry · Class 11
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Chemical energetics (AS · A2)
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Solutions
Chemistry · Class 12
Your syllabus
Not taught in your course.Colligative properties are not a Cambridge 9701 topic.
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Equilibrium
Chemistry · Class 11
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Equilibria (AS · A2)
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Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry
Chemistry · Class 11
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Electrochemistry (AS · A2)
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Redox Reactions and Electrochemistry
Chemistry · Class 12
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Electrochemistry (AS · A2)
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Chemical Kinetics
Chemistry · Class 12
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Reaction kinetics (AS · A2)
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Classification of Elements and Periodicity in Properties
Chemistry · Class 11
Your syllabus
The Periodic Table: chemical periodicity (AS)
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p-Block Elements
Chemistry · Class 11
Your syllabus
Group 17 (the halogens) (AS)Nitrogen and sulfur (AS)
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p-Block Elements
Chemistry · Class 12
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Group 17 (the halogens) (AS)Nitrogen and sulfur (AS)
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d- and f-Block Elements
Chemistry · Class 12
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Chemistry of transition elements (A2)
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Coordination Compounds
Chemistry · Class 12
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Chemistry of transition elements (A2)
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Purification and Characterisation of Organic Compounds
Chemistry · Class 11
Your syllabus
An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry (AS)
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Some Basic Principles of Organic Chemistry
Chemistry · Class 11
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An introduction to AS Level organic chemistry (AS)Organic synthesis (AS · A2)An introduction to A Level organic chemistry (A2)
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Hydrocarbons
Chemistry · Class 11
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Hydrocarbons (AS · A2)
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Organic Compounds containing Halogens
Chemistry · Class 12
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Halogen compounds (AS · A2)
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Organic Compounds containing Oxygen
Chemistry · Class 12
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Hydroxy compounds (AS · A2)Carbonyl compounds (AS)Carboxylic acids and derivatives (AS · A2)
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Organic Compounds containing Nitrogen
Chemistry · Class 12
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Nitrogen compounds (AS · A2)
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Biomolecules
Chemistry · Class 12
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Not taught in your course.Carbohydrates, proteins and nucleic acids are not in Cambridge 9701.
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Principles Related to Practical Chemistry
Chemistry · Class 11
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Analytical techniques (AS · A2)
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Principles Related to Practical Chemistry
Chemistry · Class 12
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Analytical techniques (AS · A2)
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In your course, not on this paper — 3 areas

Still in your course and still in your board exam — this exam simply never asks it directly. Where such a topic quietly feeds one the exam does ask, the row says so.

States of matter
Chemistry · AS
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Connected — our call as educatorsbuilds ideas Chemical Thermodynamics uses — Kp, partial pressures and gas-phase equilibria presume gas-law fluency
Group 2 (the alkaline earth metals)
Chemistry · AS · A2
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Polymerisation
Chemistry · AS · A2
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Read this oneOne area to be clear about: the p-Block. NCERT deleted it in 2023 so most Indian boards no longer teach it, but NTA still examines it - as trends only, across groups 13 to 18, without the compound chemistry. So it is worth covering, and it is a smaller job than the old syllabus made it look. States of Matter used to sit beside it here; NTA's 2026 syllabus does not examine it at all, so we have removed it rather than leave you revising something that is not asked.

Mathematics

JEE Main examines 19 areas in Mathematics. Your Cambridge International A Level course covers 18, and EduPeak is ready to verify your readiness on 19, today.

Where it matters: 1 is not taught in your course at all.

What JEE Main asks — 19 areas

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Sets, Relations and Functions
Mathematics · Class 11
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Functions (P1)Logarithmic and exponential functions (P3)
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Sets, Relations and Functions
Mathematics · Class 12
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Functions (P1)Logarithmic and exponential functions (P3)
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Complex Numbers and Quadratic Equations
Mathematics · Class 11
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Quadratics (P1)Complex numbers (P3)
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Matrices and Determinants
Mathematics · Class 12
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Not taught in your course.Not in Cambridge 9709 at all - it sits in Further Mathematics 9231.
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Permutations and Combinations
Mathematics · Class 11
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Permutations and combinations (P&S 1)
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Binomial Theorem and its Simple Applications
Mathematics · Class 11
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Series (P1)Algebra (P3)
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Sequence and Series
Mathematics · Class 11
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Series (P1)
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Limit, Continuity and Differentiability
Mathematics · Class 11
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Differentiation (P1 · P3)
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Limit, Continuity and Differentiability
Mathematics · Class 12
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Differentiation (P1 · P3)
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Integral Calculus
Mathematics · Class 12
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Integration (P1 · P3)
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Differential Equations
Mathematics · Class 12
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Differential equations (P3)
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Co-ordinate Geometry
Mathematics · Class 11
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Coordinate geometry (P1)Only in part — straight lines and circles only — no parabola, ellipse or hyperbola
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Three Dimensional Geometry
Mathematics · Class 11
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Vectors (P3)Only in part — lines in 3-D only — planes are not in 9709
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Three Dimensional Geometry
Mathematics · Class 12
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Vectors (P3)Only in part — lines in 3-D only — planes are not in 9709
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Vector Algebra
Mathematics · Class 12
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Vectors (P3)
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Statistics and Probability
Mathematics · Class 11
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Representation of data (P&S 1)Probability (P&S 1)Discrete random variables (P&S 1)
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Statistics and Probability
Mathematics · Class 12
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Representation of data (P&S 1)Probability (P&S 1)Discrete random variables (P&S 1)
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Trigonometry
Mathematics · Class 11
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Circular measure (P1)Trigonometry (P1 · P3)
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Trigonometry
Mathematics · Class 12
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Circular measure (P1)Trigonometry (P1 · P3)
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In your course, not on this paper — 7 areas

Still in your course and still in your board exam — this exam simply never asks it directly. Where such a topic quietly feeds one the exam does ask, the row says so.

Numerical solution of equations
Mathematics · P3
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Forces and equilibrium
Mathematics · Mechanics
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Kinematics of motion in a straight line
Mathematics · Mechanics
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Momentum
Mathematics · Mechanics
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Newton's laws of motion
Mathematics · Mechanics
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Energy, work and power
Mathematics · Mechanics
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
The normal distribution
Mathematics · P&S 1
Your board exam asks this, and your board result is a qualification in its own right — study it fully. For JEE Main practice specifically it sits lower on the list, because JEE Main never asks it directly. That is sequencing, not skipping.
Read this oneWhich Mathematics topics you have met depends on the papers your school entered you for. Rows below assume Pure 1 and Pure 3 plus the usual applied pair.

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Each row is one area the exam examines. The left cell is your school's doing; the right cell is ours — including whether our question bank is genuinely deep enough yet, which is where "no chapter test yet" comes from.

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Worth doingYour board exam comes first. Everything your board teaches is worth studying fully, whatever entrance exam you are aiming at - your board result is a qualification in its own right, and the 'not asked by this exam' list below is a sequencing aid for entrance practice, never a licence to skip course work.
Where this came fromA word about the 'builds ideas' lines. The green and red verdicts compare chapter lists and are taken from the boards' and exam bodies' own documents. But topics are not islands - the binomial expansion, taken far enough, is where the normal curve comes from. Where a topic outside your exam builds ideas the exam does use, we say so on the row. That connection is our judgment as educators, clearly marked, and it never changes a verdict - only explains one.
Where this came fromEvery syllabus here was read from the board's own published documents - textbooks or syllabus papers - never from a coaching site or an exam-guide aggregator. Where we could not reach an official source, the board is left out rather than guessed at.
Where this comes from

JEE Main areas: NTA, 'Syllabus for JEE Main Paper 1 (B.E./B.Tech.) - Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry', JEE (Main) 2026, read from the PDF's own text layer 2026-09-02. 14 Mathematics units, 20 Physics units, 20 Chemistry units. Class 11/12 against each row is EduPeak's catalogue, not NTA's - NTA publishes no class.

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