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Chemistry Ten NCERT chapters plus two NMC units with no chapter behind them — p-Block, which the rationalised book dropped but the exam still asks, and Practical Chemistry.

12
Chapters listed
4
Units
25–27
Questions from Class 11
45 Q
Chemistry in the paper (180 marks)
0 of 12 chapters done
I

Physical Chemistry

Three numerical chapters. Solutions and Electrochemistry share the same colligative logic.

NMC Units 5, 7, 8
Ch1

Solutions

Solubility and Henry's lawRaoult's lawIdeal and non-ideal solutionsColligative propertiesvan't Hoff factor and abnormal molar mass
≈ 2 Q
Ch2

Electrochemistry

Galvanic cells and electrode potentialNernst equationConductance and Kohlrausch's lawFaraday's laws of electrolysisBatteries, fuel cells and corrosion
≈ 2 Q
Ch3

Chemical Kinetics

Rate law and order of reactionIntegrated rate equationsHalf-life of first-order reactionsArrhenius equation and EaCollision theory
≈ 2 Q
II

Inorganic Chemistry

The highest-return block on the Chemistry side. Coordination compounds alone can be 3 Q.

NMC Units 10, 11, 12
Ch—

p-Block Elements — Groups 13 to 18

Not in the rationalised NCERT — use the earlier editionGroup trends across 13–18Ammonia, nitric acid, allotropes of phosphorusDioxygen, ozone and sulphuric acidHalogens and interhalogen compoundsNoble gases and their compounds
≈ 3 Q
Ch4

The d- and f-Block Elements

General trends in transition metalsVariable oxidation statesColour and magnetic behaviourPotassium dichromate and permanganateLanthanoid contractionActinoids
≈ 2 Q
Ch5

Coordination Compounds

Werner's theoryIUPAC nomenclatureStructural and stereo isomerismValence bond theory and hybridisationCrystal field theory and spectrochemical seriesStability and applications
≈ 3 Q
III

Organic Chemistry

Five chapters, roughly a third of the paper. Conversions and named reactions carry it.

NMC Units 16, 17, 18, 19
Ch6

Haloalkanes and Haloarenes

Preparation methodsSN1 and SN2 mechanismsOptical activity and chiralityElimination reactionsReactivity of haloarenesPolyhalogen compounds
≈ 2 Q
Ch7

Alcohols, Phenols and Ethers

Preparation and acidityDehydration of alcoholsReimer–Tiemann and Kolbe's reactionsWilliamson ether synthesisDistinguishing tests
≈ 2 Q
Ch8

Aldehydes, Ketones and Carboxylic Acids

Nucleophilic addition mechanismAldol and Cannizzaro reactionsClemmensen and Wolff–Kishner reductionAcidity of carboxylic acidsHVZ reactionTollens', Fehling's and iodoform tests
≈ 3 Q
Ch9

Amines

Classification and basicity orderHofmann bromamide degradationGabriel phthalimide synthesisDiazonium salts and couplingCarbylamine and Hinsberg tests
≈ 2 Q
Ch10

Biomolecules

Monosaccharides and glycosidic linkageReducing and non-reducing sugarsAmino acids and protein structureEnzymes and vitaminsNucleic acids — DNA and RNA
≈ 2 Q
IV

Practical Chemistry

Added to the syllabus in 2024 and no NCERT chapter maps to it. Cheap marks if revised.

NMC Unit 20
Ch—

Principles Related to Practical Chemistry

Detection of cations and anionsFunctional group testsTitration — oxalic acid and KMnO₄Chemistry involved in preparationsQualitative salt analysis
≈ 1 Q

Not in the NEET syllabus

Removed from the rationalised NCERT and from the NMC syllabus. Note that p-Block is not on this list — it left the textbook but stayed in the exam.