anupboldhan said:
please suggest books for iit jam physics i am in great confusion
I started this thread nearly 5 years ago and I wonder how much the exam format has changed in the last 4 years since I had given the test. Anyway, problem solving is very important and they ask numerical as well as non-numerical problems. Try to obtain as many past papers as possible and attempt solving them to identify your weak points. Here are some of the books I would suggest for preparation:
1) Electricity and magnetism: David Griffiths [There is usually one problem directly from this book]
2) Mechanics: Keith Simon, Klepner and Kolenkow
3) Electronics: Albert Malvino [Just basics on logic circuits, transistors is sufficient]
4) Mathematical Physics: Mary Boaz
5) Modern Physics: Beiser
6) Quantum Mechanics [For JAM level preparation, Beiser's book is enough]
7) Heat and Thermodynamics: Zemansky, Gupta Roy
8) Optics by Ghatak and by Jenkins and White
9) Resnick and Halliday for general physics, including mechanics,optics,etc.
10) Relativity: Robert Resnick's book is good enough.
Good luck with your preparations!