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Please suggest me some help books for classes 11 and 12 as I am entering class 11. Aspiring for IIT

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Comments

HC Verma and IE Irodov For Physics is the must

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

I E Irodov is not really a must have book . It's just for those who want to do it .

Many of my friends are studying in IITs and they didn't even buy that book . Mostly , it's just a popular folklore that Irodov is a must for clearing JEE .

However , for clearing the NSEP level exams , it'll be a bad choice not to use it .

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

Well, I think Studying Physics should be aimed to acquire knowledge , not to clear any examination. Irodov is a must as it tests your foundation skills

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Swapnil Das – Yeah, I agree with you that everyone must acquire knowledge first . But do you think that everyone can get to like a subject just because others like it ?

It's almost as if you are making Jahnvi believe that to gain knowledge in Physics, you must solve that book . You aren't making your point very clear , that's what I wanted to point out .

Don't get me wrong :)

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

@A Former Brilliant Member – No, No, You are also very right on your part

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

Do you practise from Irodov??

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – I do Practice.( Though younger) But some questions seem unsolvable!

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Swapnil Das – I too try it sometimes but right now I'm in 10 class so I'm to solve some probs.

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – Is it a right book for me? ( I had started doing from class 8)

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Swapnil Das – Yes, I think you should keep trying it. It would be benificial for you in future.

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – Are You really 14?

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Swapnil Das – Yup!!

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – Then U are reading 1 year advance?

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Swapnil Das – Well I'm actually 15 but acc. to my Birth Certificate I'm 14.

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – I'm also 13 by my birth certificate.

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – As of now , I don't do . Actually I have never felt the need to do so . I practice from my Resonance DLPD material and for extra knowledge , I refer to Resnick , Halliday and here .

I was introduced to Feynman lectures by my friend @Kartik Sharma .

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

@A Former Brilliant Member – And which books you use for maths BTW I'm from Resonance(Kota).

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – Haha , I have a cupboard full of Maths books!

Frankly if I were to suggest you Maths books , go for the Reso Books itself , especially some of the DLPD books contain really good theory .(I'm sure @Pranjal Jain will agree with me too ) You know this time , he's gonna come out to be JEE AIR 1 .

Coming back to the topic , some of the books that I have are :

Coordinate Geo , Integral Calc , Differential Calc . from Arihant
Higher Algebra (H&K)
Coord. Geo by SL Loney
and the rest are just ebooks and the wikis from that I downloaded from the Internet .

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

@A Former Brilliant Member – Is Higher Algebra beneficial for a student of Class 9( As I brought a copy a week ago)?

Swapnil Das - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Swapnil Das – I have learnt Synthetic Division and Theory of Equations from there , I really don't know much about the rest . Sorry .

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Swapnil Das – It's a great book you must surely try it.

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@A Former Brilliant Member – Ye I too agree with you as I have gone through reso books and they really good (that's why I chose reso :P). Which coaching are you from ??

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – Actually it's a not so good coaching centre called IIT Ashram , based in Vadodara . It's really bad , I just regret joining it since I had to do all the hard work myself , there's no one to help you there .

My abilities had diminished because of the teaching there . So I had to do a lot of hard work on my own from last December to become what I am now .

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

@A Former Brilliant Member – Don't worry bro your Hard Work will surely help you reaching Bombay.

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Shubhendra Singh – Thanks :)

A Former Brilliant Member - 6 years, 2 months ago

@A Former Brilliant Member – Indeed! Reso's material and faculties both are awesome. I will miss them in IIT.

As far as books are concerned, I prefer reso's material (I don't know about dlp, I am from classroom). I usually do TMH for Maths, MS Chauhan's book (HOD, Organic, Vibrant), Deb Mukherjee and HCV for physics. And of course, previous years papers (40 years). The order of importance is Reso Material>JEE previous years' question>Other books.

@Azhaghu Roopesh M I won't get JEE 1, very obviously. There are many contenders like you and Ronak for that rank.

Pranjal Jain - 6 years, 2 months ago

@Pranjal Jain – @Calvin Lin Can you fix these Block letters? Thanks

Pranjal Jain - 6 years, 2 months ago

You can have Higher Algebra and Problems in Mathematics for Mathematics BTW I'm also entering in class 11.

Shubhendra Singh - 6 years, 2 months ago

You should prefer books of cengage publication for jee advanced .

Prashant Kr - 6 years, 2 months ago

Math	Appears as
Remember to wrap math in `\(` ... `\)` or `\[` ... `\]` to ensure proper formatting.
`2 \times 3`	$2 \times 3$
`2^{34}`	$2^{34}$
`a_{i-1}`	$a_{i-1}$
`\frac{2}{3}`	$\frac{2}{3}$
`\sqrt{2}`	$\sqrt{2}$
`\sum_{i=1}^3`	$\sum_{i=1}^3$
`\sin \theta`	$\sin \theta$
`\boxed{123}`	$\boxed{123}$