i am sam i have started my preperation from 12 std i dont go for any coaching i am studying nearly 6-8 hrs will i be able to crack iitjee 2012 any tips?

definitely..go through the following books for better study..

SUGGESTED BOOKS

1. Physics:

Text Books: For solving problems and understanding basics  

Ø      Concept of Physics Volume 1 & Volume 2, By H C Verma

Ø      Problems in General Physics, By I.E. Irodov (For selected problems)

Reference Books: For understanding doubts

Ø      Fundamentals of Physics, By Halliday, Resnick & Walker

Ø      The Feynman Lectures on Physics Volume 1 & Volume 2, By R.P. Feynman (Very nice book, all the fundamentals are well emphasized.)

2. Chemistry

2.1 Physical Chemistry:

Text Books: For solving problems and understanding basics

Ø      Numerical Chemistry, By R.C. Mukhrjee (One must solve all the numerical problems of R.C. Mukhrjee, It's worked out examples are very good.)

Ø      Physical Chemistry, By P. Bahadur (For reading theory)

Reference Books: For understanding doubts

Ø      Physical Chemistry, By P.W. Atkins

Ø      University Chemistry, By Bruce H. Mahan

Ø      General Chemistry, By Ebbing

2.2 Organic Chemistry:

Text Books: For solving problems and understanding basics

Ø      Organic Chemistry, By Arihant Prakashan (One has to be careful as it contains several errors. But very nice book, all the topics are given in a nice sequence.)

Reference Books: For understanding doubts

Ø      Organic Chemistry, By Solomons (I would strongly recommend this book. All the fundamentals of reaction mechanisms are well emphasized. You don't need any tutor if you have this book.)

Ø      Organic Chemistry, By Morrison & Boyd

Ø      Organic Chemistry Volume 1, By I. L. Finar

2.3 Inorganic Chemistry:

Text Books: For solving problems and understanding basics

Ø      NCERT, Chemistry XI & XII

Ø      Inorganic Chemistry, By Arihant Prakashan

Reference Books: For understanding doubts

Ø      Concise Inorganic Chemistry, By J.D. Lee

Mathematics:

Text Books: For solving problems and understanding basics

Ø      Higher Algebra, By Hall & Knight (Complex Number, Series & Sequence of this book is very nice.)

Ø      Problems in Calculus of One Variable, By I.A. Maron (Very nice book, one must solve function, Limit & Continuity, Differential, Integral & Definite Integral of this book.)

Ø      Co-ordinate Geometry, By S. L. Loney (Its conic section is very nice. Sometimes even the problem in the Mains is directly from this book. This happened with me.)

Ø      Plane Trigonometry Part I, By S. L. Loney

Ø      Vectors & 3-D Geometry, By Arihant Prakashan

Ø      Mathematics, By Tata Macgraw Hill (TMH)

Reference Books: For understanding doubts

Ø      Calculus, By J. Edward

Ø      Vector, By Shanti Narayan

The above list of books is more than enough to clear IIT JEE, if one solves problems honestly. Those who are interested in looking more books can go through the list which is given below.

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Dear sam carey,

Reference Books for IITJEE 

Hope this will be enough for your preparation for IIT-JEE !!!

Hope this helped you immensely...

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