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As I m studying undergraduate in chemistry i want to do my postgraduate in IIT. So may i know what type of materials to be needed to prepare for JAM entrance exam ?

JAM stands for Joint Admission Test.

This exam is conducted by IIT(Indian Institute of Technology) for taking admission to do M.Sc in Physics/ChemistryMathematics/Geology/Bio-Technology/Computer applications.

Materials(Books) required to prepare for JAM Chemistry:-

# PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY:-

* Basic Mathematical Concept:-

1. Differential Equation & Matrices–Shanti Narayan.
2. Engineering Mathematics–B.S. Grewal.

* Atomic Structure:-

1. Physical Chemistry–Peter W. Atkins.
2. Physical Chemistry–Puri, Sharma, Pathania.

* Theory of Gases:-

1. Physical Chemistry–Peter W. Atkins.
2. Physical Chemistry–Puri, Sharma, Pathania.

* Chemical Thermodynamics:-

1. Physical Chemistry–Thomas Engel & Phillip Reid.
2. Basic Physical Chemistry–Peter W. Atkins.

* Chemical and Phase Equilibria:-

1. Principals of Chemical Equilibrium & Phase Rule –K.G. Denbigh.
2. Phase Rule –Gurdeep Raj.

* Electrochemistry:-

1. An Introduction to Electrochemistry–Samuel Glasstone.
2. Electrochemistry–Philip H. Rieger.
3. A text book of Physical Chemistry (Vol-III)- K. L. Kapoor.

* Chemical Kinetics:-

1. Chemical Kinetics – Keith J. Laidler.
2. Physical Chemistry– Thomas Engel & Phillip Reid.
3. A text book of Physical Chemistry (Vol-V)- K. L. Kapoor.

* Solid State:-

1. Solid State–Peter W. Atkins.
2. Solid Slate Physics – R.K. Puri & V.K.Babbar.

* Adsorption:-

1. Surface Chemistry –A. Goel.
2. Introduction to Surface Chemistry & Catalysis – Gabor A. Somorjai.

# ORGANIC CHEMISTRY:-

* Basic Concepts in Organic Chemistry and Stereochemistry:-

1. Stereochemistry Conformation and Mechanism-P.S. Kalsi.
2. Stereochemistry of Organic Compound - E. L. Eliel.

* Aromaticity and Huckel’s rule:-

1. Organic Chemistry (Vol-I) - I. L. Finar.

* Organic reaction Mechanism and synthetic applications:-

1. Organic Chemistry-Clayden, Greeves, Warner and Wothers.
2. Organic Chemistry- T.W. Graham Solomons.
3. Organic Chemistry -Morrison & Boyd.

* Natural Products Chemistry:-

1. Organic Chemistry (Vol-II) - I. L. Finar.

* Heterocyclic Chemistry:-

1. Organic Chemistry (Vol-I) - I. L. Finar.

* Qualitative organic Analysis:-

1. Qualitative Organic Analysis - A. I. Vogel.

# INORGANIC CHEMISTRY:-

* Periodic Table:-

1. Concise Inorganic Chemistry - J. D. Lee.
2. Basic Inorganic Chemistry -F. A. Cotton & Wilkinson.

* Chemical Bonding and Shapes of compounds:-

1. Inorganic Chemistry - J. E. Huheey.
2. Inorganic Chemistry - Meissler & Tarr.

* Main Group Elements (s and p blocks):-

1. Concise Inorganic Chemistry - J. D. Lee.

* Transition Metal (d block):-

1. Concise Inorganic Chemistry - J. D. Lee.
2. Inorganic Chemistry -Meissler & Tarr.

* Analytical Chemistry:-

1. Quantitative Inorganic Analysis - A. I. Vogel.

* Bioinorganic Chemistry:-

1. Inorganic Chemistry – Shriver & Atkins
2. Inorganic Chemistry – James E. Huheey, E.A. Keiter, R. L. Keiter, O. K. Medhi.

* Instrumental Method of Analysis:-

1. Instrumental method - Skoog, Holler & Crouch.

# JAM stands for Joint Admission Test.

# IIT-JAM is an entrance examination conducted usually in the month of February every year for making admission into master degree or postgraduate degree programmes at followings institutes:

* Indian Institute of Science
* Indian Institutes of Technology
* and many more institutes

# Suggested reference books for IIT-JAM Chemistry are:

* Ramesh Publishing House IIT-JAM M.Sc. (Chemistry) Previous Years Solved Papers
* Organic Chemistry by Morrison and Boyd
* Inorganic Chemistry by J.D. Lee
* IIT-JAM Entrance Exam Mock Tests by Amit Aggrawal
* IIT Chemistry by O.P. Aggrawal
* Physical Chemistry by O.P. Tendon

# Few useful tips for candidates who are preparing for IIT-JAM:

* As IIT-JAM is conducted though online mode. So it is required that candidate should be proficient in computer applications
* Solve out more and more old and mock tests as possible.
* Refer standard books of university authors while preparing for the examination.
* Make a short pocket notes and keep them in your pocket. Whenever you get leisure time you should revise them.
* Candidate should not study any new chapter/topic just before the examination. As it may create confusion, panic and fear.
* Candidate should focus more on topics/chapters which have more weightage.