NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF – Chapter-wise Free Download (2026-27)

What Is NCERT Exemplar and Why Does It Matter for Class 12 Physics?

NCERT Exemplar is a supplementary problem book published by NCERT alongside the standard textbook. Every chapter of the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF has five types of questions:

• MCQ I: multiple-choice questions with a single correct answer
• MCQ II: multiple-choice questions with one or more correct answers
• Very Short Answer (VSA): quick conceptual checks
• Short Answer (SA): reasoning and short numericals
• Long Answer (LA): multi-step derivations and numericals

💡 Expert Tip by Saransh Gupta Sir: "If you are targeting JEE Main or a high board score, don't skip the Exemplar. Its questions test the same concepts as your textbook but from directions that need real understanding, not just memory. Solve the Exemplar only after you've completed the NCERT chapter."

Class 12 Physics has 14 chapters across two books for 2026-27. The NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF follows the same order, so you can use it chapter by chapter alongside your regular study schedule.

NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF – All 14 Chapters Download

Click any chapter below to open the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF for that chapter:

Note for 2026-27: NCERT rationalised the Class 12 Physics textbook but has not released a new Exemplar. So a few questions in the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF are on topics that are no longer in the textbook, such as the potentiometer, Earth's magnetism, eddy currents, LC oscillations, transistors and logic gates. You can skip these for the board exam.

Chapter-wise Overview: What Each Class 12 Physics Exemplar Chapter Covers

Here is what each chapter of the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF covers in the 2026-27 syllabus.

Electrostatics and Current Electricity (Chapters 1–3)

Chapter 1 — Electric Charges and Fields: Coulomb's law, electric field due to point charges, dipoles, continuous charge distributions, Gauss's law and its applications. Exemplar questions push Gauss's law beyond simple symmetric cases.

Chapter 2 — Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance: Electric potential, potential due to a dipole, equipotential surfaces, capacitors in series and parallel, energy stored and dielectrics. The Exemplar tests energy and dielectric calculations at a deeper level.

Chapter 3 — Current Electricity: Ohm's law, drift velocity, resistivity, combinations of resistors, cells, Kirchhoff's rules and the Wheatstone bridge. A numerical chapter; Exemplar problems often involve multi-loop circuits.

Magnetism and Electromagnetic Induction (Chapters 4–7)

Chapter 4 — Moving Charges and Magnetism: Magnetic force, motion in a magnetic field, Biot-Savart law, Ampere's circuital law, solenoid, force between parallel currents, torque on a current loop and the moving coil galvanometer. The Exemplar tests superposition of fields and circular motion of charged particles.

Chapter 5 — Magnetism and Matter: Bar magnet, magnetic dipole moment, magnetisation and the magnetic properties of materials (dia-, para- and ferromagnetism). A shorter chapter with mostly conceptual Exemplar questions.

Chapter 6 — Electromagnetic Induction: Faraday's and Lenz's laws, motional EMF, and self and mutual inductance. Exemplar questions combine Faraday's law with circuit analysis.

Chapter 7 — Alternating Current: RMS values, AC through R, L and C, the series LCR circuit, resonance, power factor and transformers. One of the most numerical chapters, so Exemplar practice helps a lot here.

Electromagnetic Waves and Optics (Chapters 8–10)

Chapter 8 — Electromagnetic Waves: Displacement current, the nature of EM waves and the electromagnetic spectrum. A short chapter; the Exemplar focuses on conceptual clarity.

Chapter 9 — Ray Optics and Optical Instruments: Reflection, refraction, total internal reflection, lenses, prisms and optical instruments (microscope, telescope). Rich in ray-diagram and formula-based questions.

Chapter 10 — Wave Optics: Huygens' principle, interference (Young's double slit experiment), diffraction and polarisation. Exemplar questions on YDSE are good practice for JEE Main.

💡 Expert Tip by Saransh Gupta Sir: "Ray Optics and Wave Optics together carry significant weight in both CBSE boards and JEE Main. Their Exemplar problems are among the most JEE-relevant in Class 12 Physics, so prioritise them."

Modern Physics (Chapters 11–13)

Chapter 11 — Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter: Photoelectric effect, Einstein's equation, wave nature of matter and de Broglie wavelength. The Exemplar tests photoelectric calculations and graph reading.

Chapter 12 — Atoms: Rutherford's model, Bohr's model, energy levels and the hydrogen spectrum. Exemplar problems include transitions between energy levels and wavelength calculations.

Chapter 13 — Nuclei: Composition and size of the nucleus, mass-energy and binding energy, nuclear force, radioactivity, and nuclear energy (fission and fusion). The Exemplar tests binding-energy, decay and energy-release calculations.

Semiconductor Electronics (Chapter 14)

Chapter 14 — Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits: Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, the p-n junction, the semiconductor diode and the diode as a rectifier. Exemplar questions on diode circuits are useful; skip the ones on transistors and logic gates, which are no longer in the textbook.

How to Use the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF Effectively

Follow this sequence to get the most from the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF:

1. Complete the NCERT chapter first. Read the full chapter, understand the derivations and solve the textbook exercises before opening the Exemplar for that chapter.
2. Attempt the questions in the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF without looking at answers. If you get stuck, note exactly where: the concept, the formula or the calculation.
3. Check answers with the answer key above. For wrong answers, go back to the concept gap instead of just reading the answer and moving on.
4. For board exams, focus on short and long answer questions. They are closest to the 3-mark and 5-mark board questions.
5. For JEE Main and NEET, focus on MCQ I and MCQ II. The multiple-correct MCQs are especially good practice for concept-based exam questions.
6. Revise your Exemplar mistakes. Keep a list of every question you got wrong and revisit it two weeks before your board or JEE exam.

Where to find class 12 physics exemplar solutions

The answer key of the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF gives answers and hints for every chapter. For chapter-wise Physics notes and revision sheets, visit eSaral's Physics Notes page. For the standard textbook, see NCERT Class 12 Physics Book PDF.

Conclusion

1. The NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF covers all 14 chapters of the 2026-27 syllabus and is free from NCERT, with an answer key.
2. Use it after the textbook, one chapter at a time, and skip the few questions on topics removed from the book.
3. Prioritise high-weightage chapters such as Current Electricity, Alternating Current, Ray Optics, Wave Optics and Modern Physics.

Bookmark this page and come back to the NCERT Exemplar Class 12 Physics PDF links each time you start a new chapter.

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