Syllabus
JCECE Syllabus: Sections and Topics Covered
Jharkhand Combined Entrance Competitive Examination 2026 (PCM)
An even three-way split across Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics, 50 questions each, means the coverage below is the closest thing on this site to a balanced engineering syllabus: no section repays disproportionate revision and a weakness anywhere costs the same third. The topics are pitched at 10+2 rather than at the polytechnic level the same board uses for its PECE paper, which is the distinction to check before picking up material.
Sections official, topics ours. The section names and counts below are from the official pattern. The topics under them are what this site's own tests cover, not a list the exam body publishes.
Physics
50 questions · 50 marks- • Alternating current
- • Angular impulse
- • Atoms
- • Bernoulli principle
- • Calorimetry
- • Capacitance
- • Centre of mass
- • Circular motion
- • Current electricity
- • Dielectrics
- • Diffraction
- • Digital electronics
- • Electric potential
- • Electrical power
- • Electromagnetic induction
- • Electromagnetic waves
- • Electrostatics
- • Escape speed
Showing 18 of 50 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 50 questions built here.
Chemistry
50 questions · 50 marks- • Atomic structure
- • Chemical bonding
- • Acid-base chemistry
- • Alcohols
- • Aldehydes and ketones
- • Amines
- • Amino acids
- • Aromatic substitution
- • Arrhenius equation
- • Biomolecules
- • Buffers
- • Carbonyl compounds
- • Carboxylic acid derivatives
- • Chemical equilibrium
- • Chemical kinetics
- • Chemistry in everyday life
- • Colligative properties
- • Coordination chemistry
Showing 18 of 48 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 50 questions built here.
Mathematics
50 questions · 50 marks- • Differential equations
- • Matrices
- • Statistics
- • Vectors
- • Applications of derivatives
- • Area under curves
- • Arithmetic progression
- • Binomial theorem
- • Chain rule
- • Circle
- • Combinations
- • Complex numbers
- • Conditional probability
- • Continuity
- • Coordinate geometry
- • Definite integration
- • Determinants
- • Differentiation
Showing 18 of 44 topic labels, the ones carrying the most of the 50 questions built here.
Section pattern source: the official notice, checked 2 September 2026.
Frequently asked questions
What sections does the JCECE syllabus cover?
There are 3 sections: Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics. Those names, and the question counts and marks beside them, come from the official pattern, checked 2 September 2026. What sits under each of them on this page is a different thing: 142 topic labels drawn from the 150 questions built here for this exam, which is a map of what you can practise rather than a list the exam body published.
Is this the official JCECE syllabus?
No, and the page says so rather than leaving you to work it out. The section pattern is official and linked to the notice it came from; the topics beneath it are the ones this site's own tests cover. They are useful for two things: seeing what you can practise here, and checking a syllabus you already have for gaps. For the syllabus itself, read the exam body's own document, because a topic list assembled from a question bank can be narrower than the syllabus and never wider in a way you should trust.
How many questions are there in the JCECE paper, and how long is it?
The paper is 150 questions for 150 marks in 180 minutes. Wrong answers are penalised 0.25 per question. Knowing that alongside the syllabus is what turns a topic list into a plan: it tells you how many marks each section is actually worth and how many minutes you can afford per question.
How do I practise the JCECE syllabus?
Sit a full mock before working down any topic list. A list tells you what can be asked; it does not tell you which parts are costing you marks, and that is rarely where a candidate expects. There are 4 free tests for JCECE here, and the sectional ones let you rebuild a single section once the full paper has shown you which one needs it.