MHT CET Physics chapter-wise weightage
Questions per paper for every Physics chapter in MHT CET, from 54 papers from 2021–2025. The heaviest chapters were Alternating Current Circuits, Semiconductor Devices, Electromagnetic Induction.
| Chapter | Questions per paper | Share of Physics | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alternating Current Circuits | 3.19 | 6.4% | 3.07 | 3.38 | 3.08 | 3.0 | 3.2 |
| Semiconductor Devices | 2.65 | 5.3% | 2.73 | 2.56 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.3 |
| Electromagnetic Induction | 2.57 | 5.1% | 2.6 | 2.38 | 2.83 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Electrostatics | 2.46 | 4.9% | 2.47 | 2.75 | 2.08 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Magnetic Effect of Current & Moving Charge | 2.46 | 4.9% | 2.27 | 2.38 | 2.75 | 2.0 | 2.6 |
| Mechanical Waves (Sound Waves) | 2.44 | 4.9% | 2.93 | 2.38 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| Thermodynamics | 2.43 | 4.9% | 2.27 | 2.69 | 2.25 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| Rotational Dynamics | 2.37 | 4.7% | 2.47 | 2.5 | 2.25 | 1.0 | 2.3 |
| Current Electricity | 2.35 | 4.7% | 2.33 | 2.44 | 2.08 | 3.0 | 2.5 |
| Simple Harmonic Motion | 2.15 | 4.3% | 2.33 | 2.31 | 1.58 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
| Viscosity & Surface Tension | 2.15 | 4.3% | 2.13 | 1.94 | 2.17 | 3.0 | 2.4 |
| Gravitation | 1.93 | 3.9% | 1.2 | 2.12 | 2.33 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
| Capacitor | 1.87 | 3.7% | 1.87 | 1.62 | 1.92 | 3.0 | 2.1 |
| Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter | 1.85 | 3.7% | 1.87 | 1.88 | 1.75 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| Wave Optics & Interference | 1.81 | 3.6% | 1.6 | 1.81 | 1.92 | 1.0 | 2.1 |
| Refraction & Prisms | 1.69 | 3.4% | 0.93 | 2.0 | 1.83 | 2.0 | 2.1 |
| Heat Transfer Mechanisms | 1.5 | 3.0% | 1.6 | 1.19 | 1.58 | 1.0 | 1.8 |
| Mechanical Waves (String Waves) | 1.46 | 2.9% | 1.07 | 1.62 | 1.83 | 2.0 | 1.3 |
| Atoms | 1.44 | 2.9% | 1.2 | 1.62 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.4 |
| Kinetic Theory of Gases | 1.43 | 2.9% | 1.53 | 1.31 | 1.58 | 2.0 | 1.2 |
| Circular Motion Dynamics | 1.13 | 2.3% | 1.2 | 0.88 | 1.25 | 3.0 | 1.1 |
| Diffraction & Polarization | 1.02 | 2.0% | 1.27 | 0.88 | 1.08 | 2.0 | 0.7 |
| Kinematics in 1D & 2D | 0.8 | 1.6% | 0.8 | 0.81 | 0.83 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Centre of Mass & Collisions | 0.69 | 1.4% | 0.6 | 0.56 | 0.92 | 0.0 | 0.8 |
| Magnetism & Magnetic Materials | 0.69 | 1.4% | 0.8 | 0.62 | 0.58 | 1.0 | 0.7 |
| Laws of Motion & Friction | 0.5 | 1.0% | 0.8 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.0 | 0.3 |
| Thermometry, Expansion & Calorimetry | 0.48 | 1.0% | 0.47 | 0.5 | 0.58 | 1.0 | 0.3 |
| Nuclei | 0.46 | 0.9% | 0.6 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Work, Energy & Power | 0.46 | 0.9% | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.33 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
| Fluid Dynamics | 0.43 | 0.9% | 0.4 | 0.56 | 0.58 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Units, Dimensions & Error Analysis | 0.41 | 0.8% | 1.47 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Fluid Statics | 0.39 | 0.8% | 0.2 | 0.62 | 0.33 | 0.0 | 0.4 |
| Optical Instruments | 0.11 | 0.2% | 0.13 | 0.19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Ray Optics & Spherical Reflection | 0.09 | 0.2% | 0.07 | 0.19 | 0.08 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Electromagnetic Waves | 0.07 | 0.1% | 0.07 | 0.0 | 0.17 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| Laboratory Protocols & Experimental Physics | 0.06 | 0.1% | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Elastic Properties of Solids | 0.02 | 0.0% | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.08 | 0.0 | 0.0 |