Subject: Physics Full Marks: 40
1. Mechanics
1.1
Physical Quantities, Vector and Kinematics: Dimensions, Resolution and
Polygon laws of Vector, Vector
Algebra, Equations of Motions, Projectile Motion, Relative Motion
1.2
Newton’s Laws of Motion and Friction: Conservation of linear momentum, Applications of Newton’s
Laws in Equilibrium and Non-equilibrium, laws of Solid Friction and verification
1.3
Work, Energy and Power:
Work-Energy theorem, Kinetic and Potential energy, Conservation of Energy,
Conservative and non-conservative forces, Elastic and inelastic collisions
1.4
Circular motion, Gravitation and SHM: Centripetal force, Conical Pendulum,
Banking of Track, Gravitational Potential, variation of g, Motion of satellite, Rocket
launch technology, Energy
in SHM, Spring
-Mass system, simple
Pendulum, Damped and Forced oscillation, resonance
1.5
Rotational Dynamics: Moment of Inertia,
Radius of Gyration,
Rotational KE, Center of gravity
and center of mass, Torque, Conservation of Angular momentum
1.6 Elasticity: Hook’s
law, Young modulus,
Bulk modulus, modulus
of rigidity, Poissons’ ratio, elastic energy
1.7
Fluid Mechanics: buoyancy,
flotation, Archimedes’ principle, surface tension, capillarity and applications, viscosity, Newton,
Stoke and Poiseuille’s formula, Reynold number,
continuity equation, Bernoulli’s equation
2. Heat and Thermodynamics
2.1 Temperature and Quantity of Heat: Thermal
Equilibrium, Specific heat,
latent heat Method
of Mixture, Measurement of
specific heat and latent heat, Newton’s law of cooling, triple point
2.2 Thermal expansion: Expansion of Solid
& Liquid, Measurement and Applications of expansions
2.3 Transfer of Heat: Conduction, Convection, Radiation, Thermal
Conductivity, Black body radiation, Stefan-Boltzmann law
2.4 Thermal
properties of Matter: Molecular Properties of matter, Kinetic Theory of gases,
heat capacities of gases and solids
2.5 Laws of Thermodynamics: First
law, Heat and Work, relation
of specific heat of gas, thermodynamics
processes, Second law, Heat engine, efficiency, Carnot Cycle, Otto Cycle,
Diesel cycle, Refrigerator, Entropy.
3. Geometric and Physical
Optics
3.1 Reflection: Plane
and Curved Mirror,
Mirror Formula
3.2 Refraction: Plane Surface, Critical
Angle, Total Internal
Reflection, Lateral shift,
Prism, Minimum Deviation, Lenses, Lens Formula,
Lens maker’s formula,
Combination of lenses in contact, Optical Fiber
3.3 Dispersion: Spectrum,
Dispersive Power, Chromatic
Aberration, Achromatism,
Spherical Aberration, Scattering of light
3.4
Nature and Propagation of Light: Huygen’s
principle, Velocity of light
3.5 Interference: Coherent sources,
Young’s double slit experiment
3.6 Diffraction: Fraunhoffer diffraction, Diffraction grating,
Resolving power
3.7 Polarization: Brewster’s law, Transverse nature of light,
Polaroid
4. Waves and Sound
4.1 Wave Motion: Travelling and Stationary wave
4.2 Mechanical Waves: velocity of sound in solid, gas and liquid,
effect of temperature, pressure, humidity
4.3
Waves in Pipes
and String: closed
and Open pipes,
Resonance, Resonance Tube,
string, laws of vibration of fixed string
4.4
Acoustic Phenomena: Pressure
amplitude, intensity level,
quality and pitch,
Ultrasonic and Infrasonic, Doppler’s effect
5. Electricity & Magnetism
5.1 Electrostatics:
Coulomb’s law, Electric field and Gauss law, Potential and potential gradient,
Capacitors, combination of capacitors, types of capacitors, effect of dielectrics, Energy stored by capacitors, polarization and displacement
5.2 DC Circuits:
Ohm’s law, resistivity and conductivity, work and power,
Galvanometer and Ohm meter,
internal resistance, Joule’s law, Kirchhoff’s law and applications
5.3 Thermoelectric Effect:
Seebeck effect, Thermocouples, Peltier effect, Thermopile, Thomson effect
5.4 Magnetic
effect: Force on a conductor and charge, Torque, Hall’s effect, Biot-Savart’s
law, Ampere’s law, Force between parallel conductors
5.5 Magnetic properties of matter: Earth magnetism, magnetic
materials, permeability, susceptibility, hysteresis
5.6 Electromagnetic
Induction: Faraday’s law, Induced emf, AC Generators, Self and mutual
induction, energy stored by inductor, transformer
5.7 Alternating Currents:
RMS value, Phasor
diagram of capacitance, inductance and resistance, Quality factor, Power
factor
6.
Modern Physics
6.1
Electrons: Millikons’s experiment, Cathode rays, specific
charge
6.2 Photons & Quantization of Energy: Photoelectric effect, Plank’s constant,
Bohr’s theory, spectral
series, De Broglie theory,
Uncertainty principle, X-ray and Bragg’s law, Laser
6.3 Solids & Semiconductor Devices:
Intrinsic and extrinsic semiconductors, P-N junction, Rectification, Zener
diode, Transistor, Logic gates
6.4 Radioactivity & Nuclear Reaction: Atomic
mass, Isotopes, Nuclear density, Einstein’s mass energy relation, mass defect, fission & fusion, law of
radioactive disintegration, carbon dating, health
hazard
6.5 Recent Trends
in Physics
6.5.1 Particle Physics:
Particle and anti-particle, Quarks, Lepton, Baryon,
Mesons, Higgs Boson
6.5.2 Universe: Big Bang and Hubble’s Law, Dark Matter,
Gravitational Wave, Black Hole
6.5.3
Seismology: Pressure wave, Surface Wave, Internal wave
6.5.4 Telecommunication: Radio,
TV and Mobile, GPS and Remote sensing
6.5.5
Environment: Energy Crisis,
Environment Pollution, Ozone
Layer
6.5.6
New Technology & Materials: Nano-technology, super conductor & Perfect conductor