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| IITJEE 2010 Syllabus |
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| Physics |
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| General: |
| Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis; least
count, significant figures; Methods of measurement and error
analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the following
experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier calipers and
screw gauge (micrometer), Determination of g using simple
pendulum, Young's modulus by Searle's method, Specific heat of
a liquid using calorimeter, focal length of a concave mirror
and a convex lens using u-v method, Speed of sound using
resonance column, Verification of Ohm's law using voltmeter and
ammeter, and specific resistance of the material of a wire
using meter bridge and post office box. |
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| Mechanics: |
Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian
coordinates only), projectiles; Uniform Circular motion;
Relative velocity.
Newton's laws of motion; Inertial and uniformly accelerated
frames of reference; Static and dynamic friction; Kinetic and
potential energy; Work and power; Conservation of linear
momentum and mechanical energy.
Systems of particles; Centre of mass and its motion; Impulse;
Elastic and inelastic collisions.
Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field;
Acceleration due to gravity; Motion of planets and satellites
in circular orbits; Escape velocity.
Rigid body, moment of inertia, parallel and perpendicular axes
theorems, moment of inertia of uniform bodies with simple
geometrical shapes; Angular momentum; Torque; Conservation of
angular momentum; Dynamics of rigid bodies with fixed axis of
rotation; Rolling without slipping of rings, cylinders and
spheres; Equilibrium of rigid bodies; Collision of point masses
with rigid bodies.
Linear and angular simple harmonic motions.
Hooke's law, Young's modulus.
Pressure in a fluid; Pascal's law; Buoyancy; Surface energy and
surface tension, capillary rise; Viscosity (Poiseuille's
equation excluded), Stoke's law; Terminal velocity, Streamline
flow, equation of continuity, Bernoulli's theorem and its
applications.
Wave motion (plane waves only), longitudinal and transverse
waves, superposition of waves; Progressive and stationary
waves; Vibration of strings and air columns;Resonance; Beats;
Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound).
Thermal physics: Thermal expansion of solids, liquids and
gases; Calorimetry, latent heat; Heat conduction in one
dimension; Elementary concepts of convection and radiation;
Newton's law of cooling; Ideal gas laws; Specific heats (Cv and
Cp for monoatomic and diatomic gases); Isothermal and adiabatic
processes, bulk modulus of gases; Equivalence of heat and work;
First law of thermodynamics and its applications (only for
ideal gases); Blackbody radiation: absorptive and emissive
powers; Kirchhoff's law; Wien's displacement law, Stefan's law. |
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| Electricity and magnetism: |
Coulomb's law; Electric field and potential;
Electrical potential energy of a system of point charges and of
electrical dipoles in a uniform electrostatic field; Electric
field lines; Flux of electric field; Gauss's law and its
application in simple cases, such as, to find field due to
infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane
sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and without
dielectrics; Capacitors in series and parallel; Energy stored
in a capacitor.
Electric current; Ohm's law; Series and parallel arrangements
of resistances and cells; Kirchhoff's laws and simple
applications; Heating effect of current.
Biot-Savart's law and Ampere's law; Magnetic field near a
current-carrying straight wire, along the axis of a circular
coil and inside a long straight solenoid; Force on a moving
charge and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic
field.
Magnetic moment of a current loop; Effect of a uniform magnetic
field on a current loop; Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter,
ammeter and their conversions.
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law, Lenz's law; Self and
mutual inductance; RC, LR and LC circuits with d.c. and a.c.
sources. |
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| Optics: |
Rectilinear propagation of light; Reflection and
refraction at plane and spherical surfaces; Total internal
reflection; Deviation and dispersion of light by a prism; Thin
lenses; Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses;
Magnification.
Wave nature of light: Huygen's principle, interference limited
to Young's double-slit experiment.'s Mean Value Theorem. |
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| Modern physics: |
| Atomic nucleus; Alpha, beta and gamma radiations; Law
of radioactive decay; Decay constant; Half-life and mean life;
Binding energy and its calculation; Fission and fusion
processes; Energy calculation in these processes. Photoelectric
effect; Bohr's theory of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic
and continuous X-rays, Moseley's law; de Broglie wavelength of
matter waves. |
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