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| Tentative List
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| PHYSICS |
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| The syllabus contains two Sections - A and
B. Section - A pertains to the Theory Part having 80%
weightage, while Section - B contains Practical Component
(Experimental Skills) having 20% weightage. |
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| SECTION A |
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| UNIT 1: |
PHYSICS AND MEASUREMENT |
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Physics, technology and society, S I units,
Fundamental and derived units. Least count, accuracy and
precision of measuring instruments, Errors in measurement,
Significant figures. Dimensions of Physical quantities,
dimensional analysis and its applications. |
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| UNIT 2: |
KINEMATICS |
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Frame of reference. Motion in a straight line:
Position-time graph, speed and velocity. Uniform and
non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity
Uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time, position- time
graphs, relations for uniformly accelerated motion. Scalars and
Vectors, Vector addition and Subtraction, Zero Vector, Scalar
and Vector products, Unit Vector, Resolution of a Vector.
Relative Velocity, Motion in a plane, Projectile Motion,
Uniform Circular Motion. |
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| UNIT 3: |
LAWS OF MOTION |
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Force and Inertia, Newton's First Law of motion;
Momentum, Newton's Second Law of motion; Impulse; Newton's
Third Law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and
its applications, Equilibrium of concurrent forces.
Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling
friction.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion: Centripetal force and its
applications. |
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WORK, ENERGY AND POWER |
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Work done by a constant force and a variable force;
kinetic and potential energies, workenergy theorem, power.
Potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical
energy, conservative and nonconservative forces; Elastic and
inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions. |
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ROTATIONAL MOTION |
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Centre of mass of a two-particle system, Centre of
mass of a rigid body; Basic concepts of rotational motion;
moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of
angular momentum and its applications; moment of inertia,
radius of gyration. Values of moments of inertia for simple
geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems
and their applications. Rigid body rotation, equations of
rotational motion. |
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GRAVITATION |
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The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to
gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Kepler's
laws of planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy;
gravitational potential. Escape velocity. Orbital velocity of a
satellite. Geo-stationary satellites. |
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PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND LIQUIDS |
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Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke's
Law, Young's modulus, bulk modulus, modulus of rigidity.
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal's law and its
applications. Viscosity, Stokes' law, terminal velocity,
streamline and turbulent flow, Reynolds number. Bernoulli's
principle and its applications. Surface energy and surface
tension, angle of contact, application of surface tension -
drops, bubbles and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal
expansion; specific heat capacity, calorimetry; change of
state, latent heat. Heat transfer- conduction, convection and
radiation, Newton's law of cooling. |
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THERMODYNAMICS |
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Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics,
concept of temperature. Heat, work and internal energy. First
law of thermodynamics. Second law of thermodynamics: reversible
and irreversible processes. Carnot engine and its efficiency. |
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KINETIC THEORY OF GASES |
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Equation of state of a perfect gas, work doneon
compressing a gas.Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions,
concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature: rms speed
of gas molecules; Degrees of freedom, Law of equipartition of
energy,applications to specific heat capacities of gases; Mean
free path, Avogadro's number. |
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| UNIT 10: |
OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES |
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Periodic motion - period, frequency, displacement as a
function of time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion
(S.H.M.) and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring
-restoring force and force constant; energy in S.H.M. - kinetic
and potential energies; Simple pendulum - derivation of
expression for its time period; Free, forced and damped
oscillations, resonance.
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of a
wave. Displacement relation for a progressive wave. Principle
of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, Standing waves
in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics,
Beats, Doppler effect in sound |
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| UNIT 11: |
ELECTROSTATICS |
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Electric charges: Conservation of charge, Coulomb's
law-forces between two point charges, forces between multiple
charges; superposition principle and continuous charge
distribution.
Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, Electric
field lines, Electric dipole, Electric field due to a dipole,
Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field.
Electric flux, Gauss's law and its applications to find field
due to infinitely long uniformly charged straight wire,
uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged
thin spherical shell. Electric potential and its calculation
for a point charge, electric dipole and system of charges;
Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a system
of two point charges in an electrostatic field.
Conductors and insulators, Dielectrics and electric
polarization, capacitor, combination of capacitors in series
and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with
and without dielectric medium between the plates, Energy stored
in a capacitor. |
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CURRENT ELECTRICITY |
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Electric current, Drift velocity, Ohm's law,
Electrical resistance, Resistances of different materials, V-I
characteristics of Ohmic and nonohmic conductors, Electrical
energy and power, Electrical resistivity, Colour code for
resistors; Series and parallel combinations of resistors;
Temperature dependence of resistance.
Electric Cell and its Internal resistance, potential difference
and emf of a cell, combination of cells in series and in
parallel. Kirchhoff's laws and their applications. Wheatstone
bridge, Metre bridge. Potentiometer - principle and its
applications. |
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MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF CURRENT AND
MAGNETISM |
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Biot - Savart law and its application to current
carrying circular loop. Ampere's law and its applications to
infinitely long current carrying straight wire and solenoid.
Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric
fields. Cyclotron.
Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic
field. Force between two parallel current-carrying
conductors-definition of ampere. Torque experienced by a
current loop in uniform magnetic field; Moving coil
galvanometer, its current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter
and voltmeter.
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole
moment. Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field
lines; Earth's magnetic field and magnetic elements. Para-,
dia- and ferro- magnetic substances.
Magnetic susceptibility and permeability, Hysteresis,
Electromagnets and permanent magnets. |
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ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION AND
ALTERNATING CURRENTS |
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Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's law, induced emf
and current; Lenz's Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual
inductance. Alternating currents, peak and rms value of
alternating current/ voltage; reactance and impedance; LCR
series circuit, resonance; Quality factor, power in AC
circuits, wattless current. AC generator and transformer. |
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ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES |
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Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics.
Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared,
visible, ultraviolet, Xrays, gamma rays). Applications of e.m.
waves. |
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OPTICS |
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Reflection and refraction of light at plane and
spherical surfaces, mirror formula, Total internal reflection
and its applications, Deviation and Dispersion of light by a
prism, Lens Formula, Magnification, Power of a Lens,
Combination of thin lenses in contact, Microscope and
Astronomical Telescope (reflecting and refracting) and their
magnifyingpowers.
Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens' principle, Laws of
reflection and refraction using Huygen's principle.
Interference, Young's double slit experiment and expression for
fringe width, coherent sources and sustained interference of
light. Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central
maximum. Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical
telescopes, Polarisation, plane polarized light; Brewster's
law, uses of plane polarized light and Polaroids. |
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DUAL NATURE OF MATTER AND RADIATION |
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Dual nature of radiation. Photoelectric effect, Hertz
and Lenard's observations; Einstein's photoelectric equation;
particle nature of light. Matter waves-wave nature of particle,
de Broglie relation. Davisson-Germer experiment. |
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ATOMS AND NUCLEI
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Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's
model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum.
Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes,
isobars; isotones. Radioactivity-alpha, beta and gamma
particles/rays and their properties; radioactive decay law.
Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon
and its variation with mass number, nuclear fission and fusion. |
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ELECTRONIC DEVICES |
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Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: I-V
characteristics in forward and reverse bias; diode as a
rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, photodiode, solar cell
and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Junction
transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor;
transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and
oscillator. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR).
Transistor as a switch. |
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COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS |
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Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the
atmosphere; Sky and space wave propagation, Need for
modulation, Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, Bandwidth of
signals, Bandwidth of Transmission medium, Basic Elements of a
Communication System (Block Diagram only) |
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| SECTION-B |
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EXPERIMENTAL SKILLS |
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Familiarity with the basic approach and observations
of the experiments and activities:
1. Vernier callipers-its use to measure internal and external
diameter and depth of a vessel.
2. Screw gauge-its use to determine thickness/diameter of thin
sheet/wire.
3. Simple Pendulum-dissipation of energy by plotting a graph
between square of amplitude and time.
4. Metre Scale - mass of a given object by principle of
moments.
5. Young's modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic
wire.
6. Surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of
detergents.
7. Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by
measuring terminal velocity of a given spherical body.
8. Plotting a cooling curve for the relationship between the
temperature of a hot body and time.
9. Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance
tube. 10. Specific heat capacity of a given
(i) solid and
(ii) liquid by method of mixtures.
11. Resistivity of the material of a given wire using metre
bridge.
12. Resistance of a given wire using Ohm's law.
13. Potentiometer -
(i) Comparison of emf of two primary cells.
(ii) Determination of internal resistance of a cell.
14. Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half
deflection method.
15. Focal length of:
(i) Convex mirror
(ii) Concave mirror, and
(iii) Convex lens using parallax method.
16. Plot of angle of deviation vs angle of incidence for a
triangular prism.
17. Refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling
microscope.
18. Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward
and reverse bias.
19. Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse
break down voltage.
20. Characteristic curves of a transistor and finding current
gain and voltage gain.
21. Identification of Diode, LED, Transistor, IC, Resistor,
Capacitor from mixed collection of such items.
22. Using multimeter to:
(i) Identify base of a transistor
(ii) Distinguish between npn and pnp type transistor
(iii) See the unidirectional flow of current in case of a diode
and an LED.
(iv) Check the correctness or otherwise of a given electronic
component (diode, transistor or IC). |
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