Course Line
Unit 1: Physical World and Measurement
- Physics: Scope and excitement
- Nature of physical laws
- Units and dimensions
- Measurement techniques
- Errors in measurement and their analysis
- Significant figures and rounding off
Unit 2: Kinematics
- Scalars and vectors
- Motion in a straight line
- Motion in a plane
- Projectile motion
- Uniform circular motion
- Relative motion
Unit 3: Laws of Motion
- Newton’s laws of motion
- Conservation of momentum
- Frictional forces
- Dynamics of circular motion
- Centripetal force
- Banking of tracks
Unit 4: Work, Energy, and Power
- Work done by a constant force and a variable force
- Kinetic and potential energy
- Conservation of mechanical energy
- Power
- Collisions
- Elastic and inelastic collisions
Unit 5: Motion of Systems of Particles and Rigid Body
- Centre of mass
- Moment of inertia
- Torque
- Angular momentum
- Equilibrium of rigid bodies
- Moment of inertia for different shapes
Unit 6: Gravitation
- Kepler’s laws of planetary motion
- Universal law of gravitation
- Acceleration due to gravity
- Variation of ‘g’ with altitude, depth, latitude, and rotation of the Earth
- Escape velocity
- Orbital velocity
Unit 7: Properties of Bulk Matter
- Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship
- Hooke’s law
- Young’s modulus, Shear modulus, Bulk modulus
- Surface tension, Viscosity
- Heat, Temperature
- Thermal expansion
Unit 8: Thermodynamics
- Thermal equilibrium
- Zeroth law of thermodynamics
- First law of thermodynamics
- Second law of thermodynamics
- Entropy
- Specific heat capacity
Unit 9: Behavior of Perfect Gas and Kinetic Theory
- Equation of state of a perfect gas
- Kinetic theory of gases
- Assumptions of kinetic theory
- Degrees of freedom
- Specific heat capacity of gases
- Mean free path
Unit 10: Oscillations and Waves
- Periodic motion – Period, Frequency
- Simple harmonic motion (SHM)
- Phase of oscillation
- Wave motion
- Types of waves – Transverse and longitudinal
- Doppler effect
Unit 11: Electrostatics
- Electric charges and their conservation
- Coulomb’s law
- Electric field and potential
- Gauss’s law
- Electric dipole
- Capacitors and capacitance
Unit 12: Current Electricity
- Electric current
- Ohm’s law
- Electrical resistance
- Kirchhoff’s laws
- Wheatstone bridge
- Potentiometer
Unit 13: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
- Biot-Savart law
- Magnetic field due to current-carrying conductor
- Ampere’s law
- Magnetic properties of materials
- Earth’s magnetic field
- Magnetism and matter
Unit 14: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
- Faraday’s law
- Lenz’s law
- Self and mutual induction
- Alternating currents
- Reactance and impedance
- LCR circuits
Unit 15: Electromagnetic Waves
- Displacement current
- Electromagnetic spectrum
- Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics
- Electromagnetic wave propagation
Unit 16: Optics
- Reflection and refraction
- Laws of reflection and refraction
- Total internal reflection
- Lens and mirror formulae
- Dispersion and deviation of light
- Optical instruments
Unit 17: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
- Photoelectric effect
- Einstein’s photoelectric equation
- Particle nature of light
- De Broglie wavelength
- Davisson-Germer experiment
- Bohr’s atomic model
Unit 18: Atoms and Nuclei
- Atomic structure
- Rutherford’s model of atom
- Atomic spectra
- Bohr’s model of hydrogen atom
- Radioactivity
- Nuclear energy
Unit 19: Electronic Devices
- Semiconductors
- Diodes and their applications
- Junction transistor
- Amplifiers
- Logic gates
- Digital electronics