Physics Syllabus
Section A
1. Laws of Motion
2. Kinematics
3. Work, Energy & Power
4. Gravitation
5. Rotational Motion
6. Physics & Measurement
7. Properties of Solids & Liquids
8. Thermodynamics
9. Electrostatics
10. Oscillations & Waves
11. Kinetic Theory of Gases
12. Magnetic Effects of Current & Magnetism
13. Electromagnetic Induction & Alternating Currents
14. Current Electricity
15. Optics
16. Electromagnetic Waves
17. Dual Nature of Matter & Radiation
18. Electronic Devices
19. Atoms & Nuclei
20. Communication Systems, etc.
Section B
Familiarity with the basic approach and observations of the experiments and activities:
1. Vernier callipers-its use to measure the 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 the square of amplitude and time.
4. Metre Scale – the mass of a given object by principle of moments.
5. Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire.
6. Surf ace 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. The resistivity of the material of a given wire using metre bridge.
12. The 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. The focal length of; (i) Convex mirror (ii) Concave mirror, and (ii) Convex lens, using the parallax method.
16. The plot of the 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. A capacitor from a mixed collection of such items.
22. Using a multimeter to: (i) Identify the base of a transistor (ii) Distinguish between NPN and PNP type transistor (iii) See the unidirectional 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).
