All India Medical & Engineering Entrance Examination
NEET/JEE Main
Chapterwise Objective
Solved Papers
VOLUME-IV
Useful for : NEET/AIPMT, AIIMS, JEE (Main), AMU, AP EAMCET (Medical), AP EAMCET (Engg.),
ASSAM CEE, BCECE, BITSAT, Chhattisgarh-PET, COMEDK, DCE, Gujarat Common
Entrance Test (GUJCET), Himanchal Pradesh-CET, J & K CET, JCECE, KVPY, Kerala-
CEE, Karnataka-CET(KCET), MP-PET, MANIPAL, JIPMER, MHT-CET, NTSE, Odisha-
JEE SRM-JEE, TS-EAMCET(Medical), TS-EAMCET (Engg.), UPCPMT, UPTU, UPSEE,
UPSC NDA/NA/SCRA, VITEEE, WEST BENGAL JEE.
Chief Editor
A.K. Mahajan
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Vinay Sahu, Pankaj Kushwaha & Ashish Giri
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, CONTENT
NEET & JEE Main Physics Syllabus ..............................................................................................................3-6
All India Medical & Engineering Entrance Exam, AIIMS, NEET, & JEE Main
Physics Previous Years Exam Papers Analysis Chart .................................................................................7-17
Trend Analysis of NEET/JEE (Main) Physics Pie Chart & Bar Graph ....................................................... 18
Current Electricity ................................................................................................................................19-361
Electric Current, Current Density and Drift Velocity .................................................................................... 19
Ohm's Law, Resistance, Conductivity and Thermal Dependency of Resistance ................................................ 39
Resistivity .................................................................................................................................................... 116
Kirchhoff's Law and Combination of Resistance ........................................................................................ 125
Cells, Internal Resistance and Cell Combination, Thermocouple ........................................................................... 210
Heating Effect of Current (Energy, Power) ................................................................................................. 250
Measuring Instrument (Meter Bridge, Galvanometer, Ammeter, Voltmeter, Potentiometer) ..................... 281
RC circuit (Charging, Time Constant, Discharging) ................................................................................... 357
Moving Charges & Magnetism ......................................................................................................362-550
Biot-Savart's Law and Magnetic Field, Lorentz Force ................................................................................ 362
Amperes Law (∞, Length, Solenoid, Toroid) .............................................................................................. 432
Motion of Charge Particle in Magnetic Field .............................................................................................. 452
Motion of Charge Particle in Combined of Electric and Magnetic Field ............................................................... 491
Force and Torque on Current Carrying Conductor...................................................................................... 501
Cyclotron ..................................................................................................................................................... 525
Magnetic Dipole and Magnetic Moment Due to Current ............................................................................ 531
Magnetism and Matter ......................................................................................................................551-640
Magnet and Magnetic Dipole ...................................................................................................................... 551
Earth Magnetism ......................................................................................................................................... 574
Moving Coil Galvanometer and Magnetic Device ...................................................................................... 597
Magnetism, Magnetic Properties and Magnetisation ..................................................................................... 610
Electro Magnetic Induction .............................................................................................................641-737
Magnetic Flux, Faraday's Law .................................................................................................................... 641
Lenz's Law .................................................................................................................................................. 669
Motional Electromotive Force (MEF) ........................................................................................................... 675
Inductance (Self and Mutual Induction) ...................................................................................................... 691
Alternating Current ...........................................................................................................................738-845
A.C. Voltage in Resistor and Phasor (Average or mean current, Root mean square or virtual
current Irms, Resistor and Phasor) ................................................................................................................ 738
A.C. Voltage Applied to Inductance & Capacitor (Pure Inductance L, Pure capacitor C, RL, RC)................... 749
A.C. Circuit (L-C-R, LC Circuit) ................................................................................................................ 765
Resonance, Condition of Resonance, Variation of phase difference, Quality factor Q) ............................. 808
Power in A.C. Circuit, Wattless Current or Idle Current ............................................................................. 815
Dynamo, Transformer Inductance (Step-up, step-down, Efficiency) Losses
(Flux, Copper, Iron, Hysteresis losses, Humming losses) ........................................................................... 827
Electromagnetic Wave .......................................................................................................................846-896
Displacement Current (Hertz experiment, Ampere Maxwell's Law, Maxwell Displacement Current)..................... 846
Poynting vector, Energy transported by EM wave, Energy density (pure electric field,
pure magnetic field) .................................................................................................................................... 870
Electromagnetic Spectrum .......................................................................................................................... 882
2
, SYLLABUS
UNIT-VI: Gravitation
NEET Kepler's laws of planetary motion. The universal law of
UNIT-I: Physical World and Measurement gravitation Acceleration due to gravity and its variation
Physics Scope and excitement, nature of physical laws with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy,
Physics, technology and society. gravitational potential ,Escape velocity, orbital velocity
Need for measurement Units of measurement, systems of
units, SI units, fundamental and derived units. of a satellite. Geostationary satellites
Length, mass and time measurements, accuracy and UNIT-VII: Properties of Bulk Matter
precision of measuring instruments, errors in Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship. Hooke's law,
measurement, significant figures. Dimensions of physical
quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear, modulus of
UNIT-II: Kinematics rigidity, poisson's ratio; elastic energy. Viscosity, Stokes'
Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Position- law, terminal velocity, Reynold's number, streamline and
time graph, speed and velocity. Uniform and non- turbulent flow. Critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and
uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous its applications. Surface energy and surface tension,
velocity. Uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time angle of contact, excess of pressure, application of
and position- time graphs, for uniformly accelerated
motion (graphical treatment). Elementary concepts of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
differentiation and integration for describing motion. Heat, temperature, thermal expansion, thermal expansion
Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement of solids, liquids and gases. Anomalous expansion
vectors, general vectors, general vectors and notation, Specific heat capacity, Cp, Cv , calorimetry, change of
equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real state-latent heat. Heat transfer- conduction and thermal
number, addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative conductivity, convection and radiation. Qualitative ideas
velocity. Unit vectors. Resolution of a vector in a plane-
of Black Body Radiation, Wein's displacement law and
rectangular components. Scalar and Vector products of
Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of uniform velocity Green House effect. Newton's law of cooling and
and uniform acceleration-projectile motion. Uniform Stefan's law.
circular motion. UNIT-VIII: Thermodynamics
UNIT-III: Laws of Motion Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
Intuitive concept of force. Inertia, Newton's first law of (zeroth law of Thermodynamics). Heat, work and
motion momentum and Newton's second law of motion, internal energy. First law of thermodynamics Isothermal
impulse, Newton's third law of motion Law of
conservation of linear momentum and its applications. and adiabatic processes. Second law of the
Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and Kinetic thermodynamics Reversible and irreversible processes.
friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. Heat engines and refrigerators.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion. Centripetal force, UNIT-IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic
examples of circular motion (vehicle on level circular
road, vehicle on banked road). Theory
UNIT-IV: Work, Energy and Power Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on
Work done by a constant force and variable force, kinetic compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases Assumptions,
energy, work-energy theorem, power Notion of potential concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature,
energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces, degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy
conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential (statement only) and application to specific heat
energies), non-conservative forces, motion in a vertical capacities of gases concept of mean free path.
circle, elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two
dimensions UNIT-X: Oscillations and Waves
UNIT-V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body Periodic motion-period, frequency, displacement as a
function of time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum motion(SHM) and its equation, phase, oscillations of a
conservation and centre of mass motion Centre of mass spring-restoring force and force constant, energy in
of a rigid body, centre of mass of uniform rod. Moment SHM-kinetic and potential energies, simple pendulum-
of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of derivation of expression for its time period, free, forced
angular momentum with some examples. Equilibrium of and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only),
rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of resonance. Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse
rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational waves, speed of wave motion. Displacement relation for
motions, moment of inertia, radius of gyration, Values of a progressive wave. Principle of superposition of waves,
MI for simple geometrical objects (no derivation). reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ
Statement of parallel and perpendicular axis theorems pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics. Beats, Doppler
and their applications. effect
3
, UNIT-I: Electrostatics UNIT-IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating
Electric charges and their conservation. Coulomb's law- Currents
force between two point charges, forces between Electromagnetic induction Faraday's law, induced emf
multiple charges, superposition principle and continuous
charge distribution. Electric field, electric field due to a and current, Lenz's Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual
point charge, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric Inductance. Alternating currents, peak and rms value of
field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in a uniform alternating current/ voltage, reactance and impedance.
electric field. Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem LC oscillations (qualitative treatment onlyL LCR series
and its applications to find field due to infinitely long circuit, resonance, power in AC circuits, wattles current
straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and AC generator and transformer.
uniformly charged thin spherical shell field inside and
outside) UNIT-V: Electromagnetic Waves
Electric potential potential difference, electric potential Need for displacement current. Electromagnetic waves
due to a point charge, a dipole and system of charges, and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only).
equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.
system of two point charges and of electric diploes in an Electromagnetic spectrum (radiowaves, microwaves,
electrostatic field. Conductors and insulators, free
charges and bound charges inside a conductor, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays)
Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors and Including elementary facts about their uses.
capacitance, combination of capacitors in series and in UNIT-VI: Optics
parallel capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and
without dielectric medium between the plates, energy Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, minor formula.
stored in a capacitor, Van de Graaff generator. Refraction of light, total internal reflection and its
applications optical fibres, refraction at spherical
UNIT-II: Current Electricity surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens-maker's formula
Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin
conductor, drift velocity and mobility and their relation lenses in contact combination of a lens and a mirror.
with electric current, Ohm's law, electrical resistance. V- Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism.
I characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy Scattering of light-blue colour of the sky and reddish
and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity. Carbon appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset
resistors, colour code for carbon resistors, series and Optical instruments Human eye, image formation and
parallel combinations of resistors, temperature
accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and
dependence of resistance.
Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf hypermetropia) using lenses. Microscopes and
of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel. astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and
Kirchhoff's laws and simple applications. Wheatstone their magnifying powers. Wave optics: Wavefront and
bridge, metre bridge. Potentiometer-principle and Huygens' principle, reflection and refraction of plane
applications to measure potential difference, and for wave at a plane surface using wavefronts. Proof of laws
comparing emf of two cells, measurement of internal of reflection and refraction using Huygens' principle.
resistance of a cell Interference, Young's double hole experiment and
UNIT-III: Magnetic Effects of Current and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and
Magnetism sustained interference of light. Diffraction due to a single
slit, width of central maximum Resolving power of
Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment. Biot- microscopes and astronomical telescopes. Polarisation,
Savart's law and its application to current carrying plane polarised light, Brewster's law, uses of plane
circular loop. Ampere's law and its applications to polarised light and Polaroids.
infinitely long straight wine, straight and toroidal
solenoids Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic UNIT-VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
and electric fields, Cyclotron. Force on a current- Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations,
carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. Force Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature of light.
between two parallel current-carrying conductors- Matter waves-wave nature of particles, de-Broglie
definition of ampere Torque experienced by a current relation. Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental
loop in a magnetic field, moving coil galvanometer-its details should be omitted, only conclusion should be
current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and
explained)
voltmeter. Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its
magnetic dipole moment. UNIT-VIII Atoms and Nuclei
Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron. Alpha-particle scattering experiments, Rutherford's
Magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar model of atom, Bohr model energy levels, hydrogen
magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic
Torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform masses, isotopes, isobars, isotones. Radioactivity a band
magnetic field, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid,
g particles/ rays and their properties decay law. Mass-
magnetic field lines Earth's magnetic field and magnetic
elements. Para-, dia-and ferro-magnetic substances with energy relation mass defect, binding energy per nucleon
examples. Electromagnetic and factors affecting their and its variation with mass number nuclear fission and
strengths. Permanent magnets. fusion.
4
NEET/JEE Main
Chapterwise Objective
Solved Papers
VOLUME-IV
Useful for : NEET/AIPMT, AIIMS, JEE (Main), AMU, AP EAMCET (Medical), AP EAMCET (Engg.),
ASSAM CEE, BCECE, BITSAT, Chhattisgarh-PET, COMEDK, DCE, Gujarat Common
Entrance Test (GUJCET), Himanchal Pradesh-CET, J & K CET, JCECE, KVPY, Kerala-
CEE, Karnataka-CET(KCET), MP-PET, MANIPAL, JIPMER, MHT-CET, NTSE, Odisha-
JEE SRM-JEE, TS-EAMCET(Medical), TS-EAMCET (Engg.), UPCPMT, UPTU, UPSEE,
UPSC NDA/NA/SCRA, VITEEE, WEST BENGAL JEE.
Chief Editor
A.K. Mahajan
Complied & Written By
Er. Pradeep Kumar, Er. Rahul Prajapati, Er. Rajesh Gupta, Er. Krishna Pratap Singh
Pawan Kumar Kushwaha, Er. Suraj Yadav, Manjesh Prajapati
Computer Graphics by
Vinay Sahu, Pankaj Kushwaha & Ashish Giri
Editorial Office
12, Church Lane Prayagraj-211002
Mob. : 9415650134
Email :
website : www.yctbooks.com / www.yctfastbook.com
© All rights reserved with Publisher
Publisher Declaration
Edited and Published by A.K. Mahajan for YCT Publications Pvt. Ltd.
and printed by R.A. Security Printers In order to Publish the book,
full care has been taken by the Editor and the Publisher,
still your suggestions and queries are welcomed. Rs. : 995/-
In the event of any dispute, the judicial area will be Prayagraj.
, CONTENT
NEET & JEE Main Physics Syllabus ..............................................................................................................3-6
All India Medical & Engineering Entrance Exam, AIIMS, NEET, & JEE Main
Physics Previous Years Exam Papers Analysis Chart .................................................................................7-17
Trend Analysis of NEET/JEE (Main) Physics Pie Chart & Bar Graph ....................................................... 18
Current Electricity ................................................................................................................................19-361
Electric Current, Current Density and Drift Velocity .................................................................................... 19
Ohm's Law, Resistance, Conductivity and Thermal Dependency of Resistance ................................................ 39
Resistivity .................................................................................................................................................... 116
Kirchhoff's Law and Combination of Resistance ........................................................................................ 125
Cells, Internal Resistance and Cell Combination, Thermocouple ........................................................................... 210
Heating Effect of Current (Energy, Power) ................................................................................................. 250
Measuring Instrument (Meter Bridge, Galvanometer, Ammeter, Voltmeter, Potentiometer) ..................... 281
RC circuit (Charging, Time Constant, Discharging) ................................................................................... 357
Moving Charges & Magnetism ......................................................................................................362-550
Biot-Savart's Law and Magnetic Field, Lorentz Force ................................................................................ 362
Amperes Law (∞, Length, Solenoid, Toroid) .............................................................................................. 432
Motion of Charge Particle in Magnetic Field .............................................................................................. 452
Motion of Charge Particle in Combined of Electric and Magnetic Field ............................................................... 491
Force and Torque on Current Carrying Conductor...................................................................................... 501
Cyclotron ..................................................................................................................................................... 525
Magnetic Dipole and Magnetic Moment Due to Current ............................................................................ 531
Magnetism and Matter ......................................................................................................................551-640
Magnet and Magnetic Dipole ...................................................................................................................... 551
Earth Magnetism ......................................................................................................................................... 574
Moving Coil Galvanometer and Magnetic Device ...................................................................................... 597
Magnetism, Magnetic Properties and Magnetisation ..................................................................................... 610
Electro Magnetic Induction .............................................................................................................641-737
Magnetic Flux, Faraday's Law .................................................................................................................... 641
Lenz's Law .................................................................................................................................................. 669
Motional Electromotive Force (MEF) ........................................................................................................... 675
Inductance (Self and Mutual Induction) ...................................................................................................... 691
Alternating Current ...........................................................................................................................738-845
A.C. Voltage in Resistor and Phasor (Average or mean current, Root mean square or virtual
current Irms, Resistor and Phasor) ................................................................................................................ 738
A.C. Voltage Applied to Inductance & Capacitor (Pure Inductance L, Pure capacitor C, RL, RC)................... 749
A.C. Circuit (L-C-R, LC Circuit) ................................................................................................................ 765
Resonance, Condition of Resonance, Variation of phase difference, Quality factor Q) ............................. 808
Power in A.C. Circuit, Wattless Current or Idle Current ............................................................................. 815
Dynamo, Transformer Inductance (Step-up, step-down, Efficiency) Losses
(Flux, Copper, Iron, Hysteresis losses, Humming losses) ........................................................................... 827
Electromagnetic Wave .......................................................................................................................846-896
Displacement Current (Hertz experiment, Ampere Maxwell's Law, Maxwell Displacement Current)..................... 846
Poynting vector, Energy transported by EM wave, Energy density (pure electric field,
pure magnetic field) .................................................................................................................................... 870
Electromagnetic Spectrum .......................................................................................................................... 882
2
, SYLLABUS
UNIT-VI: Gravitation
NEET Kepler's laws of planetary motion. The universal law of
UNIT-I: Physical World and Measurement gravitation Acceleration due to gravity and its variation
Physics Scope and excitement, nature of physical laws with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy,
Physics, technology and society. gravitational potential ,Escape velocity, orbital velocity
Need for measurement Units of measurement, systems of
units, SI units, fundamental and derived units. of a satellite. Geostationary satellites
Length, mass and time measurements, accuracy and UNIT-VII: Properties of Bulk Matter
precision of measuring instruments, errors in Elastic behavior, Stress-strain relationship. Hooke's law,
measurement, significant figures. Dimensions of physical
quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. Young's modulus, bulk modulus, shear, modulus of
UNIT-II: Kinematics rigidity, poisson's ratio; elastic energy. Viscosity, Stokes'
Frame of reference, Motion in a straight line, Position- law, terminal velocity, Reynold's number, streamline and
time graph, speed and velocity. Uniform and non- turbulent flow. Critical velocity, Bernoulli's theorem and
uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous its applications. Surface energy and surface tension,
velocity. Uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time angle of contact, excess of pressure, application of
and position- time graphs, for uniformly accelerated
motion (graphical treatment). Elementary concepts of surface tension ideas to drops, bubbles and capillary rise.
differentiation and integration for describing motion. Heat, temperature, thermal expansion, thermal expansion
Scalar and vector quantities: Position and displacement of solids, liquids and gases. Anomalous expansion
vectors, general vectors, general vectors and notation, Specific heat capacity, Cp, Cv , calorimetry, change of
equality of vectors, multiplication of vectors by a real state-latent heat. Heat transfer- conduction and thermal
number, addition and subtraction of vectors. Relative conductivity, convection and radiation. Qualitative ideas
velocity. Unit vectors. Resolution of a vector in a plane-
of Black Body Radiation, Wein's displacement law and
rectangular components. Scalar and Vector products of
Vectors. Motion in a plane. Cases of uniform velocity Green House effect. Newton's law of cooling and
and uniform acceleration-projectile motion. Uniform Stefan's law.
circular motion. UNIT-VIII: Thermodynamics
UNIT-III: Laws of Motion Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
Intuitive concept of force. Inertia, Newton's first law of (zeroth law of Thermodynamics). Heat, work and
motion momentum and Newton's second law of motion, internal energy. First law of thermodynamics Isothermal
impulse, Newton's third law of motion Law of
conservation of linear momentum and its applications. and adiabatic processes. Second law of the
Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and Kinetic thermodynamics Reversible and irreversible processes.
friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication. Heat engines and refrigerators.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion. Centripetal force, UNIT-IX: Behaviour of Perfect Gas and Kinetic
examples of circular motion (vehicle on level circular
road, vehicle on banked road). Theory
UNIT-IV: Work, Energy and Power Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on
Work done by a constant force and variable force, kinetic compressing a gas. Kinetic theory of gases Assumptions,
energy, work-energy theorem, power Notion of potential concept of pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature,
energy, potential energy of a spring, conservative forces, degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy
conservation of mechanical energy (kinetic and potential (statement only) and application to specific heat
energies), non-conservative forces, motion in a vertical capacities of gases concept of mean free path.
circle, elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two
dimensions UNIT-X: Oscillations and Waves
UNIT-V: Motion of System of Particles and Rigid Body Periodic motion-period, frequency, displacement as a
function of time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, momentum motion(SHM) and its equation, phase, oscillations of a
conservation and centre of mass motion Centre of mass spring-restoring force and force constant, energy in
of a rigid body, centre of mass of uniform rod. Moment SHM-kinetic and potential energies, simple pendulum-
of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of derivation of expression for its time period, free, forced
angular momentum with some examples. Equilibrium of and damped oscillations (qualitative ideas only),
rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of resonance. Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse
rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational waves, speed of wave motion. Displacement relation for
motions, moment of inertia, radius of gyration, Values of a progressive wave. Principle of superposition of waves,
MI for simple geometrical objects (no derivation). reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ
Statement of parallel and perpendicular axis theorems pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics. Beats, Doppler
and their applications. effect
3
, UNIT-I: Electrostatics UNIT-IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating
Electric charges and their conservation. Coulomb's law- Currents
force between two point charges, forces between Electromagnetic induction Faraday's law, induced emf
multiple charges, superposition principle and continuous
charge distribution. Electric field, electric field due to a and current, Lenz's Law, Eddy currents. Self and mutual
point charge, electric field lines, electric dipole, electric Inductance. Alternating currents, peak and rms value of
field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in a uniform alternating current/ voltage, reactance and impedance.
electric field. Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem LC oscillations (qualitative treatment onlyL LCR series
and its applications to find field due to infinitely long circuit, resonance, power in AC circuits, wattles current
straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and AC generator and transformer.
uniformly charged thin spherical shell field inside and
outside) UNIT-V: Electromagnetic Waves
Electric potential potential difference, electric potential Need for displacement current. Electromagnetic waves
due to a point charge, a dipole and system of charges, and their characteristics (qualitative ideas only).
equipotential surfaces, electrical potential energy of a Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves.
system of two point charges and of electric diploes in an Electromagnetic spectrum (radiowaves, microwaves,
electrostatic field. Conductors and insulators, free
charges and bound charges inside a conductor, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma rays)
Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors and Including elementary facts about their uses.
capacitance, combination of capacitors in series and in UNIT-VI: Optics
parallel capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and
without dielectric medium between the plates, energy Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, minor formula.
stored in a capacitor, Van de Graaff generator. Refraction of light, total internal reflection and its
applications optical fibres, refraction at spherical
UNIT-II: Current Electricity surfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, lens-maker's formula
Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic Magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin
conductor, drift velocity and mobility and their relation lenses in contact combination of a lens and a mirror.
with electric current, Ohm's law, electrical resistance. V- Refraction and dispersion of light through a prism.
I characteristics (linear and non-linear), electrical energy Scattering of light-blue colour of the sky and reddish
and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity. Carbon appearance of the sun at sunrise and sunset
resistors, colour code for carbon resistors, series and Optical instruments Human eye, image formation and
parallel combinations of resistors, temperature
accommodation, correction of eye defects (myopia and
dependence of resistance.
Internal resistance of a cell, potential difference and emf hypermetropia) using lenses. Microscopes and
of a cell, combination of cells in series and in parallel. astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and
Kirchhoff's laws and simple applications. Wheatstone their magnifying powers. Wave optics: Wavefront and
bridge, metre bridge. Potentiometer-principle and Huygens' principle, reflection and refraction of plane
applications to measure potential difference, and for wave at a plane surface using wavefronts. Proof of laws
comparing emf of two cells, measurement of internal of reflection and refraction using Huygens' principle.
resistance of a cell Interference, Young's double hole experiment and
UNIT-III: Magnetic Effects of Current and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and
Magnetism sustained interference of light. Diffraction due to a single
slit, width of central maximum Resolving power of
Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment. Biot- microscopes and astronomical telescopes. Polarisation,
Savart's law and its application to current carrying plane polarised light, Brewster's law, uses of plane
circular loop. Ampere's law and its applications to polarised light and Polaroids.
infinitely long straight wine, straight and toroidal
solenoids Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic UNIT-VII: Dual Nature of Matter and Radiation
and electric fields, Cyclotron. Force on a current- Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations,
carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. Force Einstein's photoelectric equation-particle nature of light.
between two parallel current-carrying conductors- Matter waves-wave nature of particles, de-Broglie
definition of ampere Torque experienced by a current relation. Davisson-Germer experiment (experimental
loop in a magnetic field, moving coil galvanometer-its details should be omitted, only conclusion should be
current sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and
explained)
voltmeter. Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its
magnetic dipole moment. UNIT-VIII Atoms and Nuclei
Magnetic dipole moment of a revolving electron. Alpha-particle scattering experiments, Rutherford's
Magnetic field intensity due to a magnetic dipole (bar model of atom, Bohr model energy levels, hydrogen
magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic
Torque on a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) in a uniform masses, isotopes, isobars, isotones. Radioactivity a band
magnetic field, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid,
g particles/ rays and their properties decay law. Mass-
magnetic field lines Earth's magnetic field and magnetic
elements. Para-, dia-and ferro-magnetic substances with energy relation mass defect, binding energy per nucleon
examples. Electromagnetic and factors affecting their and its variation with mass number nuclear fission and
strengths. Permanent magnets. fusion.
4