Physics — JEE
6 Units
Unit 1: General
Units and dimensions, dimensional analysis; least count, significant figures. Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to experiments such as: using Vernier callipers 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 a metre bridge and post office box.
Unit 2: Mechanics
Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles; circular motion (uniform and non-uniform). 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).
Unit 3: 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 monatomic 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); second law of thermodynamics; reversible and irreversible processes; Carnot engine and its efficiency; blackbody radiation: absorptive and emissive powers; Kirchhoff's law; Wien's displacement law, Stefan's law.
Unit 4: 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, LC and LCR(series) circuits with d.c. and a.c. sources.
Unit 5: 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. Diffraction due to a single slit. Polarization of light, plane polarized light; Brewster's law, Malus' law, Polaroids.
Unit 6: 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.