Syllabus for JEE – Physics 11

For JEE (Mains and Advanced)

Physics 11 – Syllabus for JEE Main

1. Physics and Measurement
   • Physics, technology, and society,
   • S I Units,
   • fundamental and derived units,
   • least count,
   • accuracy and precision of measuring instruments,
   • Errors in measurement,
   • Dimensions of Physical quantities,
   • dimensional analysis, and its applications.
2. Kinematics
   • The 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 graph,
   • 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
3. Laws of Motion
   • Force and inertia,
   • Newton’s First law of motion;
   • Momentum,
   • Newton’s Second Law of motion,
   • Impulses;
   • 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.
4. Work, Energy and Power
   • Work done by a content force and a variable force;
   • kinetic and potential energies, work-energy theorem, power.
   • The potential energy of spring conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and neoconservative forces;
   • Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
5. Rotational Motion
   • Centre of the mass of a two-particle system,
   • Centre of the mass of a rigid body; Basic concepts of rotational motion;
   • a moment of a force;
   • torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications; the moment of inertia, the 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.
6. Gravitation
   • The universal law of gravitation.
   • Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.
   • Kepler’s law of planetary motion.
   • Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential.
   • Escape velocity,
   • Orbital velocity of a satellite.
   • Geo stationary satellites.
7. Properties of Solids and Liquids
   • 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.
8. Thermodynamics
   • Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, the concept of temperature. Heat, work, and internal energy.
   • The first law of thermodynamics.
   • The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes.
   • Carnot engine and its efficiency.
9. Kinetic Theory of Gases
   • Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas, Kinetic theory of gases –
   • assumptions, the 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.
10. Oscillations and Waves
    • 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, a reflection of waves. Standing waves
    • in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics. Beats. Doppler Effect in sound
11. Electrostatics
12. Current Electricity
13. Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
14. Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
15. Electromagnetic Waves
16. Optics
17. Dual nature of matter and radiation
18. Atoms and Nuclei
19. Electronic Devices
20. Communication Systems
21. Experimental Skills

Physics 11 – Syllabus for JEE Advanced

1. General
   • General Units and dimensions,
   • dimensional analysis.
   • least count,
   • significant figures;
   • Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the following experiments:
     • Experiments based on using Vernier calipers and screw gauge (micrometer),
     • Determination of g using simple pendulum,
     • Young’s modulus – elasticity of the material,
     • Surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents.
     • 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 meter bridge and post office box.
2. Mechanics
   • Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates only), projectiles;
   • Uniform circular motion; 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.
   • 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. Forced and damped oscillation (in one dimension), resonance.
   • Linear and angular simple harmonic motions.
   • Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus.
   • Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field; Acceleration due to gravity; Kepler’s law, Geostationary orbits, Motion of planets and satellites in circular orbits; Escape velocity.
   • Pressure in a fluid; Pascal’s law; Buoyancy; Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, drops, bubbles and capillary rise. Viscosity (Poiseuille’s equation excluded), Modulus of rigidity and bulk modulus in mechanics. 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).
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 monoatomic 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.
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 (in series) circuits with d.c. and a.c. sources.
5. Electromagnetic Waves
   • Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics. Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, x-rays, gamma rays) including elementary facts about their uses.
6. 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, Polaroids.
7. Modern Physics
   • Atomic nucleus; α, β and γ 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.

Scope of these Syllabi

1. Physics and World