Syllabus for JEE – Physics 12
For JEE (Mains and Advanced)
Physics 12 – Syllabus for JEE Main
- Electrostatics
- Electric charges: Conservation of charge. Coulomb’s law forces between two point charges,
- forces between multiple charges: superposition principle and continuous charge distribution.
- Electric field: Electric field due to a point charge, Electric field lines. Electric dipole, Electric
- field due to a dipole. Torque on a dipole in a uniform electric field.
- Electric flux. Gauss’s law and its applications to find field due to infinitely long uniformly
- charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet, and uniformly charged thin
- spherical shell. Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole and
- system of charges; Equipotential surfaces, Electrical potential energy of a system of two point
- charges in an electrostatic field.
- Conductors and insulators. Dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitor, the combination of
- capacitors in series and parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate capacitor with and without
- dielectric medium between the plates. Energy stored in a capacitor.
- Current Electricity
- Electric current. Drift velocity. Ohm’s law. Electrical resistance. Resistances of different
- materials. V-l characteristics of Ohmic and non-ohmic conductors. Electrical energy and power.
- Electrical resistivity. Colour code for resistors; Series and parallel combinations of resistors;
- Temperature dependence of resistance.
- Electric Cell and its Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a cell, a combination of
- cells in series and parallel. Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications. Wheatstone bridge. Metre
- Bridge. Potentiometer – principle and its applications.
- Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
- Biot – Savart law and its application to current carrying circular loop. Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long current carrying straight wire and solenoid. Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. Cyclotron. Force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field. The force between two parallel currents carrying conductors-definition of ampere. Torque experienced by a current loop in a uniform magnetic field: Moving coil galvanometer, its current sensitivity, and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter. Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment. Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. Para-, dia- and ferromagnetic substances. Magnetic susceptibility and permeability. Hysteresis. Electromagnets and permanent magnets.
- Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
- Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law. Induced emf and current: Lenz’s Law, Eddy
- currents. Self and mutual inductance. Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating
- current/ voltage: reactance and impedance: LCR series circuit, resonance: Quality factor, power
- in AC circuits, wattless current. AC generator and transformer.
- Electromagnetic Waves
- Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics, Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves,
- Electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet. X-rays.
- Gamma rays), Applications of e.m. waves.
- Optics
- Reflection and refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces, mirror formula. Total internal
- reflection and its applications. Deviation and Dispersion of light by a; prism; Lens Formula.
- Magnification. Power of a Lens. Combination of thin lenses in contact. Microscope and
- Astronomical Telescope (reflecting and refracting ) and their magnifying powers.
- Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens’ principle. Laws of reflection and refraction using
- Huygens principle. Interference, Young’s double-slit experiment and expression for fringe
- width, coherent sources, and sustained interference of light. Diffraction due to a single slit,
- width of central maximum. Resolving power of microscopes and astronomical telescopes.
- Polarization, plane-polarized light: Brewster’s law, uses of plane-polarized light and Polaroid.
- Dual nature of matter and radiation
- Dual nature of radiation. Photoelectric effect. Hertz and Lenard’s observations; Einstein’s
- photoelectric equation: particle nature of light. Matter waves-wave nature of particle, de Broglie
- relation. Davisson-Germer experiment.
- Atoms and Nuclei
- Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford’s model of atom; Bohr model, energy levels,
- hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic masses, isotopes, isobars:
- isotones. Radioactivity- alpha. beta and gamma particles/rays and their properties; radioactive
- decay law. Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with
- mass number, nuclear fission, and fusion.
- Electronic Devices
- Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: 1-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias; diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED. the photodiode, solar cell, and Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Junction transistor, transistor action, characteristics of a transistor: transistor as an amplifier (common emitter configuration) and oscillator. Logic gates (OR. AND. NOT. NAND and NOR). Transistor as a switch.
- Communication Systems
- Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere; Sky and space wave propagation. Need for modulation. Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, Bandwidth of signals. the bandwidth of Transmission medium, Basic Elements of a Communication System (Block Diagram only).
- Experimental Skills
- Familiarity with the basic approach and observations of the experiments and activities:
- Vernier calipers-its use to measure the internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel.
- Screw gauge-its use to determine thickness/ diameter of thin sheet/wire.
- Simple Pendulum-dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between the square of amplitude
and time. - Metre Scale – the mass of a given object by the principle of moments.
- Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire.
- Surf ace tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents,
- Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given
spherical body, - Plotting a cooling curve for the relationship between the temperature of a hot body and time.
- Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube,
- Specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid and (ii) liquid by method of mixtures.
- The resistivity of the material of a given wire using a metre bridge.
- The resistance of a given wire using Ohm’s law.
- Potentiometeri.
Comparison of emf of two primary cells.
ii. Determination of internal resistance of a cell. - Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method.
- The focal length of;
- (i) Convex mirror
- (ii) Concave mirror, and
- (ii) Convex lens, using the parallax method.
- The plot of the angle of deviation vs angle of incidence for a triangular prism.
- Refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope.
- Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward and reverse bias.
- Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse break down voltage.
- Characteristic curves of a transistor and finding current gain and voltage gain.
- Identification of Diode. LED, Transistor. IC. Resistor. A capacitor from a mixed collection
of such items. - Using a multimeter to:
(i) Identify the base of a transistor
(ii) Distinguish between NPN and PNP type transistor
(iii) See the unidirectional current in case of a diode and an LED.
(iv) Check the correctness or otherwise of a given electronic component (diode, transistor, or
IC).
Physics 12 – Syllabus for JEE Advanced
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Physics and World