Sub Topics

UDM
● Units of measurement
● System of units
● SI unit
● Fundamental and derive units
● Least count
● Significant figures
● Errors in measurements
● Dimensions of Physical Quantities
● Dimensional Analysis
● Applications of dimensional analysis
Vectors
● Vectors
● Triangle Law of Vector Addition
● Addition & Subtraction
● Scalar & Vector Product
● Dot Product
● Cross Product
1D Motion
● Frame of reference
● Position time graph
● Speed
● Velocity
● Uniform motion
● Non-uniform motion
● Average speed
● Instantaneous velocity
● Uniformly accelerated motion
● Velocity time graph
● Position time graph
● Relations for uniformly accelerated motion
2D Motion
● Projectile Motion
● Circular Motion
Laws of Motion
● Force and inertia
● Newtons first law of motion
● Momentum
● Newtons second law of motion
● Impulses
● Newtons third law of motion
● Law of conservation of linear momentum and its application
● Equilibrium of concurrent forces
● Static and kinetic friction
 ● Laws of friction
● Rolling friction
● Dynamics of uniform circular motion
● Centripetal force and its application
● Vehicle on a level circular road
● Vehicle on banked road
Work, energy and power
● Work done by a constant force and a variable force
● Kinetic and potential energies
● Work energy theorem
● Power
● Potential energy of spring
● Conservation of mechanical energy
● Conservative and non-conservative forces
● Motion in a vertical circle
● Elastic and elastic collision in one and two dimensions
Rotational motion
● Centre of mass of a two particle system
● Centre of massof a rigid body
● Basic concepts of rotational motion
● Moment of a force : Torque
● Angular momentum
● Conservation of angular momentum and its applications
● Moment of inertia
● Radius of gyration
● Values of moment of inertia for simple geometrical objects
● Parallel and perpendicular axis theorem and their applications
● Equilibrium of rigid bodies
● Rigid body rotation
● Equations of rotational motion
● Comparison of linear and rotational motions
Gravitation
● Universal law of gravitation
● Acceleration due to gravity
● Acceleration due to gravity variation with altitude and depth
● Kepler’s law of planetary motion
● Gravitational potential energy
● Gravitational potential
● Escape velocity
● Motion of a satellite
● Orbital velocity
● Time period and energy of satellite
Mechanical Properties of solids
● Elastic behaviour
● Stress-strain relationship
● Hooke’s law
 ● Young’s modulus
● Bulk modulus
● Modulus of rigidity
Mechanical properties of fluids
● Pressure to due to a fluid column
● Pascal’s Law and its application
● Effect of gravity on fluid pressure
● Viscosity
● Stoke’s Law
● Terminal velocity
● Streamline and turbulent flow
● Critical velocity
● Bernoulli’s principal and its applications
● Surface energy
● Surface tension
● Angle of contact
● Excess of pressure across a curved surface
● Application of surface tension - drops, bubbles, and capillary rise
Thermal properties of matter
● Heat
● Temperature
● Thermal expansion
● Heat capacity
● Specific heat capacity
● Calorimetry
● Change of state
● Latent heat
● Heat transfer
● Conduction
● Convection
● Radiation
Thermodynamics
● Thermal equilibrium
● Zero with law of thermodynamics
● The concept of temperature
● Heat
● Work
● Internal energy
● First law of thermodynamics
● Isothermal process
● Adiabatic process
● Second law of thermodynamics
● Reversible process
● Irreversible process
Kinetic theory of gases
● Equation of state of a perfect gas
 ● Work done on compressing gas
● Kinetic theory of gases
● Concept of pressure
● Kinetic interpretation of temperature
● RMS speed of gas molecule
● Degrees of freedom
● Laws of equipartition of energy and applications to specific heat capacities of gases
● Mean free path
● Avogadro’s number
Oscillations
● Oscillation and periodic motion
● Time period
● Frequency
● Displacement as a function of time
● Periodic functions
● SHM and it’s equation
● Phase
● Oscillation of a spring
● Restoring force
● Force constant
● Energy in SHM -kinetic and potential energies
● Simple pendulum
Waves
● Wave motion
● Longitudinal and transverse wave
● Speed of travelling wave
● Displacement relation for a progressive wave
● Principle of superposition of waves
● Reflection of waves
● Standing waves in strings
● Standing waves in organ pipes
● Fundamental mode and harmonic
● Beats
Electrostatics
● Electric charges
● Conservation of charge
● Coulombs law forces between two point charges
● Forces between multiple charges
● Superposition principle
● 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 uniform electric field
 ● Electric flux
● Gauss Law
● Gauss law Application- electric field due to infinitely long uniformly charged, straight
wire, uniformly charged infinite plate sheet and uniformly charge thin spherical shell
● Electric potential
● Electric potential for a point charge
● Electric dipole and system of charges
● Potential difference
● Equipotential surfaces
● Electrical potential energy of a system of two point charges
● Electric potential energy of electric dipole in an electrostatic field
● Conductors and insulator
● Dialects and electric polarisation
● Capacitors and capacitance
● Combination of capacitor 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
● Mobility
● Ohm’s Law
● Electrical resistance
● VI characteristic graph
● Electrical energy
● Electrical power
● Electrical resistivity and conductivity
● Series and parallel combination of resistors
● Temperature dependence of resistance
● Internal resistance
● Potential difference and EMF of a cell
● Combination of cells in series and parallel
● Kirchoff’s law and their applications
● Wheatstone Bridge
● Meter bridge
Magnetic effects of current
● Biot-Savart Law and its application to current carrying circular loop
● Ampere’s Law and its application to infinitely long current carrying straight wire and
solenoid
● Force on moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric field
● Force on current carrying conductor and uniform magnetic field
● Force between two parallel current carrying conductors
● Torque experience by a current loop in a uniform magnetic field
● Moving coil galvanometer
● Galvanometer to ammeter
 ● Galvanometer to voltmeter
● Current loop as magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment
Magnetism and matter
● Bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid
● Magnetic field lines
● Magnetic field due to magnetic dipole along its axis and perpendicular to its axis
● Torque on magnetic dipole in uniform magnetic field
● Paramagnetic
● Diamagnetic
● Ferromagnetic
● Effect of temperature on magnetic properties
Electromagnetic Induction
● Faraday’s Law
● Induced EMF and current
● Lenz’s Law
● Eddy current
● Self inductance
● Mutual inductance
Alternating current
● Peak and RMS value of alternating current & voltage
● Reactants and impedance
● LCR series circuit
● Resonance
● Power in AC circuit
● Wattless current
● AC generator
● Transformer
Electromagnetic waves
● Displacement current
● Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics
● Transverse nature of electromagnetic waves
● Electromagnetic spectrum
● Application of EM waves
Optics
● Reflection of light
● Spherical mirrors
● Mirror formula
● Refraction of light at plane and spherical surfaces
● Thin lens formula
● Lensmaker formula
● Total internal reflection
● Applications of TIR
● Magnification
● Power of lens
● Combination of thin lenses in contact
● Refraction of light through a prism
 ● Microscope
● Astronomical telescope (reflecting and refracting)
● Magnifying power of microscope and telescope
Wave optics
● Wavefront
● Huygens principal
● Laws of reflection and refraction(using Huygen’s Principle)
● Interference
● Young’s double slit experiment
● Diffraction due to a single slit
● Polarisation
● Plane polarised light
● Roosters law
● Use of plane polarised light and Polaroid
Dual nature of matter and 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
Atoms
● Alpha-scattering experiment
● Rutherford’s Model of Atom
● Bohr model
● Energy levels
● Hydrogen spectrum
Nuclei
● Composition of Nucleus
● Size of Nucleus
● Atomic masses
● Mass-energy relation
● Mass defect
● Binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number
● Nuclear Fission
● Nuclear Fusion
Semiconductor and Electrical Devices
● Logic Gates
● Semiconductors
● Semiconductor diode
● I-V characteristics
● Forward & Reverse Bias
● Diode as a Rectifier
● I-V Characteristic of LED
● Photodiode
● Solar cell
● Zener diode
● Zener diode as a Voltage Regulator