Unit I: Electrostatics

Chapter 1: Electric Charges and Fields

Electric charges, Conservation of charge, Coulomb's law: force 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 duetoa
dipole, torque on a dipole in uniform electric field.
Electric flux, statement of Gauss's theorem and its applicationsto find field due to infinitely long straight
Wire,uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformlycharged thin sphericat shett (fietd inste and
outside).
 Chapter 2: Electrostatic Potential and Capacitance
Electric potential, potential difference, electric potential due to a point charge, a dipole and
surfaces, electrical potential energy of a system of two-point charges
and system of
charges; equipotential
dipole in an electrostatic field. of
Conductors and insulators, free charges and bound charges inside a conductor.
electric
polarization, capacitors and capacitance, combination of capacitors in series and inDielectrics and electric
of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the
capacitor (no derivation, formulae only). plates,parallel,
energycapaci
storedtance
in:

Unit ll: Current Electricity

Chapter 3: Current Electricity
Electric current, flow of electric charges in a metallic
with electriccurrent; Ohn's law, V-I conductor, drift velocity, mobility and their relati
characteristics
electrical resistivity and conductivity, temperature (linear and non-linear), electrical energy and nee
potential difference and emf of a cell, combinationdependence of resistance, Internal
of cells in series and in parallel, resistance of a celtes
Wheatstone bridge. Kirchhoff's
Unit Ill: Magnetic Effects of Current and Magnetism
Chapter 4: Moving Charges and Magnetism
Concept of magnetic field, Oersted's experiment.
Biot -Savart law and its application to current
carrying circular loop.
Ampere's law and its applications to infinitely long straight wire. Straight solenoid (only
treatment), force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields. qualitative
Force on a current-carrying conductor in auniform magnetic field, force
carrying conductors-definition of ampere, torque experienced by a current between two parallel current
field; Current loop as a magneticdipole and its magnetic dipole moment, loop in uniform magneic
current sensitivity and conversion to moving coil galvanometer-ts
ammeter and voltmeter.
Chapter 5: Magnetism and Matter
Bar magnet, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid (qualitative treatment only), magnetic field intensit
due to a magnetic dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis (qualitative treatment
only), torque on a magneticdipole (bar magnet) in a uniform magnetic field (qualitaive treatment only).
magnetic field lines.
Magneticproperties ofmaterials- Para-, dia- and ferro -magnetic substances with examples, Magneuzao
of materials, effect of temperature on magnetic
properties.
Unit IV: Electromagnetic Induction and Alternating Currents
Chapter 6: Electromagnetic Induction
Electromagnetic induction; Faraday's laws, induced EMF and current; Lenz's Law, Self and mutual
induction.

Chapter 7: Alternating Current

LCR
Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current(voltage; reactance and impedance;
series circuit (phasors only), resonance, power in AC circuits, power factor, wattless current.
AC generator, Transformer.
Unit V:
Electromagnetic Waves
Chapter 8: Electromagnetic Waves
Basic idea of
displacement
(qualitative idea only). current, Electromagnetic waves,their characteristics, their
Electromagnetic spectrum (radio
transverse nature
waves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, gamma
including elementary facts about their uses,
rays)
Unit VI: 0ptics
Chapter 9: Ray Optics and Optical
Ray Optics: Reflection of light,
Instruments
spherical mirrors, mirror formula, refraction of
reflection and optical fibers, refraction light,
formula, magnification, power of a lens, at spherical ofsurfaces, lenses, thin lens formula, total internal
lens maker's
a prism. combination thin lenses in contact, refraction of light
through
Optical instruments: Microscopes and
magnifying powers. astronomical telescopes (reflecting and refracting) and their
Chapter 10: Wave Optics
Wave Optics: Wave front and Huygen's principle,
reflection and refraction of planewave ata plane surface
using wave fronts. Proof of laws of reflection and
Young's double slit experinment and expression for refraction
fringe
using Huygen's principle.
Interference,
coherent sources and sustained interference of light, width (No derivation final expression only),
maxima (qualitative treatment only). diffraction due to a single slit, width of central
Unit Vll: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Chapter 11: Dual Nature of Radiation and Matter
Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard's observations; Einstein's photoelectric
equation-partice nature of light.
Experimental study of photoelectric effect
Matter waves-wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation.
Unit VIll: Atoms and Nuclei
Chapter 12: Atoms
Alpha-particle scattering experiment; Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model of hydrogen atom,
Expression for radius of nth possible orbit, velocity and energy of electron in nth orbit, hydrogen line
spectra (qualitative treatment only).
Chapter 13: Nuclei
Composition and size of nucleus, nuclear force
Mass-energy relation, mass defect; binding energy per nucleon and its variation with mass number:
nuclear fission, nuclear fusion.
Unit IX: Electronic Devices
Chapter 14: Semiconductor Electronics: Materials, Devices and Simple Circuits
Energy bands in conductors, semiconductors and insulators (qualitative ideas only) Intrinsic and extrinsic
Semiconductors- p and n type, p-n junction
Semiconductor diode: I-v characteristics in forward and reverse bias, application of junction diode - dode
as a rectifier.