| Topic |
Chapters/Topics |
| Physical World and Measurement |
- Physics, Technology, and Society
- Need for measurement, length, mass, and time measurements
- Accuracy and precision of measuring instruments
- Errors in measurement
- Significant figures
- Dimensions of physical quantities
- Dimensional analysis
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| Kinematics |
- Frame of reference and motion in a straight line
- Position-time graph, speed, and velocity
- Uniform and non-uniform motion, average speed, and instantaneous velocity
- Uniformly accelerated motion
- Elementary concepts of differentiation and integration for describing motion
- Scalar and vector quantities, unit vectors
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| Laws of Motion |
- Intuitive concept of force
- Inertia, Newton’s first law of motion, Newton’s second law of motion, Newton’s third law of motion
- Law of conservation of linear momentum
- Equilibrium of concurrent forces
- Static and kinetic friction
- Laws of friction
- Rolling friction and lubrication
- Centripetal force and dynamics of uniform circular motion
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| Work, Energy, and Power |
- Kinetic energy
- Work-energy theorem
- Power and notion of potential energy
- Potential energy of a spring
- Conservative forces
- Conservation of mechanical energy
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| Motion of Systems of Particles and Rigid Body |
- Centre of mass of a two-particle system
- Momentum conservation and center of mass motion
- Center of mass of a rigid
- Center of mass of uniform rod
- Momentum of a force
- Equilibrium of rigid bodies
- Moment of inertia
- Radius of gyration
- Values of MI for simple geometrical objects
- Statement of parallel and perpendicular axes theorems
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| Gravitation |
- Kepler’s law of planetary motion
- The universal law of gravitation
- Acceleration due to gravity
- Gravitational potential
- Escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite, and geostationary satellites
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| Properties of Bulk Matter |
- Elastic behavior, stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus
- Shear, Poisson’s ratio, elastic energy, Viscosity, Stoke’s law
- Reynold’s number, streamline and turbulent flow, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications
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| Thermodynamics |
- Thermal equilibrium and definition of temperature
- Heat, work, and internal energy
- First law of thermodynamics
- Isothermal and adiabatic processes
- Second law of thermodynamics
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| Behavior of perfect gas and kinetic theory |
- Equation of state of a perfect gas
- Work done on compressing a gas
- Kinetic theory of gases
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| Oscillations and Waves |
- Periodic motion-period
- Simple harmonic motion and equation
- Oscillations of spring-restoring force and force constant
- Energy in SHM Longitudinal and transverse waves
- Speed of wave motion
- Displacement relation for progressive wave
- Principle of superposition of waves
- Doppler effect
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| Electrostatics |
- Electric charge and conservation
- Coulomb’s law force between two-point charges
- Electric field, electric flux, statement of Gauss’s theorem
- Conductors and insulators, dielectrics, and electric polarization
- Capacitors and capacitance
- Van de Graff generator
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| Current Electricity |
- Electric current
- Ohm’s law
- Electrical resistance
- V-I characteristics
- Carbon resistors
- Color code for carbon resistors
- Internal resistance of a cell
- Kirchhoff’s laws
- Wheatstone bridge
- Meter bridge
- Potentiometer
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| Magnetic effects of current and magnetism |
- Concept of magnetic field
- Ampere’s law, Biot-Savart law
- Current loop
- Earth’s magnetic field
- Permanent magnets
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| Electromagnetic induction and alternating current |
- Electromagnetic induction
- Alternating currents
- AC generator and transformer
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| Electromagnetic Waves |
- Need for displacement current
- Electromagnetic waves
- Electromagnetic spectrum
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| Optics |
- Reflection of light
- Spherical mirrors and mirror formula
- Refraction of light
- Magnification, power of a lens, refraction, and dispersion of light through a prism
- Proof of laws of reflection and refraction with Huygens principle
- Brewster’s law
- Polarization
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| Dual nature of matter and radiation |
- Photoelectric effect
- Lenard and Hertz’s observation
- Einstein’s photoelectric equation
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| Atoms and nuclei |
- Alpha particles
- Hydrogen spectrum
- Composition and size of nucleus
- Atomic masses, isotopes, isotones, isobars, radioactivity and mass-energy relation
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| Electronic devices |
- Energy bands in solids
- I-V characteristics
- Zener diode as a voltage regulator
- Junction transistor
- Oscillator
- Logic gates
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