AIEEE 2011 Physics Syllabus

Books For Preparation

Unit – I: 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, Significant figures.
Dimensions of Physical quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications. 


Unit – II: Kinematics
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 graphs, 
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. 


Unit - III: Laws of Motion
Force and Inertia, Newton's First Law of motion; Momentum, Newton's 
Second Law of motion; Impulse; 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.
Unit -IV: 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 a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, 
conservative and non-conservative forces; Elastic and inelastic 
collisions in one and two dimensions. 


Unit – V: Rotational Motion
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, Centre of mass of 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 moments of inertia
 for simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes 
theorems and their applications. Rigid body rotation, equations of rotational motion. 


Unit –VI: Gravitation
The universal law of gravitation.
Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth.
Kepler's laws of planetary motion.
Gravitational potential energy; gravitational potential.
Escape velocity. Orbital velocity of a satellite. Geo-stationary satellites. 


Unit - VII: 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. 


Unit –VIII: Thermodynamics
Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of thermodynamics, concept
 of temperature. Heat, work and internal energy. First law of thermodynamics.
Second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes. 
Camot engine and its efficiency. 


Unit -IX: Kinetic Theory of Gases
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas.
Kinetic theory of gases - assumptions, 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. 


Unit –X: Oscillations and Waves
Periodic motion - period, frequency, displacement as a function o
f time. Periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) 
and its equation; phase; oscillations of a spring - restoring force an
d 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, reflection of waves, Standing waves in strings and organ pipes, 
fundamental mode and harmonics, Beats, Doppler effect in sound. 


Unit - XI: 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


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, 
combination of capacitors in series and in parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate
 capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the plates, Energy stored in a 
capacitor. 


Unit - XII: Currrent Electricity
Electric current, Drift velocity, Ohm's law, Electrical resistance, Resistances of 
different materials, V-I characteristics of Ohmic and nonohmic 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, combination of cells in series and in parallel.
Kirchhoff's laws and their applications. Wheatstone bridge, Metre bridge.
Potentiometer - principle and its applications. 


Unit - XIII: 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. Force between two
 parallel current-carrying conductors-definition of ampere. Torque experienced by 
a current loop in 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 ferro- magnetic substances.
Magnetic susceptibility and permeability, Hysteresis, Electromagnets and permanent 
magnets.

Unit-XIV: 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.

Unit – XV: 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.
Unit – XVI: 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 Huygen's 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, Polarisation, plane polarized light; Brewster's law, uses 
of plane polarized light and Polaroids.

Unit-XVII: 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.

Unit - XVIII: 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.

Unit – XIX: Electronic Devices
Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: I-V characteristics in forward and reverse bias;
diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, 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.

Unit – XX: Communication Systems
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in the atmosphere; Sky and space wave
propagation, Need for modulation, Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, Bandwidth of signals, Bandwidth of Transmission medium, Basic Elements of a Communication System (Block Diagram only).

SECTION –B

Unit – XXI: Experimental Skills

Familiarity with the basic approach and observations of the experiments and activities:

1. Vernier callipers—its use to measure internal and external diameter and depth of a vessel
2. Screw gauge—its use to determine thickness/diameter of thin sheet/wire.
3. Simple Pendulum - dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between square of amplitude and time.
4. Metre Scale - mass of a given object by principle of moments
5. Young's modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire
6. Surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents
7. Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring terminal velocity of a given spherical body.
8. Plotting a cooling curve for the relationship between the temperature of a hot 
body and time.
9. Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube.
10. Specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid and (ii) liquid by method of mixtures.
11. Resistivity of the material of a given wire using metre bridge.
12. Resistance of a given wire using Ohm's law
13. Potentiometer –
    (i) Comparison of emf of two primary cells.
    (ii) Internal resistance of a cell.

14. Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method.
15. Focal length of:
    (i)Convex mirror
    (ii)Concave mirror, and
    (iii)Convex lens

16. Using parallax method. Plot of angle of deviation vs angle of incidence for a 
triangular prism.
17. Refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope
18. Characteristic curves of a p - n junction diode in forward and reverse bias.
19.Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse break -down voltage.
20.Characteristic curves of a transistor and finding current gain and voltage gain
21.Identification of Diode, LED, Transistor, IC, Resistor, Capacitor from mixed collection of such items.
22. Using multimeter to:
    Identify base of a transistor
    Distinguish between npn and pnp type transistor
    See the unidirectional flow of current in case of a diode and an LED.
    Check the correctness or otherwise of a given electronic component (diode, transistor or IC).

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