(Syllabus) Ed.CET-2011 Entrance Test "Physics" Syllabus

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Ed.CET-2011 Entrance Test Syllabus
Physics (Marks-100)

Physics Syllabus:

1. Vector Analysis: Scalar and Vector fields, Gradient of a scalar field. Divergence and curl of a vector field

2. Mechanics of particles: Laws of motion, Motion of variable mass system. Conservation of energy and momentum.

3. Mechanics of Rigid bodies: Definition of Rigid body, rotational kinematics relations, equation of motion for a rotating body, angular momentum. Eulers equation, precession of a top.

4. Central forces: Central forces - definition and examples, Conservative nature of central forces. Equation of motion under a central force, Gravitational field, motion under inverse square law, derivation of Kepler's laws.

5. Fundamentals of vibrations: Simple harmonic oscillator and solution of the differential equation-physical characteristics of SHM, frequency of loaded spring taking its mass into consideration.

6. Damped and forced oscillations: Damped harmonic oscillator, solution of the differential equation of damped oscillator. Energy consideration, comparison with undamped harmonic oscillator.

7. Vibrating strings: Transverse wave propagation along a stretched string, general solution of wave equation and its significance, modes of vibration of stretched string clamped at both the ends, overtones.

8. Kinetic theory of gases: Deduction of Max Well's law of distribution of molecular speeds - Transport phenomena - Viscosity, thermal conduction and diffusion of gases.

9. Thermodynamics: Heat and work - Internal energy - Indicator Diagrams work done is Isothermal and adiabatic processes - First law of thermodynamic - significance and applications of first law of thermodynamics - Reversible and irreversible process - Carnot's theorem - Carnot's engine, efficiency - Clausius - Clapeyron equation - Second law of thermodynamics, different statements - Thermodynamic scale of temperature-Entropy concept - Entropy and disorder measurement of entropy changes in reversible and irreversible processes - Entropy of universe - Entropy - Temperature diagrams,

10. Quantum theory of Radiation: Block body Fery's black body distribution of energy in the spectrum of a black body - Wien's displacement law, Wien's law; Raleigh Jean law - Quantum theory of radiation - Planck's law deduction of Wien's law, Releigh Jeans law Wien's displacement from Planck's law.

11. Statistical thermodynamics: Introduction of statistical mechanics - statistical equilibrium - probability theorems in statistical thermodynamics - Max Well - Boltzmann distribution law (Statement and expression only) - Application to ideal gas. Quantum Statistics - Phase space - Fermi - Dirac distribution law (statement and expression only) - Application to electron gas - Bose -- Einstein distribution law (statement and expression only) - application to photon gas - comparison of three statistics.

12. Interference: The superposition principle - coherence - temporal and spatial conditions for interference of light. Interference by division of wave front - Fresnel's bipism - determination of wavelength of light chance of phase on reflection - determination of thickness of a transparent material using prism. Interference by division of amplitude - oblique incidence of a plane wave on a thin film (the cosine law) - coloures of thin films - non reflecting thin films - interference by a plane parallel film illuminated by a point surface - interference by film with two non parallel reflecting surfaces (wedge shaped film)-determination of diameter of wire Newton's rings in reflected and transmitted light. Determination of wavelength of monochromatic light Michelson Interferometer, types of fringes, determination of wavelength of monochromatic light, thickness of a thin plate.

13. Diffraction: Fraunhofer diffraction - diffraction due to a single slit and circular aperture. Limit of resolution - two-slit Fraunhofer diffraction - Fraunhofer diffraction pattern with N-slits - The Fourier transform and its properties - the shifting theorem and application of the FT to Fourier diffraction due to single slit, A double slit and the diffraction grating - The diffraction grating normal and oblique incidence determination of wavelength of light.

14. Polarization and double effraction: Polarized light - Brewsters law - Malus Law - phenomenon of double refraction is calcite - Refraction of plane wave icident on a negative crystal like calcite - Nichol prism. Analysis of polarized light by quarter wave plate - Babinet compensator.

15. Lasers fiber optics and Holography: Spontaneous, stimulated emission - Laser principle - population inversion - Einstein coefficients - Types of lasers, He - and New Ruby lasers and the application of lasers.

16. Electrostatics: Gauss law and its applications, electric field due to an infinite conducting sheet of chare, uniformly charged sphere and charged cylindrical conductors, mechanical force on a charged conduct, electric potential, potential due to charged spherical conductor, and electric dipole and an infinite line of charge.

17. Dielectrics: An atomic view, potential energy of a dipole in an electric field, polarization and charge density, dielectrics and Gauss's law - Relation between D.E. and P-Dielectric constant and susceptibility, Boundary conditions at the dielectric surface.

18. Capacitance: Capacity of concentric spheres and cylindrical condenser, capacity of parallel plate condenser with and without dielectric - electric energy stored by a charged condenser - force between plates of condenser, attracted disc electrometer construction and working.

19. Magnetostatics: Magnetic shall-potential due to magnetic shell - field due magnetic shell - equivalent of electron circuit and magnetic shell - application of field due to magnetic shell - magnetic induction (B) and field (H) - Permeability and susceptibility - Hysteresis loop.

20. Moving charge in electric and magnetic fields: Hall effect, cyclotron, synchrocyclotron and synochrotron - force on a current carrying conductor, force and torque on current loop - Biot Severt's law and calculation of B due to long straight wire, circular a current loop and solenoid.

21. Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law - Lenz's law - expression for induced emf - electromotive force-time varying magnetic fields - Betatran - Ballistic galvanometer - theory - damping correction - self and mutual inductance, coefficient of coupling, calculation self inductance of along solenoid - toroid - energy stored in magnet in field principles of transformer.

22. Varying and alternating currents: CR circuits, LR circuits, growth and decay of currents, LCR circuit, critical damping - alternating current, relation between current and voltage in pure RC and L-vector diagrams LCR circuit power factor, series and parallel resonant circuit - Q - factor.

23. Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic wave: A review of basic laws of electricity and magnetism - displacement current - Maxwell's equations in differential form Maxwell's wave equation. Plane electromagnetic waves transverse nature of electromagnetic waves poynting theorem, production of electromagnetic waves (Hertz experiment)

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