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Unit – I : Physics (76 Marks)
Part I : General Physics, Heat and Thermodynamics
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1. Laws of Motion; Newton’s laws of motion and their applications. Equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction, lubrication.
Dynamics of uniform circular motion : Centripetal force and examples of circular motion.Work done by a force; kinetic energy and potential energy, workenergy theorem, power. Conservative forces and non-conservative forces; elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
2. Centre of mass of a two-particle system, a rigid body and uniform rod with momentum conservations. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equation of rotational motion,comparison of linear and rotational motions; moment of inertia, radius of gyration.
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion. The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Gravitational potential energy; Escape velocity, orbital velocity of a satellite. Geostationary satellites.
3. Properties of Matter; Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus-, shear, modulus of rigidity, poisson’s ratio; elastic energy.
Pressure due to a fluid column; Pascal’s law and its applications Effect of gravity on fluid pressure. Viscosity, Stokes’ law, terminal velocity, Reynolds’s number, streamline and turbulent flow. Critical velocity, Bernoulli’s theorem and its applications.
4. Heat, temperature, thermal expansion; thermal expansion of solids, liquids, and gases. Anomalous expansion. Specific heat capacity : Cp, Cv — calorimetry; change of state — latent heat.
Heat transfer-conduction and thermal conductivity, convection and radiation. Qualitative ideas of Black Body Radiation, Wein’s displacement law, and Green House effect.
5. Laws of thermodynamics and subsequent related topis; Equation of state of a perfect gas; work done on compressing a gas.Kinetic theory of gases; assumptions, concept of pressure.
Kinetic energy andtemperature; rms speed of gas molecules; degrees of freedom, law of equipartition of energy (statement only) and application to specific heat capacities of gases; concept of mean free path, Avogadro’s number.
Part II : Electricity & Magnetism, Optics
6. Electric charges and their conservation. Coulomb’s law and its applications, electric field, electric flux, Gauss’s theorem and electric potential.Conductors and insulators, Dielectrics and properties.
Electric current, Ohm’s law, Kirchhoff -’s laws and simple applications. Wheatstone brides, metre bridge. Potentiometer
7. Biot – Savart law and its application, Ampere’s law and its applications,Cyclotron, moving coil galvanometer.Para-, dia-, and ferro- magnetic substances, with examples. Electromagnets and factors affecting their strengths. Permanent magnets.
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; LC oscillations (qualitative treatment only), LCR series circuit, resonance; power in AC circuits, wattless current.
8. Reflection, refraction and scattering of light; laws and formulae derivations, with reference to mirror, lenses prisms. Myopia and hypermetropia.Wavefront and Huygens’ principle, reflection and refraction of plane wave at a plane surface using wavefronts.
Interference, Young’s double hole 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 polarised light; Brewster’s law, uses of plane polarised light and Polaroids.
Part III : Atomic, Nuclear Physics & Electronics
9. Einstein’s photoelectric equation –particle nature of light.Matter waves; wave nature of particles, de Broglie relation. Davisson-Germer experiment. 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.
10. Energy bands in solids; conductors, insulators and semiconductors; semiconductor diode V-I 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 and oscillator, transistor as a switch. Logic gates (OR, AND, NOT, NAND and NOR).
UNIT- II : Chemistry (75 Marks)
Part I : Inorganic Chemistry
1. Atomic Structure and Periodic property : Atomic model;Thomson’s,Rutherford’s Bohr’s models and their limitations, concept of shells and sub-shells, dual-nature of matter and light, de Broglie’s relationship, Uncertainty principle, atomic-orbitals (s, p and d-orbitals);
Aufbau principle; Pauli’s exclusion principle; Hund’s rule; Effective nuclear charge, shielding or screening effect. Concept of hybridization; VSEPR; hydrogen bonding.
MOT for homonuclear & heteronuclear species; VBT; CFT (octahedral, tetrahedral & square planar), CFSE in weak and strong ligands. Ionic bond, Covalent bond, Coordinate bond, Metallic bond, Hydrogen bond, Structures of solids- Types of crystals, Packing, Radius ratio, Crystal structures, Lattice energy, Lattice defects.
2. s & p block properties : Properties of s & p-block elements with reference to electronic configuration, occurrence, anomalous properties of the first element of each group, diagonal relationship, trends in the variation of properties, trends in chemical reactivity.
Preparation and Properties of Some Important elements and Compounds like Boron, Aluminium, Sodium carbonate, sodium chloride, sodium hydroxide and sodium hydrogencarbonate, their uses.
3. Equilibrium & redox reactions : Equilibrium in physical and chemical processes, dynamic nature of equilbrium, law of mass action, equilibrium constant, factors affecting equilibrium —Le Chatelier’s principle;
ionic equilibrium, strong and weak electrolytes, degree of ionization, ionization of polybasic acids, acid strength, concept of pH., Hydrolysis of salts,buffer solutions, Henderson equation, solubility product, common ion effect.
Concept of oxidation and reduction, redox reactions, oxidation number, balancing redox reactions in terms of loss and gain of electron and change in oxidation numbers, applications of redox reactions.