sssihl.edu.in UG Admission Test Syllabus 2017 : Sri Sathya Sai Institute of Higher Learning

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Name Of The Exam : SSSIHL Admission Test 2017
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SSSIHL Admission Test Syllabus :

General English :
** Comprehension of Unseen Passage : Prose and Poetry.
** Vocabulary : Antonyms, Synonyms, Oneword Substitutes, Pairs of Words Often Confused

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** Grammar : Tenses, Prepositions, Phrasal Verbs, Voice(s), ‘too – enough,’ ‘since’ and ‘for’
** Structure : Reported Speech, Spellings, Punctuation, Correction of Sentences

** Composition : Re-ordering or rearranging of sentences to form a coherent whole, guided composition, paragraph writing, letter writing.

Mathematics :
Algebra and Trigonometry : Sets, Relations and functions; Complex Numbers; Matrices and Determinants; Quadratic Equations; Permutations and Combinations;

Mathematical Induction and its applications; Binomial theorem and its applications; Sequences and Series; Trigonometry.

** Calculus : Differential Calculus; Integral Calculus; Differential Equations.
** Two Dimensional Geometry.
** Statistics : Measures of Central tendency and Dispersion; Probability.

Physics :
** Measurements : Fundamental and derived units – length, mass and time measurements; Accuracy and precision of measuring instruments, errors in measurement – significant figures; Dimensions – dimensions of physical quantities – dimensional analysis;

** Scalar and vector quantities: Addition and subtraction of vectors, unit vector, resolution of vectors, rectangular components, multiplication of vectors – scalar, vector products.

** Mechanics and Kinematics : Motion in a straight line, position time graph, speed and velocity, uniform and non-uniform
motion, uniformly accelerated motion; Motion in two dimensions; projectile motion;

Force and inertia, Newton’s laws and their applications; unit of force – impulse; law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications; Equilibrium of concurrent forces – triangle law, parallelogram law;

Uniform circular motion, angular velocity, angular acceleration; relation between linear and angular velocities. Centripetal force; Work done by a constant force and a variable force; unit of work.

Potential and kinetic energy, work – energy theorem; Collisions – Elastic and in-elastic collisions in one dimension; Moment of inertia and its physical significance – radius of gyration; angular momentum. Torque – conservation of angular momentum.

** Gravitation : The universal law of gravitation; acceleration due to gravity and its variation with the altitude, latitude, depth and rotation of the Earth.

** Solids : Elastic behaviour, stress – strain relationship, Hooke’s law; three types of moduli of elasticity;

** Periodic motion: Period, frequency, displacement as a function of time. Simple harmonic motion – amplitude, frequency, phase – uniform circular motion as SHM. Oscillations of a spring; Energy in SHM. kinetic and potential energies;

** Wave motion : longitudinal and transverse waves – relation between frequency, wavelength and velocity of a wave, Superposition principle, Interference – intensity and sound level; beats, standing waves – standing waves in strings and pipes – sonometer – resonance air column – fundamental mode and harmonics. Doppler effect;

** Thermodynamics and Kinetic theory: Laws of thermodynamics; heat conduction, convection, radiation; kinetic theory of gases;

** Optics: Reflection of light – reflection at plane and curved surfaces; total internal reflection; determination of velocity of light – Michelson’s method; refraction – spherical lenses – thin lens formula, lens makers formula – magnification – power of a lens – combination of thin lenses in contact; refraction of light through a prism – dispersion – spectrometer – determination of μ – rainbow; optical instruments – microscope, telescope, resolving power;

** Electrostatics and Current Electricity : Electric charges, conductors, insulators, charging by induction, properties of electric charge, coulomb’s law, forces between multiple charges, electric field, electric field lines, electric flux, electric dipole, dipole in uniform external field, electrostatic potential, potential due to point charge, electrostatics of conductors, capacitors, capacitance, parallel plate capacitor, energy stored in capacitors, combination of capacitors.

** Electric current, Electric current in conductors: ohm’s law – electrical energy and power, combination of resistance, Kirchoff’s law, wheat stone bridge network, metre bridge, potentiometer

** Moving Charges, Magnetism and Electromagnetic induction: Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic elements. Bar magnet – magnetic field lines.

Magnetic field due to magnetic dipole along the axis and perpendicular to the axis; torque on a magnetic dipole in a uniform magnetic field; magnetic properties of materials–Intensity of magnetisation, magnetic susceptibility, magnetic induction and permeability Dia, Para and Ferromagnetic substances with examples; magnetic force and motion in a magnetic field, Biot-savart Law, Ampere’s circuital law, solenoid, torque on current loop, magnetic flux, Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, motional EMF, AC generator;

** Atomic and Nuclear Physics: Alpha particle scattering and Rutherford’s nuclear model, atomic spectra, Bohr model of hydrogen atom, hydrogen atom spectra, composition of nucleus, size of the nucleus, nuclear binding energy, nuclear force, radioactivity, Nuclear Fission and Fusion;

** Electronics : Semiconductors: intrinsic and extrinsic, p-n junction, diodes, special purpose diodes, transistors, digital electronics -logic gates.