WAY TO SUCCESS 4
JEE Advanced
2014 Syllabus for Physics
General: Units
and dimensions, dimensional
analysis;
least count,
significant figures; Methods of measurement
and
error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the following experiments: Experiments based on using Vernier calipers and screw gauge (micrometer),
Determination of g using simple
pendulum,
Young's
modulus
by Searle's method, Specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter,
focal length
of a concave mirror
and a convex lens
using u-v method, Speed
of sound
using resonance column,
Verification
of Ohm's law using voltmeter and ammeter, and specific
resistance
of the material
of a wire using meter bridge
and post office box.
Mechanics: Kinematics in one and two dimensions
(Cartesian
coordinates
only), projectiles; Uniform Circular
motion;
Relative
velocity.
Newton's
laws of motion;
Inertial and uniformly
accelerated
frames
of reference; Static and dynamic friction; Kinetic and potential
energy;
Work
and power;
Conservation of linear momentum and mechanical energy.
Systems of particles;
Centre
of mass and its motion; Impulse; Elastic and inelastic
collisions.
Law of gravitation;
Gravitational
potential
and field; Acceleration due to gravity; Motion of planets and satellites in circular
orbits;
Escape velocity.
Rigid body, moment
of inertia,
parallel and
perpendicular axes theorems, moment of inertia of uniform bodies
with simple geometrical
shapes;
Angular
momentum; Torque; Conservation of angular momentum; Dynamics
of rigid bodies with fixed axis of rotation; Rolling without slipping of rings, cylinders and spheres; Equilibrium of rigid bodies; Collision
of point masses
with rigid bodies.
Pressure
in a fluid;
Pascal's
law; Buoyancy; Surface energy
and surface tension, capillary rise;
Viscosity (Poiseuille's equation excluded),
Stoke's
law; Terminal velocity, Streamline
flow,
equation of continuity,
Bernoulli's theorem
and its applications.
Wave motion
(plane waves only),
longitudinal and transverse
waves,
superposition
of waves; Progressive and stationary waves; Vibration
of strings and
air columns;Resonance; Beats; Speed of sound in gases; Doppler effect (in sound).
Thermal physics:
Thermal
expansion
of solids,
liquids and gases;
Calorimetry, latent heat;
Heat
conduction in one dimension; Elementary concepts
of convection and radiation; Newton's law of cooling; Ideal gas laws; Specific heats (CV and
Cp for mono atomic and
diatomic gases); Isothermal and adiabatic processes, bulk modulus of gases;
Equivalence
of heat and work; First law of thermodynamics and its applications (only for ideal gases);
Black body radiation:
absorptive and
emissive powers; Kirchhoff's law; Wien's displacement law, Stefan's law.
Electricity and Magnetism: Coulomb's law; Electric field and potential;
Electrical
potential energy of a system of point charges
and of electrical
dipoles
in a uniform
electrostatic
field; Electric field lines; Flux of electric
field; Gauss's law and its application in simple cases, such as, to
find field due to infinitely long straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
Capacitance; Parallel plate capacitor with and without
dielectrics;
Capacitors
in series and parallel; Energy stored
in a capacitor.
Electric current;
Ohm's
law; Series
and parallel arrangements of resistances
and cells; Kirchhoff's laws
and simple applications;
Heating
effect of current.
Biot-Savart's law and Ampere's law;
Magnetic field
near a current-carrying straight
wire, along
the axis
of a circular coil and inside a long straight solenoid; Force on a moving charge
and on a current-carrying wire in a uniform magnetic field.
Magnetic
moment
of a current
loop; Effect
of a uniform magnetic field on a current loop;
Moving coil galvanometer, voltmeter, ammeter and their conversions.
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law, Lenz's law;
Self and mutual inductance; RC, LR and
LC circuits with D.C. and A.C. sources.
Optics: Rectilinear propagation of light; Reflection
and refraction at plane and spherical surfaces; Total internal reflection; Deviation and dispersion of light by a prism; Thin lenses;
Combinations of mirrors and thin lenses;
Magnification.
Wave nature of light: Huygens's principle,
interference limited to Young's double-slit
experiment.
Modern
Physics: Atomic nucleus; Alpha,
beta and gamma
radiations;
Law of radioactive
decay; Decay
constant; Half-life and mean life; Binding
energy and its calculation; Fission and fusion processes; Energy
calculation in these
processes.
Photoelectric effect;
Bohr's theory
of hydrogen-like atoms; Characteristic and continuous X-rays, Moseley's law; de Broglie wavelength of matter wave
