BITSAT Syllabus for Physics

• Units (Different systems of units, SI units, fundamental and derived units)


• Dimensional Analysis


• Precision and significant figures


• Fundamental measurements in Physics (Vernier calipers, screw gauge, Physical balance etc)

• Properties of vectors


• Position, velocity and acceleration vectors


• Motion with constant acceleration


• Projectile motion


• Uniform circular motion


• Relative motion

• Newton’s laws (free body diagram, resolution of forces)


• Motion on an inclined plane


• Motion of blocks with pulley systems


• Circular motion - centripetal force


• Inertial and non-inertial frames

• Definition of impulse and momentum


• Conservation of momentum


• Collisions


• Momentum of a system of particles


• Center of mass

• Work done by a force


• Kinetic energy and work-energy theorem


• Power


• Conservative forces and potential energy


• Conservation of mechanical energy

• Description of rotation (angular displacement, angular velocity and angular acceleration)


• Rotational motion with constant angular acceleration


• Moment of inertia, Parallel and perpendicular axes theorems, rotational kinetic energy6.4 Torque and angular momentum


• Conservation of angular momentum


• Rolling motion

• Newton’s law of gravitation


• Gravitational potential energy, Escape velocity


• Motion of planets - Kepler’s laws, satellite motion

Mechanics of Solids and Fluids


• Elasticity


• Pressure, density and Archimedes’ principle


• Viscosity and Surface Tension


• Bernoulli’s theorem

OSCILLATIONS


• Kinematics of simple harmonic motion


• Spring mass system, simple and compound pendulum


• Forced & damped oscillations, resonance

WAVES


• Progressive sinusoidal waves


• Standing waves in strings and pipes


• Superposition of waves beats

HEAT AND THERMODYNAMICS


• Kinetic theory of gases


• Thermal equilibrium and temperature


• Specific heat


• Work, heat and first law of thermodynamics


• 2nd law of thermodynamics, Carnot engine - Efficiency and Coefficient of performance

ELECTROSTATICS


• Coulomb’s law


• Electric field (discrete and continuous charge distributions)


• Electrostatic potential and Electrostatic potential energy


• Gauss’ law and its applications


• Electric dipole


• Capacitance and dielectrics (parallel plate capacitor, capacitors in series and parallel)

CURRENT ELECTRICITY


• Ohm’s law, Joule heating


• D.C circuits - Resistors and cells in series and parallel, Kirchoff’s laws, potentiometer and Wheatstone bridge,


• Electrical Resistance (Resistivity, origin and temperature dependence of resistivity).

MAGNETIC EFFECT OF CURRENT


• Biot-Savart’s law and its applications


• Ampere’s law and its applications


• Lorentz force, force on current carrying conductors in a magnetic field


• Magnetic moment of a current loop, torque on a current loop, Galvanometer and its conversion to voltmeter and ammeter

ELECTROMAGNETIC INDUCTION


• Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law, eddy currents


• Self and mutual inductance


• Transformers and generators


• Alternating current (peak and rms value)


• AC circuits, LCR circuits

Optics


• Laws of reflection and refraction


• Lenses and mirrors


• Optical instruments - telescope and microscope


• Interference - Huygen’s principle, Young’s double slit experiment


• Interference in thin films


• Diffraction due to a single slit


• Electromagnetic waves and their characteristics (only qualitative ideas), Electromagnetic spectrum


• Polarization - states of polarization, Malus’ law, Brewster’s law

MODERN PHYSICS


• Dual nature of light and matter - Photoelectric effect. De Broglie wavelength


• Atomic models - Rutherford’s experiment, Bohr’s atomic model


• Hydrogen atom spectrum


• Radioactivity


• Nuclear reactions: Fission and fusion, binding energy


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