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Physics Syllabus for BITSAT 2013

BITSAT 2013 will be conducted from 14th May to 1st June 2013. Here is the syllabus for Physics.

BITSAT examination is based on the NCERT syllabus for class 12th and 11th. Students need to revise Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English. Here is the detailed syllabus for Physics.

Units & Measurement

• 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)

Kinematics

• Properties of vectors
• Position, velocity and acceleration vectors
• Motion with constant acceleration
• Projectile motion
• Uniform circular motion
• Relative motion

Newton's Laws of 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 frame

Impulse and Momentum

• Definition of impulse and momentum
• Conservation of momentum
• Collisions
• Momentum of a system of particles
• Center of mass

Work and Energy

• Work done by a force
• Kinetic energy and work-energy theorem
• Power
• Conservative forces and potential energy
• Conservation of mechanical energy

Rotational Motion

• 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 energy 6.4 Torque and angular momentum
• Conservation of angular momentum

Gravitation

• 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

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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