(Syllabus) IAIPMT Examination (Physics)
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Syllabus : IAIPMT Examination (National Level Entrance Exam)
Physics
Unit : 1
Introduction
and Measurement
What is Physics?; Scope and excitement;
Physics in relation to science, society and technology, Need for measurement,
units for measurement, systems of units-SI : fundamental and derived units.
Dimensions and their applications. Orders of magnitude, Accuracy and errors in
measurement-random and instrumental errors, Significant figures and rounding
off, Graphs, Trigonometric functions, simple ideas of differentiation and
integration.
Unit : 2
Description
of Motion in One Dimension
Objects in motion in one dimension, Motion in
straight line, unit and direction for time and position measurement. Uniform
motion, its graphical representation and formulae, speed and velocity, relative
velocity, instantaneous velocity. Uniformly accelerated motion, its
velocity-time graph, position-time graph and formulae. General relation between
position and velocity, application to uniformly accelerated motion. Acceleration
in general one-dimensional motion.
Unit : 3
Description
of Motion in Two and Three Dimensions
Vectors and scalars, vectors in two
dimensions, general-vectors, vector addition and multiplication by a real
number, zero-vector and its properties. Resolution of a vector in a plane,
rectangular components. Scalar and Vector Products. Motion in two dimensions,
cases of uniform velocity and uniform acceleration-projectile motion, general
relation among position-velocity-acceleration for motion in a plane-uniform
circular motion. Motion of objects in three dimensional space (elementary
ideas).
Unit : 4
Laws
of Motion
Force and inertia, first law of motion.
Momentum, second law of motion, impulse, some kinds of forces in nature. Third
law of motion, conservation of momentum, rocket propulsion. Equilibrium of
concurrent forces. Static and kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling
friction, lubrication, Inertial and non-inertial frames (elementary ideas).
Unit : 5
Work,
Energy and Power
Work done by a constant force and by a
variable force, unit of work, kinetic energy, power, Elastic collision in one
and two dimensions, Potential energy, gravitational potential energy, and its
conversion to kinetic energy, potential energy of a spring. Different forms of
energy, mass energy equivalence, conservation of energy.
Unit : 6
Rotational
Motion
Centre of mass of a two-particle system,
momentum conservation and centre of mass motion. Centre of mass of rigid body,
general motion of a rigid body, nature of rotational motion, rotational motion
of a single particle in two dimensions only, torque, angular momentum and its
geometrical and physical meaning, conservation of angular momentum, examples of
circular motion (car on a level circular road, car on banked road, pendulum
swinging in a vertical plane). Moment of inertia, its-physical significance,
parallel axis and perpendicular axis theorem (statements only).
Unit : 7
Gravitation
Acceleration due to gravity, one dimensional
motion under gravity, two-dimensional motion under gravity. Universal law of
gravitation, inertia and gravitational mass, variations in the acceleration due
to gravity of the earth, orbital velocity, geostationary satellites,
gravitational potential energy near the surface of earth, gravitational
potential, escape velocity.
Unit : 8
Heat
and Thermodynamics
Specific heat, specific heat at constant
volume and constant pressure of ideal gas, relation between them, first law of
thermodynamics. Thermodynamic state, equation of state and isothermals,
pressure-temperature phase diagram. Thermodynamic processes (reversible,
irreversible, isothermal, adiabatic). Carnot cycle, second law ofthermodynamics,
efficiency of heat engines : Conduction, convection and radiation. Thermal
conductivity, black body radiation, Wien's law, Stefan's law, Newton's law of
cooling.
Unit : 9
Oscillations
Periodic motion, simple harmonic motion
(S.H.M.) and its equation of motion. Oscillations due to a spring, kinetic
energy and potential energy in S.H.M., Simple pendulum, physical concepts of
forced oscillations, resonance and damped oscillations.
Unit : 10
Waves
Wave motion, speed of wave motion, principle
of super-positions, reflection of waves, harmonic waves (qualitative treatment
only) standing waves and normal modes and its graphical representation. Beats,
Doppler effect. Musical scale, accoustics of building.
Unit : 11
Electrostatics
Frictional electricity, charges and their
conservation, elementary unit, Coulomb's law, dielectric constant, electric
field, electric field due to a point charge, di-pole field and dipoles'
behaviour in an uniform (2-dimensional) electric field, flux, Gauss's law in
simple geometrics, Conductors and insulators, presence of free charges and bound
charges inside a conductor, Dielectric (concept only), Capacitance (parallel
plate), series and parallel, energy of a capacitor, high voltage generators,
atmospheric electricity.
Unit : 12
Current
Electricity
Introduction (flow of current), sources of
e.m.f., cells : simple, secondary, chargeable, electric current, resistance of
different materials, temperature dependence, thermistor, specific resistivity,
colour code for carbon resistances. Ohm's law. Kirchoff's law, resistances in
series and parallel, series and parallel circuits, Wheatstone's bridge,
measurement of voltages and currents, potentiometer.
Unit : 13
Thermal
and Chemical Effects of Currents
Electric power, heating effects of current,
chemical effects and law of electrolysis, simple concept of thermoelectricity,
thermocouple.
Unit : 14
Magnetic
Effect of Currents
Oersted's observation, Biot-Savart's law
(magnetic field due to a current element), magnetic field due to a straight
wire, circular loop and solenoid. Force on a moving charge in a uniform magnetic
field (Lorentz force), cyclotron (simple idea), forces and torques on currents
in a magnetic field, forces between two currents, definition of ampere, moving
coil galvanometer, ammeter and voltmeter.
Unit : 15
Magnetism
Bar magnet (comparison with a solenoid),
lines of force, torque on a bar magnet in a magnetic field, earth's magnetic
field, tangent galvanometer, vibration magnetometer, para, dia and
ferromagnetism (simple idea).
Unit : 16
Electromagnetic
Induction and Alternating Currents
Induced e.m.f., Faraday's Law, Lenz's Law,
Induction, self and mutual inductance, alternating currents, impedance and
reactance, power in a.c., electrical machines and devices (transformer,
induction coil, generator, simple motors, choke and starter).
Unit : 17
Electromagnetic
Waves (Qualitative Treatment)
Electromagnetic oscillations, some history of
electromagnetic waves (Maxwell, Hertz, Bose, Marconi). Electromagnetic spectrum
(radio, micro-waves, infra-red, optical, ultraviolet, X-rays, beta and gamma
rays) including elementary facts about their uses and propagation, properties of
atmosphere w.r.t various parts of electromagnetic spectrum.
Unit : 18
Ray
Optics and Optical Instruments
Ray optics as a limiting case of wave optics, reflection, refraction, total
internal reflection, optical fibre, curved mirrors, lenses, mirror and lens
formulae, Dispersion by a prism, spectrometer and spectra-absorption and
emission; scattering, rainbow. Magnification and resolving power, telescope
(astronomical), microscope.
Unit : 19
Electrons
and Photons
Discovery of electron, e/m for an electron,
electrical conduction in gases, particle nature of light, Einstein's
photoelectric equation, photocells.
Unit : 20
Atoms,
Molecules and Nuclei
Rutherford model of the atom, Bohr model, energy
quantization, hydrogen spectrum, composition of nucleus, atomic masses,
isotopes, size of nucleus, radioactivity, Mass energy relation, nuclear fission
and fusion, nuclear holocaust.
Unit : 21
Solids
and Semiconductor Devices
Crystal structure-Unit cell; single, poly and
liquid crystal (concepts only) Energy bands in solids, conductors, insulators
and semi-conductors, PN junction, diodes, junction transistor, diode as
rectifier, transistor as an amplifier and oscillator, logicgates and combination
of gates.