TOTAL WEIGHTAGE OF UNITS IN I AND II PU- PHYSICS:

FOR I PU

UNIT Round Distn.of hours (out of 72)

off Avg.
MECHANICS 78% 56
HEAT & THERMODYNAMICS 22% 16

Distn. Name of the

No. of
UNITS Of hours Lecturer
questions
(for 72)
Units and measurements 5 100 DCK
Motion along a straight line 4 80 GBS
Vectors 3 60 GBS
Motion along a plane 3 60 GBS
Laws of Motion and GBS
3 60
collisions
Friction and free body GBS
3 60
diagrams
MECHANICS

Work, Energy & Power 2 40 DCK

PE of a spring & other DCK
3 60
systems
Rotational Motion 3 60 GBS
Moment of Inertia 4 80 GBS
Gravitation 5 100 DCK
Mechanics of Solids & Fluids 4 80 OUTSOURCE
Simple Harmonic Motion 4 80 GBS
Waves, Stationary and GBS
5 100
Standing Waves
Sound, Beats and Doppler OUTSOURCE
5 100
effect

Thermal expansion and DCK

3 60
Sp.heats
DYNAMICS
THERMO

Modes of heat transfer and DCK

5 100
Laws of Black body radiation
Thermodynamics 4 80 DCK
Kinetic Theory of Gases DCK
4 80
and Gas laws
TOTAL
1440
= 72 Hrs
MECHANICS- most important topics:
 Dimensional and error analysis
 Equations of motion
 Relative motion
 Projectile & circular motion
 Mechanics of common forces
 Conservation of momentum & energy, and collisions
 Potential energy of a spring
 Moment of inertia and dynamics of rotational motion
 Kepler's laws
 Acceleration due to gravity
 Satellites
 Simple Harmonic Motion
 Transverse & longitudinal waves: superposition and reflection
 Standing waves & Beats, Doppler effect
 Pascal's law, Bernoulli's principle, viscosity & Reynolds' number

THERMODYNAMICS- most important topics:

 Temperature and Thermal Expansion
 Specific Heat Capacity and Calorimetry
 Heat Transfer
 Newton's Law of Cooling
 First Law of Thermodynamics and Heat Capacity
 Thermodynamic State Variables, Equation of State and Thermodynamic
Processes
 Heat engines, refrigerators and Heat Pumps
 Second Law of Thermodynamics
 Reversible and Irreversible Processes and Carnot Engine
 Law of Equipartition of Energy, Specific Heat Capacity and Mean Free Path
 FOR II PU
ELECTROSTATICS AND MAGNETISM –XII
CHAPTERS WEIGHTAGE
Electric Charges & Fields 3.67
Electric Potential & Capacitance 3.33
Moving Charges & Magnetism 6.33
Magnetism & Matter 1.00
Electromagnetic Waves & Communication Systems 3.33
The most important topics are:

 Electric Charge and Coulomb's Law

 Electric Field, Field Lines and Flux
 Continuous Charge Distribution and Gauss's Law
 Electrostatic Potential and Work done
 Potential Energy in an external Field
 Electrostatics of Conductors and Dielectrics
 Capacitance and Capacitors
 Motion in Electric and Magnetic Fields and Cyclotrons
 Biot-Savart Law
 Ampere's Circuital Law
 Force Between Two Parallel Currents
 Torque on Current Loop and Magnetic Dipole
 Bar magnet and Magnetic Field lines
 The Earth's Magnetism
 Electromagnetic Waves and Spectrum
 Bandwidth & modulation of Signals in communication systems

ELECTRIC CURRENT AND EMI-XII

CHAPTERS WEIGHTAGE
Current Electricity 4.67
Electromagnetic Induction 3.00
Alternating Current 1.67
Semiconductors 10.67

The most important topics are:

  Electric Current and Ohm's law
 Drift of Electrons and resistivity
 Electrical Energy and Power
 Cells, Emf, Internal Resistance
 Combination of resistors and cells and Kirchhoff's Laws
 Wheatstone Bridge, Meter Bridge and Potentiometer
 Magnetic Flux and Faraday's Law of Induction
 Motional EMF and Eddy currents
 Inductance and AC generator
 AC voltage applied to LR, CR and LCR circuit
 Power in AC circuit
 Types of Semiconductors and Semiconductor devices: Junction
Diodes and transistors
 Circuit Configurations and transistor Characteristics
 Applications of transistors: Switches, Amplifiers and Oscillators
 Logic gates and IC

OPTICS AND MODERN PHYSICS-XII

CHAPTERS WEIGHTAGE
Ray Optics 5.67
Wave Optics 4.67
Dual Nature of Radiation 4.33
Atoms & Nuclei 2.33

The most important topics are:

 Concept of refraction & total internal reflection

 Refraction at spherical surfaces and by lenses
 Power of a lens
 Refraction by Prism & dispersion
 Optical Devices
 Young's double slit experiment & Interference
 Diffraction & resolving power of Optical instruments
 Mass-Energy relationship and Nuclear Binding Energy
 Radioactivity
 Photoelectric Effect
 De-broglie relationship