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; Circular motion (uniform
and non-uniform); 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.
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.
Linear and Angular Simple Harmonic Motions.
Hooke's law, Young's Modulus.
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 monatomic 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). Blackbody 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 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 : Huygen'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 waves.
IIT-JEE Syllabus of Aptitude
Test
Freehand Drawing : This would comprise of
simple drawing depicting the total object in its right form and proportion,
surface texture, relative location and details of its component parts in
appropriate scale. Common domestic or day-to-day life usable objects like
furniture, equipment, etc., from memory.
Geometrical Drawing : Exercises in geometrical
drawing containing lines, angles, triangles, quadrilaterals, polygons, circles
etc. Study of plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) of simple solid
objects like prisms, cones, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders etc.
Three-Dimensional Perception : Understanding
and appreciation of three-dimensional forms with building elements, colour,
volume and orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory.
Imagination and Aesthetic Sensitivity :
Composition exercise with given elements. Context mapping. Creativity check
through innovative uncommon test with familiar objects. Sense of colour
grouping or application.
Architectural Awareness : General interest and awareness of famous
architectural creations - both national and international, places and
personalities (architects, designers etc. ) in the related domain
