JEE ADVANCED PHYSICS SYLLABUS

Chapter 01 General Physics

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.

Chapter 02 Kinematics
Kinematics in one and two dimensions (Cartesian coordinates
only), projectiles; Uniform circular motion; Relative velocity.

Chapter 03 Newton’s laws of motion and Friction

Newton’s laws of motion; Inertial and uniformly accelerated
frames of reference; Static and dynamic friction.
Chapter 04 Work Energy and Power
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.

Chapter 05 Gravitation
Law of gravitation; Gravitational potential and field;
Acceleration due to gravity; Motion of planets and satellites in
circular orbits; Escape velocity.

Chapter 06 Rotational Motion

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.
Chapter 07 Properties of Matter
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).

Chapter 08 Heat and Thermodynamics

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 monoatomic 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.
Chapter 09 Electrostatics
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.

Chapter 10 Electric current

Electric current; Ohm’s law; Series and parallel arrangements of
resistances and cells; Kirchhoff’s laws and simple applications;
Heating effect of current.

Chapter 11 Magnetic effects of Current and Magnetism

Biot–Savart’s 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.

Chapter 12 Electromagnetic induction and AC

Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law, Lenz’s law; self and
mutual inductance; RC, LR and LC circuits with d.c. and a.c.
sources.

Chapter 13 Ray 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.

Chapter 14 Wave Optics

Wave nature of light: Huygen’s principle, interference limited to
Young’s double-slit experiment.
Chapter 15 Modern Physics
Atomic nucleus; α, β and γ 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.