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The document outlines the physics curriculum for grades 9-12, detailing topics such as mechanics, heat, optics, electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, and modern physics. It distinguishes between the old curriculum for grades 9 and 10 and the new curriculum for grades 11 and 12, highlighting key concepts and laws in each area. Additionally, it summarizes frequently tested topics from entrance exams between 2006 and 2016.

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Physics Topics Breakdown (1)

The document outlines the physics curriculum for grades 9-12, detailing topics such as mechanics, heat, optics, electricity, magnetism, thermodynamics, and modern physics. It distinguishes between the old curriculum for grades 9 and 10 and the new curriculum for grades 11 and 12, highlighting key concepts and laws in each area. Additionally, it summarizes frequently tested topics from entrance exams between 2006 and 2016.

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Physics Topics Breakdown

Grade 9 & 10 (Old Curriculum):

1. Mechanics:

Types of Motion:

Speed, velocity, and acceleration.

Uniform and non-uniform motion.

Newton's Laws of Motion:

First, second, and third laws.

Applications of these laws.

Force and Pressure:

Types of forces (gravitational, normal, frictional).

Pressure in liquids and gases.

Archimedes’ principle.

Work, Energy, and Power:

Work done by a force.

Energy (kinetic and potential).

Power and its calculation.

Machines:
Levers, pulleys, inclined planes.

Mechanical advantage, efficiency.

2. Heat:

Temperature vs. Heat:

Difference between temperature and heat.

Methods of heat transfer (conduction, convection, and radiation).

Specific Heat Capacity:

Calculating the heat required to change the temperature of a substance.

Latent Heat:

Latent heat of fusion and vaporization.

3. Optics:

Reflection and Refraction:

Laws of reflection and refraction.

Snell’s law.

Lenses and Mirrors:

Image formation (real and virtual).


Magnification.

Total Internal Reflection:

Angle of incidence and refraction in different mediums.

4. Electricity:

Basic Circuits:

Ohm’s law, resistors in series and parallel.

Simple electrical circuits.

Magnetism:

Magnetic field lines, magnetic forces.

Electromagnetism (use of current to generate a magnetic field).

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Grade 11 & 12 (New Curriculum):

1. Mechanics:

Linear and Rotational Motion:

Equations of motion in one dimension.


Angular motion and moment of inertia.

Work, Energy, and Power:

Conservation of mechanical energy.

Work-energy theorem and power.

Momentum and Impulse:

Conservation of momentum.

Collisions (elastic and inelastic).

Circular Motion:

Centripetal force and acceleration.

Tangential velocity.

2. Electricity and Magnetism:

Electrostatics:

Coulomb’s law, electric field and potential.

Gauss’s law.

Electric Circuits:

Kirchhoff’s laws (voltage and current laws).


Power and energy in electrical circuits.

Magnetism:

Magnetic field due to a current, Ampere's law.

Electromagnetic induction (Faraday’s law).

Electromagnetic Waves:

Properties of electromagnetic waves.

Wave-particle duality.

3. Thermodynamics:

First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics:

Conservation of energy (heat and work).

Entropy and reversible/irreversible processes.

Heat and Temperature:

Ideal gas laws.

Gas laws and the kinetic theory of gases.

Specific Heat and Latent Heat:

Heat capacity, phase changes, and latent heat of fusion and vaporization.
4. Optics:

Wave Properties:

Frequency, wavelength, and wave speed.

Optical Instruments:

Lenses and mirrors, magnification.

Interference and Diffraction:

Young’s double-slit experiment.

Diffraction patterns and applications.

5. Modern Physics:

Atomic Physics:

Structure of the atom (Bohr’s model, electron orbits).

Photoelectric effect and quantum mechanics.

Nuclear Physics:

Radioactivity, fission, and fusion.

Alpha, beta, and gamma radiation.


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Key Topics from 2006 to 2016 Entrance Exams (Physics)

From the entrance exams between 2006 and 2016, the following topics were most
commonly tested:

1. Mechanics:

Newton’s Laws of Motion (especially applications involving friction, inclined planes, and
pulleys).

Kinematics (calculating speed, velocity, and acceleration, motion in a straight line).

Work, Energy, and Power (questions on energy conservation and mechanical work).

Momentum (conservation of momentum in collisions).

2. Electricity and Magnetism:

Ohm’s law and electrical circuits (both simple and complex circuits).

Magnetic fields and forces (magnetic field due to a current).

Electromagnetic induction (calculating induced emf, Faraday’s law).

Electrostatics (Coulomb’s law, electric fields and potentials).

3. Thermodynamics:

Heat and Temperature (calculations involving specific heat capacity).

Laws of Thermodynamics (work, heat, and energy changes).


Gas Laws and Ideal Gas Law.

4. Optics:

Reflection and Refraction (Snell’s law, image formation in lenses and mirrors).

Magnification (understanding the relationship between object and image distances in


lenses).

Wave Interference and Diffraction (applications of wave theory to optics).

5. Modern Physics:

Atomic Physics (Bohr’s model, photoelectric effect).

Radioactivity (calculations involving decay rates and half-life)

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