Venper

Academy

JEE Main
Physics
Syllabus
UNIT 15: TRIGONOMETRY Law of motion, Impulses; Newton’s Third
Law of motion. Law of conservation of
Trigonometrical identities and equations,
linear momentum and its applications.
trigonometrical functions, inverse
Equilibrium of concurrent forces.
trigonometrical functions and their
properties, heights and distance. Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction,
rolling friction.
UNIT 16: MATHEMATICAL REASONING
Dynamics of uniform circular motion:
Statement logical operations and, or,
centripetal force and its applications.
implies, implied by, if and only if,
understanding of tautology, contradiction, UNIT 4: WORK, ENERGY AND POWER
converse and contrapositive.
Work done by a content force and a
variable force; kinetic and potential
energies, work-energy theorem, power.
PHYSICS
The potential energy of spring
The syllabus contains two Section- A and B, conservation of mechanical energy,
Section – A pertains to the Theory Part having 80% conservative and neoconservative forces;
weightage, while Sections – B contains practical Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and
component (Experimental Skills) having 20 % two dimensions.
Weightage.

Section- A
UNIT5: ROTATIONAL MOTION
UNIT 1: PHYSICS AND MEASUREMENT
Centre of the mass of a two-particle
Physics, technology and society, S I Units, system, Centre of the mass of a rigid body;
fundamental and derived units, least count, Basic concepts of rotational motion; a
accuracy and precision of measuring moment of a force; torque, angular
instruments, Errors in measurement, momentum, conservation of angular
Dimensions of Physics quantities, momentum and its applications; the
dimensional analysis and its applications. moment of inertia, the radius of gyration.
UNIT 2: KINEMATICS Values of moments of inertia for

The frame of reference, motion in a simple geometrical objects, parallel and

straight line, Position- time graph, speed perpendicular axes theorems and their
and velocity; Uniform and non-uniform applications. Rigid body rotation equations
motion, average speed and instantaneous of rotational motion.
velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, UNIT 6: GRAVITATION
velocity-time, position-time graph,
relations for uniformly accelerated motion, The universal law of gravitation.
Scalars and Vectors, Vector. Addition and Acceleration due to gravity and its
subtraction, zero vector, scalar and vector variation with altitude and depth. Kepler’s
products, Unit Vector, Resolution of a law of planetary motion. Gravitational
Vector. Relative Velocity, Motion in a potential energy; gravitational potential.
plane, Projectile Motion, Uniform Circular Escape velocity, Orbital velocity of a
Motion. satellite. Geo stationary satellites.

UNIT 3: LAWS OF MOTION UNIT 7: PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS AND

LIQUIDS
Force and inertia, Newton’s First law of
Elastic behaviour, Stress-strain
motion; Momentum, Newton’s Second
relationship, Hooke's Law. Young's
 modulus, bulk modulus, modulus of pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics.
rigidity. Pressure due to a fluid column; Beats. Doppler Effect in sound
Pascal's law and its applications. Viscosity.
Stokes' law. terminal velocity, streamline UNIT 11: ELECTROSTATICS
and turbulent flow. Reynolds number. Electric charges: Conservation of charge.
Bernoulli's principle and its applications. Coulomb's law-forces between two point
Surface energy and surface tension, angle charges, forces between multiple charges:
of contact, application of surface tension - superposition principle and continuous
drops, bubbles and capillary rise. Heat, charge distribution.
temperature, thermal expansion; specific
heat capacity, calorimetry; change of state, Electric field: Electric field due to a point
latent heat. Heat transfer-conduction, charge, Electric field lines. Electric dipole,
convection and radiation. Newton's law of Electric field due to a dipole. Torque on a
cooling. dipole in a uniform electric field.
UNIT 8: THERMODYNAMICS Electric flux. Gauss's law and its
Thermal equilibrium, zeroth law of applications to find field due to infinitely
thermodynamics, the concept of long uniformly charged straight wire,
temperature. Heat, work and internal uniformly charged infinite plane sheet and
energy. The first law of thermodynamics. uniformly charged thin spherical shell.
The second law of thermodynamics: Electric potential and its calculation for a
reversible and irreversible processes. point charge, electric dipole and system of
Carnot engine and its efficiency. charges; Equipotential surfaces, Electrical
potential energy of a system of two point
UNIT 9: KINETIC THEORY OF GASES
charges in an electrostatic field.
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work
Conductors and insulators. Dielectrics and
done on compressing a gas, Kinetic theory
electric polarization, capacitor, the
of gases - assumptions, the concept of
combination of capacitors in series and
pressure. Kinetic energy and temperature:
parallel, capacitance of a parallel plate
RMS speed of gas molecules: Degrees of
capacitor with and without dielectric
freedom. Law of equipartition of energy,
medium between the plates. Energy stored
applications to specific heat capacities of
in a capacitor.
gases; Mean free path. Avogadro's number.
UNIT 12: CURRENT ELECTRICITY
UNIT 10: OSCILLATIONS AND WAVES
Electric current. Drift velocity. Ohm's law.
Periodic motion - period, frequency,
Electrical resistance. Resistances of
displacement as a function of time. Periodic
different materials. V-l characteristics of
functions. Simple harmonic motion
Ohmic and non-ohmic conductors.
(S.H.M.) and its equation; phase:
Electrical energy and power. Electrical
oscillations of a spring -restoring force and
resistivity. Colour code for resistors; Series
force constant: energy in S.H.M. - Kinetic
and parallel combinations of resistors;
and potential energies; Simple pendulum -
Temperature dependence of resistance.
derivation of expression for its time period:
Free, forced and damped oscillations, Electric Cell and its Internal resistance,
resonance. potential difference and emf of a cell, a
combination of cells in series and parallel.
Wave motion. Longitudinal and transverse
Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications.
waves, speed of a wave. Displacement
Wheatstone bridge. Metre Bridge.
relation for a progressive wave. Principle of
Potentiometer - principle and its
superposition of waves, a reflection of
applications.
waves. Standing waves in strings and organ
UNIT 13: MAGNETIC EFFECTS OF Total internal reflection and its
CURRENT AND MAGNETISM applications. Deviation and Dispersion of
Biot - Savart law and its application to light by a; prism; Lens Formula.
current carrying circular loop. Ampere's Magnification. Power of a Lens.
law and its applications to infinitely long Combination of thin lenses in contact.
current carrying straight wire and solenoid. Microscope and Astronomical Telescope
Force on a moving charge in uniform (reflecting and refracting ) and their
magnetic and electric fields. Cyclotron. magnifying powers.

Force on a current-carrying conductor in a Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens'

uniform magnetic field. The force between principle. Laws of reflection and refraction
two parallel current carrying conductors- using Huygens principle. Interference,
definition of ampere. Torque experienced Young's double-slit experiment and
by a current loop in a uniform magnetic expression for fringe width, coherent
field: Moving coil galvanometer, its current sources and sustained interference of light.
sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and Diffraction due to a single slit, width of
voltmeter. central maximum. Resolving power of
microscopes and astronomical telescopes.
Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its Polarization, plane-polarized light:
magnetic dipole moment. Bar magnet as an Brewster's law, uses of plane-polarized
equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines; light and Polaroid.
Earth's magnetic field and magnetic
UNIT 17: DUAL NATURE OF MATTER AND
elements. Para-, dia- and ferromagnetic
RADIATION
substances. Magnetic susceptibility and
permeability. Hysteresis. Electromagnets Dual nature of radiation. Photoelectric
and permanent magnets. effect. Hertz and Lenard's observations;
Einstein's photoelectric equation: particle
UNIT 14: ELECTROMAGNETIC nature of light. Matter waves-wave nature
INDUCTION AND ALTERNATING of particle, de Broglie relation. Davisson-
CURRENTS Germer experiment.
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday's law. UNIT 18: ATOMS AND NUCLEI
Induced emf and current: Lenz’s Law,
Alpha-particle scattering experiment;
Eddy currents. Self and mutual inductance.
Rutherford's model of atom; Bohr model,
Alternating currents, peak and RMS value
energy levels, hydrogen spectrum.
of alternating current/ voltage: reactance
Composition and size of nucleus, atomic
and impedance: LCR series circuit,
masses, isotopes, isobars: isotones.
resonance: Quality factor, power in AC
Radioactivity- alpha. beta and gamma
circuits, wattless current. AC generator and
particles/rays and their properties;
transformer.
radioactive decay law. Mass-energy
UNIT 15: ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES relation, mass defect; binding energy per
Electromagnetic waves and their nucleon and its variation with mass
characteristics, Transverse nature of number, nuclear fission and fusion.
electromagnetic waves, Electromagnetic
spectrum (radio waves, microwaves, UNIT 19: ELECTRONIC DEVICES
infrared, visible, ultraviolet. X-rays. Semiconductors; semiconductor diode: 1-
Gamma rays), Applications of e.m. waves. V characteristics in forward and reverse
UNIT 16: OPTICS bias; diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics
of LED. the photodiode, solar cell and
Reflection and refraction of light at plane
Zener diode; Zener diode as a voltage
and spherical surfaces, mirror formula.
 regulator. Junction transistor, transistor 12. The resistance of a given wire using
action, characteristics of a transistor: Ohm's law.
transistor as an amplifier (common emitter 13. Potentiometer-
configuration) and oscillator. Logic gates i. Comparison of emf of two primary
(OR. AND. NOT. NAND and NOR). cells.
Transistor as a switch. ii. Determination of internal
resistance of a cell.
UNIT 20: COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
14. Resistance and figure of merit of a
Propagation of electromagnetic waves in galvanometer by half deflection
the atmosphere; Sky and space wave method.
propagation. Need for modulation. 15. The focal length of;
Amplitude and Frequency Modulation, (i) Convex mirror
Bandwidth of signals. the bandwidth of (ii) Concave mirror, and
Transmission medium, Basic Elements of a (ii) Convex lens,
Communication System (Block Diagram using the
only). parallax method.
16. The plot of the angle of deviation vs
SECTION-B angle of incidence for a triangular
UNIT 21: EXPERIMENTAL SKILLS prism.
17. Refractive index of a glass slab using a
Familiarity with the basic approach and
travelling microscope.
observations of the experiments and
18. Characteristic curves of a p-n junction
activities:
diode in forward and reverse bias.
1. Vernier callipers-its use to measure the
19. Characteristic curves of a Zener diode
internal and external diameter and
and finding reverse break down
depth of a vessel.
voltage.
2. Screw gauge-its use to determine
20. Characteristic curves of a transistor and
thickness/ diameter of thin sheet/wire.
finding current gain and voltage gain.
3. Simple Pendulum-dissipation of energy
21. Identification of Diode. LED,
by plotting a graph between the square
Transistor. IC. Resistor. A capacitor
of amplitude and time.
from a mixed collection of such items.
4. Metre Scale - the mass of a given object
22. Using a multimeter to:
by principle of moments.
5. Young's modulus of elasticity of the (i) Identify the base of a transistor
material of a metallic wire. (ii) Distinguish between NPN and PNP
6. Surf ace tension of water by capillary type transistor
rise and effect of detergents, (iii) See the unidirectional of current in
7. Co-efficient of Viscosity of a given case of a diode and an LED.
viscous liquid by measuring terminal (iv) Check the correctness or otherwise
velocity of a given spherical body, of a given electronic component
8. Plotting a cooling curve for the (diode, transistor or IC).
relationship between the temperature of
a hot body and time.
9. Speed of sound in air at room
temperature using a resonance tube,
10. Specific heat capacity of a given (i)
solid and (ii) liquid by method of
mixtures.
11. The resistivity of the material of a given
wire using metre bridge.