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SYLLABUS
Chapter-1
waves (12 Periods) Introduction; Transverse and Longitudinal Waves; Displacement Relation in a Progressive Wave; The Speed of a Travelling Wave; The Principle of Superposition of Waves; Reflection of Waves; Beats; Doppler Effect.
Chapter-2
ray optics and optical instruments (8 Periods) Introduction; Reflection of Light by Spherical Mirrors; Refraction; Total Internal Reflection; Refraction at Spherical Surfaces and by Lenses; Refraction through a Prism; Dispersion by a Prism; Some Natural Phenomena due to Sunlight; Optical Instruments.
Chapter-3
wave optics (8 Periods) Introduction; Huygens Principle; Refraction and Reflection of Plane Waves using Huygens Principle; Coherent and Incoherent Addition of Waves; Interference of Light Waves and Young’s Experiment; Diffraction; Polarisation.
Chapter-4
electric charges and fields (12 Periods) Introduction; Electric Charges; Conductors and Insulators; Charging by Induction; Basic Properties of Electric Charge; Coulomb’s Law; Forces between Multiple Charges; Electric Field; Electric Field Lines; Electric Flux; Electric Dipole; Dipole in a Uniform External Field; Continuous Charge Distribution; Gauss’s Law; Application of Gauss’s Law.
Chapter-5
electrostatic potential and capacitance (12 Periods) Introduction; Electrostatic Potential; Potential Due to a Point Charge; Potential Due to an Electric Dipole; Potential Due to a System of Charges; Equipotential Surfaces; Potential Energy of a System of Charges; Potential Energy in an External Field; Electrostatics of Conductors; Dielectrics and Polarisation; Capacitors and Capacitance; The Parallel Plate Capacitor; Effect of Dielectric on Capacitance; Combination of Capacitors; Energy Stored in a Capacitor; Van de Graaff Generator.
Chapter-6
current electricity (12 Periods) Introduction; Electric Current; Electric Currents in Conductors; Ohm’s Law; Drift of Electrons and the Origin of Resistivity; Limitations of Ohm’s Law; Resistivity of Various Materials; Temperature Dependence of Resistivity; Electrical Energy, Power; Combination of Resistors — Series and Parallel; Cells, Emf, Internal Resistance; Cells in Series and in Parallel; Kirchhoff’s Laws; Wheatstone Bridge; Meter Bridge; Potentiometer
Chapter-7
moving charges and magnetism (12 Periods) Introduction; Magnetic Force; Motion in a Magnetic Field; Motion in Combined Electric and Magnetic Fields; Magnetic Field Due to a Current Element, Biot-Savart Law; Magnetic Field on the Axis of a Circular Current Loop; Ampere’s Circuital Law; The Solenoid and the Toroid; Force between Two Parallel Currents, the Ampere (Unit); Torque on Current Loop, Magnetic Dipole; The Moving Coil Galvanometer.
Chapter-8
magnetism and matter (8 Periods) Introduction; The Bar Magnet; Magnetism and Gauss’s Law; The Earth’s Magnetism;Magnetisation and Magnetic Intensity; Magnetic Properties of Materials; Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets.
Chapter-9
electromagnetic induction (16 Periods) Introduction; The Experiments of Faraday and Henry; Magnetic Flux; Faraday’s Law of Induction; Lenz’s Law and Conservation of Energy; Motional Electromotive Force; Energy Consideration: A Quantitative Study; Eddy Currents; Inductance; AC Generator.
Chapter-10
alternating current (8 Periods) Introduction; AC Voltage Applied to a Resistor; Representation of AC Current and Voltage by Rotating Vectors — Phasors; AC Voltage Applied to an Inductor; AC Voltage Applied to a Capacitor; AC Voltage Applied to a Series LCR Circuit; Power in AC Circuit: The Power Factor; LC Oscillations; Transformers.
Chapter-11
electromagnetic waves (8 Periods) Introduction; Displacement Current; Electromagnetic Waves; Electromagnetic Spectrum.
Chapter-12
dual nature of radiation and matter (8 Periods) Introduction; Electron Emission; Photoelectric Effect; Experimental Study of Photoelectric Effect; Photoelectric Effect and Wave Theory of Light; Einstein’s Photoelectric Equation: Energy Quantum of Radiation; Particle Nature of Light: The Photon; Wave Nature of Matter; Davisson and Germer Experiment.
Chapter-13
atoms (8 Periods) Introduction; Alpha-particle Scattering and Rutherford’s Nuclear Model of Atom; Atomic Spectra; Bohr Model of the Hydrogen Atom; The Line Spectra of the Hydrogen Atom; DE Broglie’s Explanation of Bohr’s Second Postulate of Quantisation.
Chapter-14
nuclei (8 Periods) Introduction; Atomic Masses and Composition of Nucleus; Size of the Nucleus; MassEnergy and Nuclear Binding Energy; Nuclear Force; Radioactivity; Nuclear Energy.
Chapter-15
semiconductor electronics: materials, devices and simple circuits (8 Periods) Introduction; Classification of Metals, Cond
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