IIT-JEE Advanced-2021- Physics Syllabus

Physics

General

Units and dimensions

Dimensional analysis

Least count

Significant figures

Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on using Vernier callipers and screw gauge

Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on determination of g using simple pendulum

Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on young's modulus by Searle's method

Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on specific heat of a liquid using calorimeter

Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on focal length of a concave mirror and a convex lens using u-v method

Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on speed of sound using resonance column

Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on verification of ohm's law using voltmeter and ammeter

Methods of measurement and error analysis for physical quantities pertaining to the experiments based on specific resistance of the material of a wire using meter bridge and post office box

Mechanics

Kinematics in one and two dimensions

Projectiles

Uniform circular motion

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

Escape velocity

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

Stoke's law

Terminal velocity

Streamline flow

Equation of continuity

Bernoulli's theorem and its applications

Wave motion, phase, amplitude and velocity of wave

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 monoatomic and diatomic gases)

Isothermal and adiabatic processes

Bulk modulus of gases

Equivalence of heat and work

First law of thermodynamics and its applications

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 (current electricity)

Ohm's law

Series and parallel arrangements of resistances and cells

Kirchhoff's laws and simple applications

Heating effect of current

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

Electromagnetic induction, self and mutual induction

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 theory for propagation of light and rectilinear propagation of light

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