Physics JEE
In the Physics JEE Garden, curiosity is the sunlight, consistency is the soil, and success is the inevitable harvest. Come, plant your knowledge and watch it flourish.
Physics JEE Garden
Step into the Physics JEE Garden at MedhāVatika — a vibrant learning space where every law, formula, and principle is a seed waiting to grow. Here, we sow the fundamentals of Mechanics, nurture them with visual experiments, water them with problem-solving practice, and watch them blossom into mastery.
Level 1
The frame of reference, motion in a straight line, speed and velocity, uniformand non-uniform motion, average speed and instantaneous velocity, uniformly accelerated motion, velocity-time, position-time graph, relations for uniformly accelerated motion, relative velocity. Motion in a plane, projectile motion, uniform circular motion.
Units of measurements, System of units, SI Units, fundamental and derived units, least count, significant figures, Errors in measurements. Dimensions of Physics quantities, dimensional analysis and its applications.
Force and inertia, Newton’s first law of motion, momentum, Newton’s secondLaw of motion, impulse, Newton’s third Law of motion. Law of conservation of linear momentum and its applications, equilibrium of concurrent forces. Static and Kinetic friction, laws of friction, rolling friction. Dynamics of uniform circular motion, centripetal force and its applications:
vehicle on a level circular road, vehicle on a banked road.
Work done by a constant force and a variable force, kinetic and potential energies, work-energy theorem, power. The potential energy of a spring, conservation of mechanical energy, conservative and non- conservative forces, motion in a vertical circle. Elastic and inelastic collisions in one and two dimensions.
Centre of mass of a two-particle system, centre of mass of a rigid body. Basic
concepts of rotational motion, moment of a force, torque, angular momentum, conservation of angular momentum and its applications. The moment of inertia, the radius of gyration, values of moments of inertia for
simple geometrical objects, parallel and perpendicular axes theorems and their
applications. Equilibrium of rigid bodies, rigid body rotation and equations of
rotational motion, comparison of linear and rotational motions.
Electric charges: conservation of charge, Coulomb’s law forces between twopoint charges, forces between multiple charges, superposition principle andcontinuous charge distribution. Electric field: electric field due to a point charge, electric field lines, electric
dipole, electric field due to a dipole, torque on a dipole in a uniformelectric
field. Electric flux, Gauss’s law and its applications to find field due to infinitely longuniformly charged straight wire, uniformly charged infinite plane sheet anduniformly charged thin spherical shell. Electric potential and its calculation for a point charge, electric dipole andsystem of charges, potential difference, equipotential surfaces, electrical
potential energy of a system of two point charges and of electric dipole in anelectrostatic field. Conductors and insulators, dielectrics and electric polarization, capacitors andcapacitance, the combination of capacitors in series and parallel and capacitance
of a parallel plate capacitor with and without dielectric medium between the
plates, energy stored in a capacitor.
Electric current: drift velocity, mobility and their relation with electric current, Ohm’s law, electrical resistance, I-V characteristics of Ohmic and non-ohmic
conductors, electrical energy and power, electrical resistivity and conductivity, series and parallel combinations of resistors, temperature dependence of
resistance. Internal resistance, potential difference and emf of a cell, a combination of cells
in series and parallel. Kirchhoff’s laws and their applications, Wheatstone bridge, Metre Bridge
Biot – Savart law and its application to the current carrying circular loop, Ampere’s law and its applications to infinitely long current carrying straight wire and solenoid. Force on a moving charge in uniform magnetic and electric fields, force on a current-carrying conductor in a uniform magnetic field, the force between twoparallel currents carrying conductors-definition of ampere, torque experiencedby a current loop in a uniform magnetic field: Moving coil galvanometer, its
sensitivity and conversion to ammeter and voltmeter. Current loop as a magnetic dipole and its magnetic dipole moment, bar magnet as an equivalent solenoid, magnetic field lines, magnetic field due to a magnetic
dipole (bar magnet) along its axis and perpendicular to its axis, torque on a magnetic dipole in a uniform magnetic field, para-, dia- and ferromagnetic substances with examples, the effect of temperature on magnetic properties.
Electromagnetic induction: Faraday’s law, induced emf and current, Lenz’s law, eddy currents, self and mutual inductance. Alternating currents, peak and RMS value of alternating current/voltage, reactance and impedance, LCR series circuit, resonance, power in AC circuits, wattless current, AC generator and transformer.
Displacement current, electromagnetic waves and their characteristics, transverse nature of electromagnetic waves, electromagnetic spectrum(radiowaves, microwaves, infrared, visible, ultraviolet, X-rays, Gamma rays), applications of electromagnetic waves.
Level 2
The universal law of gravitation. Acceleration due to gravity and its variation with altitude and depth. Kepler’s law of planetary motion. Gravitational potential energy, gravitational potential. Escape velocity, motion of a satellite, orbital velocity, time period and energy of satellite.
Elastic behaviour, stress-strain relationship, Hooke’s Law, Young’s modulus, bulk modulus and modulus of rigidity.
Pressure due to a fluid column, Pascal’s law and its applications, effect of gravityon fluid pressure, viscosity, Stoke’s law, terminal velocity, streamline andturbulent flow, critical velocity, Bernoulli’s principle and its applications. Surface energy and surface tension, angle of contact, excess of pressure across a curved surface, application of surface tension: drops, bubbles and capillary rise. Heat, temperature, thermal expansion, specific heat capacity, calorimetry, change of state, latent heat. Heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation.
Thermal equilibrium and the concept of temperature, zeroth law of thermodynamics, heat, work and internal energy. The first law of
thermodynamics, isothermal and adiabatic processes. The second law of thermodynamics: reversible and irreversible processes.
Equation of state of a perfect gas, work done on compressing a gas, kinetic theory of gases: assumptions, the concept of pressure, kinetic interpretation of temperature, RMS speed of gas molecules, degrees of freedom, law of
equipartition of energy and applications to specific heat capacities of gases, mean free path, Avogadro’s number.
Oscillations and periodic motion: time period, frequency, displacement as a function of time, periodic functions. Simple harmonic motion (S.H.M.) and its equation, phase, oscillations of a spring: restoring force and force constant, energy in S.H.M.: kinetic and potential energies, simple pendulum: derivationof expression for its time period. Wave motion, longitudinal and transverse waves, speed of the travelling wave, displacement relation for a progressive wave, principle of superposition of waves, reflection of waves, standing waves in strings and organ pipes, fundamental mode and harmonics, beats.
Reflection of light, spherical mirrors, mirror formula. Refraction of light at
plane and spherical surfaces, thin lens formula and lens maker formula, total
internal reflection and its applications, magnification, power of a lens, combination of thin lenses in contact, refraction of light through a prism, microscope and astronomical telescope (reflecting and refracting ) and their
magnifying powers. Wave optics: wavefront and Huygens ‘Principle, laws of reflection andrefraction using Huygens principle. Interference: Young’s double-slit
experiment and expression for fringe width, coherent sources and sustainedinterference of light. Diffraction due to a single slit, width of central maximum. Polarization: plane-polarized light, Brewster’s law, uses of plane- polarizedlight and Polaroid.
Dual nature of radiation, Photoelectric effect, Hertz and Lenard’s observations, Einstein’s photoelectric equation, particle nature of light. Matter waves: wave nature of particle, de- Broglie relation.
Alpha-particle scattering experiment, Rutherford’s model of atom, Bohr model, energy levels, hydrogen spectrum. Composition and size of nucleus, atomic
masses, mass-energy relation, mass defect, binding energy per nucleon and its
variation with mass number, nuclear fission and fusion.
Semiconductors, semiconductor diode: I-V characteristics in forward andreverse bias, diode as a rectifier; I-V characteristics of LED, the photodiode, solar cell, Zener diode, Zener diode as a voltage regulator. Logic gates (OR. AND. NOT. NAND and NOR)
Familiarity with the basic approach and observations of the experiments andactivities:
1. Vernier calipers -its use to measure the internal and external diameter anddepth of a vessel. 2. Screw gauge-its use to determine the thickness/ diameter of thin sheet/wire. 3. Simple pendulum-dissipation of energy by plotting a graph between the square of amplitude and time. 4. Metre scale – the mass of a given object by the principle of moments. 5. Young’s modulus of elasticity of the material of a metallic wire. 6. Surface tension of water by capillary rise and effect of detergents, 7. Co-efficient of viscosity of a given viscous liquid by measuring the terminal velocity of a given spherical body. 8. Speed of sound in air at room temperature using a resonance tube, 9. Specific heat capacity of a given (i) solid and (ii) liquid by method of mixtures. 10. The resistivity of the material of a given wire using a metre bridge. 11. The resistance of a given wire using Ohm’s law. 12. Resistance and figure of merit of a galvanometer by half deflection method. 13. The focal length of
(i) Convex mirror
(ii) Concave mirror and
(iii)Convex lens, using the parallax method. 14. The plot of the angle of deviation vs angle of incidence for a triangular prism. 15. The refractive index of a glass slab using a travelling microscope. 16. Characteristic curves of a p-n junction diode in forward and reverse bias. 17. Characteristic curves of a Zener diode and finding reverse breakdownvoltage. 18. Identification of diode, LED, resistor, a capacitor from a mixed collectionof such items
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